THORNBER ARCHIVE: GENERAL REGISTRATION IN ENGLAND

Page 2: Thornber Marriages from July 1837 to December 1860

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General Registration began in England in July 1837. On this and related pages I list the entries in the General Registration Index from the beginning of registration to 1851 so as to overlap with the first census that showed accurate ages and places of birth. The list of Thornber marriages from 1850 to 1860 has been kindly provided by Beth Merryweather in New Zealand. A few marriage records from the 1870s and 1890s have also been included. The Indices are handwritten for some of the early years and the microfiche copies are not always legible. At this stage no attempt has been made to look at all the Thornber spelling variants but one or two are noted where they are in the heart of the main concentrations of Thornber families in such places as Blackburn, Settle, Burnley or Clitheroe.

Entries have been compared with those in Melvyn Hirst's index of South Blackburn Marriages (SBMI) 1837 to 1851 and now with the full entries from Blackburn St. Mary (BSM) as abstracted by Merle Thornber, and where there seems to be a good fit the name of the spouse is indicated with the full details. Melvyn Hirst's index covers, Blackburn, St. Mary; Over Darwen, Holy Trinity and St. James; Tockholes, St. Stephen; and Lower Darwen, St. James.

Where a certificate has been obtained the name of the groom's father and full date are quoted with the reference Cert.

Asterisks have been used to indicate illegible letters and numbers. Tables coloured as follows: births - green; marriages - pink, deaths - grey.

 

Year and Quarter Name of Thornber Partner and Spouse where known Registration Area Reference
1837 Sept Henry son of Henry +Martha Greenwood, dau. of John, Colne, St. 26 Sept. (Cert.) Burnley 21 103
1837 Dec Hannah Thornber Bolton 21 95
1838 Mar James, wdw, 48, son of Thomas Thornber +Betty Greenwood, widow, 40, dau. Abraham Crabtree, on 23 Jan, at Heptonstall Todmorden 21 389
  Ann Thornbro', spinster + Thomas Duxbury, labourer, bachelor, 1 Jan 1838 (SBMI & BSM) Ref. not yet found  
1838 June Elisabeth (of full age, spr. dau. of John Thornber, farmer, married William Windle, of full age, bachelor, servant of Kirkby Malhamdale, son of John Warf, mason at Gargrave on 25 April 1838. Skipton 23 483
  Giles Settle 23 457
  Harriett Thornber dau. of Thomas +Thomas Dewhurst, son of Thomas at Clitheroe on 5 May 1838. Clitheroe 21 172
1838 Sept Ann Preston 21 345
1838 Dec Jane Thornber, spinster, dau. of Joseph +Anthony Hadwin, saddler, bachelor, son of Anthony Hadwin 29 Oct, (SBMI & BSM) Blackburn 21 14
1839 Mar Fanny Skipton 23 467
  Grace Skipton 23 475
  John son of Ralph +Susan Whitaker, dau of William at Colne, 8 Jan. (Cert.) Burnley 21 120
  Mary + Elias Gibson, 1 Jan, Darwen, Holy Trinity (SBMI Blackburn 21 37
  Molly Thornber, dau. of Joseph, spinster + John Warren, weaver, widower, son of Robert 10 Feb (SBMI & BSM) Blackburn 21 15
  Richard Leeds 23 265
1839 June Mary Thornber, dau. of Charles Oddie +John Gregson son of Thomas at Clitheroe on 7 April 1839. Clitheroe 21 189
  Thomas Salford 20 622
  William Bury 21 141
1839 Sept      
1839 Dec James Manchester 20 421
  John Clitheroe 21 222
  Mary Thornbrough, widow,+ John Walkden, watchmaker, widower, married BSM by licence 25 December 1839 (BSM) Ref. not yet found  
1840 Mar Hannah, dau. of William +James Almond son of Cuthbert at Blackburn St. Mary, 28 Jan 1840. Blackburn 21 11
  Henry Thornber, tailor, widower, son of Thomas, +Margaret Stanley, widow, dau. of William Hodskinson, 23 Feb. (BSM and Cert.) Blackburn 21 17
1840 June Alice Thornber, spinster, dau. William + Adam Jackson, cordwainer, bachelor, son John Jackson on 25 May, (SBMI & BSM) Blackburn 21 17
  John & Margaret Wilson married at Long Preston on 30 May 1840. Settle 23 449
1840 Sept Jane Manchester 20 605
  Mary Ann dau. Ralph +Peter Smith, son of William, Colne St. Barts. 14 July. (Cert.) Burnley 21 112
  Richard, labourer, bachelor, son of Joseph, +Ann Leaver, dau. of Henry, spinster 22 Aug. (BSM and Cert.) Blackburn 21 16
1840 Dec Alice, dau of John +James Lambert son of Thomas, 12 Dec 1840, Clitheroe St. Mary Clitheroe 21 203
  Betty dau. of John +Henry Hartley, Fence, 28 Dec. (Cert.) Burnley 21 117
  John Lancaster 21 287
  Sarah Halifax 22 169
  Thomas Halifax 22 175
1841 Mar John Bush (Thornborough) Settle 23 429
1841 June Ann Clitheroe 21 209
  Richard Preston 21 404
  Thomas Clitheroe 21 205
1841 Sept Ann Salford 20 661
  Sarah, dau. of Thomas +John Dobsonson of William at Colne PC on 4 July. Burnley 21 111
  Thomas Halifax 22 144
1841 Dec Ester Holborn 2 59
  Alice (Thornborough) + John Walkden, 25 Dec (SBMI) down as Thornboro in church register. Blackburn 21 12
  Anthony (Thornborrow) son of William, coal dealer and bachelor, + Margaret Ward, widow, 30 Oct. at St. Mary's. (BSM & Cert.) Blackburn 21 11
1842 Mar Ellen Clitheroe 21 207
  Margaret Skipton 23 453
  Willm Clitheroe 21 207
1842 June William Skipton 23 503
1842 Sept Alice dau. of Ralph +Thomas Laycock 27 Sept. Colne St. Bartholomew. Burnley 21 92
  Jane Skipton 23 411
  Joshua (See Altham) Burnley 21 77
1842 Dec John Thornber & Hannah Barker on 6 October at Heptonstall. Todmorden 21 481
  James Thornborrow, grinder, bachelor, + Rebecca Hamer, spinster, 24 Dec, (SBMI and BSM) Blackburn 21 32
1843 March (none)    
1843 June Edward Manchester 20 450
  John Bolton 21 48
1843 Sept Ann Burnley 21 155
  Elisabeth Mount Thornber, d. John Thornber to John Stansfield, inspector of cotton pieces of Colne, s. John Stansfield, soldier at Giggleswick on 18 Sept 1843 Settle 23 423
  John St. Pancras 1 296
  Mary Anne Thornber dau. of Thomas Smith +Michael son of John Bastow, Clitheroe St. Mary, 8 July 1843. Clitheroe 21 231
1843 Dec James Ellison Liverpool 20 405
  Mary Preston 21 442
  Thomas Bolton 21 77
  Thomas Burnley 21 128
1844 Mar Mary Bury 21 181
1844 June James Selby 23 495
  Jane dau. of James Thornber +James son of John Wolstanholm, Clitheroe PC 7 April. Clitheroe 21 273
  Jennet Skipton 23 546
  Mackleton (Shackleton?) Burnley 21 152
1844 Sept Ellen Clitheroe 21 291
  Richard Thornborrow, bachelor, labourer, son of Wm. + Margaret Leaver, spinster 3 Aug. at P.C. (Cert. & BSM) Blackburn 21 11
  Ellen (Thornbre) Clitheroe 21 291
1844 Dec Bridget Skipton 23 646
  Jane Burnley 21 199
  Jonathan Ripon 23 573
  Mary (see Church Kirk) Blackburn 21 48
  William Rochdale 21 561
  William Halifax 22 174

 

1845 Mar Elisabeth Clitheroe 21 309
George Preston 21 494
James Elison Liverpool 20 348
Mary Chorlton 20 127
Mary Skipton 23 532
Richard Burnley 21 158
Millicent Parker Thornborough, spinster + James Kenyon, weaver, widower, 1 Feb, (SBMI & BSM) Blackburn 21 16
1845 June Caroline Manchester 20 515
Ward Thornborrow, warper, bachelor + Mary Almond, spinster, 7 July 1845 (BSM) Ref. not yet found
George Manchester 20 663
Manaseth Clitheroe 21 292
1845 Sept Amelia Birmingham 16 309
Eleanor Louisa Settle 23 519
1845 Dec Isaac son of William Thornber +Mary Ann dau. of John Cockcroft, Rochdale St. Chad, 23 Dec. Rochdale 21 594
John Manchester 20 606
Betty (Thornborough) Settle 23 641
1846 Mar John Settle 23 519
William son of Richard Thornber + Christiana Conolly, dau. of William. Bear, at
Habergham Eaves, 1 March
Burnley 21 150
1846 June George and Elizabeth Holden 13 Apr at Darwin Holy Trinity. (SBMI) Blackburn 21 43
Margaret Burnley 21 143
William (Thornborough) not found, possibly duplicate of one below. Blackburn 21 35
1846 Sept William Burnley 21 134
William Thornborough, bachelor, labourer, son of Anthony, + Ann Cunliffe, widow, 2 July. (BSM & Cert.) Blackburn 21 1
1846 Dec Alice Preston 21 464
Samuel Chorlton 20 126
1847 Mar Alice Thornber, spinster, dau of Richard + John Marsden, labourer, widower, son of Thomas, 1 Jan (SBMI & BSM) Blackburn 21 1
Margaret (See Altham register) Burnley 21 ***
1847 June (none)
1847 Sept (none)
1847 Dec John Barker Halifax 22 468
1848 Mar Mary Clitheroe 21 237
William Keighley 23 267
1848 June Anne Clitheroe 21 233
William Clitheroe 21 235
1848 Sept Elisabeth Manchester 20 377 (?)
Ellen Thornber, spinster, dau. of John +Thomas Rigley (Rigby) engineer, bachelor, son of Thomas on 27 Aug, (SBMI & BSM) Blackburn 21 23
Richard & Martha Stanworth Clitheroe 21 264
Sarah Thornber, spinster + Joseph Junkin (Jenkins), engineer, bachelor, 5 July (SBMI & BSM) Blackburn 21 2
1848 Dec Ann Thornber, spinster, dau. of Anthony, + Robert Grey, boatman, bachelor, son of Andrew Grey on 23 Dec at Blackburn St. Mary (SBMI & BSM) Blackburn 21 30
Ann dau. of Joseph + George Leach son of William, Rochdale St Chad, 10 Dec Rochdale 21 560
Ellis (?) Bolton 21 90
Jane Burnley 21 160
Maria Clitheroe 21 291
Rebecca Thornber, spinster, dau. of Thomas Thornber + Robert Corby Jones Duckworth, webster, bachelor 15 Oct. (SBMI & BSM) Blackburn 21 5
William Chorlton 20 61
1849 Mar Anthony & Mary Morris, 13 Jan. Register Off. Blackburn 21 34
John (See Altham registers) Burnley 21 111
1849 June Alice Clitheroe 21 296
Ann Thornber, spinster, dau. or Ralph + John Duxbury, weaver, bachelor, son of Ralph Duxbury, 8 Apr, (SBMI & BSM) Blackburn 21 4
James and Margaret Fell Settle 23 539
Richard Preston 21 498
Alice (Thornborough) Manchester 20 545
1849 Sept John Burnley 21 187
Parker Burnley 21 169
Richard Preston 21 542
1849 Dec Ellen Thornber, d. James Thornber of Runley Bridge and William Henlock on 20 Dec 1849 at Giggleswick Settle 23 659

William Thornber, aged 21, a weaver, of Sabden, son of Richard, a block printer, deceased, married Sarah Storey, aged 23, a weaver, daughter of Thomas Storey on 22 October at Unitarian Chapel Padiham, Wit: Robert Kenyon & Elizabeth Storey (information from Barbara Banar)

Burnley 21 211
William Halifax 22 171
1850 Mar (none)
1850 June Sophia Thornber, spinster, dau. of Richard + John Entwistle, spinner, bachelor, son of Thomas, 20 May (SBMI & BSM) Blackburn 21 24
Thomas Bury 21 229
Edward Booker (Thornburgh) Nottingham 15 948
1850 Sept Ann Thornber, of full age, spr. dau. of Luke Thornber, labourer, married William Slinger of full age, bach. labourer, son of Ambrose Slinger, farmer at Long Preston, by banns on 10 Aug. 1850 Settle 23 605
Betty Thornber, spinster, dau. of Richard + James Duxbury, labourer, widower, son of Thomas Duxbury, 8 Sept (SBMI & BSM) Blackburn 21 33
James Skipton 23 623
William Thornber, stone mason, widower, son of Richard + Betty Hutchinson, spinster, dau. of William, by licence 12 Sept (SBMI & BSM) Blackburn 21 35
William Rochdale 21 667
1850 Dec James Thornber, weaver, bachelor, son of James + Nancy Yates, spinster, dau. of Joseph Yates, 7 Oct (SBMI & BSM) Blackburn 21 3
William Clitheroe 21 359
William Thornber, spinner, bachelor, son of John +Mary Ann March, spinster, dau. of Edmund March, 24 Dec (SBMI & BSM) Blackburn 21 42
1851 Mar. Ellen Thornber, spinster, dau. of Thomas Thornber + Anthony Green, warehouseman, bachelor, son of Richard Green, 7 Feb (SBMI & BSM) Blackburn 21 12
Ellen Thornber, dau. of Christopher Wood, +Richard Walker, son of Christopher, 15 March Clitheroe 21 330
Isaac Thornber son of James + Alice Barton, dau. of George, 8 Feb 1851. Clitheroe 21 327
John Halifax 22 174
Samuel Skipton 23 654
Susan Halifax 22 137
William Bolton 21 90
1851 June Mary Burnley 21 2*5
Robert (Thornborough) Settle 23 637
1851 Sept (none)
1851 Dec. Edward Manchester 20 542 (?)
Harriet Manchester 20 542 (?)
Ruth Thornber, spinster, dau. of John Thornber +Richard Pickering, weaver, bachelor, on 25 October (BSM) Blackburn 21 ***

 

1852 June John Manchester 8d 518
1852 Sept. David Thornber, printer, bachelor, son of Thomas + Mary Ann Parker, spinster, dau. of James Parker, by certificate, 12 Sept. (BSM) Blackburn 8e 385
Robert Keighley 9a 183
Thomas Blackburn 8e 433
1852 Dec. Alice Clitheroe 8e 313
Elizabeth Clitheroe 8e 314
John Thornber, son of John, +Mary Atkinson, dau. of William, at Colne St. Bartholomews on 23 October. Burnley 8e 216
Robinson Burnley 8e 230
William Thornber, roller, bachelor, + Margaret Ellen Walmesley, spinster, 15 Oct. (BSM) Blackburn 8e 344
1853 Mar John Settle 9a 11
1853 June Jane Halifax 9a 474
Mary Ann Thornber, dau. of John +James Grundy Croft son of Ralph, Colne St. Bartholomew, 30 May 1853. Burnley 8e 188
1853 Dec. Robert Manchester 8d 237 (?)
William Bolton 8c 356 (?)
1854 Mar. Joseph Rochdale 8* 99
Alice Thornbro, spinster + Thomas Marsden, labourer, bachelor, 4 Feb 1854 (BSM) Ref. not yet found.
Phebe Kensington 1a 9
Samuel Burnley 8e 209
Thomas Thornber and Ruth Tomlinson on 9 Jan. 1854 Bedford 3b 457
1854 June Hannah Halifax 9a 495
James Thornber, brickmaker, bachelor, + Elizabeth Shackleton, spinster, 12 June (BSM) Blackburn 8e 397
Jane Thornber, spinster + Thomas Bennett, bachelor, piecer on 6 May 1854 (BSM) Blackburn 8e 358
John Bradford 9* 75 (?)
1854 Sept. Luke Thornber, son of Benjamin, +Alice Pomfret dau. of Lawrence at Habergham Eaves on 5 July 1854. Burnley 8e 235
Martha Thornber dau. of John Kay +Robert Brown son of Robert, at Habergham Eaves, on 19 Aug.(both aged 41) Burnley 8e 238
Paul Keighley 9a 199
Sarah Bury 8c 426
1854 Dec. Elisha Clitheroe 8e 342
1855 Mar. Elizabeth Clitheroe 8e 262 (?)
Henry Bedford 3b 381
Jane Clitheroe 8e 253 (?)
John Clitheroe 8e 241 (?)
John Clitheroe 8e 261 (?)
William Blackburn 8e 366
1855 June Hannah Clitheroe 8e 179 (?)
Margaret Thornber dau of Thomas +Isaac Smith, son of Richard at Habergham Eaves on 10 April 1855. Burnley 8e 7 (?)
Thomas Clitheroe (?) 8e ***
1855 Sept. Hannah Halifax 9a 403
1855 Dec. John Halifax 9a 524
William Manchester 8d 90
William Preston 8e 604
1856 Mar. Alice Burnley 8e 281
Elizabeth Burnley 8e 259
John Bolton 8c 209
Stephen Clitheroe 8e 291
1856 June William Burnley 8e 196
1857 June James Burnley 8e 265 (?)
1857 Sept. John Skipton (?) 9a (?) ***
William Burnley 8e 241 (?)
1857 Dec. Ellen Clitheroe 8e 304 (?)
Ellen Blackburn 8e 424
1858 Mar. Agnes Blackburn 8e 296
Richard Preston 8e 464
William Burnley 8e 222
1858 June Alice Blackburn 8e 408
Hannah Bradford Yorks 9b 58
Henry Clitheroe 8e 281
1858 Sept. Henry Manchester 8d 244 (?)
Henry Blackburn 8e 424 (?)
1859 Mar. Alice Clitheroe 8e 313
Mary Thornber dau. of Ralph +John Haworth son of Dennis at St. Paul's Blackburn on 10 February. Blackburn 8e 362
1859 June Nancy Clitheroe 8e 317
1859 Sept. Ann Blackburn 8e 318
Elisha Blackburn 8e 391
1860 Mar. Mary Thornber, dau. of John +Bolton Robinson son of William, on 24 March. Clitheroe 8e 340
1860 June Henry Bradford Yks. 9b 112
John Thornber, aged 19, son of Michael +Mary Ann Pickering, aged 18, dau. of Thomas at Colne St. Bartholomew's on 26 May. Burnley 8e 253
Rebecca Blackburn 8e 358
1860 Sept. Cornelius Clitheroe 8e 351
Samuel Burnley 8e 225
William Blackburn 8e 507
1860 Dec. Edward Clitheroe 8e *11
Hannah Halifax 9a 6*1
Martha Burnley 8e *42
Susannah Halifax 9a 365 (?)

 

1870 Mar Benjamin Bedford 3b 410
Mary Ann Blackburn 8e 373
William Thornber son of William +Sarah Driver dau. of Joseph at Marsden on 19 Feb 1870. Burnley 8e 287
1870 June Jane Bury 8e 513
Nancy Blackburn 8e 492
1870 Sept

Alice Thornber dau. of Shackleton +Alfred William Ashworth son of Thomas at Habergham Eaves on 31 Aug 1870.

Burnley 8e 319
Ephraim Thornber son of William +Elizabeth Ann McIver, dau. of Richard Crompton at Habergham Eaves, All Saints, on 2 July 1870. Burnley 8e 308
John Rowland Rochdale 8e 77
Martha Blackburn 8e 585
Mary Thornber of full age, spr. dau. of John labourer of Halton West and Robert Kemp of full age, bach. police officer, son of Edward Dodd Kemp, by licence at Long Preston on 10 July 1870. Settle 9a 23
Robert Burnley 8e 367
1870 Dec John Clitheroe 8e 417
John Clitheroe 8e 424
Rosannah Burnley 8e 277
1871 Mar Betsy Bury 8c 495
Elizabeth Ann Burnley 8e 253
Elizabeth Ann Halifax 9a 486
1871 June James Manchester 8d 457
Rebecca Rochdale 8e 123
1871 Sept James Settle 9a 30
John William Pontefract 9c 124
Richard Skipton 9a 51
Robert Haslingden 8e 235
1871 Dec John Clitheroe 8e 447
Margaret Skipton 9a 47
Parthena dau. of Luke Thornber +John Smith son of Frederick at Habergham Eaves on 24 Dec 1871. Burnley 8e 338
William Bury 8e 607
William Blackburn 8e 627
1890 Mar James Knaresborough 9a 141
Margaret Ellen Thornber dau. of Edward +Thomas Marshall son of William at Clitheroe on 12 Feb. Clitheroe 8e 421
Mary Ellen Rochdale 8e 89
Sarah Ann West Derby 8b 431
William Burnley 8e 402
1890 June Clara Thornber dau. of Cornelius + James Edward Metcalfe son of William at Habergham Eaves, All Saints on 26 May 1890. Burnley 8e 359
Susannah Blackburn 8e 749
Susannah Burnley 8e 453
William Thomas Prestwich 8e 548
1890 Sept Alice Haslingden **
Elizabeth Chorlton 8e 1018 (?)
Hester (?) illegible ***
Florence Jane West Ham ***
Sarah Halifax 9a 708
1890 Dec Alice Ann Thornber dau. of Cornelius +William Thomas Simpson at Habergham Eaves All Saints on 16 October 1890. Burnley 8e 327
Thomas Matthew Preston 8e 859
1891 Mar Emma Burnley 8e 295
Henry Burnley 8e 421
Jane Haslingden 8e 421
Sarah Chorlton 8e 1091
1891 June Annie Burnley 8e 392
James Blackburn 8e 656
John Halifax 9a 671
Martha Ann Halifax 9a 771
Richard Thornber son of Cornelius +Jane Gray dau. of James, at Habergham Eaves All Saints on 9 June 1891 Burnley 8e 320
1891 Sept Helen Mary St. Geo. H Sq. 1a 973
John William Ashton 8d 767
Margaret Ann Preston 8e 1111
Mary Elizabeth Blackburn 8e 762
1891 Dec Alice Thornber aged 34, dau. of Parker +William Thornton aged 38, son of Richard at Habergham Eaves on 19 Dec 1891. Burnley 8e 351
Eliza Nottingham 7b 631
F*** Burnley 8e 465
Thomas Henry Huddersfield 9a 62*
1892 Mar Agnes Kendal 10b 962
John Robert Skipton 9a 52
Mary Alice dau. of Richard Thornber +Sydney Simpson Bannister at Christchurch Colne on 18 February 1892. Burnley 8e 271
Mary Peters Kendal 10b 963
1892 June Margaret Thornber, aged 27, dau. of Elijah +John Lawson, aged 25, son of William at Clitheroe on 22 May 1892. Clitheroe 8e 509
1892 Sept Christopher Settle 9a 13
Giles Settle 9a 17
1892 Dec Mary Jane Burnley 8e 452

 

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