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HAGGAS, Pamelia
1865 - 1935 (69 years) Has 2 ancestors and 5 descendants in this family tree.
1843 - 1897 (38 years)-
Name HAGGAS, Pamelia Birth 15 Aug 1865 Leeds, Yorkshire, England 
Gender Female Death 19 Mar 1935 Elmhurst, Dupage County, Illinois, USA Burial 23 Mar 1935 Addison Township, Dupage County, Illinois, USA Person ID I4301 Edgoose Last Modified 4 Feb 2026
Father HAGGAS, Timothy Bell, b. 1843, Calverley, Yorkshire, England d. Between 1881 and 1897 (Age 38 years) Mother BIRCH, Sarah Ann, b. Sep 1842, Leeds, Yorkshire, England d. 2 Jan 1905, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA (Age 62 years) Marriage 1863 Leeds Registration District, Yorkshire Family ID F782 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family THORPE, James Henry, b. Sep 1861, Leeds, Yorkshire, England d. Yes, date unknown Marriage 1884 Leeds Registration District, Yorkshire Children 1. THORPE, .......... d. Bef 1900 2. THORPE, Herbert, b. 6 Jul 1888, Austin, Cook County, Illinois, USA d. 29 May 1969, Douglas Village, Allegan County, Michigan, USA (Age 80 years)3. THORPE, Ethel, b. 25 Oct 1890, Linden Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA d. Yes, date unknown4. THORPE, Sarah J., b. 30 Mar 1893, Linden Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA d. Yes, date unknown5. THORPE, Ada Myrtle, b. 29 Jul 1895, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F1911 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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PAMELIA HAGGAS 1865-1935
The birth of Pamelia (sic) HAGGAS was registered in 1865.
(GRO September Q 1865 Leeds 9b 379)
According to her death certificate she was born on 15 August 1865.
From the 1871 census of the Brickyard, Co[illegible] road, Leeds, Yorkshire:
Timothy Bell HAGGAS, head, aged 29, clay grinder, born at Calverley, Yorkshire;
Sarah A. HAGGAS, wife, aged 29, born in Leeds, Yorkshire;
*Permilia (sic) HAGGAS, daughter, aged 5, born in Leeds, Yorkshire.
(RG10/4560/6/10)
The 1881 census of 17 Richmond Road, Leeds, Yorkshire:
Timothy B. HAGGAS, head, aged 38, bricklayer's labourer, born at Rothwell, Yorkshire;
Sarah A. HAGGAS, wife, aged 38, born in Leeds, Yorkshire;
*Proumelia (sic) HAGGAS, daughter, aged 15, nailmaker, born in Leeds, Yorkshire;
Mary J. BIRCH, neice, aged 17, cloth mill hand, born in Leeds, Yorkshire.
(RG11/4512/6/6)
Promelia (sic) HAGGAS married James Henry THORPE, a machinist born in Leeds, in 1884.
(GRO June Q 1884 Leeds 9b 634)
She was living at Austin, Illinois, where her second child Herbert THORPE was born on 6 July 1888. At the time of his birth she was said to be 23 years old and her husband 26.
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Pamela THORPE died aged 69 at Elmhurst, Dupage, Illinois, USA on 19 March 1935 and was buried at Arlington Cemetery, Addison Township, Dupage County. Her death certificate records her date of birth as 15 August 1865, her father as Timothy HAGGAS, her mother as Sarah Ann BIRCH and her spouse as James H. THORPE. She was buried in Arlington Cemetery, Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois on 23 March 1935.
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Herbert THORPE died at Douglas Village, Allegan, Michigan, USA, on 29 May 1969, aged 80. His date of birth was given as 6 July 1888. The maiden name of his wife was Bessie E. PALMER, his father was James THORPE and his mother Pamela (sic) HAGGIS (sic).
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