Welcome to the Trulock Family Tree Website!
This is an attempt to compile a complete account of the Irish Trulock Family. The records of the family tree were compiled by Robert, John and Vivienne Trulock who did the leg-work and found all the information.
Please feel free to contact the Trulock family with queries and/or suggestions...
There appears to be several distinct families of Trulocks living in Dublin and Ireland around the same time. If there is a connection, we haven't been able to find it to date.
We've traced our branch back to William and Rachel but can't find any definate connections prior to that to link with the other families: Thomas Trulock, gunmaker and alderman, or Henry Trulock, grocer.
The earliest recored birth of a Trulock in Ireland is Dorothy, in 1685, however there were many recorded births and deaths in the early 1700s so it's difficult to figure out where everyone fits in. If you browse the datebase you can see all the records we've found.
The Punster's Pocketbook, or, The Art of Punning from the Select Works of Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin
By talking of Truelock the gun-smith, his very name will provoke some person in the company to pun. Then you proceed: 'Sir, I smell powder, but you are plaguy weak in your mainspring, for punning; I would advise you to get a better stock, before you pretend to let off: though you may think yourself prime in this art, you are much mistaken, for a very young beginner may be a match for you. Aye, sir you may cock and look big; but, u-pan my word, I take you to be no more than a flash; and Mrs. Skin-flint, my neighbour, shall pun with you for a pistole, if I do not lose my aim.' Read More »
