THORPE - Sheffield

[am.gilbert]

Hi there

Do these names look familiar to anyone?  If they do I would love to hear from you.

JAMES THORPE 1816-1880 married Elizabeth ? c1825

and their children all born in Sheffield (possibly Bramall Lane)

Louisa (Loweza) Thorpe c1843
James Thorpe c 1849 - 1906 married Louisa Morris 1855 - 1940
Elizabeth Thorpe c1856
Henry Thorpe c1860

James Thorpe c1849 is my G Grandfather.

Thanks

[Missbutterfield]

Hello, I do not know if you come on the site often but here goes.

I am  a Thorpe, my family have always lived in Sheffield as far as I am aware. My great Grandad is still alive at 94. He was born in 1917 and was brought up in Brightside and Pitsmoor. His father (who would be my great Grandad was also a James Thorpe (as far as I am aware) I am making enquires into the name of my great great Grandmother and even my great great great Grandparents. (This is where it gets confusing ) I am wondering if your James Thorpe born in 1849 could possibly be a relative of mine also. I am not having much luck at finding information, but I am aware that the family lived in town/ Brightside area. So wonder if this could be Bramall Lane? I could be completely wrong and have my wires crossed, as Thorpe is a pretty popular name, but hey anything is better than nothing right?

[am.gilbert]

Hi 

It's hard to say if we have a connection at all.  I have some information on my GGgrandfather James Thorpe 1816 - 1820c

1851 census lived at 174 Bath Street, (Eccleshall Bierlow), Sheffield
Pen Blade Grinder

1861 census - Living at 49 Cliffe Bridge, "Hope Inn", Monk Bretton, Yorkshire
Innkeeper +
Employed Domestic servant - Margaret Townley 13yrs

1871 census - living at 1 Hermitage Street, "Queen Adelaide", Eccleshall Bierlow, Sheffield
Licensed victualler

His son James Thorpe (1849) who married Louisa Morris moved to Workington to work at the Bessamer Steel Works.  This James was disinherited by his father after getting Louisa pregnant out of wedlock.    They went on to have 11 children of which my grandfather was the youngest but they stayed in Workington for the rest of their lives.  James was injured in an accident at the steel works and badly burnt.  He died around 1905 when my grandad was 6.

If there is a connection maybe your g grandad might have some memories of something above

Let me know how you get on. 

[sjc204]

Hi,

This is a really long shot.  I have an ancestor Joel Thorpe Ward, born in the Eccesall Bierlow Workhouse 11 March 1838.

His mother was Eliza Ward, and my guess is that his father was a Thorpe.
I can make no guess as to his other name, as "Joel" is the name of her father.

All I know about Mr Thorpe is that Eliza thought enough of him to use his name for the baby, and to allow the baby to keep the name.  He is listed in the 1861 Census in 1861 as Joel W Thorpe, which is after Eliza has married Robert Allen.  It might also be because her father was living with them, but whatever the reason it means that Thorpe had not been forgotten.

So I am looking for a Thorpe family story of an unmarried mum-to-be going into the workhouse.  I don't have any workhouse records to see if Thorpe was a resident there (I enquired with the Archives years ago). 

It's exactly the sort of thing peole would have kept quiet about, but also the sort of story that sometimes gets told.  Does any Thorpe descendant have anything to tell me?  Seems I am a Thorpe descendant too......