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Name:
George Thornton
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
Birth:
11 Oct 1825
Baptism:
28 Sep 1828 (age 2)
St Mary's Church3
Address: Whitechapel, Middlesex
His parents and younger brother Clement who was also baptised on the same day were present. Why George's baptism had been delayed by over three years is not known.
Occupation:
Present (sibling):
20 Dec 1830 (age 5)
Present at Baptism of his brother Thomas
Census (living with parents):
6 Jun 1841 (age 15)
1841 Census - living with parents
spouse:
1863 (age 37-38)
Death of spouse Sarah
Death:
1883 (age 58)6
Address: Bethnal Green, Middlesex
1871, 1871 Census for Household of George Thornton Page 1
1871, 1871 Census for Household of George Thornton Page 2
Spouse:
Marriage:
1864 (age 38-39)7
Address: Bethnal Green, Middlesex
Census for household:
2 Apr 1871 (age 45)
Bethnal Green, London8
Address: 16 New Nichol Street
The household consisted of George Thornton, his wife Susan, their 4 children George (age 23), Henry (age 20), Sarah (age 16) & Caroline (age 14), and Frank Gaunt (age 14) who was a general servant. As both George and his wife Susan were hawkers at first sight it would appear unlikely that they could afford a servant. However, all the other children were working and servant's wages were very low it is just possible that the family could afford to employ one.
In the census Susan's age is given as 35 which means that she could not have been the mother of George and Henry.
1861, 1861 Census for Household of George Thornton in Bethnal Green
Spouse:
Children:
Census for household:
7 Apr 1861 (age 35)
Bethnal Green, Middlesex4
Address: 3¾ Boundary Street
The household consisted of George, his wife Sarah and tree of their children George (age 13), Henry (age 10) and Caroline (age 4). Their eldest daughter Sarah who would have been 6 at the time of the census is not recorded as being with them.
Rev. D. Mathias Rector St Mary's Church, Whitechapel, Baptism of George Thornton at St. Mary's Church, Whitechapel, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: St Mary's Church Whitechapel Baptisms 1828 Page 83; Date of Birth. Cit. Date: 11 October 1825. London Metropolitan Archives. Call Number: P93/MRY1/003, 005, 071-08.
1871 Census for Household of George Thornton in Bethnal Green, London, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: RG10/474, Folio 30, Page 6, Schedule 34; George Thornton age 23 born Spitalfields, Middlesex. National Archives. Call Number: RG10/474.
Rev. D. Mathias Rector St Mary's Church, Whitechapel, Baptism of George Thornton at St. Mary's Church, Whitechapel, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: St Mary's Church Whitechapel Baptisms 1828 Page 83; Cit. Date: 28 September 1828. London Metropolitan Archives. Call Number: P93/MRY1/003, 005, 071-08.
1861 United Kingdom census, 3¾ Boundary Street, Bethnal Green, Middlesex, head of household: George Thornton, National Archives.
1871 Census for Household of George Thornton in Bethnal Green, London, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: RG10/474, Folio 30, Page 6, Schedule 34; National Archives. Call Number: RG10/474.
General Register Office, CRI(E&W) for Death of George Thornton, Event Type: Death, Registration District: Bethnal Green, Volume: 1c, Page: 129, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: Deaths 1883 Q4, Vol. 1c, Page 129; CRI(E&W) for Death of George Thornton (71)Quarter and YearDec 1883Registration DistrictBethnal GreenVolume1cPage129SurnameThorntonGiven NamesGeorgeAge58. General Register Office. Call Number: Deaths Oct-Dec 1883.
England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, George Thornton and Susannah Abraham, Q3 1864, Bethnal Green, Vol. 1c, Page 683, General Register Office.
1871 Census for Household of George Thornton in Bethnal Green, London, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: RG10/474, Folio 30, Page 6, Schedule 34; Cit. Date: 2 April 1871. National Archives. Call Number: RG10/474.