The Trinkner family migrated from Germany and settled in Cleveland.
Johann Michael and Caroline Trinkner opened Wein Wirthschaft (a German pub-like wine saloon).
This photo of the Trinkner family was taken at Kinsman Street, Cleveland, in 1871. Featured in the photo are:
• a Trinkner sister (probably Maria Luise, the youngest)
• Johann Gottlieb
• a Trinkner sister
• Caroline
• Paul Friedrich
• Johann Michael
• a Trinkner sister
• Carl Wilhelm
• Trinkner sister (probably Elizabeth Caroline, the oldest)
The patriarch, Johann Michael Trinkner, was born on July 16, 1812, in Freudenthal, Germany. He married Caroline, and they had seven children. Johann died in August 1876, when he was 64 years old.