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Early Origins of the Trinder family

The surname Trinder was first found in Somerset where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. After the Battle of Hastings in 1066, William, Duke of Normandy, having prevailed over King Harold, granted most of Britain to his many victorious Barons. It was not uncommon to find a Baron, or a Bishop, with 60 or more Lordships scattered throughout the country. These he gave to his sons, nephews and other junior lines of his family and they became known as under-tenants. They adopted the Norman system of surnames which identified the under-tenant with his holdings so as to distinguish him from the senior stem of the family. After many rebellious wars between his Barons, Duke William, commissioned a census of all England to determine in 1086, settling once and for all, who held which land. He called the census the Domesday Book, 1 indicating that those holders registered would hold the land until the end of time. Hence, conjecturally, the surname is descended from the tenant of the tithing and lands of Trendell in Pitminster, held by the Bishop of Winchester, who was recorded in the Domesday Book census of 1086.

Early History of the Trinder family

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Trinder Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Trendell, Trundle, Trendle, Trundell, Trundel and many more.

Early Notables of the Trinder family

Outstanding amongst the family at this time was

  • Charles Trinder, serjeant-at-law, was made recorder of Gloucester, 8th January, 1687...


Trinder migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Trinder Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Fra Trinder, who landed in Virginia in 1705 2

Trinder migration to Australia +

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

Trinder Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century
  • Mr. Richard Trinder, English convict who was convicted in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England for 7 years, transported aboard the "Fanny" on 25th August 1815, arriving in New South Wales, Australia 3
  • Mr. Thomas Trinder, British Convict who was convicted in London, England for life , transported aboard the "Commodore Hayes" in April 1823, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 4
  • Mr. George Trinder, English convict who was convicted in Devizes, Wiltshire, England for 10 years, transported aboard the "Earl Grey" on 4th October 1842, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 5
  • Mr. Daniel Trinder who was convicted in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England for 10 years, transported aboard the "David Malcolm" on 13th May 1845, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) and Norfolk Island 6

Contemporary Notables of the name Trinder (post 1700) +

  • Henry Richard Trinder (b. 1989), English rugby union player for Gloucester Rugby
  • Thomas Edward "Tommy" Trinder CBE (1909-1989), English stage, screen and radio comedian, known for his expression "You lucky people"
  • Oliver Trinder (1907-1981), British fencer in the individual and team sabre events at the 1936 Summer Olympics
  • Aaron Trinder (b. 1980), New Zealand rugby league player

Air New Zealand Flight 901
  • Miss Elaine Frances Trinder (1953-1979), British passenger, currently residing in Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand aboard the Air New Zealand Flight 901 for an Antarctic sightseeing flight when it flew into Mount Erebus; she died in the crash 7


  1. Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8)
  2. 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)
  3. Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 28th September 2022). https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/fairlie
  4. Convict Records of Australia. Retrieved 4th March 2021 from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/commodore-hayes
  5. Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 16th August 2021). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/earl-gray
  6. Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 21st June 2021). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/david-malcolm
  7. Mount Erebus, Memorial, Roll of Remembrance (Retrieved 2018, February 21st). Retrieved from http://www.erebus.co.nz/memorialandawards/rollofremembrance.aspx


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