The Orys and Cook Family Tree » Dorothy Christina Thornton (1883-????)
Personal data Dorothy Christina Thornton
- She was born on November 11, 1883 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.Source 1
- She was baptized on September 4, 1889 in St. Gabriel's Warwick Square, Pimlico, London.
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- Resident:
- in the year 1891: 103 Cambridge Street, Chorlton on Medlock, Lancashire.Source 2
Source Citation: Class: RG12; Piece: 3187; Folio 127; Page 26; GSU roll: 6098297.
Census Transcript Household Lancashire 1891
Address 103 Higher Cambridge Street Parish Registration District Chorlton, Chorlton Upon Medlock
Image Reference RG12/3187/F? Found 4 Results.
Forename Surname Age Year Born Relation Birth Place Occupation
William Thorndon 40 1851 Head Pemlico, London Cook
Elizabeth Thorndon 36 1855 Wife Lastland, Cheshire
Dorothy Thomson 7 1884 Daughter Glasgow
George Thomson 5 1886 Son Pemlico, London - in the year 1901: 24 Duke Street, Ayr, Scotland.Source 1
1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
24, Duke Street, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
William Thornton Head Married Male 52 1849 Chef Restaurant England
Elizabeth Thornton Wife Married Female 49 1852 - Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
George Thornton Son - Male 11 1890 Scholar England
Dorothy Thornton Daughter - Female 17 1884 Drapers Assistant Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland - A child of William Thornton and Elizabeth Wilson
- This information was last updated on September 17, 2021.
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Birthday November 11, 1883
- The temperature on November 11, 1883 was about 4.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
- 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 1883: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- March 20 » The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property is signed.
- May 30 » In New York City, a stampede on the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge killed twelve people.
- August 25 » France and Viet Nam sign the Treaty of Huế, recognizing a French protectorate over Annam and Tonkin.
- October 22 » Mödling and Hinterbrühl Tram, Vienna, Austria, first electric tram powered by overhead wire.
- November 18 » American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.
- December 21 » The Royal Canadian Dragoons and The Royal Canadian Regiment, the first Permanent Force cavalry and infantry regiments of the Canadian Army, are formed.
Christening day September 4, 1889
- The temperature on September 4, 1889 was about 17.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- January 8 » Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.
- March 23 » The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian, British India.
- May 31 » Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam fails and sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
- June 29 » Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.
- August 4 » The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
- November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
Same birth/death day
- 1882 » Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden († 1973)
- 1883 » Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor and academic († 1969)
- 1885 » George S. Patton, American general († 1945)
- 1887 » Roland Young, English-American actor († 1953)
- 1888 » Abul Kalam Azad, Indian activist, scholar, and politician, Indian Minister of Education († 1958)
- 1888 » J. B. Kripalani, Indian lawyer and politician (d.1982)
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