Travers, Charles

1811 - 1882

• Born	2 Jan 1811	Chetnole, Dorset, England
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	27 Jan 1811	Yetminster, Dorset, England
  Emigration	4 Feb 1850	New Diggings, Lafayette, Wisconsin
  _UID	A7DCA64A4031454CA9C5AA43E7A808B219EF
  Died	1882	Dorsetshire, England
  Notes	"Coming to America with his father and brother, they started from their home February 4, 1850, and he immediately began the battle of life in real earnest and under exceedingly adverse circumstances. In the course of eighteen months they had enough money between them to send for the rest of the family, who joined them at New Diggins, Wis. At a later date the father purchased thirty acres of land near White Oak Springs, Wis., and upon it sunk a shaft and for some time both father and son did a good business in lead mining." "About this time the coal fields of Central Illinois were attracting a great deal of attention, and the father of our subject was persuaded by a friend to come to Fulton County for the purpose of opening a coal bank. Being a practical man he was well pleased with the outlook and at once wrote to his son, who was engaged in the gold mines of California, to come to Illinois and enter the coal business. The father came to Fairview October 5, 1895, and the son arrived on the 23rd of the same month. They were successful and their mine became widely known as Traver's Coal Bank.", [1, 2]
  Person ID	I2465	Keith and Kay's
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2002

  
  

  Father	Travers, Robert
  Mother	Ann
  _UID	098E8E69E0304C51B7BDD7793DEFCF201A25
  Family ID	F1163	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Hutchins, Jane, Dorsetshire, England
  Married	Burton Bradstock, Dorset, England
  _UID	E4D5EF310C6743E7B923D672AED5715AE872
  Children	> 1. Travers, Thomas Hunt,   b. 10 Feb 1839, Dorset, United Kingdom ,   d. 12 Jun 1919, Fairview, Fulton, Illinois
  Family ID	F1158	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 2 Jan 1811 - Chetnole, Dorset, England Married - - Burton Bradstock, Dorset, England  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S130] Portrait and Biographical Album of Fulton County, Illinois containing full page portraits of Prominent and Representative citizens of the county., (Biographical Publishing Co, Chicago, Illinois, 1890), page 797, [Q:2]. [S130] Portrait and Biographical Album of Fulton County, Illinois containing full page portraits of Prominent and Representative citizens of the county., (Biographical Publishing Co, Chicago, Illinois, 1890).