Researching William Traill
Delve into the history of William Traill using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 413 people with the Traill surname? In that year Traill was ranked number 3166 for popularity in the UK. |
The name William means "resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
Records of William Traill on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of William Traill in your family tree. With over 30 billion records and 100 million family trees to search, Ancestry is one of the key websites to visit to help you trace your family tree back in time. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.
| Country Collection | |
|---|---|
 |
Ancestry.com Global records search results for William Traill. |
 |
Ancestry.com US records search results for William Traill. |
|
Ancestry.co.uk UK records search results for William Traill. |
 |
Ancestry.ca Canadian records search results for William Traill. |
 |
Ancestry.com.au Australian records search results for William Traill. |
DNA
Sometimes you can run into a brick wall in your tree and you just don't have enough evidence to make that next step back in time. A DNA test can sometimes help to make a link to a particular family name if you find you share common DNA with people who have the same or similar surnames as each other. If you are lucky then you may get a match within a few generations and discover some Traill ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!
Have you reached a brick wall in your Traill Tree?
Birth, Death and Marriage Records for William Traill and the Traill Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Traill 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 listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. 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 Traill family tree.
Study Parish Records for William Traill at Find My Past.
Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of William Traill using the FreeBMD database.
Explore Genealogy Bank for William Traill records.
Investigate MyHeritage for William Traill information.
Explore the LDS Database for records about William Traill.
Research the Traill surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Traill Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 576 people with the Traill surname in the UK? Traill is now ranked number 3496 for popularity in the UK. |
Traill Genealogy Databases
Another way to build your tree quickly is to use the research other people have already done. This can help to confirm or refute your own deductions - however, be wary of taking this data at face value as other researchers may not have been as meticulous as you. Always try to back up deductions with some definitive sources rather than relying too heavily on others.
Study the WikiTree database for user contributed records for William Traill.
Study MyTrees for information on the Traill family and people looking to contact living Traill relations.
Look at One Great Family for Traill records submitted by people who are already researching the Traill Family Tree.
Find William Traill from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Traill Forums
There are a number of forums which are dedicated to rearching particular surnames. These can be good places to share your findings and also to tap into the knowledge that others may already have. These can sometimes be a good way of finding living relations as these tend not to show up on the other sources of information for privacy reasons.
Research the Traill surname using Genealogy.com forums .
Miscellaneous Traill Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on William Traill. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called William Traill
William Atcheson Traill
William Atcheson Traill (1844 – 5 July 1933) was an Irish engineer. Born at Ballylough, in County Antrim, William Atcheson Traill was educated in private schools and graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a degree in Engineering in 1865 and a Master's in 1873. In 1868 he joined the Geological Survey of Ireland, becoming an expert on water supply. In 1881 he left, and with his brother Anthony he founded the Portrush, Bushmills, and Giant's Causeway Railway and Tramway Company. This operated the world's first electrical railway, and was funded by capital raised from friends and investors including Sir Walter Siemens and Lord Kelvin. Traill devised and patented a conduit system of burying the live rail in a pipe with electrical contact. The expected goods trade never took off, and the line remained until its closure 1949 as a summer tourist railway. In February 1887 he ran in a by-election in North Antrim as an Independent Unionist, coming in third. He married three times, and met his third wife, Nora Westwood, in 1895 when he rescued her from drowning.
In 1990, the Northern Bank issued a banknote bearing a portrait of Traill.
Source: William Atcheson Traill, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Traill
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
Tarhall Tarhalla Tarle Tarlow Tearle Terell Terrall Terrell Terrelly Terril Terrill Thearle Therrell Thirlaway Thirlow Thirwell Thorley Thorlow Thrall Thrawl Thurley Thurloe Thurlow Tirrell Torel Tourle Trail Trayal Traylo Treola Treolo Treweela Trewhela Trewhella Trial Triall Trill Trillo Trillow Triolo Troell Troll Trolley Trouel Trowel Trowell Trowill Trowl Trowle Trulio Trull Trullo Truly Tryall Turhall Turl Turle Turley Turrell Turrill Tyrrell
Comments
Looking for information on a William Traill in your family tree? Why not post a question here -