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Family of Albert James Thornton and Rose Thompson

Husband: Albert James Thornton

  • Name:

  • Albert James Thornton

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Richard Napoleon (Lee) Thornton (c. 1833-1876)

  • Mother:

  • Margaret James (c. 1835-bef1867)

  • Note 1:

  • He was educated at Winchester College and went up to St John’s College, Oxford, but was in neither the school or university cricket eleven. He was however quite a useful all-rounder and played in 30 first-class matches, 5 of them for Sussex (1880-81) and 21 for Kent (1884-91). He also played for Devon (1874-77) and toured North America in 1885 and Portugal in 1895. Much of his cricket was for the Gentlemen of Hampshire. He was a Lieutenant in the 2nd Volunteer Battalion of the Sussex Regiment, and by occupation a stockjobber.

    Source: http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Articles/1/1318.html

  • Note 2:

  • THORNTON Albert James of 23 Upper Addison Gardens Kensington Middlesex died 14 June 1931. Probate London 15 August to Rose Thornton widow. Effects £318 4s. 1d. Resworn £1024 5s. 4d.

  • Birth:

  • 17 Jan 1856

  • Folkestone, Kent

  • Census (1):

  • 1871 (age 14-15)

  • School pupil, Worthing, Broadwater, Sussex

  • Census (2):

  • 1881 (age 24-25)

  • Holder of foreign stocks, 8 Queens Parade, Heene, Sussex

  • Census (3):

  • 1891 (age 34-35)

  • Married, living with sister Margaret Lubbock

  • Census (4):

  • 1901 (age 44-45)

  • Stock jobber, 37 Shaftesbury Road, Hammersmith ("Albert John Thornton")

  • Census (5):

  • 1911 (age 54-55)

  • Director of a company, 23a Devonshire Place, Brighton, Sussex

  • Death:

  • 14 Jun 1931 (age 75)

  • 23 Upper Addison Gardens, Kensington, Middlesex

Wife: Rose Thompson

  • Name:

  • Rose Thompson

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Note:

  • THORNTON Rose of 15 Doran Drive Redhill Surrey widow died 18 September 1954 at The East Surrey Hospital Redhill. Probate London 27 October to Marion Alberta Forster (wife of Robert Henry Bernard Forster). Effects £2890 19s. 9d.

  • Birth:

  • 1873

  • Southsea, Hampshire

  • Birth fact:

  • 1873 (age 0)

  • GRO Reference: 1873 S Quarter in PORTSEA ISLAND Volume 02B Page 437

  • Census:

  • 1911 (age 37-38)

  • Wife in household (married 6 years, 1 child, 1 living)

  • Death:

  • 18 Sep 1954 (age 80-81)

  • East Surrey Hospital, Redhill, Surrey

Additional Information

  • Birth fact:

  • Mother's maiden name = Sparshott

Child 1: Marion Alberta Thornton

  • Name:

  • Marion Alberta Thornton

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Robert Henry Bernard Forster (1905-1994)

  • Note:

  • FORSTER Marion Alberta of Rose Down 28 West Dv Burgh Heath Tadworth Surrey died 13 May 1979. Probate London 5 November £43445.

  • Birth:

  • 26 Jul 1906

  • Fulham, Middlesex

  • Birth fact:

  • 1906 (age 0)

  • 1906 Sep Q, Fulham, 1a/241

  • Census:

  • 1911 (age 4-5)

  • Living with parents

  • Death:

  • 13 May 1979 (age 72)

  • Sutton, Surrey

Note on Husband: Albert James Thornton (1)

He was educated at Winchester College and went up to St John’s College, Oxford, but was in neither the school or university cricket eleven. He was however quite a useful all-rounder and played in 30 first-class matches, 5 of them for Sussex (1880-81) and 21 for Kent (1884-91). He also played for Devon (1874-77) and toured North America in 1885 and Portugal in 1895. Much of his cricket was for the Gentlemen of Hampshire. He was a Lieutenant in the 2nd Volunteer Battalion of the Sussex Regiment, and by occupation a stockjobber.

Source: http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Articles/1/1318.html

Note on Husband: Albert James Thornton (2)

THORNTON Albert James of 23 Upper Addison Gardens Kensington Middlesex died 14 June 1931. Probate London 15 August to Rose Thornton widow. Effects £318 4s. 1d. Resworn £1024 5s. 4d.

Note on Wife: Rose Thompson

THORNTON Rose of 15 Doran Drive Redhill Surrey widow died 18 September 1954 at The East Surrey Hospital Redhill. Probate London 27 October to Marion Alberta Forster (wife of Robert Henry Bernard Forster). Effects £2890 19s. 9d.

Note on Child 1: Marion Alberta Thornton

FORSTER Marion Alberta of Rose Down 28 West Dv Burgh Heath Tadworth Surrey died 13 May 1979. Probate London 5 November £43445.