Person: Minnie Mae Trinkle

• Oklahoma Allottee

  Kansas Allottee

  Treaty Reserve Recipient

  Myaamia Language Source

  Nationality: Myaamia
  Family Group: Geboe
• ID: 2579
  

  Gender: Female

  Date of Birth: Knw 02-06-1872
  Location of Birth: Kansas

  Date of Death: Knw 11-30-1910
  Location of Death: N/A
• Biography/Notes:
  Minnie was born in Kansas but was just an infant when the Myaamia relocated to Indian Territory. Just as her parents' marriage did a generation before, Minnie Geboe's marriage to Joseph Lee Trinkle brought two Myaamia families together. Joseph's parents were Henry Trinkle and Mary Josephine Bundy. Though Joseph technically agreed to become a United States citizen (thereby giving up his tribal citizenship) and stay in Kansas, Minnie did not, so she received an allotment in Indian Territory and the entire family relocated there. Minnie and Joseph were married in 1888, and they had three children before his death in 1894. They were Mary “Pearl” (Trinkle) Alsbaugh, Mabel (Trinkle) Olds, and Ernest Trinkle. Minnie was only 38 years old when she passed away in 1910. Though the two girls were married by then, Ernest was fifteen and remained in the care of his grandmother Mary Geboe.