The Orys and Cook Family Tree » Theresa Thornton (1862-1937)

Personal data Theresa Thornton 

  • She was born on May 24, 1862 in 54 Epsom Street Liverpool Lancashire. England.Source 1
    Name: Teresa Thornton
    District: Liverpool... County: Lancashire... Year: 1862... Quarter: 2... Volume: 8b... Page: 62...
  • Profession: Nurse.
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1871: Oddfellows Row, Neath, Glamorgan, Wales.Source 2
      Census Transcript Household Glamorgan [Geographically Glamorganshire] 1871
      Address Oddfellows Bow
      Parish Neath Higher
      Registration District Neath
      Image Reference RG10/5433/F?
      Found 8 Results.
      Forename Surname Age Year Born Relation Birth Place Occupation
      Jane Jones 66 1805 Head Anglesea North Wales
      Catherine Thornton 35 1836 Daughter Anglesea North Wales Confectioners Wife
      Jane Thornton 14 1857 Grand Daughter Liverpool, England
      Catherine M Thornton 12 1859 Grand Daughter Liverpool, England
      Teregy Thornton 9 1862 Grand Daughter Liverpool, England (Theresa )
      Denis G Thornton 4 1867 Grand Son Vahaperiso, America
      Emily Thornton 2 Mo 1871 Grand Daughter Neath Higher, Glamorganshire
      William Jones 5 1866 Lodger Neath Higher, Glamorganshire
    • in the year 1881: 266a Argyle Street, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
      Name: Theresa Thornton Age: 18 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1863 Relationship: Daughter Father's Name: James Mother's Name: Catherine Gender: Female Where born: England Registration Number: 644/7 Registration district: Blythswood Civil Parish: Glasgow Barony County: Lanarkshire Address: 266a Argyle St 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 1891: Main Road in Village, Southill, Bedfordshire.Source 3
      Census Transcript Household Bedfordshire 1891
      Address Main Road In Village
      Parish
      Registration District Southill, Biggleswade
      Image Reference RG12/1258/F?
      Found 6 Results.
      Forename Surname Age Year Born Relation Birth Place Occupation
      Charles Massey 75 1816 Head Southill, Bedfordshire Formerly Farm Labourer
      Martha Massey 63 1828 Wife Sandy, Bedfordshire
      Theresa Massey 17 1874 Daughter In Law Liverpool, Lancashire
      Charles E Massey 5 1886 Grand Son Liverpool, Lancashire Scholar
      Evelyn F Massey 4 1887 Grand Daughter Liverpool, Lancashire Scholar
      James W Massey 8 M 1891 Grand Son Liverpool, Lancashire
    • in the year 1901: 3 Park grove, Bootle, Lancashire.Source 4
      Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 3464; Folio: 13; Page: 18.

      Census Transcript Household Lancashire 1901
      Address 3 Park Grove
      Parish Bootle-Cum-Linacre
      Registration District West Derby
      Image Reference RG13/3464/F?
      Found 7 Results.
      Forename Surname Age Year Born Relation Birth Place Occupation
      George E Speechly 58 1843 Head Peterborough Seaman
      Theresa Speechly 38 1863 Wife Liverpool, Lancashire
      John Speechly 21 1880 Son Liverpool, Lancashire Plumber
      Charles E Massey Speechly 16 1885 Son Liverpool, Lancashire Joiner
      Evelyn L Speechly 15 1886 Daughter Liverpool, Lancashire
      James W Speechly 10 1891 Son Liverpool, Lancashire
      Ann Jardine 64 1837 Boarder Liverpool, Lancashire Laundress
    • in the year 1911: 65 Imison Street, Walton, Liverpool, Lancashire.Source 5
      RG14PN22372 RG78PN1321 RD455 SD4 ED16 SN71

      Census Transcript Household Lancashire 1911 Images Address 65, Imison St Walton Liverpool Civil Parish Walton On the Hill
      Sub District Walton Registration District West Derby Image Reference RG14 - PN22372 RD455 SD4 ED16 SN71 Found 4 Results.
      Forename Surname Age Year Born Gender Relation Marriage Status Years Married Birth Place Occupation
      James Massey 20 1891 Male Head Single 0 Bootle, Lancashire Manufacturer of Rubber
      George Edward Speechly 72 1839 Male Step-Father Married 10 Peterborough, Northamptonshire Pensconed
      Therisa Speechly 48 1863 Female Mother Married 10 Liverpool, Lancashire
      George Hayes Speechly 5 1906 Male Step-Brother 0 Bootle, Lancashire At School
  • She died November 1937 in Bootle, Lancashire, she was 75 years old.
    Death age 75 Bootle Lancashire, Vol 8b page 311 Dec Qtr 1937

    Name: Theresa Speechly
    District: Bootle Lancs... County: Lancashire... Year: 1937... Quarter: 4... Year of Birth: 1862... Age: 75... Volume: 8b... Page: 0311...

    Name: Theresa Speechly
    Death Age: 75
    Birth Date: abt 1862
    Registration Date: Oct 1937
    Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
    Registration District: Bootle
    Inferred County: Lancashire
    Volume: 8b
    Page: 311
  • A child of James Thornton and Catherine Jones
  • This information was last updated on July 18, 2016.

Household of Theresa Thornton

(1) She is married to Walter Ernest Massey.

They got married on October 5, 1884 at West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire. England, she was 22 years old.Source 6

Marriage Dec Qtr 1884 Vol 8b page 513 or 543

Name: Therese Thornton
Possible Partners: Thomas Fleet Or Walter Ernest Massey... District: West Derby... County: Lancashire... Year: 1884... Quarter: Oct-Dec... Volume: 8b... Page: 0543...

Name: Walter Ernest Massey
Possible Partners: Mary Jane Morris Or Therese Thornton... District: West Derby... County: Lancashire... Year: 1884... Quarter: Oct-Dec... Volume: 8b... Page: 0543..

Child(ren):

  1. Charles Ernest Massey  1885-1944 
  2. Eveelyn Theresa Massey  1886-1971 
  3. James William Massey  1890-1963 


(2) She is married to George Edward Speechly (Ball).

They got married September 1900 at Bootle Lancashire (Christ Church), she was 38 years old.

Marriage Sept Qtr 1900 Vol 8b page 551
Name: Theresa Massey Year of Registration: 1900 Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep District: West Derby County: Lancashire Volume: 8b Page: 551

This was George Speechly's 2nd marriage He married in 1893 Dec Qtr Vol 8b page 711 to either Ellen Coxhead or Mary Dignall.

Name: Theresa Massey
Possible Partners: George Edward Speechly... District: West Derby... County: Lancashire... Year: 1900... Quarter: Jul-Sep... Volume: 8b... Page: 0551...

Name George Edward Speechly
Event Type Marriage
Registration Quarter Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration Year 1900
Registration District West Derby
County Lancashire
Event Place West Derby, Lancashire, England
Volume 8B
Page 551
Line Number 318

George Edward Speechly probably married one of the following people
Name Amy Dawson
Name Luke Higgins
Name Theresa Massey

Child(ren):


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Ancestors (and descendant) of Theresa Thornton

JAMES THORNTON
1810-1872
PHOEBE JANE WHEELER
1812-1891
Hugh Jones
1786-????
Jane Rowland
1786-1871

Theresa Thornton
1862-1937

(1) 1884

Walter Ernest Massey
1858-1931

Charles Ernest Massey
1885-1944
Eveelyn Theresa Massey
1886-1971
James William Massey
1890-1963
(2) 1900

George Edward Speechly (Ball)
1838-1925

George Hayes Speechley
1905-2020

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    Sources

    1. Born at 08:20 hrs elder of twins
    2. 1871 Census Wales
    3. 1891 Census England, 5th April 1891
    4. 1901 Census England
    5. 1911 Census England, 2nd April 1911
    6. Marriage Cert in file

    Historical events

    Birthday May 24, 1862

    • The temperature on May 24, 1862 was about 16.8 °C. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
    • 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 1862: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • February 16 » American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
      • March 8 » American Civil War: The Naval Battle of Hampton Roads begins.
      • March 13 » The Act Prohibiting the Return of Slaves was passed by the United States Congress, effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation.
      • May 31 » American Civil War: Peninsula Campaign: Confederate forces under Joseph E. Johnston and G.W. Smith engage Union forces under George B. McClellan outside Richmond, Virginia.
      • July 12 » The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress.
      • September 15 » American Civil War: Confederate forces capture Harpers Ferry, Virginia (present-day Harpers Ferry, West Virginia).

    Day of marriage October 5, 1884

    • The temperature on October 5, 1884 was about 12.4 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1884: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • January 4 » The Fabian Society is founded in London, United Kingdom.
      • February 1 » The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
      • March 27 » A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.
      • May 1 » Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States.
      • May 31 » The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria.
      • October 6 » The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
    

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    Source: Wikipedia


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