The Orys and Cook Family Tree » Charles T. Thornton (1879-1909)

Personal data Charles T. Thornton 

  • He was born on August 7, 1879 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
  • Profession: Mercantile Clerk.
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1881: 208 Sandyford Street, Barony, Lanarkshire, Scotland.Source 1
      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 2
      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 3
      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
  • He died on May 25, 1909 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, he was 29 years old.
  • He is buried on May 28, 1909 in Eastern Necropolis, Glasgow, Scotland.
    See Photo
  • A child of Charles Thornton and Christina Maude Maxwell
  • This information was last updated on May 21, 2023.

Household of Charles T. Thornton

Do you have supplementary information, corrections or questions with regards to Charles T. Thornton?
The author of this publication would love to hear from you!


Timeline Charles T. Thornton

  This functionality is only available in Javascript supporting browsers.
Click on the names for more info. Symbols used: grootouders grandparents   ouders parents   broers-zussen brothers/sisters   kinderen children

Ancestors (and descendant) of Charles T. Thornton

JAMES THORNTON
1810-1872
PHOEBE JANE WHEELER
1812-1891
William Kirkaldy Maxwell
1815-1867
Mary McKillop
1822-????

Charles T. Thornton
1879-1909


    Show complete ancestor table

    With Quick Search you can search by name, first name followed by a last name. You type in a few letters (at least 3) and a list of personal names within this publication will immediately appear. The more characters you enter the more specific the results. Click on a person's name to go to that person's page.

    • You can enter text in lowercase or uppercase.
    • If you are not sure about the first name or exact spelling, you can use an asterisk (*). Example: "*ornelis de b*r" finds both "cornelis de boer" and "kornelis de buur".
    • It is not possible to enter charachters outside the standard alphabet (so no diacritic characters like ö and é).


    Visualize another relationship

    Sources

    1. 1881 Census Scotland
    2. 1891 Census Scotland
    3. 1901 Scotland Census, 1901 Scotland Census

    Historical events

    Birthday August 7, 1879

    • The temperature on August 7, 1879 was about 17.3 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. 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 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 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 year 1879: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • February 8 » Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.
      • March 23 » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Topáter, the first battle of the war is fought between Chile and the joint forces of Bolivia and Peru.
      • May 2 » The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is founded in Madrid by Pablo Iglesias.
      • May 31 » Gilmore's Garden in New York City is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Henry Vanderbilt and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue.
      • October 7 » Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the "Twofold Covenant" and create the Dual Alliance.
      • October 22 » Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (it lasts 13​⁄2 hours before burning out).

    Day of death May 25, 1909

    • The temperature on May 25, 1909 was between 8.7 °C and 23.5 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 17.8 mm of rain. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 1909: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
      • January 28 » United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish–American War.
      • February 26 » Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
      • April 14 » A massacre is organized by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenian population of Cilicia.
      • April 18 » Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
      • August 19 » The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
      • September 30 » The Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania makes a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that will not be bettered for 20 years.

    Day of burial May 28, 1909

    • The temperature on May 28, 1909 was between 5.6 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 1909: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
      • March 4 » U.S. President William Taft used what became known as a Saxbe fix, a mechanism to avoid the restriction of the U.S. Constitution's Ineligibility Clause, to appoint Philander C. Knox as U.S. Secretary of State.
      • April 11 » The city of Tel Aviv is founded.
      • April 14 » A massacre is organized by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenian population of Cilicia.
      • August 30 » Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.
      • September 23 » The novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra (The Phantom of the Opera), by Gaston Leroux, is published as a serialization in Le Gaulois.
      • September 30 » The Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania makes a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that will not be bettered for 20 years.
    

    Same birth/death day

    Source: Wikipedia

    Source: Wikipedia


    About the surname Thornton

    • View the information that Genealogie Online has about the surname Thornton.
    • Check the information Open Archives has about Thornton.
    • Check the Wie (onder)zoekt wie? register to see who is (re)searching Thornton.

    The The Orys and Cook Family Tree publication was prepared by .contact the author
    When copying data from this family tree, please include a reference to the origin:
    Brian Peter Orys, "The Orys and Cook Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/the-orys-and-cook-family-tree/I479.php : accessed May 12, 2025), "Charles T. Thornton (1879-1909)".