She was the paternal grandchild of William Henry Haywood II & Ann Sheppard of Raleigh; and gr-grandchild of William Henry Haywood I & Charity Hare of Edgecombe Co, NC. She was the maternal grandchild of Edward Graham of New Bern, Craven Co, NC.
Gertrude was just 4 years old when her father died in 1852. She weathered the Civil War remaining in Raleigh with her widowed mother who would be left grieving after the loss of 2 of her 3 sons in the war.
Gertrude married into the prominent Trapier family of Charleston & Georgetown, South Carolina, marrying two of the sons of Rev. Richard Shubrick Trapier & Windham/Wyndham Theodosia. She married (1st)on 4 Sep 1879 to William Shubrick Trapier (1850-1879) who died just about 2 months into the marriage. She then married his older brother, Edward Shubrick Trapier (1840-1909) in 1881, and by him would have four (4) daugthers:
* Whyndam Theodosia Trapier (1881-1967)
* Margaret Haywood Trapier ROGERS (1883-1966)
* Jennie Graham Trapier (1884-1975)
* Elizabeth G. Trapier (1886-1979)
Edward S. Trapier worked for the railroad and the couple resided in Raleigh where they raised their children. Gertrude was widowed in 1909 when her husband of 28 years passed at age 69. She never remarried and survived him 22 years, passing in 1931 at age 83.
As for her children, the eldest daughter Wyndham married Samuel A'Court Ashe, Jr. (1874-1932) of Raleigh, who is buried in Oakwood. Wyndham reportedly died in St. Simons Island, GA in 1967, but her burial place has not been located by this researcher. Margaret Trapier married Allen Gray Rogers, Sr. (1859-1932) and after his death removed to Brunswick, Glynn Co, GA where she died in 1966. Jennie Graham Trapier was a school teacher and never married; removing to Menlo Park, San Mateo Co, CA, where she died in 1975. Youngest daughter, Elizabeth Trapier, married Floyd Stephen Mott (1884-1951) in 1911, and divorced by 1940; then joined her sister in Menlo Park, CA where she died in 1979.
She was the paternal grandchild of William Henry Haywood II & Ann Sheppard of Raleigh; and gr-grandchild of William Henry Haywood I & Charity Hare of Edgecombe Co, NC. She was the maternal grandchild of Edward Graham of New Bern, Craven Co, NC.
Gertrude was just 4 years old when her father died in 1852. She weathered the Civil War remaining in Raleigh with her widowed mother who would be left grieving after the loss of 2 of her 3 sons in the war.
Gertrude married into the prominent Trapier family of Charleston & Georgetown, South Carolina, marrying two of the sons of Rev. Richard Shubrick Trapier & Windham/Wyndham Theodosia. She married (1st)on 4 Sep 1879 to William Shubrick Trapier (1850-1879) who died just about 2 months into the marriage. She then married his older brother, Edward Shubrick Trapier (1840-1909) in 1881, and by him would have four (4) daugthers:
* Whyndam Theodosia Trapier (1881-1967)
* Margaret Haywood Trapier ROGERS (1883-1966)
* Jennie Graham Trapier (1884-1975)
* Elizabeth G. Trapier (1886-1979)
Edward S. Trapier worked for the railroad and the couple resided in Raleigh where they raised their children. Gertrude was widowed in 1909 when her husband of 28 years passed at age 69. She never remarried and survived him 22 years, passing in 1931 at age 83.
As for her children, the eldest daughter Wyndham married Samuel A'Court Ashe, Jr. (1874-1932) of Raleigh, who is buried in Oakwood. Wyndham reportedly died in St. Simons Island, GA in 1967, but her burial place has not been located by this researcher. Margaret Trapier married Allen Gray Rogers, Sr. (1859-1932) and after his death removed to Brunswick, Glynn Co, GA where she died in 1966. Jennie Graham Trapier was a school teacher and never married; removing to Menlo Park, San Mateo Co, CA, where she died in 1975. Youngest daughter, Elizabeth Trapier, married Floyd Stephen Mott (1884-1951) in 1911, and divorced by 1940; then joined her sister in Menlo Park, CA where she died in 1979.
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