Birth: 21 October 1872, Crapaud, Queens County, Prince Edward Island
Death: 12 May 1954, Esquimalt, British Columbia (aged 81)
Burial: Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, Block I, Plot 84 E 8
Census: Not in the 1881 Census of the Capital Region; came to Victoria about 1893
Occupation: Not established
Religion: Not established
Marital Status: Married to Margaret Muir
William Henry Pope Trowsdale was born at Crapaud, Prince Edward Island, on 21 October 1872, and came west to Victoria about 1893. He married Margaret Muir, a BC-born daughter of Archibald Connell Muir, the first chief engineer of the Esquimalt dry dock. They had two daughters, Ethel and Mary, and two sons, Percy and Robert.
He was active in fraternal life as a member of the Loyal Orange Lodge, Britannia Lodge No. 73 of the Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons, and the Independent Order of Foresters. He died at home on Craigflower Road on 12 May 1954, aged 81. After a service at McCall Bros.’ Floral Funeral Chapel he was buried at Ross Bay Cemetery. Margaret was buried beside him four and a half months later.
- Second Great Grandson of United Empire Loyalist: https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=7335