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Subject: Re: Troxell
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 1997 10:43:31 -0500 (EST)


In a message dated 97-12-02 10:13:40 EST, you write:

> I have noticed the TROXELL name in several queries. A dear relative whom we
> called Aunt Bertha (Bertha Dell LONG) married Clarence Elmer TROXELL, b.
> 1874 in Indiana, the son of George and Mary E. TROXELL. They were located
> in LaGrange Co. IN. The LONG family was Brethren and I suspect the
Troxells
> were too.

Peg, I don't know a whole lot about the Troxells. I believe they were
Reformed in the beginning when they lived in Lehigh/Northampton County, but
the ones who migrated to other areas I suspect became Brethren (or at least
some of them did). I suspect they were all descended from the same
Pennsylvania Troxell family--but I am certainly no expert on them. They are
only an allied family for me.

The surname Trostel/Trostle shows up quite frequently in the book "Brethren
Heritage along the Big Conewago," and it is just a guess on my part that this
may be another variation of Troxell. Those who know more about this family
can feel free to correct me on that if I am wrong about it.

Joan Myers Young

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