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John Thomas TRANT
Abt 1837 - 1882 (~ 45 years)
Has 15 ancestors and 3 descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name John Thomas TRANT Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Abt 1837 Sheerness, Sheppey, Kent, England 
- Shown as aged 13 in 1851 census and 23 when married in 1861, and 45 on gravestone although shown as aged 43 in dth registration index.
Naval papers give his date of birth as 19 April 1839 (ADM 188/52/68462 - seaman's service record)
Gender Male Occupation 1861 Stoke Damerel, Devon, England Smith - His wife shown as 'Blacksmiths wife' in the 1871 census (I've not yet found John himself)
Died 8 Nov 1882 Stoke Damerel Reg Dist, Devon, England - GRO ref: TRANT, John Thomas q4 1882 aged 43 Stoke D. RD 5b 221
Buried 12 Nov 1882 Stoke Damerel burial ground, Milehouse, Plymouth, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 26 May 2015)Information about and photo of gravestone
Gravestone inscription:
"In
Memory of
John Thomas Trant
who died Nov 8th 1882
Aged 45(?) Years
"The Lord gave and the Lord hath
Taken away Blessed be the Name
of the Lord" [Job 1:21]
Also Bithiah. H. Trant.
wife of the above
who died May 30th 1908
Aged 82 years.
"
Siblings2 brothers and 3 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
John TRANT, b. Est 1715, d. Abt Oct 1781, Sherford, Devon, England (Age ~ 66 years) (2 x Great Grandfather) 
Elizabeth RODD, b. Abt 1816, d. 7 Feb 1847, Stoke Damerel Reg Dist, Devon, England (Age ~ 31 years) (Mother) Person ID I12699 All Last Modified 6 Jun 2018
Father Philip Wright TRANT, bap. 29 Jan 1815, The Parish Church, Stoke Damerel, Devon, England , d. 17 Aug 1883, Endsleigh Place, Ridgeway, Plympton, Devon, England (Age ~ 68 years)
Other Partners: Honoria Philippa Gifford CLEVERTON m. Jun Q 1850Mother Elizabeth RODD, b. Abt 1816, d. 7 Feb 1847, Stoke Damerel Reg Dist, Devon, England (Age ~ 31 years) Married 14 Dec 1835 St. Andrew’s Church, Plymouth, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 21 Mar 2013 p.355):
"Philip Trant Mariner and Elizabeth Rodd of this Parish were married in this Church by Banns this Fourteenth day of December in the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Five By me, John Hatchard - Vicar
This Marriage was solemnized between us{ Philip Wright Trant, Elizabeth (X her mark) Rodd
In the Presence of { Thomas Hurell(?), James Boulter
No. 1065"
Family ID F5595 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Bethiah Head TUCKERMAN, b. Abt 1826, d. 30 May 1908, Devonport Reg Dist, Devon, England (Age ~ 82 years) Married 4 Aug 1861 The Parish Church, Stoke Damerel, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 21 Mar 2013)
details to be added
GRO ref: Trant, John Thomas TO Tuckerman, Bethiah Head q3 1861 Stoke D RD 5b 562
Children2 children Last Modified 21 Mar 2013 Family ID F5609 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- Shown as aged 13 in 1851 census and 23 when married in 1861, and 45 on gravestone although shown as aged 43 in dth registration index.