Brief Life History of Ivy
When Ivy Thorpe was born on 14 February 1906, in Cardston County, Alberta, Canada, her father, William Thorpe, was 41 and her mother, Rosabelle Bradshaw, was 32. She married Rodney Sherman Pickett on 12 April 1933, in Utah, Utah, United States. She lived in Portland City Election Precinct 132, Multnomah, Oregon, United States in 1940 and United States in 1949. She died on 7 January 1986, in Multnomah, Oregon, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States.
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- Duy G, "United States 1950 Census"
- Ivy Thorpe, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Ivy Geo Pickett, "Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998"
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World Events (8)
1907 · Not for profit elections
The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
1911 · First U.S. Primary Elections Held
The first U.S. primary elections were held in Oregon in 1911.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
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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