Robert Traill DD (1793 - 1847)

Born 15 Jul 1793 in Lisburn, County Antrim, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Anne (Hayes) Traill — married 1829 in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Descendants

Died 21 Apr 1847 at age 53 in Schull, County Cork, Ireland

Biography

Church of Ireland Clergy

Robert Traill DD is Notable.

Robert Traill DD was born in Ireland.

Dr. Robert Traill was born in Lisburn, County Antrim, Ireland on July 15, 1793, the son of Venerable Anthony Traill, born 1755, and his wife Agnes Watts Traill.

Dr. Robert Traill was one of at least four siblings.

1. James Traill, born July 26, 1789, and passed away in Portugal in 1810 at the age of 20 years old.
2. Dr. William Traill, M.D. , born August 3, 1791, married twice and had eight children.
3. Dr. Robert Traill, D.D., born in 1793 and passed away in 1847 at the age of 53 years old.
4. Catherine Traill, who passed away March 23, 1823

• maybe others

Dr. Robert Traill was born into a Protestant family.

Dr. Robert Traill was educated by Mr Larden of England and entered Trinity College Dublin on 4 October 1813, aged 20. B.A. 1816, M.A. 1827, B.D. and D.D. 1840. ^[1]

Dr. Robert Traill was the Church of Ireland rector of Schull, Cork, Ireland from 1832 until his death during the Great Famine in 1847. He served in the Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross.

Dr. Robert Traill was the translator of several manuscripts of Josephus into English.

Dr. Robert Traill discovered copper on the Mizen Head peninsula and became part owner of a copper mine. One of the mine shafts is named for him.

Dr. Robert Traill lost his father Anthony Traill on November 16, 1831.

Dr. Robert Traill lost his mother Agnes Watts Gayer Traill on November 30, 1838

Dr. Robert Traill spent the early part of his career trying to convert Catholics to the Church of Ireland. He was supported by the tithes assessed to everyone, no matter what their religion or economic status. The Tithe Law demanded everyone support the Church of Ireland with a ten percent tithe even if they were Catholic, Presbyterian, or Methodist, and Dr. Traill at first complained when the tithes were not completely collectible due to the resistance of the non-Church of Ireland residents in the area.

Dr. Robert Traill married Anne Hayes in 1829.

Marriage Notice - Southern Reporter and Cork Commercial Courier February 24, 182

In Dublin, the Rev. Robert Trail, son of the Archdeacon of Connor, to Anne, eldest daughter of the late Sir Samuel, and sister to the present Sir Edmund Hayes, of Drumboc Castle, county Donegal, Bart.

Children

1. Robert Walter Traill, Jr., who studied engineering at Trinity College before moving to Argentina, to become a rancher with his brother.
2. Edmund Traill who studied medicine at Trinity College, Dublin before moving to Argentina to become a rancher with his brother.
3. Kathleen Traill, born September 1836, who married John Hatch Synge, and had eight children.

Dr. Robert Traill helped feed the poor by starting a soup kitchen at his home in 1846. He fed everyone who came for help, even if they were not from his Church of Ireland. He spent much of his income on food to feed the starving, and had to send his wife home to her mother in Dublin to protect her and his children from the diseases that were rampant among starving populace.

Dr. Robert Traill died of Typhus or Typhoid fever in 1847 which he acquired while helping feed the poor starving people in his area.

Death Notice - Tipperary Vindicator April 28, 1847

at Schull Rectory, of typhus fever, in the 54th year of his age, the Rev. Robert Trail, D.D.

Dr. Robert Traill has a third great-granddaughter named Daisy Goodwin, who wrote Dr. Robert Traill's story into her book "Victoria." and into ITV's "Victoria" series produced from her book.

Sources

1. ↑ FindmyPast - Alumni Dublinenses - 1924 Edition Note: Published in 1924, this is the first edition Alumni Dublinenses, a register of provosts, professors, graduates and students of Trinity College Dublin, Ireland's oldest university.

See also:

• Victoria, a book by Daisy Goodwin, made into a video series by ITV, especially Episode 6 of Season Two.

• "John Millington Synge and the Irish theatre" by Maurice Bourgeois, pub 1913 p 2 https://archive.org/stream/johnmillingtonsy00bour#page/2/mode/2up

• Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Traill_(clergyman)

• Irish Identity website - http://www.irishidentity.com/stories/westcork.htm

• https://www.geni.com/people/Robert-Traill/6000000020658602284

• https://www.geni.com/people/Venerable-Anthony-Traill/6000000038382184871

• Newspaper notification of Marriage to Anne Hayes - Oxford University and City Herald 14 March 1829 https://search.findmypast.co.uk/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0000991%2f18290314%2f022&stringtohighlight=robert%20traill%20hayes
• Clerical and Parochial Records of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross, Vol 1 by William Maziere Brady, 1864, Pg 247-248