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Name: William Charles Trowell
Gender: Male
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Birth Date: 23 Oct 1889
BirthPlace: Etobicoke, York, Ontario
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Father's Name: Edwin Trowell
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Mother's Name: Catherine Mccatherney
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C02067-1
System Origin: Canada-EASy
GS Film Number: 1846435
Reference ID: cn 41407
'Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:F257-SDQ : 27 November 2014), William Charles Trowell, 23 Oct 1889; citing Etobicoke, York, Ontario, 23 Oct 1889, reference cn 41407; FHL microfilm 1,846,435.
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Death — 197213 February 1972
Niagara Falls, New York, USA
He died at the age of 82.
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