Richard Leroy Thorp was born on February 16, 1941, in Battle Creek, Michigan, and died the same day. He had two brothers and three sisters. He was the twin of James Arthur Thorp[1]
Richard and James were buried together in Oak Hill Cemetery in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan on 22 Feb 1941.[2]
Sources
↑ Ancestry.com, Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), Ancestry.com, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, Michigan. Name: Betty Ludwick
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Battle Creek, Mich
Spouse: Richard C Thorp
Child: Infant Thorp
Birth 16 Feb 1941 6:30 AM
Died 3 min after birth. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60872&h=752013110&indiv=try.
↑ Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012), Ancestry.com, Name: Richard Leroy and James Arthur Thorp
Death Date: 20 Feb 1941
Cemetery: Oak Hill Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan, United States of America
Has Bio?: N
Father: Richard C. Thorp
Mother: Betty Jane Thorp. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=105020629&indiv=try.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Richard by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Richard: