Richard Thornton
(-)
Sarah Jane
(-)
Charles Adams of Brighton
(1816-1888)
Ruth Louisa Rowe
(1819-1892)
James Richard William Thornton of Brighton
(Abt 1857-1892)
Rhoda Ann Adams
(1857-1922)
William James Thornton of Brighton
(1884-1953)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
Lucy Eleanor Hards

  • Stanley J. Thornton
  • Stella Lilian Thornton

William James Thornton of Brighton

  • Born: 15 Nov 1884, Brighton, Sussex, England 1
  • Married: 26 Jul 1913, St. Peter's Church, Brighton, Sussex, England 2
  • Died: 1953, Brighton, Sussex, England 3

  Research Notes:

At the time of the 1911 England Census William J. Thornton, age 27, born in Brighton, single, builder's labourer, was with his mother and her 2nd husband at 34 Bernard Rd., Brighton.

In the 1939 Register William J Thornton (b. 15 Nov 1883), jobb bricklayer, and wife Lucy R. (Eleanor) (b. 29 May 1881), domestic duties, were living at 128 Lewes Road, Brighton. With them were two children (one record closed): Stella Lilian (b. 11 Jan 1917), single, daily domestic.

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William J Thornton died aged 68 years. 3

  Marriage Information:

William married Lucy Eleanor Hards, daughter of James Hards, on 26 Jul 1913 in St. Peter's Church, Brighton, Sussex, England. (Lucy Eleanor Hards was born on 29 May 1881 and died in 1966 in Brighton, Sussex, England, aged 84 years.)

  Marriage Notes:

William James Thornton, age 29, bachelor, jobbing bricklayer, resident of 34 Bernard Rd., son of James Thornton (dec), musician, and
Lucy Helener Hards, age 33, spinster, resident of 39 Bernard Rd., daughter of James Hards, bricklayer

Married after Banns

Witnesses: Richard Thornton, Jesse Arthur Hards

Sources


1 England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008, Brighton district, 4th Quarter, vol. 2b, p. 266.

2 Brighton St. Peter Parish Registers, Marriages, p. 181, no. 361.

3 England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007, Brighton district, 3rd Quarter, vol. 5h, p. 39.


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