Ancestry of
Douglas Trumbull

Film Special Effects Pioneer

Robert Greer

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• • Great-grandfather of Douglas Trumbull — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 10 
  • Father:
  • William Greer 
  • Mother:
  • Mary -----   
  • Birth Date:
  • 1843 
  • Birth Location:
  • Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 21 Aug 1905 
  • Death Location:
  • Chicago, Cook, Illinois 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook, Illinois 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Katherine Stewart
  • Marriage Date:
  • 16 Jan 1866 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Cook County, Illinois 
  • Children:
  
  

  Alice G. Greer (Ahnentafel No:5 )

  Frances W. Greer

• Sources for Robert Greer

  • ¹ California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994, FHL No 5597475, Image 2145, Death certificate for daughter Alice Greer Trumbull.
  • ² Cook County, Illinois, U.S., Deaths Index, 1878-1922, Death record for Robert Greer.
  • ³ Federal Census, IL, Cook County, 1880, Lake View, E.D. 216, p. 20, Image 19 of 140.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, PA, Philadelphia County, 1850, Philadelphia Lomard Ward, Image 78 of 148.
  • ⁵ Federal Census, PA, Philadelphia County, 1860, Philadelphia Ward 1, p. 110, Image 30 of 132.
  • ⁶ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 12/27/2022).
  • ⁷ Illinois, U.S., Marriage Index, 1860-1920, Marriage record for Robert Greer and Kate Stewart.
  • ⁸ Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records, 1841-1915, Death certificate for daughter Frances W Greer.
  • ⁹ Shurtleff, Roy L., Descendants of William Shurtleff: 1976 Revised Edition, San Francisco, California: Roy L. Shurtleff (1976), 624.

Douglas Trumbull photo by Julian Herzog (CC BY 4.0)