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William James THORPE (1888 - 1937)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Doreen Gladys May THORPE (1910 - 1989)
Elizabeth Joyce THORPE (1917 - )
Neville William Henry THORPE (1921 - 1990)
 William James THORPE (1888 - 1937)

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Lucy May HOUNSELL (1891 - 1961)
 James THORPE











Maria A (THORPE)











b. 1888 at Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
m. 02 Sep 1910 Lucy May HOUNSELL (1891 - 1961) at Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
d. 29 Dec 1937 at Coogee, New South Wales, Australia aged 49
Parents:
James THORPE
Maria A (THORPE)
Children (3):
Doreen Gladys May THORPE (1910 - 1989)
Elizabeth Joyce THORPE (1917 - )
Neville William Henry THORPE (1921 - 1990)
Events in William James THORPE (1888 - 1937)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1888 William James THORPE was born Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 63
1910 22 Birth of daughter Doreen Gladys May THORPE Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
02 Sep 1910 22 Married Lucy May HOUNSELL (aged 19) Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia 71
1917 29 Birth of daughter Elizabeth Joyce THORPE Albury, New South Wales, Australia
27 Aug 1921 33 Birth of son Neville William Henry THORPE Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
29 Dec 1937 49 William James THORPE died Coogee, New South Wales, Australia 63
Personal Notes:
The Tumut and Adelong Times 4 Jan 1938
OBITUARY WILLIAM JAMES THORPE The death occurred in a Sydney hospital on Wednesday last of Mr. William J. Thorpe, of Coogeo. Deceased was the eldest son of the late James Thorpe, of Tumut and Adelong and of Mrs. A. Lynch, Bankstown. The first intimation of his illness was received by wire to his sister (Mrs. P. L. O'Sullivan) at 11 o'clock that day stating that he had taken a seizure and his condition was serious. Another telegram at 3 p.m. announced his death. He was born at Tumut 49 years ago, in the residence in Capper-st. now the property, of Miss E. R. Bridle. Early in life, with his parents, he removed to Adelong, where his father died over 25 years ago. He afterwards went to Wagga where he married Miss Mary Hounsell. Deceased was a plasterer by trade, serving his apprenticeship with the late F. A. McGruer. He remained at Wagga for a number of years, eventually going to Sydney. The survivors are the aged mother, a wife, two daughters (Doreen and Joyce), one son (Freddie), two sisters (Adell, Mrs. E. J. Power, Lakemba, and Ethel, Mrs. P. L. O'Sullivan, Tumut), and one brother (Albert, North Sydney). The remains were interred in the Waverley Cemetery on Thursday.
Source References:
63. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Trove, Title: Trove National Library of Australia, Locn: http://trove.nla.gov.au/
- Reference = The Tumut and Adelong Times 4 Jan 1938 (Death)
- Reference = The Tumut and Adelong Times 4 Jan 1938 (Name, Notes)
- Reference = The Tumut and Adelong Times 4 Jan 1938 (Birth)
71. Type: Book, Abbr: Wagga Pioneers, Title: Pioneers of Wagga Wagga and District, Auth: Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society Inc, Publ: Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society Inc, Date: 2004, Locn: http://www.waggafamilyhistory.org.au/
- Reference = 167 (Name, Notes)
- Reference = 167 (Marriage)
This public tree has about 60,100 people. Every person in the tree is related by birth or marriage to at least one other person in the tree - no strays. The people in the tree come mainly from four projects.
  1. My family tree. The original project begun about 1998. ID numbers less than about 6,000
  2. Canberra and Queanbeyan Pioneers. The next 30,000 begun about 2004. Sourced almost entirely from HAGSOC's excellent 'Biographical Register of Canberra and Queanbeyan'. The project began when I decided to add siblings, spouses and parents for a relation with an entry in the Register. 12 years work.
  3. Wagga Pioneers. I moved to Wagga and thought I would extend the Queanbeyan project by adding people from Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society's 'Pioneers of Wagga Wagga and District'. About 10,300 people added over about a year.
  4. Tumut Valley Pioneers. During the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, I decided to extend the above projects by adding pioneers of the Tumut Valley. Initial sources were Snowden's 'Pioneers of the Tumut Valley' and 'Relict of ... Lives of Pioneering Women of Tumut and District'. Excellent references published by Tumut Family History Group. I've also added material from newspapers of the time - especially, death records, obituaries and weddings from 'Tumut and Adelong Times'. This project is in its early stage and might take a few years. I plan to extend to the upper Monaro (Adaminaby, Kiandra, Cooma, Jindabyne).
I upload new information to this website about every 3 months. My motivation for these projects is to provide public information for people seeking to trace ancestors and what became of them. Much of the information I provide can be difficult to find.
If you find errors - anything incorrect (dates, places, wrong parents, wrong children), and you have evidence, I would love to fix them. Or, if you have information that would extend my projects, do not hestiate to contact me on the email link below. I do not publish information on living people - which means I'm not much interested in people born after about 1920, and I usually distrust material from before about 1770 without extremely good sources.
g.bell@bigpond.net.au
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Geoff Bell, September 2020
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