John William Thorpe

Brief Life History of John William

When John William Thorpe was born on 28 December 1872, in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, George Thorpe, was 30 and his mother, Grace Thursby, was 31. He married Margaret Jane Bruce on 13 March 1897, in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 7 sons. He lived in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom in 1881 and Brightside, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years. He died in 1930, in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 58.

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Family Time Line

John William Thorpe
1872–1930
Margaret Jane Bruce
1874–1961
Marriage: 13 March 1897
William Thorpe
1899–
Joseph Thorpe
1902–
George Thorpe
1903–
Arthur Thorpe
1905–
John Thorpe
1906–
Harry Thorpe
1909–1997
Wilfred Thorpe
1910–1998

Sources (9)

  • John W Thorpe in household of George Thorpe, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
  • John William Thorpe, "England, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2016"
  • John W Thorpe in household of George Thorpe, "England and Wales Census, 1891"

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1908

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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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