Ancestral Trails 2016 » John THORNTON (1843-1918)

Personal data John THORNTON 

  • He was born on October 7, 1843 in Agra, Rajasthan, India.
  • Occupations:
    • in the year 1871 in Curate of Bedfont, Middlesex.
    • in the year 1861 in Pupil at Rugby.
    • in the year 1881 in Rector of Yockleton, Westbury, Shropshire.
    • in the year 1891 in Vicar of Ewell, Surrey.
    • in the year 1901 in Clerk in Holy Orders.
  • He died on May 8, 1918 in Reigate, Surrey, he was 74 years old.Source 1
  • A child of John THORNTON and Harriet Sarah HEBER

Household of John THORNTON

He is married to Agnes Mary PATON.

They got married on December 22, 1868 at Kensington, Brompton, Middlesex, he was 25 years old.Source 1


Child(ren):

  1. John THORNTON  1870-1906 
  4. Noel Shipley THORNTON  1883-1918 


Notes about John THORNTON

1861 aged 17, a scholar living at Hillmorton Road, Rugby, Warwickshire. 1871 aged 27, living at Bedfont, Middlesex with his wife Agnes Mary 27, son John Thornton aged 3 and a half months, two boarders Charles Reginald Sydney Hamilton 14 & Lewison Granville Campbell 16, both born in the East Indies, and four servants, cook Sarah Staines 25, housemaid Olive G Sweetzer 21, nurse Elizabeth Baxter 20 and housemaid Elizabeth Foulkes 16. 1881 aged 37, living at The Rectory, Yockleton, Westbury, Shropshire with his wife Agnes M 37, sons George L 9, Leslie H 7, pupil John Lomax 17 from Montgomeryshire, Wales, governess Annie Coleman 42 from Tonbridge, Kent, visitor Harriet F Turkey 42 from the East Indies, and three servants, parlour maid Lucy Portans 27, house maid Elizabeth H Wooldridge 22 and cook Sarah Hincks 25. 1891 aged 47, living at The Vicarage, Church Street, Ewell, Surrey with his wife Agnes M 47, sons John 20 and Noel S 7, also four servants, nurse Eliza Woof 43, cook Mary Heathcote 23, house maid Harriet A Garrad 26 and temporary sick nurse Laura A Cattell 26. 1901 aged 57, living at The Vicarage, Church Street, Ewell with his wife Agnes M 57, visitors Stuart G E Knox 4 born India and nurse Elizabeth Nunn 39, also three servants, cook Kate Graysmark 21, parlour maid Annie E Bradley 36 and housemaid Clara A Broom 19.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of John THORNTON

John THORNTON
1783-1861
Elizabeth PARRY
1787-1863
John THORNTON
1809-1889

John THORNTON
1843-1918

1868

Agnes Mary PATON
1844-1939

John THORNTON
1870-1906
Leslie Heber THORNTON
1873-1937
George Lestock THORNTON
1872-1951
Noel Shipley THORNTON
1883-1918

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Sources

  1. BMD Index
    Jun Qtr 1918 Reigate 2a 265 - aged 74
    / www.findmypast.co.uk

Historical events

Birthday October 7, 1843

  • The temperature on October 7, 1843 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt regen. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1843: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • February 6 » The first minstrel show in the United States, The Virginia Minstrels, opens (Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City).
    • February 11 » Giuseppe Verdi's opera I Lombardi alla prima crociata receives its first performance in Milan, Italy.
    • July 19 » Brunel's steamship the SSGreat Britain is launched, becoming the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull and screw propeller, becoming the largest vessel afloat in the world.
    • August 15 » Tivoli Gardens, one of the oldest still intact amusement parks in the world, opens in Copenhagen, Denmark.
    • September 21 » John Williams Wilson takes possession of the Strait of Magellan on behalf of the Chilean government.
    • October 14 » Irish nationalist Daniel O'Connell arrested by British on charges of criminal conspiracy.

Day of marriage December 22, 1868

  • The temperature on December 22, 1868 was about 10.1 °C. The air pressure was 17 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
  • From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In the year 1868: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • April 11 » Former shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu surrenders Edo Castle to Imperial forces, marking the end of the Tokugawa shogunate.
    • June 1 » The Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed, allowing the Navajo to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico.
    • June 23 » Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called the "Type-Writer".
    • July 28 » The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is certified, establishing African American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law.
    • October 10 » The Ten Years' War begins against Spanish rule in Cuba.
    • November 27 » American Indian Wars: Battle of Washita River: United States Army Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer leads an attack on Cheyenne living on reservation land.

Day of death May 8, 1918

  • The temperature on May 8, 1918 was between 7.3 °C and 22.7 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
    • March 19 » The US Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time.
    • July 17 » Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his immediate family and retainers are executed by Bolshevik Chekists at the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
    • August 31 » World War I: Start of the Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin, a successful assault by the Australian Corps during the Hundred Days Offensive.
    • October 1 » World War I: The Egyptian Expeditionary Force captures Damascus.
    • December 14 » Friedrich Karl von Hessen, a German prince elected by the Parliament of Finland to become King Väinö I, renounces the Finnish throne.
    • December 28 » Constance Markievicz, while detained in Holloway prison, became the first woman to be elected MP to the British House of Commons.


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