El Dorado County Biographies


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WILLIAM TRENGOVE
 
            Was the oldest of a family of three children of Ezekiel and Jane 
(Jenkins) Trengove. He was born in the town of Redruth, county of Cornwall, 
England, August 25, 1825.  In 1847 he came to the United States, and thence to 
Cuba.  After mining a short time returned to England after his wife, whom he had 
married August 2, 1846, and left behind when going to America.  In April, 1850, 
he again returned to the United States and went to work in the lead mines in 
Southern Wisconsin.  In the spring of 1852 he crossed the plains to California, 
and arrived at Nevada City on the 15th of August, the same year.  After a few 
days he journeyed on to Negro Hill and has been a resident ever since.  For many 
years he acted as agent for the Ditch Company, was their superintendent of 
blasting, etc.; was engaged in mining and running a tunnel 1,800 feet, which 
lasted two years.  For over ten years he has been Justice of the Peace, an 
office he has filled to the entire satisfaction of all who have come in contact 
with him in official business.  Is a man of more than ordinary intelligence, and 
possessed of a genial nature.  He is a member of Granite Lodge, No. 62, 
I.O.O.F., at Folsom.  Is a man of exactly six feet stature and belongs to a 
long-lived family.
 
Historical Souvenir of El Dorado County, California with Illustrations & 
Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men & Pioneers - Oakland, Cal. - Paolo 
Sioli, Publisher, 1883. p - 266
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler