Researching John Thorley
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1947 people with the Thorley surname? In that year Thorley was ranked number 1867 for popularity in the UK. |
The name John means "God is gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of John Thorley on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for John Thorley and the Thorley Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Thorley Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Thorley family tree.
Look at Parish Records for John Thorley at Find My Past.
Look at for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of John Thorley using the FreeBMD database.
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| Did you know that there are currently 2815 people with the Thorley surname in the UK? Thorley is now ranked number 1898 for popularity in the UK. |
Thorley Genealogy Databases
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Thorley Forums
There are a number of forums which are dedicated to rearching particular surnames. These can be good places to share your findings and also to tap into the knowledge that others may already have. These can sometimes be a good way of finding living relations as these tend not to show up on the other sources of information for privacy reasons.
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Miscellaneous Thorley Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on John Thorley. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called John Thorley
John Thorley
George M. John Thorley (birth registered third ¼ 1927 – 12 July 2005 (aged 78)) born in Mountain Ash, was a Welsh rugby union and World Cup winning professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Glamorgan, and at club level Neath RFC, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, Wales and Other Nationalities, and at club level for Halifax (Heritage № 645) and Dewsbury, as a, i.e. number 8 or 10, during the era of contested scrums, he died in Wheatley, Halifax.
Source: John Thorley, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Thorley
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
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