| 1867 - Born in Glasgow, son of Lord John Trayner and Francis Elizabeth Maxwell (Wyld) Trayner. 18 ? - 1878 - Enrolled at Edinburgh University (Mr Carmichael's Class) for four years 1882 - Fettes College for two years 1884 - Clare College, Canterbury 1893 - Nominated Vice Consul at New York (01.04.1893) 1893 - Passed an exam before the Civil Service Commission 1893 - Appointed to the post of Vice Consul in New York (20.05.1893) 1893 - Arrived in the US from Queenstown, Cork Ireland at 26yrs old on the Etruria (14 Oct 1893) 1896 - Appointed first Vice Consul at New York (02.29.1896) 1895 - Arrived in the US from Liverpool at 27yrs old on the Umbria (12 Jan 1895 ) 1897 - Promoted to be Consul at Guatemala (06.09.1897) under a Rev. General 1898 - Married Emmeline Tornquist, Swedish (1879 - 1941) adopted daughter of Herr von Voights Retz 1898 - Visited by his brother Robert in America 1900 - Daughter Mildred Alice Frances Trayner born in Guatemala (1900 - 1966) 1902 - In charge of the legation at Guatemala (29.06.1902 - 02.04.1903) 1903 - Appointed Consul for Galicia, the Asturias, and Leon 21.01.1903 (living in Corunna) 1903 - Moved to Corunna, Spain 1908 - Died in Corunna, Spain of fever / diabetes (21.02.1908), his mother died 4 mnths later |
| Gran's Notes: Emmeline Tornquist adopted daughter of Herr Von Voights Retz, German Plenipotentiary in Chilli. Aunt Millie - Spanish Girl? (actually Swedish), had one daughter who married a man called McCormack. Last known had two children (one boy, one girl) and lived as a widow in Thames Ditton Additional Notes: Emmeline Tornquist was left orphaned at 16 and was taken on by Herr Von Voights Retz as guardian and later adopted. She was Swedish |
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| Charles Hugh Maxwell Trayner 03.03.1867 - 21.02.1908 |
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