Posted by Helen Eberle on Sunday, April 09, 2006 at 12:03:00 :

Looking for ancestors and/or descendants of George F. THORPE and his wife Margaret Maria NAVEN/NAVIN. Year of Immigration: 7 Aug 1885.

George THORPE - EYOB: 1833, Wandsworth, Surrey, England
DOD: 11 Feb 1896 San Francisco, CA.
Margaret Maria NAVEN THORPE - EYOB: 1834, Staffordshire, England.
DOD: 22 Aug 1893, San Francisco, CA.
Residence at the time of their death: 1609 California Street, San Francisco, CA.

George and Margaret's children: Charles J.(EYOB: 1857-18 Oct 1906), Arthur A. (EYOB: 1869), George (EYOB: 1856), John (EYOB: 1860), Minna or Minnie (EYOB: 1865), and Mary Ann Elizabeth THORPE (EYOB: 1862).

George Sr. and son Charles were Railway Engine Drivers or Engineers. Sons George and John were Cab Drivers. Son Arthur worked as an auto mechanic.
Mary Ann Elizabeth married 1. Henry Puttock and 2. Harry Charles Arndt.

Please contact me if you are related.