Brief Life History of James
When James Thorpe was born in 1897, in Riddings, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, George Thorpe, was 39 and his mother, Ann 'Annie' England, was 33. He married Matilda Woolley in 1918, in Basford, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. He lived in Alfreton, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom in 1901 and Selston, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom in 1911. He died in 1963, in Basford, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 66, and was buried in England, United Kingdom.
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- James Thorpe in household of Ann Thorpe, "England and Wales Census, 1911"
- James Thorpe, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
- James Thorpe, "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007"
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1904 · The Entente Cordiale
The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.
1908
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1918
WWI ends in November with armistice. The number of UK war dead runs to several hundred thousand.
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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