Family: Trowbridge, William Henry / Oleson, Christiana (F29068)

m. Apr 1875


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  • Trowbridge, William HenryFather | Male
    Trowbridge, William Henry

    Born  26 Feb 1824  Hinsdale, Cattaraugus County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  9 Oct 1898  Merrillan, Jackson County, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Married  Apr 1875  [1]  Augusta, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, USA  [1] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Other Spouse  Whitlock, Christiana | F29067 
    Married  4 Jul 1848  Hinsdale, Cattaraugus County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Trowbridge, Dr. James | F29035 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Sacket, Olive | F29035 Group Sheet 

    Oleson, ChristianaMother | Female
    Oleson, Christiana

    Born     
    Died  Dec 1877  Augusta, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
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  • Sources 
    1. [S2803] The Trowbridge genealogy. History of the Trowbridge family in America, Francis Bacon Trowbridge, ( New Haven, Conn., Printed for the compiler [Press of the Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor company]), 580 (Reliability: 2), 3 Jun 2022.
      1104. William Henry Trowbridge (James1049, William1022, James1010, William1004, James1000, Thomas1), born February 26, 1824, in Hinsdale, N. Y.; died October 9, 1898, in Merrill, Wis.; married, first, July 4, 1848, in Hinsdale, Christiana Whitlock [Footnote: A sister of the first wife of his brother No. 1106.], daughter of Thomas and Jane (Norton) Whitlock, born August 3, 1832, in Ischua, N. Y.; died August 9, 1873, in Augusta, Wis. He married, second, April __, 1875, in Augusta, Christiana Oleson, who died December __, 1877, in Augusta.

      William H. Trowbridge went after his marriage to Olean, N. Y., and for some years sailed the Alleghany and Ohio rivers. In 1863 be removed with his family to Green Bay, Wis., and became head sawyer of the sawmills there. He followed that occupation until past middle age, and then bought a farm in Augusta, Chippewa county. Wis. He was engaged in farming there until after the death of his second wife, when he went to the home of his son Frederick in Merrill, Wis., where about ten years later he died. He was a member of the Baptist church.

      CHILDREN:
      By first marriage: [Footnote: No children by second marriage.]

      1209. i. Wales Henry, b. May 8, 1850, in Hinsdale. N. Y.
      1210. ii. Clarence Alphonso, b. May 29, 1855, in Olean, N. Y.
      1210a. iii. Frederick Benjamin, b. Aug. 6, 1866, in Green Bay. Wis.
      iv. Frank, b. July 15, 1873, in Augusta, Wis.: went to the school for the deaf at Delavan, Wis., in Sept., 1882, and remained there until 1890. He was then engaged in farming at home and in Aztalan, Wis., living nearly eight years in the latter place. In Sept., 1903, he came to Oshkosh, Wis., and went to work as a sash "squeezer" in a sash and door factory there, which is his occupation at present. He is unmarried.

      Transcribed by Ted Smith


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