Frederick George Thorpe was born in 1865 in Birmingham, Warwickshire.

Frederick married Emma Mould in 1885 in Birmingham, Warwickshire.

He had the following children from his marriage to Emma Mould:

- Frederick Thorpe	born around 1886 at Birmingham, Warwickshire.
- Stephen Thorpe	born in 1887 at Birmingham, Warwickshire.
- Arthur Thorpe	born around 1893 at Birmingham, Warwickshire.

Frederick was a Tube Drawer.

Details of Frederick's death are not known.