TRAGHEIM, John Samuel

   Other names for John were TRAGHAM, Samuel,⁶ TRAGHEIM, John S. ³ and TRAGHEIM, Samuel.^{4 7}

  General Notes:

The 1861 census for Elswick, in Newcastle on Tyne, England, recorded John S. Tragheim as head of the household living at 5 Gloucester Street in the municipal ward of Westgate. With John lived his wife Cathen [sic], their two children, Diana and Edward, and a 'relative' Elizabeth Winter [sic]. John was 28 years of age and had been born in Russia. He worked as a draper and interpreter.

John Tragheim may have died between 1865 when his son Alfred was born in Norwich, England, and the 1871 census for Edinburgh, when his wife Catherine Winton was recorded as being a widow. It may be that he died in England, since no record has been found as yet in the Scottish archives. More likely, he left his wife Catharine Winton and their children to go elsewhere. If he was not actually dead when Catharine married in 1872, it would make her second marriage bigamous. In the absence of ready access to inexpensive divorce proceedings this was not as uncommon at the time as one might think. A marriage is recorded on 12 November 1865 between a Samuel Tragheim and Anne Benford at St James Clerkenwell, and this couple had two children. It is more than possible that this was the same man.

Samuel's daughter, Mary Jane died, in 1869 at the Sick Children's Hospital in Edinburgh. In her death certificate, Samuel Tragheim was recorded as a draper by occupation. His wife, Catherine, was the informant.

When Catherine Winton died in 1914, her death certificate recorded her age as 76 years. It also recorded that she had been married to 1] Samuel Tragheim draper and 2] George Wright iron moulder.

In the marriage certificate of his daughter, Diana, in 1881, and in her death certificate of 1941, Samuel Tragheim or Tragham was recorded as having been a commercial traveller. ^{3 6 8 9 10}

  Research Notes:

SAMUEL TRAGHEIM

There is a website http://tragheim.com/ which includes this man. Among other things it claims Samuel Tragheim abandoned Catharine Winton and their children, and established a bigamous relationship with a woman named Anne Benford, and that after a time in England they went to the USA. It is true that no death certificate has been found in Scotland or England for John Samuel Tragheim, or a combination of these names. If he was in fact still alive in 1872, Catharine's second marriage would also have been bigamous. ¹¹

John married Catharine WINTON, daughter of Robert WINTON and Helen WEBSTER, on 7 April 1857 in 45 Regent Terrace, Edinburgh, Scotland.^{1 2} (Catharine WINTON was born on 1 August 1837, baptised on 13 August 1837 in Dundee, Scotland and died 8 March 1914 at 5.00 am in 80 Clerk Street, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland.). The cause of her death was cerebral haemorrhage over 2 months.

  Marriage Notes:

The marriage was celebrated according the forms of the Church of Scotland. A minister of the Free Church, Edinburgh, John Hunter, conducted the ceremony. James Winton and Hellen Robertson were the witnesses.

John Tragheim, aged 22 years and unmarried, of 92 High Street, was a shoemaker by trade. His mother was deceased.

Catherine Winton, aged 19 years and of the same address, was a stay maker. She was unmarried. Her father was deceased.

The marriage was registered on 9 April 1857 at Edinburgh, Andrew Balfour being the registrar. ²