Brief Life History of Eugene Russell
When Eugene Russell Trowbridge was born on 10 November 1893, in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States, his father, Henry Harrison Trowbridge, was 46 and his mother, Elizabeth Ann McCullough, was 32. He married Zoe Melissa Benham on 15 March 1916, in Bonneville, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 28 December 1966, in Madera, Madera, California, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States.
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- Eugene R Trowbridge, "United States 1950 Census"
- Eugene R Trowbridge, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950"
- Eugene Russell Trowbridge, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
Name Meaning
English (Dorset, Wiltshire and Hampshire): habitational name from Trowbridge in Wiltshire, named from Old English trēow ‘tree’ + brycg ‘bridge’; the name probably referred to a felled trunk serving as a rough-and-ready bridge.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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