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Wilford Lynn Trass

Male Abt 1919 - 1944  (24 years)

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  • Name Wilford Lynn Trass
    Birth Abt Apr 1919  , , New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male
    Census 12 Jan 1920  Georgetown, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Census 2 Feb 1930  Georgetown, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Death 6 Mar 1944  , Bienville Parish, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Wilfred L. Trass, 1919-1944    		 Wilfred L. Trass, 1919-1944
    Newspaper clipping, source unknown
    Burial Hillside Cemetery, Georgetown, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Wilford Trass    		 Wilford Trass
    Photograph by William F. Bisbee
    Person ID I23335  Bisbee
    Last Modified 17 Mar 2010

    Father Lynn Trass,   b. Dec 1896, , , New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1951, , Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)
    Mother Florence Royce,   b. Abt 1891, , , New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1955, , Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
    Marriage Abt 1916  [2] 
    Family ID F8771  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt Apr 1919 - , , New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 12 Jan 1920 - Georgetown, Madison, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 2 Feb 1930 - Georgetown, Madison, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 6 Mar 1944 - , Bienville Parish, Louisiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Hillside Cemetery, Georgetown, Madison, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • Lt. Wilford Trass, whose home base was Barksdale Field, Louisiana, was killed on a training mission in a twin-engine medium bomber which crashed and exploded 10 miles northeast of Castor, Louisiana.
      -- Unidentified newspaper article provided by Wilford Trass' grand niece, Erica Holcomb.

  • Sources 
    1. [S333] Trass, Lynn (I23033): 1920 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2005): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T625, roll 1118, enumeration district (ED) 108, sheet 4A, page 234A, line 41, dwelling 87, family 87; image accessed 1/7/2009.), 1920.NY.Madison.Georgetown.108.7.

    2. [S334] Trass, Lynn (I23033): 1930 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2002): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T626, roll 1445, enumeration district (ED) 13, sheet 1A, page 230A, line 46, dwelling 18, family 18; image accessed 1/7/2009.), 1930.NY.Madison.Georgetown.13.1.

    3. [S335] Contributed by Phyllis Evans, Georgetown Historian - Summer, 2004; Transcribed by Mary Hafler, NY, Madison, Georgetown: Trass - Hillside Cemetery Listing, (January, 2005).

    4. [S2870] Louisiana Statewide Death Index, 1900-1949, (Ancestry.com. Original data: State of Louisiana, Secretary of State, Division of Archives, Records Management, and History. Vital Records Indices. Baton Rouge, LA, USA.), Record for Wilfred L. Trass.
      Death Date: 6 Mar 1944
      Estimated birth year: 1920
      Age: 24 Years
      Gender: Male
      Race: White or Mexican (White)
      Parish: Bienville
      Certificate Number: «tab»30048
      Volume: 51
      Title: Louisiana Statewide Death Indices 1940-1944