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trowbridge Name Meaning and History

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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The trowbridge name in History

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Distribution of trowbridge Families in the US in 1920
Number of trowbridge families
 76-150
 26-75		 1-25
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Tracy Trowbridge mamaracz 0
Family Photos Margaret 9
Laura Trowbridge b1860 m James Munroe Nelson megh72 0
Trowbridge & Widner, KS. 1899-1905 Alaskagal69 1
Leewood Owen Trowbridge b.1880 Ohio fteachout 1
Trowbridge''s in Ohio Marie Kimble Kleman 14
C.E. Trowbridge of CT Photo RockofGibraltar 2
Olive Sacket wife of Dr. James Trowbridge NORSEPOLE 2
Trowbridges Gerald Trowbridge 19
David Lewis Trowbridge MargaretLewen 2
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