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Re: My great grandfather's parents?
Posted by: Constance Peck (ID *****8980) Date: December 28, 2008 at 03:27:33
In Reply to: My great grandfather's parents? by Nicole Triggs of 270

I AM NOT RELATED

WWI DRAFT REG
Name: Robert Emnett Triggs
City: Westfield
County: Hampden
State: Massachusetts
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Birth Date: 8 Feb 1892
Race: Caucasian (White) SHOR/MED BUILD/BLUE/BROWN
Roll: 1684520
DraftBoard: 6
SINGLE
BOSTON & MAINE RR [PASSENGER TRAIN]

WWII DRAFT REG
Name: Robert Emmet Triggs
Birth Date: 2 Feb 1892
RESIDENCE:22 VINE STREET Wocester, Massachusetts
Birth: West Springfield, Massachusetts
Race: White
Roll: MIUSA1939B_082607
EMPLOYER: BOSTON & MAINE RAILROAD
MARCELLA C TRIGGS

1900
Name: John Triggs
Home in 1900: West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
Age: 51
Birth Date: Jun 1848
Birthplace: Ireland
Race: White
Ethnicity: American
Immigration Year: 1865
Relationship to head-of-house: Head
Father's Birthplace: Ireland
Mother's Birthplace: Ireland
Spouse's Name: Bridgett
Marriage Year: 1875
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 25
Residence : West Springfield Town (Northwest Part), Hampden, Massachusetts
Occupation: CAR INSPECTOR
Household Members: Name Age
John Triggs 51
Bridgett Triggs 47 Jan 1853 TENN/IRELAND/IRELAND
Patrick H Triggs 23 Jul 1876
Mary E Triggs 19 Mar 1881
Julia L Triggs 15 Sep 1884
Cecilia T Triggs 12 Nov 1887
John F Triggs 10 Jan 1890
Robert Triggs 8 Feb 1892
Alice Triggs 5 Apr 1895
Anna Triggs 2 Nov 1898
Helen Triggs 5.12 Jan 1900


1910
Name: John Triggs
Age in 1910: 61
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1849
Birthplace: Ireland
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Ireland
Mother's Birth Place: Ireland
Spouse's Name: Bridgett
Home in 1910: West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Year of Immigration: 1866

Household Members: Name Age
John Triggs 61
Bridgett Triggs 66
Julia L Triggs 24
Celia A Triggs 22
John F Triggs 20
Robert E Triggs 18
Alice R Triggs 15
Anna C Triggs 12
Helen Triggs 10

1920
West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
Bridget Triggs 65 WIDOWED
Robert Triggs 29
Alice Jones 24 DAU MARRIED
Anna Jones 22 DAU SINGLE 'WHY THE JONES LAST NAME ON ANNA AND HELEN I DONT KNOW...PROB A MISTAKE'
Helen Jones 20 SINGLE DAU
Howard Burhans 38 NY SON IN LAW
Cecilia Burhans 32 DAU

1930
Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
Robert E Triggs 38
Marcella C Triggs 32
Shelia Triggs 6
Pauline Triggs 4 4/12
Robert Triggs 3 1/12


JOHN TRIGGS
1870 United States Federal Census

Name: John Triggs
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1845
Age in 1870: 25
Birthplace: Ireland
Home in 1870: Springfield Ward 3, Hampden, Massachusetts
Race: White
Gender: Male
MOULDER
Post Office: Springfield

1880
Name: John Triggs
Home in 1880: West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
Age: 30
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850
Birthplace: Ireland
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Spouse's Name: Bridget
Father's birthplace: Ireland
Mother's birthplace: Ireland
Occupation: R R Employ
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Bridget Triggs 26 TENN
Patrick Triggs 4
Joseph Triggs 1


Historical Newspapers > Fitchburg Sentinel (Fitchburg, Massachusetts) > 1942 > August > 17
MENTIONS ROBERT E TRIGGS, TRAINMASTER AT BOSTON & MAINE RR, WAS GUEST SPEAKER AT THE FITCHSBURG ROTARY CLUB


THERE ARE SEVERAL WORK RELATED ARTICLES IN THE SAME NEWSPAPER 1942-1947

ONE MENTIONS HE WAS COL. ROBERT TRIGGS AND A VETERAN OF BOTH WW I AND II
HE SERVED AT ONE TIME AS A MAJOR AT CAMP CLAYBORNE
LOUISIANA
THERE ARE ARTICLES ON SON ROBERT AT LEOMINSTER HIGHSCHOOL. HE GRADUATED IN 1943


U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Robert E Triggs Jr
Birth Year: 1926
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Massachusetts
State: Massachusetts
County or City: Worcester
Enlistment Date: 13 Oct 1944
Enlistment State: Massachusetts
Enlistment City: Fort Devens
Branch Code: No branch assignment
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Reserves - exclusive of Regular Army Reserve and Officers of the Officers Reserve Corps on active duty under the Thomason Act (Officers and Enlisted Men -- O.R.C. and E.R.C., and Nurses-Reserve Status)
Source: Enlisted Reserve or Medical Administrative Corps (MAC) Officer
Education: 4 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Student Codes 0x, 2x, 4x and 6x as pertain to students will be converted, for machine records purposes, to the code number 992.
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 78
Weight: 080


SSDI
Name: Robert E. Triggs Jr.
Last Residence: 32963 Vero Beach, Indian River, Florida, United States of America
Born: 14 Aug 1926
Died: 13 Jan 1998
State (Year) SSN issued: Massachusetts

MASS DEATH INDEX..THEY DIED A MONTH APART
Name: Marcella C Triggs
Certificate: 042675
Death Place: Springfield
Death Date: 29 Jun 1985
Birth Place: Massachusetts
Birth Date: 11 Nov 1897

Name: Robert E Triggs
Certificate: 043420
Death Place: Springfield
Death Date: 20 Jul 1985
Birth Place: Massachusetts
Birth Date: 8 Feb 1892


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