William TROST

1843 -

• Name	William TROST
  Birth	14 May 1843	Louisville, KY
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I30124596555	Brown/Hayes
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Peter TROST,   b. 1799, Boppard, Oberwesel, Theinland, Prussia
  Mother	Magadalena FALLERT
  Marriage	11 Jul 1813	Kappelrodeck, Baden, Germany
  Family ID	F652	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Therese SCHESTER,   b. 1847   d. 28 Mar 1910, Bellevile (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	03 May 1870	St. Clair Co., ILL
  Children	1. Barbara TROST,   b. 1871   d. 17 Aug 1888, Belleville, IL (Age 17 years)   2. Ludovic Frederic TROST,   b. 1877   d. 1882 (Age 5 years)   3. John TROST,   b. 1880, ILlinois   4. Sophia Maria TROST,   b. 1886   d. 02 Aug 1888, Belleville, IL (Age 2 years)   5. Lizzie TROST   6. Catherine TROST
  Family ID	F321	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

• Notes

  According to Billie Compton, this is the brother of Leo who accompanied him to the US. Was Willie Trost named after him?? NOTE: William Trost consistently gives his place of birth as KENTUCKY. Did Peter Trost come to the US? Who are his parents? ST PETER'S CATHEDRAL CENSUS, 1888-1895, P. 86-87 GIVES THE FOLLOWING INFO: TROST; GUILELMUS BORN 15 MAY 1843 LOUISVILLE, KY/ MARRIED: IN CONCUBINATA CUM THERESIA LESTER AB ANS 1870 - 3 MAY (BLANK). RES: 310 RICHLAND. PEWHOLDER. REMARKS: UXOR LEGITIMA CATHARINA LINDER QUAE VIVIT IN ADDIEVILLE SEPARAT AB A 1869 OCT 4. TROST, ELISABETHA, BORN - NO DATA JOANNES - NO DATACATHARINA - BORN - NO DATA. SCHOOL ST. P. This is odd -- firstly, because of the birthplace. Secondly, he is living in sin with Theresa, but is still a pewholder at the Cathdral and sends his daughter to school there. There is no listing for Theresia, other than as his concubine. 1900 Census for IL, St. Clair County, Bellville Township, Belleville City, SD 15, ED 85 p. 12 Richland St. TROST, William, head, white, male, May 1846, 54, b. KY (he is consistent with this. Wonder if he never naturalized???) married 20 years, b. KY, father, g. Germany, Mother b. Germany. occupatin illegible Theresa - whife, white, female, b. Sept, 1848, 52, married 20 years, six children,three living, b. Germany, both parents b. Germany Lizzie, daughter, white, female, 27, b. Sept, 1872m b, IL John son, white male, b. Oct., 1877 22, b. IL. occupation illegiible Catherine, daughter, white, female, b. Nov., 1884, 16 I found death records for Ludovic, Barbara and Sophia Trost in the St. Peter's Cathedral Death Records - 1857-1910. This fits with the information Theresia Trosst gave in the 1900 census, that she had given birth to six children, three of whom were living. 1910 Census for Illinois, Belleville, Belleville City, Sd 13, Ed 11, p. 73 (?) Trost, William - Boarder - white, male, 61 (62?), b. Kentucky, parents b. Germany, Laborer in Foundry William Trost is listed in the 1891-92 Belleville City Directory, on p. 243: Trost, William, laborer, 310 Richland In 1900, William Trost lived two houses down from Wm Letter In the Death Records of St. Peter's Catheedral, Belleville, from 1857-1910, is found the following entry. 31 Dec., 1882, death of ludovicus Fredericu Trost , burial on 1 Jan, 1883, son of Wm Trost and Theresa Schester