Elizabeth Octavia Trollinger

1858 - 1926  (67 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Octavia Trollinger
  Nickname	"Bessie" "Betty"
  Birth	19 Oct 1858	Haw River, Alamance, NC
  	Birth date from grave stone.
  Gender	Female
  Death	6 Sep 1926	Haw River, Alamance, NC   [1]
  	North Carolina, Death Certificates Name: Bessie C Strotford [Bessie C Nallinger] Gender: Female Race: White Age: 66 Birth Date: 19 Oct 1859 Birth Place: Alamance Death Date: 6 Sep 1926 Death Place: Haw River, Alamance, North Carolina, USA Spouse: W D Strotford Father: W H Nallinger Mother: Isla Eatman Informant R.E. Stratford North Carolina, Death Indexes Name: Bessie O Stratford Age: 67 Date of Birth: 1859 Date of Death: 6 Sep 1926 Death County: Alamance Death State: North Carolina Source Vendor: NC State Archives. North Carolina Deaths, 1908-67
  Burial	Haw River, Alamance, NC
  	Burial: Trollinger Family Cemetery 7th row from south to north row, tombstone in small plot. Haw River, Alamance County, North Carolina, USA Inscription: Stratford William O. 1850-1936 Bessie O. Trolinger His Wife 1858-1926
  Person ID	I894	Drollinger Genealogy
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2022

  
  

  Father	William Holt Trollinger,   b. 2 Aug 1827, Haw River, Alamance, NC d. 27 Jan 1916, Haw River, Alamance, NC (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Isla B. Eatman,   b. 17 Aug 1827, NC d. 9 Mar 1876, Haw River, Alamance, NC (Age 48 years)
  Family ID	F292	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Octavius Stratford,   b. 14 May 1850, Guilford County, NC d. 3 Oct 1936, Haw River, Alamance, NC (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	25 Oct 1877	Alamance County, NC
  	North Carolina, Marriage Records Name: Bessie C Trollinger Gender: Female Age: 19 Birth Year: abt 1858 Marriage Date: 25 Oct 1877 Marriage Place: Alamance, North Carolina, USA Spouse: William E Stafford Spouse Gender: Male Spouse Age: 27 Event Type: Marriage
  Children	1. Dr. William Henry Stratford,   b. 31 Jul 1878, Greensboro, Guilford, NC d. 16 May 1958, Haw River, Alamance, NC (Age 79 years)   2. Isla Jane Stratford,   b. 17 Apr 1880, Greensboro, Guilford, NC d. 26 Feb 1958, Scarsdale, NY (Age 77 years)   3. May Lois Stratford,   b. 23 Jan 1882, Guilford County, NC d. 4 Jun 1888, Guilford County, NC (Age 6 years)   4. John Bailey Stratford,   b. 27 Feb 1884, Guilford County, NC d. 16 Oct 1972, Burlington, Alamance, NC (Age 88 years)   5. Lee Trolinger Stratford,   b. 6 Sep 1888, Guilford County, NC d. 1 Jan 1890, McLeansville, Guilford, NC (Age 1 year) + 6. Robert Eatmon Stratford, Sr.,   b. 4 May 1892, Guilford County, NC d. 12 Oct 1971, Burlington, Alamance, NC (Age 79 years) + 7. Parke Cooper Stratford, Sr.,   b. 29 Jan 1894, Guilford County, NC d. 17 Apr 1992, Burlington, Alamance, NC (Age 98 years)
  Family ID	F294	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2017

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 19 Oct 1858 - Haw River, Alamance, NC Marriage - 25 Oct 1877 - Alamance County, NC Death - 6 Sep 1926 - Haw River, Alamance, NC Burial - - Haw River, Alamance, NC  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Certificate of Death
  		1860 United States Federal Census
  		Record of Marriage
  		Certificate of Death
  		Marriage Certificate
  		Coming to Alamance Mr. and Mrs. Stratford Will Live at Trolinger Home. Mr. W. 0. Stratford, who has lived in Greensboro many years, expects to soon move to Alamance to make his home. He will sell his home in Greensboro Saturday, 31st inst., at auction. Mr. Stratford's wife was Miss Bessie 0. Trolinger, daughter of the late William H. Trolinger. Early the first of next mouth they will move to the old Trolinger Homestead on Haw river, two miles East of Graham, to round out their journey. The move is at the solicitation of Mr. Jno. A. Trolinger, who owns the old home. This property has an interesting history, being a grant from the Crown of England to the original Trolinger six generations back, but became an American citizen in residence as well in name and his descendants are praying for the defeat of the Hohenzollern dynasty which has plunged the world into holocaust of frightful destruction. Mr. Stratford will devote his entire time to the farm and stock raising, while Mr. Trolinger will devote his time to his modern, up-to-date brick manufacturing plant at Mebane, where he has plenty of fine clay. Mrs. Stratford's friends of her girlhood days will welcome her and her husband back to the old home after so long an absence.

  
  

  Headstones

  Trollinger Family Cemetery Haw River, Alamance, NC

  
  

• Notes

  1900 United States Federal Census Name: Bessie Stratford Age: 41 Birth Date: Oct 1858 Birthplace: North Carolina Home in 1900: Greensboro Ward 6, Guilford, North Carolina Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Wife Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Walt Stratford Marriage Year: 1877 Years Married: 23 Father's Birthplace: North Carolina Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina Mother: number of living children: 5 Mother: How many children: 7 Household Members: Name Age Walt Stratford 50 Bessie Stratford 41 William H Stratford 21 Isla J Stratford 20 John B Stratford 16 Robert E Stratford 8 Parke C Stratford 6 1880 United States Federal Census Name: Bessie O. Stratford Age: 21 Birth Year: abt 1859 Birthplace: North Carolina Home in 1880: Jefferson, Guilford, North Carolina Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Daughter-in-law Marital Status: Single Father's Birthplace: North Carolina Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina Household Members: Name Age Henry B. Stratford 82 Jane C. Stratford 67 Bessie O. Stratford 21 William A. Stratford 2 Lacy J. Stratford 1m 1870 United States Federal Census Name: William Trollinger Age in 1870: 42 Birth Year: abt 1828 Birthplace: North Carolina Home in 1870: Graham, Alamance, North Carolina Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: Graham Value of real estate: View image Household Members: Name Age William Trollinger 42 (White) North Carolina; Occupation: Farmer Isla Trollinger 41 (White) North Carolina; Occupation: Keeping House Bettie Trollinger 11 (White) North Carolina; Occupation: At Home John Trollinger 7 (White) North Carolina; Occupation: At Home Elizabeth Trollinger 81 (White) North Carolina; Occupation: At Home William Holly 30 (Mulatto) North Carolina; Occupation: Blacksmith Hannah Trollinger 18 (Mulatto) North Carolina; Occupation: Domestic Servant Charles Trollinger 2 (Mulatto) North Carolina; Occupation: At Home Jane Isley 6 (Black) North Carolina; Occupation: At Home Joseph Johnston 15 (Black) North Carolina; Occupation: Domestic Servant Preston Chandler 12 (Black) North Carolina; Occupation: Domestic Servant Hannah Trollinger 12 (Black) North Carolina; Occupation: Domestic Servant to my grand daughter Elizabeth O Trolinger one cow, one calf, one bed and bedding, one bureau of her choice, and one half of the valuation of a piano will of John, her grand father

  
  

• Sources

  [S359] Mrs. J. S. Welborn, NC Tombstone Records, (High Point 1935 vol 2).