When Naomi Trowbridge was born in 1789, in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States, her father, Ebenezer Trowbridge, was 29 and her mother, Naomi Hodge, was 28. She married Charles Brooks on 9 April 1809, in Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 5 November 1863, in Connecticut, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in First Church Cemetery, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States.
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George Washington elected first president of United States.
In 1802, brass was identified in Waterbury, Connecticut. This gave the city the nickname "The Brass City." Brass dominated the city and helped to create the city. The motto of the city is Quid Aere Perennius, which means What is more lasting than brass? in Latin.
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
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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