Researching William Trowbridge
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 798 people with the Trowbridge surname? In that year Trowbridge was ranked number 2784 for popularity in the UK. |

The name William means "resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
Records of William Trowbridge on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for William Trowbridge and the Trowbridge Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Trowbridge Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Trowbridge family tree.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 981 people with the Trowbridge surname in the UK? Trowbridge is now ranked number 3120 for popularity in the UK. |
Trowbridge Family Tree Databases
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Trowbridge Forums
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Study the Ellis Island Database for information on William Trowbridge. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called William Trowbridge
William Trowbridge (poet)
William Trowbridge is an American academic and poet who was a Poet Laureate in the American state of Missouri.
Trowbridge holds a B.A. in Philosophy and an M. A. in English from the University of Missouri and a Ph.D. in English from Vanderbilt University. He served as Poet Laureate of the State of Missouri from 2012-2016.
Trowbridge is a Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at Northwest Missouri State University, where he was an editor of The Laurel Review/GreenTower Press from 1986 to 2004. He has given readings and workshops at schools, colleges, bookstores, and literary conferences throughout the United States. He teaches in the University of Nebraska low-residency MFA in writing program.
His poems have appeared in Poetry, The Gettysburg Review, Crazyhorse, The Georgia Review, Boulevard, The Southern Review, Columbia, Colorado Review, The Iowa Review, Prairie Schooner, Epoch, and New Letters.
Trowbridge lives in Lee’s Summit, Missouri with his wife Sue. The couple have three children: Jennifer, Sean, and Randy; and three grandchildren: Ben, Will, and Alice.
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