Clara Trollinger

Female 1901 - 1951  (50 years)


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  • Name Clara Trollinger 
    Birth 25 Oct 1901  Stoney Creek, Caswell, NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Clara's birth date of 20 Oct 1911 per her death certificate is probably incorrectly reported or written. Her day and month are probably correct. Her true birth year is probably 1901 which would conform to her marriage certificate where she was the person supplying that information.
    Gender Female 
    Death 15 Nov 1951  Caswell County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Her death day is no doubt 16 which is recorded that way on her death certificate. The death day of 17 on her headstone is probably incorrect.

      North Carolina, Death Certificates
      Caswell 1951 November
      Name: Clara Sellars
      Sex: Female
      Color: Negro
      Marital Status: Married
      Usual Residence: Elon College, Route 2, Caswell, NC
      Occupation: Domestic
      Birth Date: 20 Oct 1911 [1911 was written by mistake and it probably should have read, 20 Oct 1901]
      Father's Name: David Trollinger
      Mother's Name: Unknown
      Date of Death: 16 Nov 1951
      Cause of Death: Cancer of small intestine
      Informant's Name/Address: George Sellars / Elon College, Route 2, Caswell, NC
      Burial Date/Place: 17 Nov 1951 / Rock Fence Cemetery, Caswell County, NC
      (Note: The informant, George Sellars, is either her husband or her son.)
    Burial 16 Nov 1951  Stoney Creek, Caswell, NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Burial: Stoney Creek AME Church Cemetery
      Stony Creek Caswell County, North Carolina, USA
    Person ID I10772  Drollinger Genealogy
    Last Modified 23 Feb 2024 

    Father David Trollinger,   b. Mar 1875, NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Ida Blackwell,   b. Abt Jan 1880, NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F8447  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family George Lester Sellars,   b. 1894   d. 18 Jan 1977, Durham, Durham, NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 26 Dec 1920  Caswell County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • North Carolina, Marriage Records
      Name: Clara Trollinger
      Gender: Female
      Race: Colored (Black)
      Age: 19
      Birth Year: abt 1901
      Marriage Date: 26 Dec 1920
      Marriage Place: Caswell, North Carolina, USA
      Spouse: Geo Sellers
      Spouse Gender: Male
      Spouse Race: Colored (Black)
      Spouse Age: 22
      Event Type: Marriage
    Children 
    +1. John Arthur Sellars,   b. 26 Oct 1921, Stoney Creek, Caswell, NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jan 2006 (Age 84 years)
     2. Unknown Sellars
     3. Claude Ofer (Ofers) Sellars,   b. 1 Sep 1923, Caswell County, NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jun 1975, Chapel Hill, Orange, NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)
     4. Elijah Sellars,   b. 14 Aug 1925, Catawba County, NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Dec 1989, Chapel Hill, Orange, NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
    +5. Margie Sellars,   b. 10 Sep 1927, Caswell County, NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Apr 2004, Chapel Hill, Orange, NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     6. James Junious (Junior) "June" Sellars,   b. 24 Nov 1929, Caswell County, NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jan 2020, NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
    +7. Otis Sellars,   b. 11 Jan 1932, Caswell County, NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Oct 2020, Burlington, Alamance, NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
     8. Gladys Juanita Sellars,   b. 12 Mar 1934, NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Feb 2019, Burlington, Alamance, NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
     9. Verena (Verilea) Sellars,   b. Abt 1936, NC Find all individuals with events at this location
    +10. George Thomas Sellars,   b. 11 Aug 1938, Caswell County, NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 May 1969, Burlington, Alamance, NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years)
     11. Herman Dewey Sellars,   b. 26 May 1941, Caswell County, NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Apr 2014, Pinehurst, Moore County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     12. Curtis Sellars,   b. 25 Dec 1942, Caswell County, NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Oct 1960, Caswell County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 17 years)
    Family ID F9136  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 Feb 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 25 Oct 1901 - Stoney Creek, Caswell, NC Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 26 Dec 1920 - Caswell County, NC Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 15 Nov 1951 - Caswell County, NC Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 16 Nov 1951 - Stoney Creek, Caswell, NC Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents

    Certificate of Death

    Record of Marriage

    1930 United States Federal Census

    1940 United States Federal Census

    Headstones

    Stoney Creek AME Church Cemetery
    Stony Creek, Caswell, NC