The Orys and Cook Family Tree » Ellen Thornton (1838-1883)

Personal data Ellen Thornton 

  • She was born on November 20, 1838 in 12 Boyd Gardens Ebury Square England.Source 1
    Birth St Georges Hanover Sq. Vol 1 page 17

    Name: Ellen Thornton
    District: St George Hanover Square... County: Middlesex... Year: 1838... Quarter: 4... Volume: 1... Page: 17...
  • She was baptized on September 2, 1839 in St. Peter's Church, Eaton Square, Pimlico, London.
    Name: Ellen Thornton
    Birth Date: 20 Nov 1839
    Baptism Date: 2 Sep 1839
    Baptism Place: St George, Hanover Square, London, Westminster, England
    Parish as it Appears: St George, Hanover Square
    Father: James Thornton
    Mother: Phoebe Thornton
  • Profession: in the year 1861 Paper Bag maker.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: 29 Hankin Street, Liverpool, Lancashire.Source 2
      Source Citation: Class: RG9; Piece: 2655; Folio: 75; Page: 5; GSU roll: 543007.

      Census Transcript Household Lancashire 1861 Address 29 Hankin Street Parish Liverpool Registration District Liverpool
      Image Reference RG9/2655/F?

      Forename Surname Age Year Born Relation Birth Place Occupation

      James Thornton 50 1811 Head London Cook
      Phoebe Thornton 48 1813 Wife Chelsea, Middlesex
      Ellen Thornton 23 1838 Daur London Paper Bag Maker
      Henry Thornton 13 1848 Son London Scholar
      William Thornton 12 1849 Son London Scholar
      Esther Thornton 10 1851 Daur London Scholar
      Louisa Thornton 7 1854 Daur Liverpool Scholar
      Catherine Thornton 4 1857 Daur Liverpool
    • in the year 1871: 15 Ledward Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool.Source 5
      Source Citation: Class: RG10; Piece: 3801; Folio: 121; Page: 33; GSU roll: 841904.

      Census Transcript Household Lancashire 1871
      Address 15 Ledward Street
      Parish Toxteth Park
      Registration District West Derby & Toxteth Park
      Image Reference RG10/3801/F? [Pages 243-244]
      Found 6 Results.
      Forename Surname Age Year Born Relation Birth Place Occupation
      Thomas Swain 34 1837 Head Donington Castle, Leicestershire Railway Engineer Driver
      Ellen Swain 32 1839 Wife London, Middlesex
      Rose Jane Swain 6 1865 Daughter Toxtethpark Liverpool
      Ellen L M Swain 3 1868 Daughter Toxtethpark Liverpool
      Frances E Swain 1 1870 Daughter Toxtethpark Liverpool
      Ann Lewis 27 1844 Lodger South Wales, Pembrokeshire Dress Maker
    • in the year 1881: Poplar Street, Ordsall, East Retford, Nottinghamshire.Source 6
      Source Citation: Class: RG11; Piece: 3303; Folio: 97; Page: 11; Line: ; GSU roll: 1341787.

      Census Transcript Household Nottinghamshire 1881
      Address Poplar Street
      Parish Ordsall
      Registration District East Retford
      Image Reference RG11/3303/F?
      Found 5 Results.
      Forename Surname Age Year Born Relation Birth Place Occupation
      Thomas N Swain 44 1837 Head Castle Donnington, Leicestershire Railway Stationery Engine Man
      Ellen Swain 42 1839 Wife Pimlico, London
      Frances E Swain 11 1870 Daughter Liverpool Scholar
      Christina T Swain 4 1877 Daughter Liverpool Scholar
      Minnie G W Swain 4 M 1881 Daughter Liverpool
  • (Relation to BPO) in Sister to the Great Grandmother of Brian Orys.
  • She died on March 20, 1883 in Caistor, Lincolnshire. England, she was 44 years old.Source 1
    Died NOT IN ENGLAND according to family bible (See Photo)
  • A child of JAMES THORNTON and PHOEBE JANE WHEELER
  • This information was last updated on May 7, 2023.

Household of Ellen Thornton

She is married to Thomas Nicholson Swain.

They got married on December 18, 1865 at West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire. England, she was 27 years old.Source 7

Name: Thomas Swain Year of Registration: 1865 Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec District: West Derby County: Lancashire Volume: 8b Page: 824

Name: Ellen Thornton
Possible Partners: John Price Or Thomas Swain... District: West Derby... County: Lancashire... Year: 1865... Quarter: Oct-Dec... Volume: 8b... Page: 0824...

First name(s) THOMAS Last name SWAIN Marriage quarter 4 Marriage year 1865 Registration month -
MarriageFinder™ THOMAS SWAIN married one of these people Hannah Collinson, Ellen Thornton District West Derby District number -
County Lancashire Country England Volume 8B Page 824

Child(ren):

  1. Rose Jane Swain  1865-????
  4. John Thornton Swain  1873-1932 
  5. Christina Phoebe Swain  1876-1942 
  6. Minnie Gray Swain  1880-1972 

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    1. Family Bible
    2. 1861 Census England, 1861 Census
    3. 1841 Census England 6th June 1841
    4. 1851 Census England, 1851 Census
    5. 1871 Census England 2nd April 1871
    6. 1881 Census England, 1881 Census
    7. e mail address rosemary.noble@btinternet.com, From Rosemary Pearson Genes-reunited, From Rosemary Pearson Genes-reunited

    Historical events

    Birthday November 20, 1838

    • The temperature on November 20, 1838 was about 0.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: omtrent betrokken winderig. 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 1838: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
      • January 26 » Tennessee enacts the first prohibition law in the United States.
      • June 28 » Coronation of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
      • July 15 » Ralph Waldo Emerson delivers the Divinity School Address at Harvard Divinity School, discounting Biblical miracles and declaring Jesus a great man, but not God. The Protestant community reacts with outrage.
      • September 3 » Future abolitionist Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery.
      • October 27 » Missouri governor Lilburn Boggs issues the Extermination Order, which orders all Mormons to leave the state or be killed.
      • December 16 » Great Trek: Battle of Blood River: Voortrekkers led by Andries Pretorius and Sarel Cilliers defeat Zulu impis, led by Dambuza (Nzobo) and Ndlela kaSompisi in what is today KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

    Christening day September 2, 1839

    • The temperature on September 2, 1839 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: betrokken winderig veel 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 1839: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
      • January 9 » The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process.
      • January 20 » In the Battle of Yungay, Chile defeats an alliance between Peru and Bolivia.
      • April 19 » The Treaty of London establishes Belgium as a kingdom and guarantees its neutrality.
      • July 3 » The first state normal school in the United States, the forerunner to today's Framingham State University, opens in Lexington, Massachusetts with three students.
      • August 23 » The United Kingdom captures Hong Kong as a base as it prepares for the First Opium War with Qing China.
      • November 27 » In Boston, Massachusetts, the American Statistical Association is founded.

    Day of marriage December 18, 1865

    • The temperature on December 18, 1865 was about 8.4 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1865: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • February 8 » Delaware refuses to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Slavery was outlawed in the United States, including Delaware, when the Amendment was ratified by the requisite number of states on December 6, 1865. Delaware ratified the Thirteenth Amendment on February 12, 1901, which was the ninety-second anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln.
      • April 9 » American Civil War: Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26,765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, effectively ending the war.
      • May 10 » American Civil War: In Kentucky, Union soldiers ambush and mortally wound Confederate raider William Quantrill, who lingers until his death on June 6.
      • June 28 » The Army of the Potomac is disbanded.
      • July 7 » Four conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln are hanged.
      • December 18 » US Secretary of State William Seward proclaims the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment, prohibiting slavery throughout the USA.

    Day of death March 20, 1883

    • The temperature on March 20, 1883 was about 3.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. 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.
      • January 16 » The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil Service, is enacted by Congress.
      • May 24 » The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.
      • May 27 » Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.
      • June 16 » The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England, kills 183 children.
      • October 20 » Peru and Chile sign the Treaty of Ancón, by which the Tarapacá province is ceded to the latter, bringing an end to Peru's involvement in the War of the Pacific.
      • November 18 » American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.
    

    Same birth/death day

    Source: Wikipedia

    Source: Wikipedia


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