Mary Thorpe Sumner Family Research

Profile Summary

Field	Research Value
Name	Mary Thorpe
Birth	27 January 1863, Pennsylvania
Death	30 May 1944, New Castle, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, USA
Working father	William Thorpe
Working mother	Mary Jane Sumner
Research category	Thorpe, Sumner, McQuistion, McQuiston, Butler County, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania

Relationship Context

This page follows Mary Thorpe as the selected person for TG295740. The current working relationship path begins with Mary Thorpe and places her in a research context with William Thorpe and Mary Jane Sumner. These relationships should be tested against direct records, including death records, census households, marriage records, cemetery records, probate files, church records, and newspaper notices.

The spelling forms McQuistion and McQuiston should both be searched. Historical records may use spelling variants, transcription variants, or local family spellings. Search terms should include Mary Thorpe, William Thorpe, Mary Jane Sumner, Charles McQuistion, Charles McQuiston, Butler County Pennsylvania, Brady Township, New Castle Pennsylvania, and Lawrence County Pennsylvania.

Book Context: Page 466

A key background source is The McQuiston, McCuiston and McQuesten Families, 1620–1937 by Leona Bean McQuiston. Page 466 discusses an earlier Charles McQuistion, born 23 November 1813 in Butler County, Pennsylvania. The page connects him with Brady Township, the old homestead, Rebecca Grannis, United Presbyterian Church family context, and descendants.

Research caution: this page is useful as McQuistion / McQuiston Butler County background. It should not be treated by itself as proof of Mary Thorpe’s parentage or as proof of a direct relationship unless additional records connect the families.

Evidence Placeholders

Claim or Question	Current Evidence Status	Needed Source Link
Mary Thorpe was born 27 January 1863 in Pennsylvania.	Working fact from research notes.	Death record, birth record, church record, or census-linked profile URL needed.
Mary Thorpe died 30 May 1944 in New Castle, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania.	Working fact from research notes.	Death certificate URL, cemetery memorial URL, obituary URL, or state index URL needed.
William Thorpe is the father of Mary Thorpe.	Working relationship.	Death certificate, census household, probate, or obituary URL needed.
Mary Jane Sumner is the mother of Mary Thorpe.	Working relationship.	Death certificate, marriage record, family Bible, probate, obituary, or church record URL needed.
Mary Thorpe connects to the McQuistion / McQuiston family context.	Working research context.	Marriage record, spouse record, census household, child record, or cemetery family-link URL needed.

Research Notes

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Suggested Next Records

Mary Thorpe death certificate or death index entry for 30 May 1944 in New Castle, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania.
Mary Thorpe cemetery memorial or burial record.
1870 census record for the William Thorpe household.
1880 census record for the William Thorpe household.
Marriage record connecting Mary Thorpe to a McQuistion or McQuiston spouse, if applicable.
Obituary for Mary Thorpe or a connected spouse or ancestor.
Church records from Butler County, Brady Township, Slippery Rock, or related communities.
Probate or land records for William Thorpe, Mary Jane Sumner, or related Thorpe and Sumner families.
Direct source check for page 466 of The McQuiston, McCuiston and McQuesten Families, 1620–1937.

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