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Family of Albert James Thornton and Ernestine Alice Hawker

  • Husband:

  • Albert James Thornton (1856-1931)

  • Wife:

  • Ernestine Alice Hawker (c. 1860- )

  • Marriage:

  • 1877

  • Honiton, Devon

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: Ernestine Alice Hawker

  • Name:

  • Ernestine Alice Hawker

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • c. 1860

  • Fermoy, Ireland

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.