When George F Trowbridge was born on 6 June 1906, in New Jersey, United States, his father, Isaac Walter Trowbridge, was 43 and his mother, Emily Wycoff Smith, was 31. He married Vera C. Drakert on 18 April 1936, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. He lived in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States for about 5 years and Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey, British Colonial America in 1940. He died in August 1975, in Montclair Township, Essex, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 69.