Brief Life History of Frances
When Frances Thorpe was born on 24 May 1735, in South Wingfield, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Edward Thorpe, was 36 and his mother, Mary Lee, was 32. He married Ann about 1758, in South Wingfield, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters.
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- Francis Thorpe, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Francis Thorp, "England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918"
- Francis Thorpe, "England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918"
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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.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
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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