Trewsdale History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Trewsdale family

The surname Trewsdale 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 Trewsdale family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Trewsdale research. Another 129 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1097, 1190, 1455, 1484, 1487, 1510, 1550 and 1600 are included under the topic Early Trewsdale History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Trewsdale 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 Trewsdale family

Distinguished members of the family include

the Trewsdale family of Lincolnshire

Trewsdale migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Trewsdale Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

G E Trewsdale, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1871 4

Trewsdale migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Trewsdale Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Robert Trewsdale, English convict from Liverpool, Lancaster, who was transported aboard the "Anson" on September 23, 1843, settling in Van Diemen's Land, Australia 5

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
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)
State Library of Queensland. (Retrieved 2015, January 8) Anson voyage to Van Diemen's Land, Australia in 1843 with 499 passengers. Retrieved from http://www.convictrecords.com.au/ships/anson/1843