1. Thomas Henry Truscott [scrapbook] was born in 1844 in England. He died on 5 Jan 1892 in Dover, Morris County, New Jersey.
Some of the information about the Truscott family was contributed by Michael Robert Horvath (great great grandson of Thomas Truscott) in an e-mail in June 2009.
The following information was taken from online images of original handwritten U.S. Census Forms:
1880
McFarlan Street, Randolph Township, Morris County, New Jersey
Enummeration District No. 129; Page No. 40; Dated: 22 June 1880.
Line 20: Truscott, Thomas; 36y; (Head); Married; Occupation: Works in mineThe following information was found on the internet:
Morris County, New Jersey, “Iron Era Newspaper” -- December 1892.
“Iron Era Necrology & Fatal Accidents”
Surname: TRUSCOTT; Given: Thomas; Day: 05; Month: Jan; Year: 1892; Age --; Note: Dover (Morris County, New Jersey)
(NOTE from Frank Tavener: This information coincides with an e-mail from my cousin, Roger Myer, in which he wrote that, "I believe that I was told that our great-grandfather was killed in a mine accident.")
Thomas married Emma A. Nichols [scrapbook]. Emma was born in Jun 1848 in England. She died on 11 Jun 1918 in New Jersey. Emma immigrated in 1864.
The following information was found at ancestry.com:
Boyd's Morris County Directory – 1899-1900
Dover, p. 232: Truscott Emma A, wid Thomas, h(ome) 56 Union (Street)The following information was taken from online images of original handwritten U.S. Census Forms:
1880
McFarlan Street, Randolph Township, Morris County, New Jersey
Enummeration District No. 129; Page No. 40; Dated: 22 June 1880.
Line 21: Truscott, Emma; 31y; Wife; Married; Occupation: Keeping houseThe following information was taken from online images of original handwritten New Jersey State Census Forms:
1895
Page 102 - Township of Randolph, Morris County, New Jersey
Number: 575; Name: Mrs Truscott; Foreign born: Other nationality (not Irish or German); Age: 20 to 60.The following information was taken from online images of original handwritten U.S. Census Forms:
1900
99 Blackwell Street, Dover, Morris County, New Jersey
Enummeration District No. 54; Sheet No. 4A; Dated: 4 June 1900.
Line 47: Truscott, Emma; Head; Birth: Jun 1848; 52y; Widowed; Children born/living: 13/10; Occupation: none (NOTE: on this census, Emma lists Year of Immigration as 1864)
1910
15 Spring Street, Dover City, Ward 2, Morris County, New Jersey
Enummeration District No. 9; Sheet No. 10A; Dated: 21 & 22 April 1910.
Line 8: Truscott, Emma; Mother; 61y; Widowed; Children born/living: 13/10; Occupation: none (Living in household of son Charles Augustus Truscott)(NOTE from Frank Tavener: On the "Deaths" page of the Tavener family Bible, Emma's Death Date is written in as: 11 Jun 1918)
Thomas and Emma had the following children:
+ 2 F i Susanna Truscott + 3 M ii William C. Truscott + 4 M iii Richard A. Truscott 5 F iv Ida D. Truscott was born in 1872 in Dover, Morris County, New Jersey.
The following information was taken from online images of original handwritten U.S. Census Forms:
1880
McFarlan Street, Randolph Township, Morris County, New Jersey
Enummeration District No. 129; Page No. 40; Dated: 22 June 1880.
Line 26: Truscott, Ida; 6y; Daughter; Single; Occupation: noneIda married John H. Myers on 30 May 1890 in Dover, Morris County, New Jersey. John was born in 1868. + 6 M v Thomas H. Truscott + 7 F vi Emma May Truscott + 8 M vii Charles Augustus Truscott + 9 F viii Louisa M. Truscott 10 F ix Lottie (Charlotte) Truscott was born in Mar 1885 in New Jersey.
The following information was taken from online images of original handwritten New Jersey State Census Forms:
1895
Page 102 - Township of Randolph, Morris County, New Jersey
Number: 575; Name: Lottie Truscott; Native born; Age: 5 to 20.
The following information was taken from online images of original handwritten U.S. Census Forms:
1900
99 Blackwell Street, Dover, Morris County, New Jersey
Enummeration District No. 54; Sheet No. 4A; Dated: 4 June 1900.
Line 49: Truscott, Lottie; Daughter; Birth: Mar 1885; 15y; Single; Occupation: noneLottie married Edward Daly son of Timothy Daly and Mary Langtree on 31 Jan 1906 in Saint James Catholic Church, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey. + 11 F x Christina M. A. Truscott 12 F xi May Truscott 13 xii Unknown Truscott 14 xiii Unknown Truscott