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TROMBLEY REFERENCES

From the Book "RIVER AND RAIL TO PROGRESS"        WING "VILLAGE" CEMETERY
History of Petersburg, Monroe County, Michigan, 1969.
Page 55:                                                                                                               Joseph Trombley and Drouillard lists
Caption for 1969 Centennial:
"Built in 1898 by A.P. Faling, the Sun Printing Office building
served for 32 years in this capacity.  For the past several years, and until
late 1968, this building has been headquarters for plumbing establishments.
Standing in the doorway of the newly completed building was the editor,
A.P. Faling, and his news assistant, Miss Lena Trombley"
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From Page 24:
"Observations of a Petersburg Resident"
(With photo captioned:
"Mr. and Mrs. William Trombley,
brother of Jerome, at their residence)
......
 " Jerome Trombley was born in 1837, the son of Lewis and Sophia Trombley.
   At the age of 13 he taught himself to play the violin, and with his two
brothers,  William and Lewis, formed a band
which became known as the Trombley Quadrille Band.
  The trio furnished music for almost every occasion and were much in demand.
In later years Jerome left this area to become a trveling musician in connection
with circus and theatrical companies.  He managed to see much of the country
in this way and returned to his old home in 1874.
    He served several terms as treasurer of the township,
and devoted most of his spare time to the study of natural history.
He became well known as an authority in ornithology and conchology,
possessing an amazing collection of bird's eggs in clutches that
comprised nearly 1,500 specimens with every species of bird in
this part of the country represented.
He had a library collection of nearly 200 volumes devoted
mainly to natural history, and had a collection of shells including
 over 500 species representing land, fresh water, and marine specimens.
   Beginning in 1905, he kept a journal of all the homes in the village,
recording any changes in ownership as it occurred.
 In 1914 he made alist of the buildings he could recall
that were standing in 1845. The list is reprinted in part....."
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Page 8:
"Lewis and Sophia Trombley came from Clinton County, New York,
 with Mr. Trombley's sister and husband, the Horace Hill's, in 1833.
Mr. Trombley's brother Moses came in 1838.
   Lewis Trombley settled across the river, along what is now Taft road about
where the Lawrence Musgrave home is now located.
They came on the first steamboat that landed in Toledo, named
"walk-in-the-water" by the Indians.  Mr. Trombley was passionately fond
of hunting and became familiar with every uninhabited portion of Summerfield
when it was still a vast wilderness, becoming useful as a guide,
and providing meat to many of the pioneer families in the form of deer,
wild turkey, and an occasional bear.  He was the first butcher in the area.
 He held several township offices, serving as treasurer for several years.
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page 10.-- Summerfield Plat map with Moses Trombley land marked
just west of Geo Peters and Petersburg town label. (About 1893?)

Sam Drouillard is listed on page 92:
Summerfield Post 6509 Veterans of Foreign Wars
Former Post Commanders: 1948 (deceased)

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[Research problem about steamboats on Lake Erie:
There apparently was a steamboat actually named "Walk-in-the-Water,
which was built in 1818, but was wrecked in October 1821.
See the Ships lists:
http://www.hhpl.on.ca/GreatLakes/Documents/ShipLists/BRA1835.htm
12 steamboats were built in 1833, "Michigan" listed first ...
"article transcribed from original story in Bethel Magazine, Jan. 1836" ]
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From a First Person story retold here:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~migls/walkinthewater.html
  by  MARY A. WITHERELL PALMER.
"DEAR SIR,-At your suggestion I now give you a sketch of my recollection
of the loss of the Walk-in-the-water, and a
copy of the letter accompanying the pictures.....
  ....  "  The first steamboat built on the Upper Lakes was named the Walk-in-the-Water,
not only from its appropriateness, but from a chief of the Wyandotte Indians,
who lived with his band about twelve miles below Detroit,
 on the margin of the Detroit River.
His Indian name was Mier, and signified a turtle, and his Totem,
 or signature, was the figure of a turtle....."

From Page 2. of RIVER AND RAIL TO PROGRESS
"In the years 1819-20 more pioneers entered this area to clear lands for settlement....
  Richard Peters, of Delaware county, New York; John Wadsworth, of Monroe county, New York, Elihu Ward, and Benjamin Davis.  It is generally believed these four
were on the same boat that came down the newly opened Erie canal to Buffalo, New York,
and from there to Monroe."