John Thornhill

John Thornhill
(Cal 1838-Between 1881/1891)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Fanny Cooper

2. Mary Ann Gibson

John Thornhill

Born: Cal 1838, Ilkeston, Derby ³
Marriage (1): Fanny Cooper From Apr to Jun 1871 in Basford ¹
Marriage (2): Mary Ann Gibson in 1864 in Basford (reg) ²
Died: Between 1881 and 1891 ⁴

Chronology:

He worked as a Tailor in 1841 and resided at Nottingham Rd, Ilkeston. ⁵ (with parents and siblings)

He worked as a Tailor in 1861 and resided at High Road, Beeston. ⁶ ⁷ (lodging with William Thornhill, 27, tailor, next door to William's father also William Thornhill, 52, tailor, on one side and Abraham Nelson also a tailor on the other. See David Hallam's Beeston web site for the story of this tailor's business. William Thornhill is a cousin as far as I can work out)

He worked as a Tailor in 1871 and resided at Post Office Yard, Beeston. ⁸ (now a widower living alone)

He worked as a Tailor in 1881 and resided at Post Office Yard, Beeston. ³ (with wife Fanny and 5 children)

John married Fanny Cooper, daughter of Unknown and Elizabeth, From Apr to Jun 1871 in Basford.¹ (Fanny Cooper was born From Jan to Mar 1838 in Stapleford, Notts ⁹ ¹⁰ and died in 1905 in Basford (reg) ¹¹.)

John next married Mary Ann Gibson in 1864 in Basford (reg).² (Mary Ann Gibson was born Cal 1837 in Beeston, Notts ⁶ and died in 1866 in Basford (reg).)

1 FreeBMD Online Index of BMD, England & Wales, www.freebmd.org.uk, Marriage. Marriages Jun 1871 COOPER Fanny Basford 7b 280 THORNHILL John Basford 7b 280.

2 FreeBMD Online Index of BMD, England & Wales, www.freebmd.org.uk, Marriages Dec 1864
Gibson Mary Ann Basford 7b263
Thornhill John Basford 7b263.

4 Ancestry.com Online Census and BMD, www.ancestry.com, 1881C, 1891C. No deaths in Basford (reg) - a number in adjoining districts of right age.

7 David Hallam (Specialist in 19th Century Beeston and District), http://www.beeston-notts.co.uk, Thornhill Family History Pages.

9 Ancestry.com Online Census and BMD, www.ancestry.com, 1871C, 1881C, 1891C, 1901C.

10 FreeBMD Online Index of BMD, England & Wales, www.freebmd.org.uk, Birth. Births Mar 1838 Cooper Fanny Shardlow 19 491.

11 Ancestry.com Online Census and BMD, www.ancestry.com, FreeBMD. Incorrectly transcribed as "87" - age on image is "67"
England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1983
Name: Fanny Thornhill
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1818
Year of Registration: 1905
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
Age at Death: 87
District: Basford
County: Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire
Volume: 7b
Page: 131.