See also

Sarah Thornton (1789-1792)

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Birth:

  • Oct 1789

  • Whitechapel, Middlesex

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  • Address: Thomas's Street

  • Baptism:

  • 30 Nov 1789 (age 0)

  • St Mary's Church1

  •  

  • Address: Whitechapel, Middlesex

    Her parents and older brother William would have been present but who else was there is not known. It is evident from the number of baptisms that the church had a very large congregation.

  • Death:

  • 1 May 1792 (age 2)

  • Whitechapel, Middlesex2

  •  

  • Address: Thomas's Street

    As it was normal practice to bury a child within a few days of death it is assumed that she died at the beginning of May.

  • Burial:

  • 4 May 1792 (age 2)

  • St Mary's Churchyard2

  •  

  • Address: Whitechapel, Middlesex

    Her parents would have been present and they probably took Sarah's older brother Wiliam with them. Who else was present is not known.

Sources

1.

Church of England, Register Entry for Baptism of Sarah Thornton. St. Mary's Church, Whitechapel, (FMP website transcript only). Custom Id: Baptisms 1789; Cit. Date: 30 November 1789. London Metropolitan Archives. Call Number: P93/MRY1/003, 005, 071-08.

2.

Parish Register for Burial of Sarah Thornton, St Mary, Whitechapel, Middlesex, 4 May 1792, London Metropolitan Archives.