Ancestral Trails 2016 » Sydney Vernon THORNTON (1859-1941)

Personal data Sydney Vernon THORNTON 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4
  • He was born on April 16, 1859 in Windlesham, Surrey.Sources 2, 5
  • Occupations:
    • in the year 1891 Captain - Royal Artillery in Victoria House, Alfred Street, Scarborough.
    • in the year 1881 Lieutenant - Royal Artillery (Company Officer) in Lanyard Street, Felixstowe, Woodbridge.
    • in the year 1901 Major - Royal Artillery in 144 High Street, Gorleston, Gt Yarmouth.
    • in the year 1911 Retired Colonel - Royal Artillery in The Gables, The Plain, Epping.
    • in the year 1909 Lieutenant-Colonel (retired) RGA.
  • Resident in the year 1924: Biskin Lodge, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.
  • (Passenger List) on November 21, 1924 in London to Marseilles: Via "Moldavia".
  • (Probate Date) on September 12, 1941 in Llandudno.Source 6
  • He died on January 2, 1941 in Birkin Lodge, Camden Park, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, he was 81 years old.Source 1
  • He is buried on January 5, 1941.
  • A child of John THORNTON and Harriet Sarah HEBER

Household of Sydney Vernon THORNTON

He is married to Elizabeth Sylvia GREENE.

They got married on December 19, 1885 at St Peter's, Dublin, Ireland, he was 26 years old.


Child(ren):



Notes about Sydney Vernon THORNTON

1861 aged 1, living at 1 High Street, Guildford Holy Trinity with his siblings, Emily, Mary, Grace, and Francis, governess Mary S Bartlett, and six servants.

1881 aged 21, living at Lanyard Street, Felixstowe, Woodbridge, Suffolk in what appears to be barracks shared by other Royal Artillery soldiers and their families.

1891 aged 31, living at Victoria House, Alfred Street, Scarborough St Martins with his wife, Elizabeth S 26, children Conyngham V 3 and Dorothy V aged 1, and five servants, cook Ellen Wright 45, parlour maid Margaret A Wilson 27, nurse widow Ellen E Ashton 29, housemaid Elizabeth Marshall 28 and under nurse Mary Marshall 15.

1901 aged 41, living at 144 High Street, Gorleston St Andrews, Great Yarmouth with his children Dorothy V 11 and Nigel H aged 6, governess Stella M Nye 23 and three servants; parlour maid Fanny R White 31, cook Sarah A Sharma 20 and housemaid Emma Sharma 29. Wife away from home.

1911 aged 51, living in a 13 roomed house at The Gables, The Plain, Epping, Essex with three servants, cook Ada Russell 34, parlour maid Rose King 26 and housemaid Louise Ware 25. Married 51 years but wife not with him.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Sydney Vernon THORNTON

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

Sydney Vernon THORNTON
1859-1941

1885

Elizabeth Sylvia GREENE
1864-1941

Dorothy Vernon THORNTON
1889-????
Conyngham Vernon THORNTON
1887-????
Nigel Heber THORNTON
1895-1942

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Sources

  1. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  2. England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915, FreeBMD / Ancestry.com
  3. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  4. India, Select Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  5. BMD Index
    Jun Qtr 1859 Chertsey 2a 27
    / www.findmypast.co.uk
  6. England & Wales, National Probate Calender (Index of Wills & Administrations), 1861-1941
    Sidney Vernon THORNTON of Birkin Lodge Camden Park Tunbridge Wells died 2 January 1941 Administration (with Will) Llandudno 12 September to Nigel Heber THORNTON oil merchant and Harold Wordsworth Leach ALLOTT colonel HM army. Effects £12612.6s.8d
    / www.ancestry.com

Historical events

Birthday April 16, 1859

  • The temperature on April 16, 1859 was about 5.2 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. 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).
  • From March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
  • In the year 1859: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • February 19 » Daniel E. Sickles, a New York Congressman, is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity.
    • May 17 » Members of the Melbourne Football Club codified the first rules of Australian rules football.
    • May 31 » The clock tower at the Houses of Parliament, which houses Big Ben, starts keeping time.
    • June 15 » Ambiguity in the Oregon Treaty leads to the "Northwestern Boundary Dispute" between American and British/Canadian settlers.
    • July 8 » King Charles XV & IV accedes to the throne of Sweden–Norway.
    • October 16 » John Brown leads a raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia.

Day of marriage December 19, 1885

  • The temperature on December 19, 1885 was about 2.6 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 4 » Sino-French War: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing force at Núi Bop in northern Vietnam.
    • February 5 » King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
    • March 14 » The Mikado, a light opera by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, receives its first public performance at the Savoy Theatre in London.
    • March 23 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Phu Lam Tao near Hưng Hóa, northern Vietnam.
    • March 24 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Bang Bo on the Tonkin-Guangxi border.
    • June 3 » In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escapes the North-West Mounted Police.

Day of death January 2, 1941

  • The temperature on January 2, 1941 was between -10.4 °C and -4.2 °C and averaged -6.8 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (73%). 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 September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1941: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
    • January 5 » 37-year-old pilot Amy Johnson, the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia, disappears after bailing out of her plane over the River Thames, and is presumed dead.
    • April 1 » Fântâna Albă massacre: Between 200 and 2,000 Romanian civilians are killed by Soviet Border Troops.
    • July 26 » World War II: In response to the Japanese occupation of French Indochina, the United States, Britain and the Netherlands freeze all Japanese assets and cut off oil shipments.
    • August 24 » Adolf Hitler orders the cessation of Nazi Germany's systematic T4 euthanasia program of the mentally ill and the handicapped due to protests, although killings continue for the remainder of the war.
    • September 30 » World War II: The Babi Yar massacre comes to an end.
    • December 1 » World War II: Emperor Hirohito of Japan gives the final approval to initiate war against the United States.

Day of burial January 5, 1941

  • The temperature on January 5, 1941 was between -6.5 °C and -3.1 °C and averaged -5.2 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1941: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
    • March 28 » World War II: Britain's Mediterranean Fleet sinks three heavy cruisers and two destroyers of Italy's Regia Marina.
    • March 29 » World War II: British Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy forces defeat those of the Italian Regia Marina off the Peloponnesian coast of Greece in the Battle of Cape Matapan.
    • April 10 » World War II: The Axis powers establish the Independent State of Croatia.
    • December 11 » World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy suffers its first loss of surface vessels during the Battle of Wake Island.
    • December 12 » Adolf Hitler declares the imminent extermination of the Jews at a meeting in the Reich Chancellery.
    • December 19 » World War II: Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Oberkommando des Heeres.


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