When George Edwards Trowbridge was born on 19 December 1882, in Kansas, United States, his father, Samuel Trowbridge, was 38 and his mother, Harriet Addie Evans, was 31. He married Dorothy Criddle on 8 June 1916, in Denver, Colorado, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Denver, Colorado, United States in 1920 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1930. He died on 4 January 1971, in Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 88.