Ann Thornley
about 1829–
Blackburn, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
The Life of Ann
When Ann Thornley was born about 1829, in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Thornley, was 23 and her mother, Ellen Crosley, was 22.
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Family Time Line
Thomas Thornley
1806–
Ellen Crosley
1807–1856
Ann Thornley
1829–
Mary Thornley
1829–
John Thornley
1831–
Ellen Thornley
1834–
Elizabeth Thornley
1835–1840
William Thornley
1835–
John Thornley
1838–
Elizabeth Thornley
1840–
Thomas Thornley
1842–
Parents and Siblings
Thomas Thornley
1806–Male
1807–1856Female
siblings
(9)
1829–Female
Mary Thornley
1829–Female
John Thornley
1831–Male
Ellen Thornley
1834–Female
Elizabeth Thornley
1835–1840Female
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World Events (3)
1830
Age 1
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
1842 · Mines and Collieries Act of 1842
Age 13
The Parliment of the United Kingdom passed the Mines and Collieries Act of 1842, mostly commonly known as the Mines Act of 1842. This act made it so that nobody under the age of ten could work in the mines and also females in general could not be employed.
1843
Age 14
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
Name Meaning
English (mainly Lancashire): habitational name from Thornley in Lancashire, so named from Old English þorn ‘thorn bush’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (1)
- Anne Thornley in household of Margaret Thornley, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
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