The Orys and Cook Family Tree » Andrew Small Thornton (1877-1941)

Personal data Andrew Small Thornton 

  • He was born on April 2, 1877 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
  • Occupations:
    • in the year 1901 Cashier.Source 1
    • Commercial Traveler.
  • Resident:
    • 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: 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 1
      Name: Andrew S Thornton Age: 23 Estimated birth year: abt 1868 Relationship: Son Father's name: Charles Mother's name: Christina M Gender: Male Where born: Glasgow, Lanark Registration Number: 646/3 Registration district: Partick Burgh Civil parish: Govan County: Lanarkshire Address: 16 Kew Gns Occupation: Cashier ED: 12 Page: 37 Household schedule number: 198 Line: 20 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
    • in the year 1904: 16 Ruthven Street, Glasgow, Scotland.
      With Charles Thornton as a lodger.
    • in the year 1911: 12 Rathvon Street, Millhead, Kelvinside, Glasgow, Scotland.Source 4
    • in the year 1938: 59 Novar Drive, Glasgow, Scotland.
      Name: Maxwell D Thornton with both parents and Muriel J Thornton.
      Residence Year: 1938
      Address: 59 Novar Drive Glasgow
      Residence Place: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
      Parliamentary Division: Glasgow
  • He died on January 12, 1941 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, he was 63 years old.
  • A child of Charles Thornton and Christina Maude Maxwell
  • This information was last updated on June 29, 2022.

Household of Andrew Small Thornton

He is married to Sarah Douglas Winifred Blair.

They got married on June 8, 1911 at Blythwood, Glasgow, Scotland, he was 34 years old.

Cert in file

Child(ren):

  3. Hilda May Thornton  1922-2010


Notes about Andrew Small Thornton

Witness to: Henry Wheeler Thornton #476 & Annie McKinnon #875 Married 25-Aug-1897 Kelvinaugh Parish Scotland

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    Sources

    1. 1901 Scotland Census, 1901 Scotland Census
    2. 1881 Census Scotland
    3. 1891 Census Scotland
    4. From Marriagae Cert, From Marriagae Cert

    Historical events

    Birthday April 2, 1877

    • The temperature on April 2, 1877 was about 3.7 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
    • In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1877: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • April 12 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
      • May 5 » American Indian Wars: Sitting Bull leads his band of Lakota into Canada to avoid harassment by the United States Army under Colonel Nelson Miles.
      • May 6 » Chief Crazy Horse of the Oglala Lakota surrenders to United States troops in Nebraska.
      • July 9 » The inaugural Wimbledon Championships begins.
      • July 14 » The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 began in Martinsburg, West Virginia, when wages of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers were cut for the third time in a year. The strike was ended on Sept 4 by local and state militias, and federal troops.
      • November 29 » Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.

    Day of marriage June 8, 1911

    • The temperature on June 8, 1911 was between 10.4 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 3 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
      • June 22 » George V and Mary of Teck are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
      • July 24 » Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".
      • August 14 » United States Senate leaders agree to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the Senate among leading candidates to fill the vacancy left by William P. Frye's death.
      • August 29 » Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.
      • September 1 » The armored cruiser Georgios Averof is commissioned into the Greek Navy. It now serves as a museum ship.
      • October 9 » An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Chinese monarchy.

    Day of death January 12, 1941

    • The temperature on January 12, 1941 was between -5.2 °C and -1 °C and averaged -3.8 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. 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 September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • 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 year 1941: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
      • January 10 » World War II: The Greek army captures Kleisoura.
      • January 25 » Pope Pius XII elevates the Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands to the dignity of a diocese. It becomes the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu.
      • April 27 » World War II: The Communist Party of Slovenia, the Slovene Christian Socialists, the left-wing Slovene Sokols (also known as "National Democrats") and a group of progressive intellectuals establish the Liberation Front of the Slovene Nation.
      • May 2 » Following the coup d'état against Iraq Crown Prince 'Abd al-Ilah earlier that year, the United Kingdom launches the Anglo-Iraqi War to restore him to power.
      • June 22 » World War II: Nazi Germany invades the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa.
      • October 4 » Norman Rockwell's Willie Gillis character debuts on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post.
    

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