Frances Thorpe
1885–
Tonge, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
The Life of Frances
When Frances Thorpe was born in 1885, in Tonge, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, James Thorpe, was 30 and her mother, Jane Chadwick, was 29. She lived in Middleton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1911.
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Family Time Line
James Thorpe
1855–
Jane Chadwick
1856–1896
John Thorpe
1875–
Richard Thorpe
1877–
Joseph Thorpe
1881–
Frances Thorpe
1885–
Parents & Siblings
1855–Male
1856–1896Female
siblings
(4)
1875–Male
1877–Male
1881–Male
1885–Female
World Events (8)
1901 · East Lancashire Royal Engineers
Age 16
The East Lancashire Royal Engineers was a group of volunteers in a unit of Britian's Royal Engineers. They were started in Manchester in 1901. They fought on the western front during WWI and were part of the Dunkirk Evacuation during WWII.
1908
Age 23
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1918
Age 33
WWI ends in November with armistice. The number of UK war dead runs to several hundred thousand.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the numerous places in England named with Old Norse þorp ‘hamlet’, ‘village’ or the Old English cognate þrop.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (3)
Frances Thorpe in household of James Thorpe, "England and Wales Census, 1891"- Frances Thorpe in household of James Thorpe, "England and Wales Census, 1911"
- Frances Thorpe, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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