{"id":15757,"date":"2018-11-11T00:50:28","date_gmt":"2018-11-11T00:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rootsfinder.com\/blog\/?p=15757"},"modified":"2022-02-15T00:23:57","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T00:23:57","slug":"catherine-dorsey-thorp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rootsfinder.com\/blog\/catherine-dorsey-thorp\/","title":{"rendered":"How I Solved It: Brick Walls Post #4 – Catherine Dorsey Thorp about 1842-1898"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"In today’s “How I Solved It” guest post, Diane Gould Hall (Michigan Family Trails<\/a>) shares her methodology for tracking her great grandmother Catherine Dorsey Thorp from Ireland to New York to Michigan. Her search illustrates the importance of examining records for the whole family, working backwards, forwards, and sideways to identify family, friends, associates, and neighbors and other clues which may become important when she moves on to records in Ireland.<\/p>\n

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CATHERINE DORSEY<\/b> is my paternal 2nd great grandmother.  She is another of my brick wall mysteries.  Here is what I know about her.<\/p>\n

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Above photo is Catherine with her daughter Annie & son, Horace Henry Thorp, Jr. The photo would be about 1870-1871 based on Annie\u2019s age<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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BIO OF CATHERINE DORSEY<\/h3>\n

Catherine was born about 1842 in Dublin, Ireland. According to her death certificate she was married at age 17 yrs. to Horace Henry Thorp<\/b>.  In the 1860 census she and Horace (listed as Maurice on the census) were living in Oswego, Oswego Co., New York, ages 24 and 21.  By the 1870 census the couple was living in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan with their children, Ellen, age 10 born in New York, Mary (my direct ancestor), age 8 born in New York, Catherine age 6 born in New York, Vincent age 4 born in Michigan and Henry, age 2 born in Michigan.  This tells me that the couple probably moved to Michigan about 1866 when Vincent was born.  She is again seen in the 1880 census with her family.  Then dies on 12 Jun 1898 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan.  She is buried, without a headstone, at Mt. Elliott Cemetery in Detroit.<\/p>\n

HERE\u2019S WHAT ELSE I HAVE FOUND FOR CATHERINE<\/strong>
\nA possible passenger record for her.  I understand that the ages of our ancestors may not always be correct on these lists (as with any other historical document).<\/p>\n

(Click on any image to enlarge it)<\/p>\n

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However, this is not the only passenger record that shows up when I conduct a search on Ancestry.com.<\/p>\n

Here is a list of other passenger records.  These are indexes only, but certainly some possibilities.
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She is enumerated in the following census records:<\/p>\n