Brief Life History of Mary P
When Mary P Thorpe was born on 27 May 1827, in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Thorpe, was 31 and her mother, Ann Storer, was 32. She married Joseph Morris on 15 February 1847, in Mottram in Longdendale, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1853 and lived in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States in 1850 and Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom in 1871. She died on 12 September 1905, in Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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- Mary Morris in household of Ann Thorpe, "United States Census, 1850"
- Mary Thorpe in entry for David Nelson Beal and Rula Williams, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- Mary Thorpe in entry for Ann Eliza Pehrson, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
Spouse and Children
1835–1911 Male
1827–1905 Female
Children (11)
1847–1848 Female
1849–1849 Female
1851–1852 Male
1853–1939 Female
1855–1856 Male
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Parents and Siblings
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1796–1852 Female
Siblings (7)
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1819–1895 Male
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1823–1865 Male
1826– Female
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World Events (8)
1829 · Missouri State Library
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Age 27
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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A History of Mary Thorpe Beal
Written by her granddaughter Bendetta Mary Beal Christensen (David's daughter), 1956 Thomas Thorpe and Ann Sterer Thorpe were the parents of Mary, my grandmother. May 27, 1827, she came to gladden th …
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