Brief Life History of Elisabeth
Elisabeth Thorpe was born in 1790, in Morton, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom as the daughter of Joseph Thorp and Ann. She married Robert Tomlinson on 23 May 1818, in Shirland, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Shirland, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom for about 20 years. She died in 1866, in Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 76.
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- Elizabeth Tomlinson in household of Robert Tomlinson, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Elizabeth Thorpe, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Elisabeth Thorpe, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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1801 · The Act of Union
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
Name Meaning
English (mainly Yorkshire and Lancashire): from Middle English thorp(e) ‘village, hamlet, farmstead’ (Old Norse, Old English thorp ‘secondary settlement’). The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived in such a settlement, or habitational, for someone from any of several places called Thorp(e), which are most frequent in Yorkshire, the Midlands, and East Anglia. Compare Throop .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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