Earl
C. Trout
(1888- ? )
Earl C. Trout was born in February 1888 in Westmoreland
County, PA, the son of Isaac F. and Emma
(Minerd) Trout.
As a young man, Earl is believed to have worked with his father in their small grocery store at Foxtown, Hempfield Twp., Westmoreland County.
Earl married Edna Pearl Felgar ( ? - ? ).
The Trouts had six children -- Stanley Robert Trout, Ray Trout, Dora Trout, Dolly Trout, Emma Kate Trout and Anna Jane Trout.
Little else is known of their lives.
Son Stanley married Blanche Henry. He served in the US Navy in the Pacific Theatre during World War II. Later, he worked for Robertshaw Controls in Youngwood for 44 years. The Robertshaw plant is seen at right in an old postcard photograph.
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