John Thorp was a stonemason. He never married. His siblings are unknown.
It is not known when he immigrated to New South Wales.
When he died he left behind a wife and 4 small children.
Residences
Footnotes (including sources)
Ω Birth
Details for date of birth & date and place of baptism from Index England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Parents names in index and on NSW death registration in 1865. Place of birth from death notice. Penistone is adjacent to Thurlstone where the baptism took place.
¶ Death
THORP—September 8th, at his residence, Mount-street, Pyrmont, Mr. John Thorp, aged 53 years, native of Penistone, Yorkshire. (The Sydney Morning Herald, 21 Sep 1865, p11) Probate of the will of John Thorp... The deceased party had been a mason, and resided at Pyrmont. At his death he left behind him a widow and four small children. The widow was only an illiterate person... (The Sydney Morning Herald, 3 Nov 1865, p2)