The Orys and Cook Family Tree » Louisa Thornton (1853-1945)

Personal data Louisa Thornton 

  • She was born on May 18, 1853 in West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire. England.Source 1
    Birth W. Derby Vol 8b page 357

    Name: Louisa Thornton
    District: West Derby... County: Lancashire... Year: 1853... Quarter: 2... Volume: 8b... Page: 357...
  • Occupations:
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1861: 29 Hankin Street, Liverpool, Lancashire.Source 4
      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: 145 Main Street, Barony, Glasgow, Scotland.Source 2
      Name: Rosina Thornton Age: 21 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850 Relationship: Daughter-in-law Spouse's Name: William Thornton Gender: Female Where born: Dundee, Forfarshire Registration Number: 644/8
      Registration district: Anderston Civil parish: Glasgow Barony County: Lanarkshire Address: 145 Main St
      ED: 72 Household schedule number: 37 Line: 6 Roll: CSSCT1871_138 Household Members Age Relationship
      James Thornton 60 Head
      Charles Thornton 58 Wife (PHOEBE)
      William Thornton 22 Son
      Rosina Thornton 21 Daughter-in-law
      Lomon Thornton 17 Daughter (LOUISA)
      Catherine Thornton 14 Daughter
    • in the year 1881: 26 Minerva Street, Glasgow, Scotland.Source 5
      Name: Louisa Thornton Age: 27 Estimated birth year: abt 1854 Relationship: Daughter Mother's name: Phoebe Gender: Female Where born: England Registration Number: 644/10 Registration district: Anderston Civil parish: Glasgow Anderston County: Lanarkshire Address: 26 Minerva St ED: 69 Page: 14 Household schedule number: 71 Line: 21 Roll: cssct1881_241

      Name: Louisa Thornton Age: 27 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1854 Relationship: Daughter Mother's Name: Phoebe Thornton Gender: Female Where born: England Registration Number: 644/10 Registration district: Anderston Civil parish: Glasgow Anderston County: Lanarkshire Address: 26 Minerva St ED: 69
      Household schedule number: 71 Line: 21 Roll: cssct1881_241 Household Members Age Relationship
      Phoebe Thornton 68 Head
      Louisa Thornton 27 Daughter
      Rose Swain 16 Grandaughter
    • from 1888 till 1891: 7 Minerva Street, Glasgow, Scotland.Source 3
      Name: Lousia Thornton Age: 30 Estimated birth year: abt 1861 Relationship: Daur (Daughter) Father's name: Pheobe Gender: Female Where born: England, Liverpool Registration Number: 644/10 Registration district: Anderston Civil parish: Glasgow Barony County: Lanarkshire
      Address: 7 Minerta Sr Occupation: Shopkeeper ED: 67 Page: 14 Household schedule number: 84 Line: 6 Roll: CSSCT1891_284

      Name: Lousia Thornton Age: 30 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1861 Relationship: Daur (Daughter) Parent's Name: Pheobe Thornton Gender: Female Where born: England, Liverpool Registration Number: 644/10 Registration district: Anderston Civil parish: Glasgow Barony County: Lanarkshire Address: 7 Minerta Sr Occupation: Shopkeeper
      ED: 67 Household schedule number: 84 Line: 6 Roll: CSSCT1891_284 Household Members Age Relationship
      Pheobe Thornton 78 Head
      Lousia Thornton 30 Daur (Daughter)
      Mary Gemmell 19 Servant
      Marion Don 33 Lodger
      Crighton 67 Lodger
      John Bonner 19 Lodger
      Ann Bonner 20 Lodger
  • (Relation to BPO) in Sister to the Great Grandmother of Brian Orys.
  • She died on June 29, 1945 in New Zealand, she was 92 years old.
    Name Louisa Thornton
    Gender Female
    Birth Date 18 May 1853
    Birth Place Liverpool, Metropolitan Borough of Liverpool, Merseyside, England
    Death Date 29 Jun 1945
    Death Place Timaru, Timaru District, Canterbury, New Zealand
    Cemetery Timaru Cemetery
    Burial or Cremation Place Timaru, Timaru District, Canterbury, New Zealand
    Has Bio? Y
    URL
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127448939/louisa-thornton
  • She is buried on June 30, 1945 in Timaru, Timaru District, Canterbury, New Zealand.
    DEATHS.
    THORNTON—On June 29, 1945, at the residence of her niece, Mrs H. C. Romans, 26 Preston Street, Louisa Thornton, in her 93rd year. [Timaru Herald, Volume CLVII, Issue 23241, 30 June 1945, Page 1]

    DEATHS.
    THORNTON.—On June 29, 1945, at Timaru, Louisa Thornton, loved sister of the late Catherine Maitland, late of St. Kilda; in her ninety-fourth - year. [Otago Daily Times, Issue 25884, 30 June 1945, Page 1]

    FUNERAL
    THORNTON—The friends of the late Louisa Thornton are advised that her Funeral will leave the residence of her niece, Mrs H. C. Romans, 26 Preston Street, This Day (Saturday) at 11 a.m. for the Timaru Cemetery. (Hall and Moore.) [Timaru Herald, Volume CLVII, Issue 23241, 30 June 1945, Page 1]
  • A child of JAMES THORNTON and PHOEBE JANE WHEELER
  • This information was last updated on May 7, 2023.

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1871 Census shows Louisa living at 145 Mains Street Glasgow working as a barmaid with her younger sister Catherine in her brother Charles's restaurant

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Louisa Thornton

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

Louisa Thornton
1853-1945


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    Sources

    1. Entries from Bible of Phoebe Thornton
    2. 1871 Census Scotland
    3. 1891 Census Scotland
    4. 1861 Census England, 1861 Census
    5. 1881 Census Scotland

    Historical events

    Birthday May 18, 1853

    • The temperature on May 18, 1853 was about 17.8 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 44%. Source: KNMI
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      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 Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
    • In the year 1853: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
      • January 4 » After having been kidnapped and sold into slavery in the American South, Solomon Northup regains his freedom; his memoir Twelve Years a Slave later becomes a national bestseller.
      • January 19 » Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il trovatore receives its premiere performance in Rome.
      • February 22 » Washington University in St. Louis is founded as Eliot Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri.
      • April 16 » The Great Indian Peninsula Railway opens the first passenger rail in India, from Bori Bunder to Thane.
      • July 2 » The Russian Army crosses the Pruth river into the Danubian Principalities, Moldavia and Wallachia—providing the spark that will set off the Crimean War.
      • November 30 » Crimean War: Battle of Sinop: The Imperial Russian Navy under Pavel Nakhimov destroys the Ottoman fleet under Osman Pasha at Sinop, a sea port in northern Turkey.

    Day of death June 29, 1945

    • The temperature on June 29, 1945 was between 11.0 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
    • In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
      • January 17 » The SS-Totenkopfverbände begin the evacuation of the Auschwitz concentration camp as Soviet forces close in.
      • February 14 » President Franklin D. Roosevelt meets King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia aboard the USSQuincy, officially beginning U.S.-Saudi diplomatic relations.
      • February 14 » World War II: On the first day of the bombing of Dresden, the British Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces begin fire-bombing Dresden.
      • April 13 » World War II: German troops kill more than 1,000 political and military prisoners in Gardelegen, Germany.
      • July 26 » The Labour Party wins the United Kingdom general election of July 5 by a landslide, removing Winston Churchill from power.
      • November 21 » The United Auto Workers strike 92 General Motors plants in 50 cities to back up worker demands for a 30-percent raise.

    Day of burial June 30, 1945

    • The temperature on June 30, 1945 was between 12.8 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
    • In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
      • January 19 » World War II: Soviet forces liberate the Łódź Ghetto. Of more than 200,000 inhabitants in 1940, less than 900 had survived the Nazi occupation.
      • February 13 » World War II: The siege of Budapest concludes with the unconditional surrender of German and Hungarian forces to the Red Army.
      • March 3 » World War II: The RAF accidentally bombs the Bezuidenhout area of The Hague, Netherlands, killing 511 people.
      • June 5 » The Allied Control Council, the military occupation governing body of Germany, formally takes power.
      • June 10 » Australian Imperial Forces land in Brunei Bay to liberate Brunei.
      • September 3 » A three-day celebration begins in China, following the Victory over Japan Day on September 2.
    

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