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Male Fielden Mortimer Thorp |
Birth | 13 Apr 1822 | Howard Co, Missouri |
Death | 11 Feb 1893 | Kittitas Valley, Kittitas Co, Washington |
Burial | Thorp-Splawn Pioneer Cem, Kittitas Co, Washington | |
Marriage | 10 Aug 1842 [1] | Holt Co, Missouri [1] |
Father | Major John C. Thorp | F15556 Group Sheet | |
Mother | Lucinda Embree | F15556 Group Sheet |
Female Margaret Bounds |
Birth | 30 Jan 1822 | Campbell Co, Tennessee |
Death | 30 Apr 1888 | Kittitas Valley, Kittitas Co, Washington |
Burial | Thorp-Splawn Pioneer Cem, Kittitas Co, Washington | |
Father | John Bird (or James B.) Bounds | F710 Group Sheet | |
Mother | Elizabeth Lovelady | F710 Group Sheet |
Female + Dulcena Helen Thorp |
Birth | 28 Apr 1844 | |
Death | 6 May 1871 | Yakima Co, Washington |
Burial | Thorp-Splawn Pioneer Cem, Kittitas Co, Washington | |
Spouse | Charles Armenus Splawn | F3648 | |
Marriage | Abt 1861 |
Male + Leonard Luther Thorp |
Birth | 16 Oct 1845 | Independence,Polk Co, Oregon |
Death | 2 Oct 1926 | Yakima Co, Washington |
Burial | ||
Spouse | Philena Walker Henson | F3610 | |
Marriage | 2 May 1869 | Moxee, Yakima Co, Washington |
Male + William Willis Thorp |
Birth | 1847 | Independence, Polk Co, Oregon |
Death | Aft 1920 | of, Enatie, King Co, Washington |
Burial | ||
Spouse | Sarah Lindsey | F3653 | |
Marriage | Abt 1873 |
Male + Bayless Beauford Thorp |
Birth | 1850 | Independence, Polk Co, Oregon |
Death | 27 Dec 1887 | Nasches River, Yakima Co, Washington |
Burial | Nelson Ridge, Yakima Co, Washington | |
Spouse | Harriet Darinda Hatton | F3657 | |
Marriage | Abt 1872 |
Female + Melissa Francis Thorp |
Birth | May 1852 | Oregon |
Death | Aft 1900 | of, West Kittitas, Kittitas Co, Washington |
Burial | ||
Spouse | Charles Armenus Splawn | F3649 | |
Marriage | Abt 1874 |
Female + Adelia Ellen Thorp |
Birth | 20 Mar 1854 | Polk Co, Oregon |
Death | 19 May 1925 | Okotoks, Alberta, Canada |
Burial | ||
Spouse | William Henry Harrison Crockett | F3664 | |
Marriage | 13 May 1871 | Old Yakima, Washington |
Spouse | Edwin Albert Hayes | F15557 | |
Marriage | 25 Dec 1899 | Calgary, Yakima Co, Washington |
Female Julia Olive Thorp |
Birth | Abt 1858 | |
Death | Aft 1904 | |
Burial | ||
Spouse | (..) O'Hare, Mr | F3665 | |
Marriage | Abt 1878 | |
Spouse | (..) Smith, Mr | F3666 | |
Marriage | Aft 1879 |
Photos | Gorman, Hannah and Eliza home
furnished by Patricia Brenner
"Homeowner Patricia Brenner strolls along the outside of the Gorman Corvallis Gazette-Times "A Saved history: Oregon's oldest house owned by black pioneers makes the National Register of Historic Places" Caption: "House, which historians say is the oldest known existing residence in Oregon directly tied to early black pioneers" webiite: http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/a-saved-history-oregon-s-oldest-house-owned-by-black/article_60180ca1-4927-5569-beae-6816ef85da0c.html Furnished by Patricia Brenner |
Documents | Gorman, Hannah and Eliza headstone Crystal Lake Cemetery, Corvallis, Oregon | |
Gorman, Hannah and Eliza
"A Saved History" A saved history: Oregon's oldest house owned by black pioneers makes the National Register of Historic Places Historic home built by Hannah and Eliza Gorman, mother and daughter, who had crossed the Great Plains to Oregon via the Oregon Trail as slaves of Fielden and Eizabeth Bounds Thorp. Their home survived and was purchased in 2004 by Patricia Benner and her husband Tony Howell. They had the home registered with the National Register of Historic Places. Many many thanks to Patricia Benner for sharing this beautiful story with me to add to the website as part of our family history. (note: Elizabeth Bounds was the niece of this site's owner's gg-grandfather James Lovelady | ||
Gorman, Hannah and Eliza
prepared and furnished by Patricia Benner Hannah and Eliza Gorman: 1850 Federal Census when Living with John Thorp in Polk County | ||
Gorman, Eliza obit
Corvallis, Oregon
furnished by Patricia Benner | ||
Gorman, Hannah and Eliza timeline includes 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880 census |
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