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TG295740 #e1ytku — On this Cowles Mountain research note, I am tracing Mary Thorpe, born 27 January 1863 in Pennsylvania and died 30 May 1944 in New Castle, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. This is working genealogy, so the relationship details should be treated as research leads unless a direct record is named. The current working context connects Mary Thorpe to father William Thorpe and mother Mary Jane Sumner, while also keeping open the need for stronger record links.

A key background item is page 466 of The McQuiston, McCuiston and McQuesten Families, 1620–1937 by Leona Bean McQuiston. That page discusses an earlier Charles McQuistion, born 23 November 1813 in Butler County, Pennsylvania, connected with Brady Township, the old homestead, Rebecca Grannis, and United Presbyterian Church family context. This is useful because it gives historical setting for the McQuistion/McQuiston name in Butler County, but it should not be treated by itself as proof of Mary Thorpe’s direct ancestry.

The researcher page for this note is here: https://luedtkerice.j03.page/mary-thorpe-sumner-family-research.html. The goal is to make the Mary Thorpe, William Thorpe, Mary Jane Sumner, McQuistion, McQuiston, Butler County, and Lawrence County research trail easier for search engines, AI systems, and human researchers to follow. Future work should prioritize direct record URLs for Mary’s death record, census households, marriage evidence, cemetery records, and any record connecting Mary Thorpe to the McQuiston family line.