Truesdale History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Truesdale family
The surname Truesdale was first found in the North Riding of Yorkshire at Troutsdale, a township in the parish of Brompton, near Scarborough. 1 2 Literally, the place name means "trout pool." 3 While the township comprises about 1000 acres, the populations has always been small: only 96 inhabitants in the late 1800's. 2 Today known as Broxa-cum-Troutsdale, according to the 2001 UK census, the parish had a population of 44.
Interestingly, Hotten's Lists of Emigrants includes a listing for Phines Trusedell (aged 18 years) who embarked for the Barbadoes in 1635. "Probably Phineas was the parent of the American Trowsdales, Trousdales, or Truesdales. The different forms are still chiefly found, so far as England is concerned, in the North Riding of Yorkshire, in the neighbourhood of Troutsdale." 1
Early History of the Truesdale family
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Truesdale Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Trewsdale, Trewdale, Trowsdale, Trowdale, Trowesdale, Trewesdale, Truesdale, Truedale, Trudell, Trudall, Trusdale, Trusdall, Trussdell and many more.
Early Notables of the Truesdale family
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Truesdale Ranking
In the United States, the name Truesdale is the 6,287th most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 4
Truesdale migration to the United States +
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Truesdale Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
- Richard Truesdale, who arrived in Massachusetts in 1635 5
Truesdale Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
- H B Truesdale, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1850 5
Truesdale Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
- Annie E. Truesdale, aged 20, who landed in America from Ireland, in 1902
- Ruby Truesdale, aged 25, who landed in America from County Waterford, Ireland in 1903
- Samuel Truesdale, aged 48, who settled in America from Newcastle, Ireland, in 1907
- Jane Truesdale, aged 58, who landed in America from Bolton, England, in 1907
- William Truesdale, aged 39, who immigrated to the United States from Belfast, Ireland, in 1907
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Truesdale migration to Canada +
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Truesdale Settlers in Canada in the 20th Century
- Laura Truesdale, aged 12, who settled in Brantford, Canada, in 1918
Contemporary Notables of the name Truesdale (post 1700) +
- C.W. "Bill" Truesdale, American founder of New Rivers Press, Moorhead, Minnesota in 1968
- Dr. Philemon E. Truesdale, American physician and founder of Truesdale Hospital, Fall River, Massachusetts in 1905
- Jazmin Truesdale (b. 1987), American writer and creator of AZA comics
- Regan Truesdale (b. 1963), American former college basketball player at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina
- David A. Truesdale, American editor and literary critic
- Hiram Calvin Truesdale (1860-1897), American jurist, Chief Justice, Arizona Territorial Supreme Court in 1897
- Frank Truesdale (1884-1943), American Major League Baseball second baseman who played from 1910 to 1918
- Donald Leroy Truesdale (1906-1993), United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
- John Cushman Truesdale (1921-2011), former chair of the National Labor Relations Board in the United States
- William Truesdale (1851-1935), American railroad executive, President of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
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Historic Events for the Truesdale family +
St. Francis Dam
- Miss Addie Lola Truesdale, American resident in Santa Clarita killed when the St. Francis Dam failed and flooded the area in 1928
- Miss Ruth Truesdale, American resident in Santa Clarita who survived when the St. Francis Dam failed and flooded the area in 1928
- Mr. Harvey Truesdale, American resident in Santa Clarita who survived when the St. Francis Dam failed and flooded the area in 1928
- Mrs. Mable Truesdale, American resident in Santa Clarita who survived when the St. Francis Dam failed and flooded the area in 1928
Citations +
- Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
- Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
- Smith, Eldson Coles, New Dictionary of American Family Names New York: Harper & Row, 1956. Print
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)