When George Henry Booth HARROP married at St Stephen's Church on 20 January 1878, he was a 20 year old bachelor living in Audenshaw. Both he and his father, Samuel, were joiners. Hannah THORPE was also aged 20 and was a weaver. She too lived in Audenshaw and was the daughter of Ben THORPE, a stone mason. Both she and George could sign their names. The witnesses were Joseph and Mary Sellers.