When George Thorpe was born in 1888, in Riddings, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, George Thorpe, was 30 and his mother, Ann 'Annie' England, was 24. He lived in Alfreton, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years. He died in England, United Kingdom, and was buried in England, United Kingdom.
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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 .
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