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Name:
Thomas Thornton
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
1939, 1939 Register Entry for Thomas Thornton in Tower Hamlets, London
Birth:
7 Apr 1863
The 1939 Register gives his date of birth which is confirmed by his birth registration in the quarter ending June 1863. The 1871 Census gives his birthplace as Bethnal Green, London. However, he was born in Bethnal Green, Middlesex as Bethnal Green was only a London district (from 1837) for the purpose of registration. Before 1889 the civil parish of Bethnal Green was in Middlesex.
Present (sibling):
17 Mar 1867 (age 3)
Present at Baptism of his sister Louisa
Present (sibling):
18 Jul 1869 (age 6)
Present at Baptism of his sister Emma
Census (living with parents):
2 Apr 1871 (age 7)
1871 Census - living with parents
Witness:
15 Apr 1872 (age 9)
Thomas witnessed the Marriage of George Thurston and Mary Ann Thornton
Occupation:
aft 1875 (age 11-12)
chair maker; Bethnal Green, London4
The 1881 Census gave his occupation as a chair maker and he was almost certainly employed in one of the small highly specialised furniuture workshops devoted to chairmaking in the Shoreditch or Bethnal Green area. It is likely that he was apprenticed at the age of 12 possibly to his father, Thomas, who was also a chairmaker.
Witness:
15 Mar 1880 (age 16)
Thomas witnessed the Marriage of Thomas Frederick Dowell and Rebecca Thornton
Census (living with parents):
3 Apr 1881 (age 17)
1881 Census - living with parents
1939 Register:
29 Sep 1939 (age 76)
Saint Clement's Hospital2
Address: Bow Road, Bow, Tower Hamlets, London
The entry shows that he was a widower.
Death:
1940 (age 77)
Tower Hamlets5
1901, 1901 Census for Household of Thomas Thornton in Walthamstow, Essex
1911, 1911 Census for Household of Thomas Thornton
Spouse:
Marriage:
23 Dec 1883 (age 21)
St Jude's Church6
Address: Bethnal Green, Middlesex
Rebecca was the groom's sister and Thomas was her husband. The groom's parents, siblings and their spouses were probably at the service. The bride's father was dead but her mother and other relatives may have been there.
Census for household:
31 Mar 1901 (age 38)
Walthamstow, Essex7
Address: 44 Warpole Road
The household consisted of Thomas, his wife Elizabeth and their children Thomas (age 16) and Arthur (age 12). They had the house to themselves. The size is unknown.
Census for household:
2 Apr 1911 (age 48)
Hackney, London8
Address: 46 Tuilerie Street, Hackney Road
The household consisted of Thomas, his wife Lizzie, and their grown up children Thomas (age 26) and Arthur (age 22). They had 4 rooms and shared the house with another family of 4.
General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Birth of Thomas Thornton, (FreeBMD website). Custom Id: Births 1863 Bethnal Green Vol. 1c, Page 331; Cit. Date: Q2 1863. General Register Office. Call Number: CRI(E&W) Births.
1939 Register: Thomas Thornton, 29 September 1939, National Archives, RG101/0444G/020/26.
1871 United Kingdom census, 2 New Street, Bethnal Green, London, RG10/502, head of household: Thomas Thornton, National Archives.
1881 Census for Household of Thomas Thornton in Bethnal Green, London, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: RG11/433, Folio 84, Page 16; Thomas Thornton: Occupation Chairmaker. National Archives. Call Number: RG11/433.
England and Wales Death Registration Index, Thomas Thornton, Q2 1940, Poplar, Vol. 1c, Page 441, General Register Office.
Parish Register for Marriage of Thomas Thornton and Elizabeth Ann Darby, St Jude, Bethnal Green, Middlesex, 23 December 1883, London Metropolitan Archives.
1901 England, Wales & Scotland census, 44 Warpole Road, Walthamstow, Essex, RG13/1634, Folio 41, Page 9, Schedule 50, head of household: Thomas Thornton, National Archives.
1911 England, Wales & Scotland census, 46 Tuilerie Street, Hackney, London, RG14/1373, Schedule 32, head of household: Thomas Thornton, National Archives.