Family of Richard Thornton Thornton and Ellen Sophia Pulford
Husband: Richard Thornton Thornton
| Name: |
Richard Thornton Thornton |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Father: |
Richard Napoleon (Lee) Thornton (c. 1833-1876) |
| Mother: |
Margaret James (c. 1835-bef1867) |
| Birth |
28 Mar 1853 |
Basil Street, Folkestone, Kent |
| Birth fact |
1853 (age 0) |
1853 Jun Qtr, Elham, 2a/594 (Richard Thornton Lee James) |
| Education |
25 Jan 1873 (age 19) |
Matric. St Johns Coll, Oxford, aged 19 |
| Residence |
15 Jul 1876 (age 23) |
Knowle, Sidmouth (exec. to father's will) |
| Ordination |
1878 (age 24-25) |
Priest, Chichester Diocese |
| Census |
1881 (age 27-28) |
Assistant Curate of Sidmouth Devon, staying with father-in-law Alfred Pulford |
| Census |
1891 (age 37-38) |
Clerk in Holy Orders, widower, living with father-in-law Alfred Pulford |
| Occupation |
8 Oct 1892 (age 39) |
Acting Chaplain, 1st Volunteer Battalion, the Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment (L.Gazette 7.10.1892) |
| Residence |
1896 (age 42-43) |
Dulcote, Broadwater Down, Tunbridge Wells (Clergy List, 1896) |
| Residence |
1898 (age 44-45) |
Middleton Hall, Shenfield, Essex |
| Census |
1901 (age 47-48) |
Living on own means, Middleton Hall, Shenfield, Essex |
| Census |
1911 (age 57-58) |
Private means, Fitzwalters, St Johns Road, Eastbourne, Sussex (widower) |
| Death fact |
1928 (age 74-75) |
1928 Jun Qtr, Eastbourne, 2b/121 (aged 75) |
| Death |
30 May 1928 (age 75) |
Eastbourne, Sussex |
Wife: Ellen Sophia Pulford
| Name: |
Ellen Sophia Pulford |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Father: |
Alfred Pulford (1823-1896) |
| Mother: |
Ellen (Lee) Thornton (1825-1888) |
| Birth |
15 Sep 1851 |
St James, Westminster, Middlesex |
| Baptism |
9 Oct 1851 (age 0) |
St James, Westminster, Middlesex |
| Census |
1861 (age 9-10) |
Living with parents |
| Census |
1871 (age 19-20) |
Living with parents |
| Census |
1881 (age 29-30) |
Wife in household (staying with father) |
| Death fact |
1891 (age 39-40) |
1891 Mar Qtr, Tonbridge, 2a/473 (aged 39) |
| Death |
28 Mar 1891 (age 39) |
Tunbridge Wells, Kent |
| Name: |
Ellen Maude Thornton |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Birth |
17 Sep 1878 |
Sidmouth, Devon |
| Birth fact |
1878 (age 0) |
1878 Dec Qtr, Honiton, 5b/32 |
| Census |
1881 (age 2-3) |
Living with parents |
| Census |
1891 (age 12-13) |
Living with father |
| Census |
1901 (age 22-23) |
Living with father & stepmother, unmarried |
| Census |
1911 (age 32-33) |
Living with father |
| Death fact |
1962 (age 83-84) |
1962 Jun Qtr, Eastbourne, 5h/274 (aged 83) |
| Death |
17 May 1962 (age 83) |
Fitzwalters, Chesterfield Road, Eastbourne, Sussex |
| Name: |
Alfred Norman Thornton |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Spouse: |
Louisa Smith (c. 1879- ) |
| Birth |
26 Feb 1880 |
Torquay, Devon |
| Birth fact |
1880 (age 0) |
1880 Mar Qtr, Newton Abbot, 5b/165 |
| Census |
1891 (age 10-11) |
Living with father |
| Occupation |
26 Feb 1907 (age 27) |
Stamp dealer, 41 Westmoreland Road |
| Residence |
1 Jul 1909 (age 29) |
391 Strand, London (exec. to stepmother's will) |
| Census |
1911 (age 30-31) |
Philatelic publisher, St Margarets, Grove Hill, Woodford, Essex |
| Death fact |
1922 (age 41-42) |
1922 Sep Qtr, Wandsworth, 1d/505 (aged 42) |
| Death |
23 Jul 1922 (age 42) |
S. W. Nursing Home, 131/133 Upper Richmond Road, Putney, Surrey |
| Name: |
Richard Patrick Thornton |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Spouse: |
Florence Eileen Oakley Lock (1893-1979) |
| Birth |
17 Mar 1881 |
Torquay, Devon |
| Birth fact |
1881 (age 0) |
1881 Jun Qtr, Newton Abbot, 5b/148 |
| Census |
1891 (age 9-10) |
Living with father |
| Census |
1901 (age 19-20) |
Stock exchange clerk, living with father & stepmother |
| Residence |
1 Jul 1909 (age 28) |
Fitzwalters, Eastbourne, Sussex (exec to stepmother's will) |
| Death fact |
1932 (age 50-51) |
1932 Mar Qtr, London C, 1c/21 (aged 50) |
| Death |
19 Feb 1932 (age 50) |
St Bartholomew's Hospital, London |
| Name: |
Margery Marion Thornton |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Birth |
29 Jul 1884 |
Tunbridge Wells, Kent |
| Birth fact |
1884 (age 0) |
1884 Sep Qtr, Tonbridge, 2a/655 |
| Census |
1891 (age 6-7) |
Living with father |
| Census |
1901 (age 16-17) |
Living with father & stepmother |
| Census |
1911 (age 26-27) |
Living with father |
| Occupation |
1939 (age 54-55) |
Private means, Fitzwalters, Chesterfield Road, Eastbourne, Sussex |
| Death |
6 Jul 1954 (age 69) |
Acland Nursing Home, Banbury, Oxfordshire |
Note on Husband: Richard Thornton Thornton (1)
THORNTON, Richard Thornton, Amateur Cricketer
He made his debut in first class cricket in 1881, when 28 years old, and played in a total of 66 matches, 45 of them for Kent. Previously he had played for Dorset (1872), Devon (1873-77) and Wiltshire (1875). He toured North America in 1885. In Holy Orders he was at one time curate of Sidmouth, Devon, and in 1892 he was appointed acting chaplain to the Royal West Kent Regiment, and was at that time living at Tunbridge Wells.
Source: http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Articles/1/1321.html
Note on Husband: Richard Thornton Thornton (2)
THORNTON Richard Thornton of Fitzwalters Eastbourne died 30 May 1928. Probate London 13 August to Ellen Maud Thornton and Margery Marion Thornton spinsters and Richard Patrick Thornton esquire. Effects £6031 15s. 7d.
Note on Wife: Ellen Sophia Pulford
THORNTON Ellen Sophia of Dalcote Tunbridge Wells (wife of the reverend Richard Thornton Thornton clerk) died 28 March 1891; Probate London 3 December 1896 to the said reverend Richard Thornton Thornton. Effects £379 10s. 4d.
