THORNTON Chart 0600

This is a Chart for John Thornton and Rachel Brooke

 

married
 31st August 1797
St Peter
Birstall
Yorkshire

 

1
JOHN THORNTON
born about
1777
Cleckheaton, Yorkshire
baptised
26th January 1777
Whitechapel, Cleckheaton
occupation
1800 Wright (baptism of Amelia)
1814 Engineer (baptism of Ann)
1820 Machine Maker (baptism of Benjamin)
1841 Farmer
1848 Mechanic (marriage of Benjamin)
1848 Mechanic (second marriage of John)
died about
1844

  

2
RACHEL BROOKE
born about
1776
Birstall, Yorkshire
baptised
25th December
1776
Birstall, Yorkshire
died about
1847

 

3
Hannah
THORNTON
born about
1798
Birstall
Yorkshire
baptised
19th August
1798
St Peter
Birstall
Yorkshire		 4
Amelia
THORNTON
born
2nd May
1800
Cleckheaton
Yorkshire
baptised
4th May
1801
St Peter
Birstall
Yorkshire
 5
Susannah
THORNTON
born about
1802
Birstall
Yorkshire
baptised
18th April
1802
St Peter
Birstall
Yorkshire

married
 8th April 1822
All Saints
 Dewsbury
 Yorkshire
witnesses
Alexander BINNS
J??? WA??
(cannot read) William Greenwood
SHEPHERD  		6
William
Carr
THORNTON
born about
1804
Birstall
Yorkshire
baptised
1st April
1804
St Peter
Birstall
Yorkshire
occupation
1851
Machine Maker
1861
Card Setting
Machine Maker
employing
10 men and 8 boys
died about
December quarter
1868
Bradford district
Yorkshire
Aged 64

married
24th December
1833
Birstall
Yorkshire
witnesses
William TURNHILL?
James SHAW
Mary
BARSTOW 		7
Mary
THORNTON
born about
1806
Birstall
Yorkshire
baptised
25th May
1806
St Peter
Birstall
Yorkshire 		8
John
THORNTON
born about
1808
Birstall
Yorkshire
baptised
25th December
1808
St Peter
Birstall
Yorkshire
occupation
1841
Mechanic
1851
Machine 
Maker

married(1)
24th November
1833
St James
Tong
Yorkshire
witnesses
Julius WHITEHEAD
John SLATER
George CARTER
Mary
LAYCOCK


married(2)
6th December 
1848
St Peter
Birstall
Yorkshire
witnesses
Jacob BATES
Joseph WOODCOCK
registered
December
quarter
1848
Dewsbury
district
Yorkshire
Maria
HARTLEY
née
CASS		 9
Ignatious
THORNTON
 born about
1811
Cleckheaton, Yorkshire
baptised
30th November
1811
Bradford, Yorkshire
widower on the 1891 Census
died
September quarter
1891
Bradford district
Yorkshire
Aged 82

married
 19th April 1832
St James
Tong, Yorkshire
witnesses
James DALBY
Samuel SAWDEN?
John THOMPSON
Sarah
HARDWICK

10
Ann
THORNTON
born about
22nd January
1814
Birstall
Yorkshire
baptised
29th May
1814
Birstall
Yorkshire 		11
Sarah
Brooke
THORNTON
born about
1817
Birstall
Yorkshire
baptised
25th January
1817
Birstall
Yorkshire

married
 5th March 1837
St Peter Birstall, Yorkshire
witnesses
John
HALMSON
John
NEWSOME Christopher NEWSOME
 		12
Benjamin
THORNTON
born about
14th
January
1820
Birstall
Yorkshire
baptised
2nd April
1820
Birstall
Yorkshire
occupation
1848
Mechanic
(at marriage)
1851
Machine Maker
employing 3
???
1861
Miller
Owner

married
13th December
1848
St Peter
Birstall
Yorkshire
witnesses
Wm BURNLEY
Henry CHAMBERS
Hannah
BURNLEY
born about
1820
Hightown
(Liversedge)
Birstall
Cleckheaton
Yorkshire
1851
Milliner and
Dressmaker

no issue on
1851, 1861
Census		 13
Samuel
THORNTON
born about
1822
Cleckheaton
Yorkshire
baptised
2nd June
1822
Cleckheaton
Yorkshire
occupation
1841
Mechanic
  1. 1798 Heaton, Birstall, Yorkshire (baptism of Hannah)
    1801 Heaton Lane, Birstall, Yorkshire (baptism of Amelia)
    1841 Census - Upper Lane, Birstall, Cleckheaton, Yorkshire
  2. 1776 Birstall, Yorkshire (Father down on IGI on a form submitted by a member as Ignatious BROOKE) Mother is down as a Susanna PLATTS on another IGI entry submitted by a member of the IGI. On Ancestry.com Yorkshire marriages Ignatious BROOK married 26th September 1776 in St Peter, Bristall, Yorkshire Susanna PLATTS, the witnesses are down as John PLATTS and Samuel PLATTS. There is a lot of information for this family on Ancestry Yorkshire BMD 1512-1812 but it needs some careful sorting out to make sure correct families are together.
    1798 Heaton, Birstall, Yorkshire (baptism of Hannah)
    1801 Heaton Lane, Birstall, Yorkshire (baptism of Amelia)
    1841 Census - Upper Lane, Birstall, Cleckheaton, Yorkshire
  3. 1798 Heaton, Birstall, Yorkshire (baptism of Hannah)
  4. 1801 Heaton Lane, Birstall, Yorkshire (baptism of Amelia)
  5. I am told they had two children, John Shepard 24 July 1825 and William Shepard 3 April 1831 (I would at this stage assume these are baptisms)
    1851 Upper Lane, Cleckheaton, Yorkshire, Children Luke aged 15, John aged 15, Sarah aged 13, William aged 11 and Frederick aged 7 all born Yorkshire. (ages were round up and down on this Census)
    1851 Upper Lane, Cleckheaton, Yorkshire, Children William aged 19 a Mechanic born Cleckheaton, Yorkshire and Frederick aged 16 a Wire Drawer born Cleckheaton, Yorkshire, There was also a Susahanna?  (sic) BROWN down as Daughter aged 22 a Widow born Cleckheaton, Yorkshire and her daughter Ann BROWN down as Granddaughter aged 6 months also born Cleckheaton, Yorkshire.
    The baptisms for the SHEPHERD children all took place at Whitechapel, Cleckheaton, Yorkshire
    Sarah Ann born 16th March 1822, baptised 25th May 1822, Living at Cleckheaton, father a Wire Drawer
    Luke born 27th February 1823, baptised 30th March 1823, Living at Ovenden, father a Wire Drawer
    John born 22nd May 1825, baptised 24th July 1825, Living at Cleckheaton, father a Wire Drawer
    William born 21st February 1831, baptised 3rd April 1831, Living at Cleckheaton, father a Wire Drawer
    Frederick born 2nd March 1834, baptised 27th April 1834, Living at Cleckheaton, father a Wire Drawer
  6. 1841 Census - Upper Lane, Birstall, Cleckheaton, Yorkshire.
    1851 Census - Upper Lane, Birstall, Cleckheaton, Yorkshire. Eight children on this Census.
    1861 Census - Upper Lane, Birstall, Cleckheaton, Yorkshire. Six children and a grandson on this Census.
  7.  
  8. 1841 Census - Birstall, Yorkshire. (Have now found on this Census and also on the IGI so first wife was a Mary.
    1851 Census - Spin?, Gomersal, Yorkshire. Because of the place and the occupation I am sure this is the correct John, however he is down as being 41 so shown slightly younger than he actually, was, I only have his birth as shown on the IGI for baptism as Birstall, on this Census it is shown as Cleckheaton but they appear to be the same place or very near to each other, then his wife Maria is shown as being 26 but there is a child Henry 15 another Ann 13 which would make Maria only 11 years old when she had Henry and 13 when she had Ann so I think this must be a second marriage, the next child is Sarah 8 which again could be a child of the first wife as then we have John William 2 and Sophia 1 which I would think are the children of Maria. As Maria is so much younger than John I would think that is why he has said he is younger than he actually was. Will try and find on other censuses
    1861 Census - Spin Lane, Gomersal, Yorkshire. There was a Mary Jane HARTLEY, aged 14, down as daughter in law, a Cloth Birler born Mirfield, Yorkshire with the family. I would therefore assume it was a daughter of Maria and that Maria has been married before she married John, so in fact her maiden name would not have been HARTLEY. Have left as I have it on chart above until I find further information.
  9. 1841 Census - Queen Street, Wardleworth, Rochdale, Yorkshire
    1851 Census - Meal Bank Scalthwaiterigg, Westmoreland
    1861 Census - Upper Lane, Cleckheaton, Yorkshire. 
    1871 Census - Westgate, Cleckheaton, Yorkshire
    1891 Census - 91 Westgate, Cleckheaton, Yorkshire
    IGI Marriage Information
    Father John THORNTON
  10.  
  11. 1851 30 Henry Street, Castleton Within, Castleton, Lancashire.
  12. 1851 Census - Upper Lane, Birstall, Cleckheaton, Yorkshire
    1861 Census - Upper Lane, Birstall, Cleckheaton, Yorkshire
  13. 1841 Census - Upper Lane, Birstall, Cleckheaton, Yorkshire
    1861 17 Brieley Avenue, Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire. (at this stage this is only a possibly) There is a Samuel THORNTON at this address born Cleckheaton, Yorkshire.  He is married to Esther and they have two children Lucy A born D??woth, Yorkshire and Agnes born Rochdale Lancashire. The age for Samuel is 41 so born in 1820 but I know he was born in 1822 so hence the query.
    1881 Windsor Road, Levenshulme, Lancashire. They had a child Agnes THORNTON born 1856 Rochdale Lancashire. With the family was a Susannah M. REDDISH Sister in Law aged 63 Independant born Morttram, Cheshire.

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