Oral Thorp
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Oral Lake Thorp (1905 - 1956)

Oral Lake Thorp
Born in Iron County, Texas, United Statesmap
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Died at age 51 in Big Spring, Howard, Texas, United Statesmap
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Biography

Name

Name: Oral Lake /Thorp/[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

Birth

Birth:
Date: 28 JAN 1905
Place: Iron County, Texas, USA[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]

Event

Event:
Type: Civil
Place: Texas[18]

Residence

Residence: Age: 14; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
Date: 1920
Place: Mertzon, Irion County, Texas, USA[19]
Residence: Age: 34; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Head
Date: 01 APR 1940
Place: Mertzon, Irion, Texas, United States[20]
Residence:
Place: Mertzon, Irion, Texas[21]
Residence: Age: 5; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
Date: 1910
Place: Justice Precinct 1, Irion, Texas[22]
Residence:
Date: 1935
Place: Mertzon, Irion, Texas[23]

Military Service

Military Service: WWI[24]

Death

Death: Age: 50
Date: 15 SEP 1956
Place: Big Spring, Howard, Texas, United States[25][26][27][28][29]

Burial

Burial:
Place: Mertzon, Irion County, Texas, USA[30][31]

Sources

  1. ↑ Source: #S25 Object: @M4966@
  2. ↑ Source: #S362 Page: See image Object: @M4967@
  3. ↑ Source: #S215 Page: Year: 1940; Census Place: Mertzon, Irion, Texas; Roll: T627_4073; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 118-2 Object: @M4968@
  4. ↑ Source: #S205 Page: Year: 1920; Census Place: Mertzon, Irion, Texas; Roll: T625_1821; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 122; Image: . Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1906 CONT Birth place: Texas CONT Residence date: 1920 CONT Residence place: Mertzon, Irion, Texas Object: @M3093@
  5. ↑ Source: #S370 Object: @M4091@
  6. ↑ Source: #S342
  7. ↑ Source: #S283 Page: Number: 461-62-6542; Issue State: Texas; Issue Date: 1956
  8. ↑ Source: #S372 Object: @M4969@
  9. ↑ Source: #S206 Page: Year: 1910; Census Place: Justice Precinct 1, Irion, Texas; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: . Data: Text: Birth date: 1905 CONT Birth place: Texas CONT Residence date: 1910 CONT Residence place: Justice Precinct 1, Irion, Texas Object: @M3509@
  10. ↑ Source: #S362 Page: See image Object: @M4967@
  11. ↑ Source: #S215 Page: Year: 1940; Census Place: Mertzon, Irion, Texas; Roll: T627_4073; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 118-2 Object: @M4968@
  12. ↑ Source: #S205 Page: Year: 1920; Census Place: Mertzon, Irion, Texas; Roll: T625_1821; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 122; Image: . Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1906 CONT Birth place: Texas CONT Residence date: 1920 CONT Residence place: Mertzon, Irion, Texas Object: @M3093@
  13. ↑ Source: #S370 Object: @M4091@
  14. ↑ Source: #S342
  15. ↑ Source: #S283 Page: Number: 461-62-6542; Issue State: Texas; Issue Date: 1956
  16. ↑ Source: #S372 Object: @M4969@
  17. ↑ Source: #S206 Page: Year: 1910; Census Place: Justice Precinct 1, Irion, Texas; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: . Data: Text: Birth date: 1905 CONT Birth place: Texas CONT Residence date: 1910 CONT Residence place: Justice Precinct 1, Irion, Texas Object: @M3509@
  18. ↑ Source: #S283 Page: Number: 461-62-6542; Issue State: Texas; Issue Date: 1956
  19. ↑ Source: #S205 Page: Year: 1920; Census Place: Mertzon, Irion, Texas; Roll: T625_1821; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 122; Image: . Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1906 CONT Birth place: Texas CONT Residence date: 1920 CONT Residence place: Mertzon, Irion, Texas Object: @M3093@
  20. ↑ Source: #S215 Page: Year: 1940; Census Place: Mertzon, Irion, Texas; Roll: T627_4073; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 118-2 Object: @M4968@
  21. ↑ Source: #S362 Page: See image Object: @M4967@
  22. ↑ Source: #S206 Page: Year: 1910; Census Place: Justice Precinct 1, Irion, Texas; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: . Data: Text: Birth date: 1905 CONT Birth place: Texas CONT Residence date: 1910 CONT Residence place: Justice Precinct 1, Irion, Texas Object: @M3509@
  23. ↑ Source: #S215 Page: Year: 1940; Census Place: Mertzon, Irion, Texas; Roll: T627_4073; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 118-2 Object: @M4968@
  24. ↑ Source: #S362 Page: See image Object: @M4967@
  25. ↑ Source: #S25 Object: @M4966@
  26. ↑ Source: #S362 Page: See image Object: @M4967@
  27. ↑ Source: #S342
  28. ↑ Source: #S283 Page: Number: 461-62-6542; Issue State: Texas; Issue Date: 1956
  29. ↑ Source: #S372 Object: @M4969@
  30. ↑ Source: #S342
  31. ↑ Source: #S372 Object: @M4969@

See also:

  • Ancestry Profile
  • Ancestry Profile
  • Source: S206 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1910 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Was; Repository: Ancestry.com;
  • Source: S205 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1920 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Reco; Repository: Ancestry.com;
  • Source: S215 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1940 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627; Repository: Ancestry.com;
  • Source: S283 Title: Social Security Death Index Publication: Name: Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.; Repository: Ancestry.com;
  • Source: S370 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013; Repository: Ancestry.com; Ancestry Record 2275 #3566246; Name: Oral Lake Thorp; Birth Date: 28 Jan 1905; Gender: Male; Birth Place: Sherwood, Irion, Texas, USA; Father: Joseph Plesant Thorp; Father Birth Place: Texas; Mother: Harriet Matilda Crump; Mother Birth Place: Texas; Mother Residence: Sherwood, Irion, Texas. Image
  • Source: S362 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013; Repository: Ancestry.com; Ancestry Record 2272 #22347544; Name: Oral Lake Thorp; Gender: Male; Race: White; Age: 50; Birth Date: 28 Jan 1906; Birth Place: Sher, Texas; Residence: Mertzon, Irion, Texas, USA; Death Date: 15 Sep 1956; Death Place: Big Spring, Howard, Texas, USA; Father: Joseph P Thorp; Mother: Rachel Crump. Image
  • Source: S25 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - Texas Department of Health. Texas Death Indexes, 1903-2000. Austin, TX, USA: Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit.Original data: Texas Department of H; Repository: Ancestry.com;
  • Source: S372 Author: Ancestry.com Title: U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012; Repository: Ancestry.com;
  • Source: S342 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Web: Texas, Find A Grave Index, 1761-2012 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012; Repository: Ancestry.com; Find A Grave: Memorial #23498471




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William Foster Jr
According to Margaret Ban Kovach he served in the Seabees battalion of the Navy during World War II.
posted 12 Jan 2019 by William Foster Jr   [thank William]
William Foster Jr
According to Margaret Ban Kovach: During WWII, when we landed, perhaps on Guadalcanal, Oral came in to build infrastructure with a group, building things like airfields and other support.
posted 13 May 2017 by William Foster Jr   [thank William]
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Oral Thorp during WWII
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