Why did Thorp become Thorpe?
My Great Great Grandfather Joseph Thorp was born in 1834, Yorkshire and in the marriage index it clearly spells his surname without the "e" when he married Mary Ann Hopkins 4th December 1853. Even when their first child Joseph was born in 1854, his birth was registered without an "e" but when Joseph the son had a sister Mary Fanny just two years later in 1856, she was registered with the "e".
You could class it as illiteracy but wouldn't it have been consistent?
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Re: Why did Thorp become Thorpe?
Philip Fletcher 12/09/06
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Re: Why did Thorp become Thorpe?
penny slone 8/10/02