Happy New Year! I have been forwarded information re possible children of my John and Anna Eliza ENGLISH whose baptisms were recorded at St Georges Church (COI) Dublin in 1821. My granny had told me, and written that her Gt Grandmother's maiden name was Dillon. Could it have been 'Doolan'? Can anybody with experience of Irish and 'Pacific English' accents comment on this please. Would it be likely that Thorpe was a family name? I have found a list of Griffiths Valuations that have Phillipsburgh Ave as Phillipsburch Ave. Here I have found a Norah DOOLAN of Phillipsburch Ave. Any more information or suggestions for exploring these leads would be appreciated. Thanks Julie    ________________________________

Hi Julie Thorp(e) as a forename like many others may have been derived from a previously used family surname You would be surprised how many Smith SMITHs there are I don't know if its purely coincidence but found the following THORP FRANCIS ENGLISH Birth: 13 AUG 1872 Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland Father: WILLIAM ENGLISH Mother: MARY ANN JORDAN C116761 1855 - 1875 6035516 REGISTER Film NONE He appears in the 1901 as Name: Thorpe Francis English Age: 28 Estimated birth year: abt 1873 Relationship: Head Spouse's name : Jessie English Gender: Male Where born: Dalhousie, Edinburghshire Registration Number: 692/2 Registration district: Leith South Civil Parish: Leith Town: Leith County: Midlothian Address: 23 Buchanan St Occupation: Engineer Iron Turner ED: 19 Household schedule number: 129 Line: 1 Roll: CSSCT1901_400 Household Members: Name Age Thorpe Francis English 28 Jessie English 29 Jessie J English 2 Jane Cray 56 Jane Grant 56 Parish: Leith; ED: 19; Page: 26; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1901_400; Year: 1901. And 1881 as Name: Sherpe F English Age: 8 Estimated birth year: abt 1873 Relationship: Son Father's name: William English Mother's name: Mary A English Gender: Male Where born: Cockpen, Midlothian Registration Number: 685/2 Registration district: St Andrew Civil Parish: Edinburgh St Cuthberts County: Midlothian Address: 4 Moray Street Occupation: Scholar ED: 44 Household schedule number: 67 Line: 19 Roll: cssct1881_285 Household Members: Name Age William English 37 Mary A English 34 Margaret English 10 Sherpe F English 8 Jane English 6 Francis English 4 Henrietta English 8 MO Parish: Edinburgh St Cuthberts; ED: 44; Page: 13; Line: 19; Roll: cssct1881_285; Year: 1881. Probably a coincidence but......................... Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) I have been forwarded information re possible children of my John and Anna Eliza ENGLISH whose baptisms were recorded at St Georges Church (COI) Dublin in 1821. My granny had told me, and written that her Gt Grandmother's maiden name was Dillon. Could it have been 'Doolan'? Can anybody with experience of Irish and 'Pacific English' accents comment on this please. Would it be likely that Thorpe was a family name? I have found a list of Griffiths Valuations that have Phillipsburgh Ave as Phillipsburch Ave. Here I have found a Norah DOOLAN of Phillipsburch Ave. Any more information or suggestions for exploring these leads would be appreciated. Thanks Julie