When Thomas Thornton was born on 10 May 1847, in Shoreditch, Hackney, London, England, United Kingdom, his father, William George Thornton, was 33 and his mother, Jane Elizabeth Williams, was 37. He married Sarah Vanner on 14 July 1879, in Whitechapel, London, England, United Kingdom. He lived in Shoreditch St Leonard, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom for about 20 years and Bermondsey, London, England, United Kingdom in 1891. He died on 19 May 1927, in Tottenham, Haringey, London, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 80.
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English and Scottish: habitational name from any of numerous places throughout England and Scotland so called, from Old English thorn ‘thorn tree’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. The placename is most frequent in northern England, especially Yorkshire, where there are at least 16 possible sources for the surname.
Irish: Anglicized (translated) form of Gaelic Mac Sceacháin ‘son of Sceachán’ (see Skehan ).
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Draighneáin ‘descendant of Draighneán’ (see Drennan ).
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