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Personal data William Thornton 

  • He was born on May 28, 1871 in Anderston, Glasgow City, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
    Name William Thornton
    Gender Male
    Birth Date 28 May 1871
    Birth Place Anderston,Glasgow,Lanark,Scotland
    Father
    William Thornton
    Mother
    Rosina White
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1881: Burnside Buildings, Kilmalcolm, Renfrewshire,Scotland.
      1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      Burnside Buildings, Kilmalcolm, Renfrewshire, Scotland

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      Household Members
      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
      Rosina Thornton Wife Married Female 33 1848 - Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland
      William Thornton Son - Male 9 1872 - Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
      Rosina Thornton Daughter - Female 8 1873 - Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
      James Thornton Son - Male 7 1874 - Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
      Charles Thornton Son - Male 4 1877 - Renfrewshire, Scotland
      Harry Thornton Son - Male 0 1881 - Renfrewshire, Scotland
    • in the year 1933: 282 KIlbowie Road, Clydebank, Scotland.
  • A child of William Thornton and Rosina Whyte
  • This information was last updated on May 24, 2023.

Household of William Thornton

He is married to Euphemia Little Forfar.

They got married in the year 1905 at Govan, Partick, Lanarkshire, Scotland, he was 33 years old.

1 1905 THORNTON WILLIAM FORFAR EUPHEMIA L GOVAN GLASGOW CITY/LANARK 646/02 0105

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Thornton

Rosina Whyte
± 1850-1898

William Thornton
1871-????

1905

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    Historical events

    • The temperature on May 28, 1871 was about 25.7 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 35%. 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 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
    • In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • January 19 » Franco-Prussian War: In the Siege of Paris, Prussia wins the Battle of St. Quentin. Meanwhile, the French attempt to break the siege in the Battle of Buzenval will end unsuccessfully the following day.
      • March 29 » Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.
      • June 10 » Sinmiyangyo: Captain McLane Tilton leads 109 US Marines in a naval attack on Han River forts on Kanghwa Island, Korea.
      • September 20 » Bishop John Coleridge Patteson, first bishop of Melanesia, is martyred on Nukapu, now in the Solomon Islands.
      • September 28 » The Brazilian Parliament passes a law that frees all children thereafter born to slaves, and all government-owned slaves.
      • October 12 » The British in India enact the Criminal Tribes Act, naming many local communities "Criminal Tribes".
    

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