See also

Alice Eleanor Thornton (1873- )

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Birth:

  • 18732 1

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  • Address: Bethnal Green, Middlesex

  • Occupation:

  • frm 1878 to 1887 (age 4-14)

  • scholar; board schools in3

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  • 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

Sources

1.

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.

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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.

3.

Ibid. Occupation. Cit. Date: 3 April 1881. National Archives. Call Number: RG11/433.