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Hi to All. I am a new member. Very impressed by this interesting and useful website.
I am researching a family of Thorntons who lived in and around Briercliffe for at least three generations at the end of the 19th century. I am currently particularly interested in Robert and Margaret Ann Thornton who were living at 7 Duke Street in 1901.
They lived into their eighties and are buried in Haggate churchyard. Also mentioned on the gravestone is their daughter Hilda who "died in infancy". I have looked at varous sources of BMD indexes online and I can't find any record of her. I have only found one reference of her being born and dying in 1900 but not on any official register. Maybe this means she died before they could register her? I am planning a visit to Burnley library on Saturday to look at the church records and see what I can find out.
If anyone else is interested in the Thorntons I would love to hear from you but I notice that of all the names mentioned on the forum Thornton isn't one of them!
Thanks,
Jeanette. email cavewight@aol.com

Hi Jeanette, have you looked at the Church Records page on this site? There are lots of Thornton’s
http://www.briercliffesociety.co.uk/Chu ... ecords.htm

Descendants of James THORNTON


Generation No. 1

1. JAMES1 THORNTON was born 1801 in Marsden, Lancashire, England. He married ELLEN UNKNOWN. She was born 1809 in Briercliffe, Lancashire, England.

Notes for JAMES THORNTON:
1851 Census - HO107; Piece: 2251; Folio: 571; Page: 25
Cop Row, Burnley

1861 Census – RG9; Piece: 3069; Folio: 16; Page: 25
Cop Row, Burnley
James THORNTON, Head, Mar, 60yrs, Power Loom Weaver, b. Lancs, Marsden
Ellen THORNTON, Wife, 52yrs, Oat Cake Baker, b. Briercliffe
John THORNTON, Son, 19yrs, Power Loom Cotton Weaver, b. Burnley
Martha THORNTON, Daughter, 16yrs, Power Loom Cotton Weaver, b. Burnley
Sarah THORNTON, Daughter, 11yrs, Scholar, b. Burnley
Nancy THORNTON, Daughter, 8yrs, Scholar, b. Burnley
John RAWSON, Boarder, Unm, 58yrs, Labourer for Stone Mason, b. Briercliffe


Children of JAMES THORNTON and ELLEN UNKNOWN are:
i. THOMAS2 THORNTON, b. 1830, Burnley, Lancashire, England.
ii. MARY THORNTON, b. 1839, Burnley, Lancashire, England.

More About MARY THORNTON:
Baptism: 06 Jun 1852, St. James, Briercliffe, Lancashire, England

iii. JOHN THORNTON, b. 1842, Burnley, Lancashire, England.
2. iv. MARTHA THORNTON, b. 1845, Burnley, Lancashire, England.
v. SARAH THORNTON, b. 1850, Burnley, Lancashire, England.
vi. NANCY THORNTON, b. 1853, Burnley, Lancashire, England.


Generation No. 2

2. MARTHA2 THORNTON (JAMES1) was born 1845 in Burnley, Lancashire, England. She married JULIAN SUTCLIFFE 30 Sep 1869 in Sion Chapel, Yorkshire St., Burnley, Lancashire, England, son of THOMAS SUTCLIFFE and ELIZABETH HUDSON. He was born 09 Oct 1844 in Lane Head, Burnley, Lancashire, England, and died 15 Oct 1914 in Burnley, Lancashire, England Age 70.

More About MARTHA THORNTON:
Address (Facts Pg 1.): 30 Sep 1869, Lane Head, Burnley, Lancashire, England

Notes for JULIAN SUTCLIFFE:
1881 Census - Lane Head, Burnley
RG11 - 4148 -124 - 8
John LACY, Head, Married, 60yrs, Carter, b. Colne
Margaret LACY, Wife, 50yrs, b. Burnley
Moses LACY, Son, Unmarried, 20yrs, Stone Mason, b. Burnley
Julian LACY, Son, Unmarried, 13yrs, Butcher, b. Burnley
Julian SUTCLIFFE, Boarder, Widow, 36yrs, Cotton Weaver, b. Burnley
Albert SUTCLIFFE, Son of Boarder, 10yrs, Cotton Weaver, b. Burnley

More About JULIAN SUTCLIFFE:
Burial: Haggate Cemetery, Burnley, Lancashire, England Plot 10, Grave 62 "Chapel Side"

Child of MARTHA THORNTON and JULIAN SUTCLIFFE is:
3. i. ALBERT3 SUTCLIFFE, b. 1870, Burnley, Lancashire, England; d. 14 Oct 1943, 305 Bolton Road, Westhoughton, Horwich, Lancashire, England Age 73.

Hi Jeanette, I have Thorntons
Richard Thornton born c1775, died 23rd March 185? Lane Bottom
Wife Mary or Mally
Children Richard and Thomas
Thomas born 24th March 1818 Briercliffe, died 1889.
Wife Jane Edmondson born 1816 Briercliffe, died 23rd Sept 1895.
Children Elizabeth, Mary A, Richard, Nanny, Sarah and Jane.
Jane born 1855, married William Kippax, they had James Kippax born 5th Nov 1875, died 19th June 1966.

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Gloria

I'd be dangerous with a brain.

Hi Jeanette, welcome to the site.

I think they would have had to register her even if she died before they made it to the register office. They would have probably registered both birth and death if this was the case. After 1867 (I think) it became law that a birth had to be registered.
Was she maybe a stillborn? I'm not sure what the law was on stillbirths.

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Thank you all for the information. I shall keep a copy of all the names and dates provided. As I have only gone back as far as 1899 I will have to work out if there are any connections.. I suspect there probably will be.
I have looked at the church records on this site and the census informaton too. After I printed them out it was possible to make conections to most of the families but it was only really guess work without any evidence. I am awaiting a copy of Robert and Maraget's marriage certificate so I should get their fathers' names and addresses.

Thanks again,

Jeanette.

These could be Hilda's birth and death, you could send for one of the certs to verify it.
Name: Hilda Thornton
Year of Registration: 1904
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Burnley
County: Lancashire, Yorkshire - West Riding
Volume: 8e
Page: 154


Hilda Thornton
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1904
Year of Registration: 1904
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
Age at Death: 0
District: Burnley
County: Lancashire, Yorkshire - West Riding
Volume: 8e
Page: 168

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Gloria

I'd be dangerous with a brain.

I think I may have been misled by the 1900 reference I found on one website which was possibly wrong. i have ordered a birth certificate for Hilda Thornton born and died 1904. Hopefully it will confirm her parents' names and address and the mystery will be solved...

Jeanette

Gloria has kindly submitted another family tree file - descendants of Richard Thornton. It can be found on the main site at http://www.briercliffesociety.co.uk/Family%20Trees.htm
Thanks Gloria.

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