Calvin M. Thorp

1912 - 1988  (76 years)

• Name	Calvin M. Thorp
  Born	25 Mar 1912	Granville, North Carolina, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	16 Sep 1988	Granville, North Carolina, USA
  Person ID	I4077	WikiKin
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2023

  
  

  Father	William Thomas Hicks,   b. 21 Mar 1894, Granville, North Carolina, USA ,   d. 12 Apr 1961, Granville, North Carolina, USA  (Age 67 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Lucy Thorp,   b. May 1894, Granville, North Carolina, USA ,   d. Between 1925 and 1930, Granville, North Carolina, USA  (Age ~ 30 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Notes	Someone who knew the family told me years ago that William Thomas Hicks had children by a black woman named Lucy Thorp. I was shown the family cemetery and was told that the black descendants living in the area kept it up. I have checked the census records and found that in 1900 William Thomas Hicks and Lucy Thorp lived in the same neighborhood. In 1910, they were listed three houses apart. They were teenagers and probably met about then. Lucy's first child was born about 1912. In 1920, they were listed two houses apart. Lucy had five children at that time. She was listed as "widowed" although two more children show up in the 1930 census, and there was never a father listed in her household. William was still living with his mother in 1920. In 1930, William was listed as living adjacent to Lucy's children. Lucy evidently died sometime after the last child was born (about 1925), but before the census (1930). The oldest child, Calvin M. Thorp, was 18 and head of the household which consisted of him and his four brothers and two sisters. Lucy was listed as black in the 1900 census and mulatto in 1910 and 1920. The children were listed as mulatto in 1920 and as Negro in 1930.
  Family ID	F2866	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bertha Belle Black,   b. 5 Jan 1916, Granville, North Carolina, USA ,   d. 16 Oct 2005, Granville Medical Center, Oxford, Granville Co., NC  (Age 89 years)
  Children	1. Calvin Roosevelt Thorpe,   b. 25 Dec 1933, Granville, North Carolina, USA ,   d. 18 Nov 1997, Granville, North Carolina, USA  (Age 63 years)  [natural]   2. Lucy May Thorpe   3. Andrew Thorpe   4. Sallie Tazzie Thorpe   5. Walter Thorpe,   b. 2 Jun 1942, Granville, North Carolina, USA ,   d. 31 Mar 1992, Vance Co., NC  (Age 49 years)  [natural]   6. Lola Margaret Thorpe   7. Judy Thorpe   8. Bertha Jane Thorpe   9. Harry Tay Thorpe   10. Charles McDonald Thorpe   11. Mack Arthur Thorpe   12. Louis Stanley Thorpe
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2023
  Family ID	F2868	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 25 Mar 1912 - Granville, North Carolina, USA Died - 16 Sep 1988 - Granville, North Carolina, USA  = Link to Google Earth