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Thomas Harrop

Birth
Withington Green, Cheshire East Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England
Death
7 Aug 1885 (aged 90–91)
Ashton-Under-Lyne, Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England
Burial
Dukinfield, Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England Add to Map
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The sixth of seven children of Joseph Harrop b.1758, Capesthorne & Sarah Barnshaw b.1765, Gawsworth, of Gawsworth, Cheshire, England.
Thomas married first, on June 3, 1816, at St. James Church Gawsworth, Cheshire by Rev. James Crabtree, Mary Kelley 1800-1830, by whom he had seven children. She was the dau. of Benjamin Kelley 1759-1844, & Mary Sharpley b.1778-died after 1809. Secondly Thomas married about 1831, Sarah Thorneley b.1815-died after 1855, by whom he had eleven children.
Thomas was a silk weaver during his working life. In 1870, he traveled to New Jersey in the U.S. with his sons Edmund and Edwin and daughter Rosabella and their families. He returned to England within a year or two and died in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire.
The sixth of seven children of Joseph Harrop b.1758, Capesthorne & Sarah Barnshaw b.1765, Gawsworth, of Gawsworth, Cheshire, England.
Thomas married first, on June 3, 1816, at St. James Church Gawsworth, Cheshire by Rev. James Crabtree, Mary Kelley 1800-1830, by whom he had seven children. She was the dau. of Benjamin Kelley 1759-1844, & Mary Sharpley b.1778-died after 1809. Secondly Thomas married about 1831, Sarah Thorneley b.1815-died after 1855, by whom he had eleven children.
Thomas was a silk weaver during his working life. In 1870, he traveled to New Jersey in the U.S. with his sons Edmund and Edwin and daughter Rosabella and their families. He returned to England within a year or two and died in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire.


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84802603/thomas-harrop: accessed ), memorial page for Thomas Harrop (1794–7 Aug 1885), Find a Grave Memorial ID 84802603, citing Dukinfield Cemetery and Crematorium, Dukinfield, Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England; Maintained by colest (contributor 47580527).