Bessie Thorp
1880–1883 (Age 2)
New York City, New York, United States
The Life of Bessie
When Bessie Thorp was born on 9 October 1880, in New York City, New York, United States, her father, Adelbert Beecher Throop, was 24 and her mother, Mary Rachel Alexander, was 24. She died on 16 April 1883, at the age of 2.
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Family Time Line
Adelbert Beecher Throop
1856–1931
Mary Rachel Alexander
1856–
Theodore Ferguson Throop
1878–1934
Bessie Thorp
1880–1883
Francis A. Throop
1883–1885
Parents & Siblings
1856–1931Male
- Mary Rachel Alexander
1856–Female
siblings
(3)
- Theodore Ferguson Throop
1878–1934Male
1880–1883Female
- Francis A. Throop
1883–1885Male
World Events (2)
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 1
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
Age 2
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
Name Meaning
1 English: variant spelling of Thorpe .2 Scandinavian: variant of Torp .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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