Re: Margaret Trog
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In reply to:
Margaret Trog
Sue Burris Burton 12/16/01
IS YOUR SURAME IN QUESTION TROG OR TROGE?I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE THE FOLLOWING:THE TROGE NAME GOES BACK TO THE 1700'S IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE.THERE WERE TROGE'S IN CANADA ABOUT THE TIME OF THE EXPULSION OF THE FRENCH AND ACADIANS BY THE BRITISH [ EVANGELINE BY LONGFELLOW}.A PIER TROGE WAS ON THE ISLAND OF ST. PIERRE AND THEN ON TO QUEBEC, THEN TO WHAT IS NOW MISSOURI.A PIERRE TROGE IS MENTIONED IN THE BOOK 'ORIGINAL SETTLERS OF MISSOURI' WHETHER THESE TWO ARE THE SAME PERSON IS YET TO BE ASCERTAINED.PIERRE TROGE WAS A FOUNDER AND CANTOR OF ST. CHARLES BARROMEO CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ST. CHARLESIN WHAT IS NOW MISSOURI BUT WAS THEN SPANISH TERRITORY.HE AND HIS WIFE WERE INVOLVED IN A SERIOUS COURT CASE INVOLVING CUSTODY OF A SMALL CHILD, WHICH THEY ULTIMATELY LOST.THE PLAINTIFF WAS A MAN CALLED JAMES PIGGOTT, A FAMOUS SETTLER OF THEAREA, WHICH IS NOW ST. LOUIS.I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TRACE ANOTHER TROGE WHICH MAY INTERST YOU.HE IS FRANZ GERHARD DE TROGE, MAJOR OF CAVALARY, FROM PENNSYLVANIA.HE WAS MARRIED TO THE SISTER OF A MINOR HISTORICAL FIGURE NAMED ZIEGLAR, A TERRITORY GOVERNOR IN MISSOURI, I BELIEVE. I AM NOT EVEN SURE THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE ANCESTORS, BUT BELIEVE THEY HAVE TO HAVE SOME CONNECTION BECAUSE OF THE RARITY OF THE NAME.I AM OING TO INVESTIGATE FURTHER AND TRY TO DETERMINE EUROPEAN CONNECTIONS.I HAVE PLACED TROGE'S IN GERMANY, BUT HAVE YET TO PLACE IN FRANCE.