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Personal data James Thornton 

  • He was born on October 9, 1836 in Ebury Square Belgravia England.Source 1
    Name: James Thornton
    Gender: Male
    Birth Date: 9 Oct 1836
    Birth Place: Belgravia, City of Westminster, Greater London, England
    Death Date: 21 Apr 1904
    Death Place: Brooklyn, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, United States of America
    Cemetery: The Evergreens Cemetery
    Burial or Cremation Place: Brooklyn, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, United States of America
    Has Bio?: N
    Children:
    Catherine Mary Tout
    James Thornton
    URL:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/191304820/james-thornton
  • Occupations:
    • in the year 1881 Restaurenteur.
    • in the year 1882 Chef / Ships Steward.
    • in the year 1901 Baker & Confectioner (Shopkeeper).Source 2
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1841: 7 Union Street Pimlico London.Source 3
      Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece 732; Book: 8; Civil Parish: St George Hanover Square; County: Middlesex; Enumeration District: 27; Folio: 38; Page: 10; Line: 8; GSU roll: 438834.

      Census Transcript Family London [Geographically Middlesex] 1841 Address Union Street Parish St. George Hanover Square
      Registration District St. George Hanover Square Image Reference HO107/0732/F?

      Forename Surname Age Year Born Relation Birth Place Occupation
      James Thornton 30 1811 Yes Professor of Gastronomy
      Phoebe Thornton 25 1816 Yes
      Elizabeth Thornton 11 1830 Yes
      Phoebe Thornton 9 1832 Yes
      Sarah Thornton 7 1834 Yes
      James Thornton 5 1836 Yes
      Ellen Thornton 3 1838 Yes
      Robert Thornton 1 1840 Yes
    • in the year 1851: 37 Graham Street, St. Georges, Hanover Sq. London.Source 4
      Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 1477; Folio: 206; Page: 21; GSU roll: 87800.

      Census Transcript Household London [Geographically Middlesex] 1851 Address 37 Graham Street Parish St George Hanover Square
      Registration District Belgrave Image Reference HO107/1477/F? [Pages 414-415]
      Forename Surname Age Year Born Relation Birth Place Occupation
      James Thornton 40 1811 Head Marylebone, Middlesex Cook
      Phoebe Thornton 38 1813 Wife Chelsea, Middlesex
      James Thornton 14 1837 Son Pimlico, Middlesex
      Ellen Thornton 12 1839 Daur Pimlico, Middlesex
      Rose Thornton 10 1841 Son Pimlico, Middlesex Scholar
      Charles Thornton 8 1843 Son Pimlico, Middlesex Scholar
      George Thornton 5 1846 Son Pimlico, Middlesex Scholar
      Henry Thornton 3 1848 Son Pimlico, Middlesex Scholar
      William Thornton 2 1849 Son Pimlico, Middlesex
      Esther Thornton 1 M 1851 Daur Pimlico, Middlesex
      William Breakey 55 1796 Ireland Collector
    • in the year 1861: 50 Kew Street, Liverpool, Lancashire.Source 5
      Census Transcript Household Lancashire 1861
      Address No 50 Court Kew St No 6
      Parish Liverpool
      Registration District Liverpool
      Image Reference RG9/2651/F?
      Found 6 Results.
      Forename Surname Age Year Born Relation Birth Place Occupation
      John Thornton 26 1835 Head Ireland Baker
      Catherine Thornton 25 1836 Wife Ireland Baker
      Mary Thornton 5 1856 Daughter Ireland
      Thomas Thornton 4 1857 Son Liverpool, Lancashire
      Catherine Thornton 2 1859 Daughter Liverpool, Lancashire
      John Thornton 1 1860 Son Liverpool, Lancashire
    • in the year 1881: 266a Argyle Street, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
      Name: James Thornton Age: 44 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1837 Relationship: Head Spouse's name : Catherine Gender: Male Where born: England Registration Number: 644/7 Registration district: Blythswood Civil Parish: Glasgow Barony County: Lanarkshire Address: 266a Argyle St Occupation: Restaurateur ED: 43 Page: <

      1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      266, Argyle Street, Barony, Blythswood, Lanarkshire, Scotland

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
      James Thornton Head Married Male 44 1837 Restaurateur England
      Catherine Thornton Wife Married Female 45 1836 - Wales
      Catherine M Thornton Daughter Unmarried Female 21 1860 - England
      Theresa Thornton Daughter Unmarried Female 18 1863 - England
      Emily Thornton Daughter - Female 10 1871 Scholar Wales
      James Thornton Son - Male 7 1874 Scholar Wales
    • in the year 1882: 41 Mere Lane, Walton on the Hill, Everton, Lancashire.
    • in the year 1901: 77 St. Johns Road Waterloo, Great Crosby, Southport Lancashire.Source 2
      Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 3445; Folio: 84; Page: 11.

      Census Transcript Household Lancashire 1901
      Address 77 St John's Road
      Parish Waterloo
      Registration District West Derby
      Image Reference RG13/3445/F?
      Found 6 Results.
      Forename Surname Age Year Born Relation Birth Place Occupation
      James Thornton 64 1837 Head London Baker & Confectioner
      Amy Thornton 30 1871 Wife Lancashire Brittainia
      Leslie J Thornton 4 1897 Son Lancs Waterloo
      Cecil C Thornton 1 1900 Son Lancs Waterloo
      Elizabeth E Smith 30 1871 Boarder Lancs Bootle Professional Nurse
      Kate Armstrong 24 1877 Servant Ireland General Domestic Servant
    • in the year 1904: 190 Montauk Ave, New York, Verenigde Staten.
    • in the year 1904: September Road, Liverpool, Lancashire. (As shown on probate).
  • (Relation to BPO) in Brother to the Great Grandmother of Brian Orys.
  • He died on April 21, 1904 in Lutheran Hospital, Brooklyn New York U.S.A, he was 67 years old.Source 6
    Name James Thornton
    Birthplace England
    Gender Male
    Wife Phoebe Wheeler
    Son James Thornton
    Name James Thornton
    Event Type Death
    Event Date 21 Apr 1904
    Event Place Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States
    Address 190 Montauk Ave
    Gender Male
    Age 68
    Marital Status Married
    Race White
    Occupation Telephone Co.
    Birth Year (Estimated) 1836
    Birthplace England
    Burial Date 24 Apr 1904
    Cemetery Evergreens
    Father's Name James Thornton
    Father's Birthplace England
    Mother's Name Phoebe Wheeler
    Mother's Birthplace England
  • He is buried on April 23, 1904 in Brooklyn New York U.S.A.
    Name James Thornton
    Birthplace England
    Gender Male
    Wife Phoebe Wheeler (WRONG this is his mother)
    Son James Thornton
    Name James Thornton
    Event Type Death
    Event Date 21 Apr 1904
    Event Place Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States
    Address 190 Montauk Ave
    Gender Male Age 68 Marital Status Married Race White Occupation Telephone Co. Birth Year (Estimated) 1836
    Birthplace England Burial Date 24 Apr 1904 Cemetery Evergreens Father's Name James Thornton Father's Birthplace England Mother's Name Phoebe Wheeler Mother's Birthplace England
  • Probate on July 28, 1904 naar Liverpool, Lancashire. England.
    Effects ¹233- 8s -2d To Amy his wife.

    Name: James Thornton
    Death Date: 21 Apr 1904
    Death Place: Liverpool, Lancashire, England (NO DIED IN U.S.A.)
    Probate Date: 28 Jul 1904
    Probate Registry: Liverpool, England
  • A child of JAMES THORNTON and PHOEBE JANE WHEELER
  • This information was last updated on May 7, 2023.

Household of James Thornton

(1) He is married to Catherine Jones.

They got married on July 30, 1854 at Liverpool, Lancashire. England, he was 17 years old.Source 7

Name: James Thornton Year of Registration: 1854 Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep District: Liverpool (1837-1924) County: Lancashire Volume: 8b Page: 291

Name: James Thornton
Possible Partners: Margaret Hunter Or Catherine Jones... District: Liverpool... County: Lancashire... Year: 1854... Quarter: Jul-Sep... Volume: 8b... Page: 0291...

Child(ren):

  1. Mary Thornton  1856-????
  2. Thomas Thornton  1857-1862
  5. John Thornton  1860-????
  6. Theresa Thornton  1862-1937 
  7. James Thornton  1862-1868
  8. Dennis G. Thornton  1867-????
  9. Emily Thornton  1871-1945 
  10. James Thornton  1874-1943


(2) He is married to Amy Taylor.

They got married on October 31, 1894 at Liverpool, Lancashire. England, he was 58 years old.

Marriage W. Derby Vol 8b page 635

Name: Amy Taylor Registration Year: 1894 Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec Registration District: West Derby
Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 8b Page: 635 Records on Page: Name Robert Bell Amy Taylor James Thornton Margaret Unsworth
Henry Harman F Winkler Henry Herman F Winkler

Child(ren):



Notes about James Thornton

CERTIFICATE OF DEATH SHOWS HE DIED AT 7.00 A.M. OF CANCER OF RECTUM ? WHICH HE HAD HAD FOR 9 MONTHS. IN THE LUTHERAN HOSPITAL BROOKLYN NEW YORK. WE ALSO HAVE A COPY OF JAMES'S WILL IN WHICH HE LEAVES ALL HIS REAL AND PERSONAL ESTATE TO HIS WIFE AMY THORNTON. THE GROSS VALUE OF THE WILL'S ESTATE WAS œ233.08.02d THIS INCLUDED PROPERTY AT 23 SEPTEMBER ROAD LIVERPOOL

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Ancestors (and descendant) of James Thornton

JAMES THORNTON
1787-1854
SARAH OAKLEY
1789-1870
WILLIAM SIMON WHEELER
1774-1832
ESTHER LEWIS
1774-1855

James Thornton
1836-1904

(1) 1854

Catherine Jones
1836-1892

Mary Thornton
1856-????
Thomas Thornton
1857-1862
Phoebe Jane Thornton
1857-1926
Catherine Mary Thornton
1859-1925
John Thornton
1860-????
Theresa Thornton
1862-1937
James Thornton
1862-1868
Dennis G. Thornton
1867-????
Emily Thornton
1871-1945
James Thornton
1874-1943
(2) 1894

Amy Taylor
1870-????

Leslie James Thornton
1896-1955
Cecil Claypole Thornton
-1904

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    Sources

    1. Family Bible
    2. 1901 Census England
    3. 1841 Census England 6th June 1841
    4. 1851 Census England, 1851 Census
    5. 1861 Census England, 1861 Census
    6. Died of Cancer Lutherian Hosp. Brooklyn New York
    7. Cert. in file

    Historical events

    Birthday October 9, 1836

    • The temperature on October 9, 1836 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: betrokken winderig 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 1836: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
      • February 19 » King William IV signs Letters Patent establishing the Province of South Australia.
      • May 14 » The Treaties of Velasco are signed in Velasco, Texas.
      • May 15 » Francis Baily observes "Baily's beads" during an annular eclipse.
      • September 1 » Narcissa Whitman, one of the first English-speaking white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrives at Walla Walla, Washington.
      • September 5 » Sam Houston is elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas.
      • December 27 » The worst ever avalanche in England occurs at Lewes, Sussex, killing eight people.

    Day of marriage October 31, 1894

    • The temperature on October 31, 1894 was about 4.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1894: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • January 9 » New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.
      • February 7 » The Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado, United States.
      • March 16 » Jules Massenet's opera Thaïs is first performed.
      • May 11 » Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a wildcat strike.
      • June 28 » Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.
      • December 22 » The Dreyfus affair begins in France, when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of treason.

    Day of death April 21, 1904

    • The temperature on April 21, 1904 was between 5.9 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
      • January 17 » Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
      • May 15 » Russo-Japanese War: The Russian minelayer Amur lays a minefield about 15 miles off Port Arthur and sinks Japan's battleships Hatsuse, 15,000 tons, with 496 crew and Yashima.
      • May 21 » The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is founded in Paris.
      • June 16 » Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; this date is now traditionally called "Bloomsday".
      • June 28 » The SSNorge runs aground on Hasselwood Rock in the North Atlantic 430 kilometres (270mi) northwest of Ireland. More than 635 people die during the sinking.
      • July 21 » Louis Rigolly, a Frenchman, becomes the first man to break the 100mph (161km/h) barrier on land. He drove a 15-liter Gobron-Brillié in Ostend, Belgium.

    Day of burial April 23, 1904

    • The temperature on April 23, 1904 was between 6.0 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (65%). 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
      • January 17 » Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
      • June 28 » The SSNorge runs aground on Hasselwood Rock in the North Atlantic 430 kilometres (270mi) northwest of Ireland. More than 635 people die during the sinking.
      • October 20 » Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.
      • December 3 » The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.
      • December 6 » Theodore Roosevelt articulated his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.
      • December 7 » Comparative fuel trials begin between warships HMSSpiteful and HMSPeterel: Spiteful was the first warship powered solely by fuel oil, and the trials led to the obsolescence of coal in ships of the Royal Navy.
    

    Same birth/death day

    Source: Wikipedia

    Source: Wikipedia


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