See also
Name:
Alice Eleanor Thornton1
Sex:
Female
Father:
Mother:
Birth:
Address: Bethnal Green, Middlesex
Occupation:
frm 1878 to 1887 (age 4-14)
scholar; board schools in3
Address: Bethnal Green, Middlesex
The 1870 Education Act made it compulsory for children to attend school between the ages of 5 and 14. In the 1881 Census she is shown as a scholar and she almost certainly attended the local Board School.
Census (living with parents):
3 Apr 1881 (age 7-8)
1881 Census - living with parents
Witness:
17 Jul 1888 (age 14-15)
Alice witnessed the Marriage of William John Tomlinson and Louisa Thornton
Census (living with parents):
5 Apr 1891 (age 17-18)
1891 Census - living with parents
General Register Office, CRI(E&W) for Birth of Alice Eleanor Thornton, Event Type: Birth, Registration District: Bethnal Green, Volume: 1c, Page: 303, (FreeBMD website). Custom Id: Births 1873 Bethnal Green, Vol. 1c, Page 303; Quarter and YearApr-Jun 1873Registration DistrictBethnal GreenVolume1cPage303SurnameThorntonGiven NamesAlice Eleanor. General Register Office. Call Number: CRI(E&W) Births.
1881 Census for Household of Thomas Thornton in Bethnal Green, London, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: RG11/433, Folio 84, Page 16; Name, age and place of birth. Cit. Date: 7 April 1861. National Archives. Call Number: RG11/433.
Ibid. Occupation. Cit. Date: 3 April 1881. National Archives. Call Number: RG11/433.