The Orys and Cook Family Tree » Christina Maude Maxwell (1850-1939)

Personal data Christina Maude Maxwell 

  • She was born on July 22, 1850 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1851: 7 Gardeners Crescent, St. Cuthberts, Midlothian, Scotland.
      1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      Gardener's Crescent, 7, Gardeners Crescent, St Cuthbert's, Midlothian, Scotland

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
      Mary Maxwell Head Widow Female 29 1822 General Servant England
      Christina Maxwell Daughter - Female 5 1846 Scholar England
      John Maxwell Son - Male 2 1849 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
    • in the year 1871: 55 Mains Street, Barony, Glasgow, Scotland.Source 1
      Name: James Chas Thornton Age: 2 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1869 Relationship: Son Father's Name: Charles Thornton Mother's Name: Christina M Thornton Gender: Male Where born: Glasgow, Lanarkshire
      Registration Number: 644/6 Registration district: Blythswood Civil parish: Glasgow Barony County: Lanarkshire
      Address: 55 Mains Street ED: 21 Household schedule number: 68 Line: 19 Roll: CSSCT1871_133
      Household Members Age Relationship
      Charles Thornton 28 Head
      Christina M Thornton 23 Wife
      James Chas Thornton 2 Son
      William M Thornton 9 Mo Son
      Eliza S Renfrew 7 Servant
      William L Wright 19 Lodger
    • in the year 1881: 208 Sandyford Street, Barony, Lanarkshire, Scotland.Source 2
      Name: Charles Thornton Age: 19 Mos Estimated Birth Year: abt 1879 Relationship: Son Father's Name: Charles Thornton Mother's Name: Christina M Thornton Gender: Male Where born: Glasgow, Lanarksh Registration Number: 644/9 Registration district: Kelvin Civil parish: Glasgow Barony County: Lanarkshire Address: 208 Sandyford St
      ED: 13 Household schedule number: 89 Line: 13 Roll: cssct1881_235 Household Members Age Relationship
      Charles Thornton 38 Head
      Christina M Thornton 33 Wife
      Henry Thornton 8 Son
      Andrew S Thornton 4 Son
      Charles Thornton 19 Mos Son
      Margaret McBean 17 Servant
    • in the year 1891: 12 Rathvon Street, Millhead, Kelvinside, Glasgow, Scotland.Source 3
      Name: Christine Thornton Age: 43 Estimated birth year: abt 1848 Relationship: Head Gender: Female Where born: England Registration Number: 646/3 Registration district: Partick Civil parish: Govan Town: Kelvinside County: Lanarkshire Address: 12 Rathven St ED: 44 Page: 22 Household schedule number: 93 Line: 2 Roll: CSSCT1891_308

      Name: Christine Thornton Age: 8 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1883 Relationship: Daur (Daughter)
      Mother's Name: Christine Thornton Gender: Female Where born: Glasgow, Lanarkshire Registration Number: 646/3
      Registration district: Partick Civil parish: Govan Town: Kelvinside County: Lanarkshire Address: 12 Rathven St
      Occupation: Scholar ED: 44 Household schedule number: 93 Line: 7 Roll: CSSCT1891_308 Household Members Age Relationship
      Christine Thornton 43 Head
      Henry W Thornton 18 Son
      Andrew S Thornton 14 Son
      Charles Thornton 11 Son
      Margaret Thornton 9 Daur (Daughter)
      Christine Thornton 8 Daur (Daughter)
      William R Thornton 4 Son
    • in the year 1901: 16 Kew Gardens, Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland.Source 4
      Name: Christina M Thornton Age: 54 Estimated birth year: abt 1837 Relationship: Wife Spouse's name : Charles Gender: Female Where born: England Registration Number: 646/3 Registration district: Partick Burgh Civil parish: Govan County: Lanarkshire Address: 16 Kew Gns ED: 12 Page: 37 Household schedule number: 198 Line: 19 Roll: CSSCT1901_332
      Name: Christina P Thornton Age: 18 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1883 Relationship: Daur (Daughter)
      Father's Name: Charles Thornton Mother's Name: Christina M Thornton Gender: Female Where born: Glasgow, Lanark Registration Number: 646/3 Registration district: Partick Burgh Civil parish: Govan County: Lanarkshire
      Address: 16 Kew Gns Occupation: Charkess ED: 12 Household schedule number: 198 Line: 23 Roll: CSSCT1901_332
      Household Members Age Relationship
      Charles Thornton 58 Head
      Christina M Thornton 54 Wife
      Andrew S Thornton 23 Son
      Charles T Thornton 21 Son
      Margt M Thornton 19 Daur (Daughter)
      Christina P Thornton 18 Daur (Daughter)
      Wm R Thornton 14 Son
    • from 1921 till 1939: 57 Randolph Road, Glasgow, Scotland.Source 5
      Name: Christina P Thornton
      Residence Year: 1924
      Address: 3905
      Residence Place: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
      Parliamentary Division: Glasgow
  • She died on October 12, 1939 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, she was 89 years old.Sources 6, 7, 8
  • She is buried on October 14, 1939 in Eastern Necropolis, Glasgow, Scotland.
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  • A child of William Kirkaldy Maxwell and Mary McKillop
  • This information was last updated on May 21, 2023.

Household of Christina Maude Maxwell

She is married to Charles Thornton.

They got married on April 30, 1867 at High Church,Paisley,Renfrew,Scotland, she was 16 years old.Source 9


Child(ren):

  3. Henry Wheeler Thornton  1872-1945 
  5. Andrew Small Thornton  1877-1941 
  6. Charles T. Thornton  1879-1909
  9. William Reid Thornton  1886-1976 

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Sources

  1. 1871 Census Scotland
  2. 1881 Census Scotland
  3. 1891 Census Scotland
  4. 1901 Scotland Census, 1901 Scotland Census
  5. From Death Certificate, From Death Certificate
  6. CONFIRMED WITH SCOTLANDS PEOPLE DATABASE
    CONFIRMED WITH SCOTLANDS PEOPLE DATABASE
  7. From Archie Thornton via Genes Reunited Sept 2006, From Archie Thornton via Genes Reunited Sept 2006
  8. Death Cert. in file
  9. Witnesses Mary Maxwell & Thomas Hall ( business partner)

Historical events

Birthday July 22, 1850

  • The temperature on July 22, 1850 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: helder. 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 Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1850: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • January 29 » Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. Congress.
    • February 2 » Brigham Young declares war on Timpanogos in the Battle at Fort Utah.
    • March 5 » The Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales is opened.
    • May 15 » The Arana–Southern Treaty is ratified, ending "the existing differences" between Great Britain and Argentina.
    • June 19 » Princess Louise of the Netherlands marries Crown Prince Karl of Sweden–Norway.
    • June 29 » Autocephaly officially granted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to the Church of Greece.

Day of marriage April 30, 1867

  • The temperature on April 30, 1867 was about 15.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%. 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 June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
  • In the year 1867: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 8 » African American men are granted the right to vote in Washington, D.C.
    • May 29 » The Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 ("the Compromise") is born through Act 12, which establishes the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
    • September 2 » Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Japan, marries Masako Ichijō, thereafter known as Empress Shōken.
    • November 9 » Tokugawa shogunate hands power back to the Emperor of Japan, starting the Meiji Restoration.
    • December 2 » At Tremont Temple in Boston, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States.
    • December 13 » A Fenian bomb explodes in Clerkenwell, London, killing six.

Day of death October 12, 1939

  • The temperature on October 12, 1939 was between 7.7 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 6.0 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
    • April 14 » The Grapes of Wrath, by American author John Steinbeck is first published by the Viking Press.
    • April 30 » NBC inaugurates its regularly scheduled television service in New York City, broadcasting President Franklin D. Roosevelt's N.Y. World's Fair opening day ceremonial address.
    • September 10 » World War II: Canada declares war on Germany, joining the Allies: Poland, France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia.
    • October 15 » The New York Municipal Airport (later renamed LaGuardia Airport) is dedicated.
    • December 17 » World War II: Battle of the River Plate: The Admiral Graf Spee is scuttled by Captain Hans Langsdorff outside Montevideo.
    • December 24 » World War II: Pope Pius XII makes a Christmas Eve appeal for peace.

Day of burial October 14, 1939

  • The temperature on October 14, 1939 was between 8.4 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 16.0 mm of rain during 9.0 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
    • February 25 » As part of British air raid precautions, the first of 2.5 million Anderson shelters is constructed in a garden in Islington, north London.
    • February 28 » The erroneous word "dord" is discovered in the Webster's New International Dictionary, Second Edition, prompting an investigation.
    • April 30 » NBC inaugurates its regularly scheduled television service in New York City, broadcasting President Franklin D. Roosevelt's N.Y. World's Fair opening day ceremonial address.
    • September 6 » World War II: South Africa declares war on Nazi Germany.
    • September 9 » Burmese national hero U Ottama dies in prison after a hunger strike to protest Britain's colonial government.
    • September 17 » World War II: German submarineU-29 sinks the British aircraft carrier HMSCourageous.


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