Trowbridge Family History
Trowbridge Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Trowbridge in Wiltshire, named from
Old English treow ‘tree’ + brycg ‘bridge’; the name
probably referred to a felled trunk serving as a rough-and-ready
bridge.
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Trowbridge
Name Distribution of Trowbridge Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Trowbridge families
 100 - 198  34 - 99 |
 1 - 33  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Trowbridge families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Trowbridge census records
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Trowbridge Family Origin
Trowbridge Emigration Information (US)
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Trowbridge Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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Military Service by Trowbridge
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