Researching William 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 William means "resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
Records of William Thorpe on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for William 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 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 Thorpe family tree.
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| 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
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Thorpe Forums
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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
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on William Thorpe. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called William Thorpe
William Homan Thorpe
William Homan Thorpe FRS (1 April 1902 – 7 April 1986) was Professor of Animal Ethology at the University of Cambridge, and a significant British zoologist, ethologist and ornithologist. Together with Nikolaas Tinbergen, Patrick Bateson and Robert Hinde, Thorpe contributed to the growth and acceptance of behavioural biology in Great Britain.
Source: William Homan Thorpe, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
William Walford Thorpe
William Walford Thorpe, (1869 - 2 September 1932) ethnologist of the Australian Museum, founding member and secretary of The Anthropological Society of New South Wales in 1928 (with Clifton Cappie Towle), and editor of the society's journal Mankind.
He married Elsie Mansfield, who bore him five sons.
He started working at the Australian Museum in 1898, in a variety of roles, including labourer, night-watchman and gallery attendant. In 1900, he became assistant to curator Robert Etheridge who played an important role in establishing the museum's anthropological collections, and in 1906, with no formal education and aged only twenty six he was appointed as the first ethnologist to the Museum where he stayed until his death in 1932.
Thorpe undertook many field trips in New South Wales in the 1920s, such as Dark Point, Newcastle, Sydney, Morna Point and Port Stephens for collecting purposes. The Thorpe Collection at the Australia Museum contains over 575 aboriginal objects that he collected and donated
He was buried at Botany Cemetery, Sydney on 6 September 1932.
Source: William Walford Thorpe, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Thorpe
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