THORNBER ARCHIVE: GENERAL REGISTRATION IN ENGLAND

Page 1: Thornber Births from July 1837 to 1880

General Registration began in England in July 1837.  From a comparison of baptism records with the registration of births it is believed that registration was far from comprehensive in the early years.  It was much less likely that marriages and deaths were missed from the records as the marriage and burial processes involved registrars or church and chapel ministers who were aware of the requirements for registration.  On this and related pages I list the entries in the General Registration Index from the beginning of registration to 1875 so as to overlap with the first three censuses that showed accurate ages and places of birth. The information up to 1851 was abstracted from copies of the index on microfiche in the days before the Internet.. This gave the opportunity to spot minor spelling variants such as Thornbar, Thorbur Thorneber etc. At this stage no attempt has been made to look at all the Thornber spelling variants but one or two are noted. The Indices are handwritten for some of the early years and the microfiche copies are not always legible

Later records have been added as opportunity has arisen to extend the search. After 1851, many of the records have been taken from Free BMD as it has developed over the years to 2017. This does not include the spelling variants if one has done the search for THORNBER. This table shows that East Lancashire around Blackburn, Burnley and Clitheroe and the districts across the boundary into Yorkshire were the main areas for Thornber families in the middle of the 19th century, with a gradual expansion as the century progressed and travel opportunities grew with the coming of railways. In some cases, I have added the details known from a birth certificate or from baptism records and given a link to where the person is mentioned in one of my family trees on this site.

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

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