Researching Richard Thorpe
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 11840 people with the Thorpe surname? In that year Thorpe was ranked number 350 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Richard means "strong ruler" and is of German origin.
Records of Richard Thorpe on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Richard Thorpe and the Thorpe Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Thorpe 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 below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. 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 Thorpe family tree.
Check out Parish Records for Richard Thorpe at Find My Past.
Investigate for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Richard Thorpe using the FreeBMD database.
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Investigate the LDS Database for records about Richard Thorpe.
Research the Thorpe surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Thorpe Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 16459 people with the Thorpe surname in the UK? Thorpe is now ranked number 335 for popularity in the UK. |
Thorpe Genealogy Databases
Another way to build your tree quickly is to use the research other people have already done. This can help to confirm or refute your own deductions - however, be wary of taking this data at face value as other researchers may not have been as meticulous as you. Always try to back up deductions with some definitive sources rather than relying too heavily on others.
Investigate the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Richard Thorpe.
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Search One Great Family for Thorpe records submitted by people who are already researching the Thorpe Family Tree.
Find Richard Thorpe from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Thorpe 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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| Did you know that there are currently 24306 people with the Thorpe surname in the USA? Thorpe is ranked number 149 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Thorpe Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Richard Thorpe. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Richard Thorpe
Richard Thorpe (rugby union)
Richard Thorpe (born 1 November 1984) is a retired Premiership, Championship and International rugby union player, and the current Director of Rugby for Chinnor Rugby Club in Thame, Oxfordshire. Richard played as a flanker or No. 8 for London Irish, Leicester Tigers and London Welsh in Premiership Rugby, and represented Canada at the 2015 Rugby World Cup in England. Born in Beckenham, England, he qualified to play internationally for through his Canadian mother. He won 8 caps in 2014 and 2015 before retiring from professional rugby at the end of the 2016 season aged 31.
Source: Richard Thorpe (rugby union), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Richard Thorpe (priest)
Richard Joshua Thorpe (born 13 May 1838 Hoghton; died 23 October 1920 Christchurch) was an Anglican priest in the second half of the 19th century and the first two decades of the 20th.
Thorpe was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1862. He served three curacies: at St John, Dublin (1861–1864); St Andrew the Less, Cambridge (1864-1866) and St John, Langley, Essex (1866–1867).He was at All Saints, Nelson from 1867 to 1878, where he was also archdeacon of Waimea and dean of New Zealand. He was then the incumbent of St Paul, Wellington.
Source: Richard Thorpe (priest), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Thorpe
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