Researching Arthur Throop
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 28 people with the Throop surname? In that year Throop was ranked number 3551 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Arthur means "from Latin Artorius, legendary king" and is of Welsh origin.
Records of Arthur Throop on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Arthur Throop and the Throop Family History
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Throop Genealogy Databases
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Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Arthur Throop. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Arthur Throop
Arthur Throop
Arthur Leonard "Art" Throop (August 19, 1884 – June 24, 1973) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played for the New Westminster Royals (1913–14) and Portland Rosebuds (1914–15) of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association. He also previously played for the Ottawa Victorias, and during his time there was involved in a 1907 game which saw the death of Bud McCourt. He suffered a blow to the head from an opposing player's stick during a brawl that ensued that game. Throop also spent time in the National Hockey Association with the Toronto Tecumsehs and Haileybury Comets.
Throop died in 1973 at a Haileybury hospital.
He was the last surviving former player of the Haileybury Comets and the Toronto Tecumsehs.
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