Researching Robert Trench
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 284 people with the Trench surname? In that year Trench was ranked number 3295 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Robert means "bright fame" and is of English origin.
Records of Robert Trench on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Robert Trench and the Trench Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Trench Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Trench family tree.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 432 people with the Trench surname in the UK? Trench is now ranked number 3634 for popularity in the UK. |
Trench Genealogy Databases
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Trench Forums
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Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Robert Trench. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Robert Trench
Robert Le Poer Trench
Robert Le Poer Trench (c.1811 – 8 February 1895) was a judge and an Attorney-General of Victoria.
Trench was the third son of Ven. Charles Le Poer Trench, D.D., of Ballinasloe, County Galway, Archdeacon of Ardagh, and grandson of the first Earl of Clancarty. He entered as a student of the Middle Temple in May 1839, and was called to the Bar in June 1842. Having emigrated to Victoria, he was clerk of petty sessions at Kilmore, Victoria and afterwards at Ballarat. In 1855 he was admitted to the Victorian Bar, and quickly obtained a large practice, especially in mining cases. Though he never entered parliament he was Attorney-General in the first Graham Berry Government from August to October 1875, and in Berry's second Administration, from May 1877 to March 1878, when he was appointed a Commissioner of Land Tax, and a County Court Judge in April 1880. Mr. Trench, who was appointed Q.C. in 1878, subsequently retired on a pension.
Source: Robert Le Poer Trench, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Trench
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