When Hannah Thornton was born on 3 May 1867, in Adwalton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Nehemiah Thornton, was 38 and her mother, Mary Marshall, was 23. She died on 13 May 1869, in her hometown, at the age of 2, and was buried in Drighlington, Yorkshire, England.
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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 ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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