Hi Bob,
I am writing about your wonderful research into the Trease family history, especially managing the website. I have been researching on and off for about 25 years and I think that I came across the Trease website about 10 years ago.
My great grandmother was Daisy Trayes Halliday (1874-1955), the daughter of Thomas Halliday and Alice Webb. Alice Webb was born in Bath Somerset in 1833 and died in Victoria, Australia in 1887. Her parents were William Webb (1808-1872) and Eliza Trayes (abt 1809-1854), married Walcot Somerset on 10 Apr 1831. Both died in Victoria. I see that you have some details on Eliza on your website and that you are not sure where Eliza fits into the main Trease family. I have a copy of Eliza’s death certificate which states her parents as John Trayes and Elizabeth Trayes. The informant on the death certificate was not a family member (that I am aware of), most likely a local ‘agent’ in the area who recorded the details. Death certificates are notorious for errors! So I am keeping an open mind about the accuracy of the information.
Over the last couple of days I found on the FamilySearch website an entry for an Eliza Trays – baptised on 26 Jul 1808, at Walcot St Swithin, Somerset, England, parents William Trays and Elizabeth. A search of the register index on Ancestry found no details, but a looking through the digitised pages on Ancestry I found the actual entry. Ancestry has interpreted the record as “Eliza Frays”. It could go either way!
Further searching unearthed the baptism of a Jane Trayes – 6 Jan 1805 Bath St James Somerset, appears to be a Bishop’s transcript, parents William Trayes and Elizabeth. Indexed and image on Ancestry. Also a marriage between William Treays and Elizabeth Moore on 11 Apr 1802 in Bath Somerset. I could only find the index entry on FamilySearch, not on Ancestry. The church was listed as Bath St James, but also as “SS Peter & Paul”, so a little confusing. I looked for the digitized images on Ancestry but the marriage registers don’t appear to be in the Ancestry records.
I did a brief search in your website but couldn’t link to Jane or William and Elizabeth Moore. I will keep searching, but I thought that you may find the above of interest to help prove or disprove the link between your Trease family and Eliza Trayes.
King regards,
Mark Smith
Canberra, Australia