Marian Pearl Thorp

1918–2001 (Age 82)
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

The Life of Marian Pearl

When Marian Pearl Thorp was born on 5 December 1918, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, her father, Charles Bailey Throop, was 27 and her mother, Beulah Beatrice Bower, was 18. She married Marion Herbert Lee on 1 August 1945. She died on 1 July 2001, in California, United States, at the age of 82.

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Marian Pearl Thorp
1918–2001
Marion Herbert Lee
1909–1987
Marriage: 1 August 1945

Spouse & Children

MARRIAGE
1 August 1945

Parents & Siblings

siblings

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World Events (8)

1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

Age 1

The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
1934 · Alcatraz Island Becomes Federal Penitentiary

Age 16

Alcatraz Island officially became Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on August 11, 1934. The island is situated in the middle of frigid water and strong currents of the San Francisco Bay, which deemed it virtually inescapable. Alcatraz became known as the toughest prison in America and was seen as a “last resort prison.” Therefore, Alcatraz housed some of America’s most notorious prisoners such as Al Capone and Robert Franklin Stroud. Due to the exorbitant cost of running the prison, and the deterioration of the buildings due to salt spray, Alcatraz Island closed as a penitentiary on March 21, 1963. 
1941

Age 23

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

1 English: variant spelling of Thorpe .2 Scandinavian: variant of Torp .

Possible Related Names

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Sources (3)

  • Marion P Throop in household of Howard P Knight, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Marian P Throop in household of Charles B Throop, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Flora Bower Throop, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"

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