Eliza Octavia Thornton
Eliza was born on August 25th, 1839 in
Royston and her christening took place there on September 24th, 1839.
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Birth Notes
Name: Eliza A Handford
Where born: Royston, Yorkshire, England
Name: Eliza Octavia Thornton
Year of Registration: 1839
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Ecclesfield (To 1850)
County: Yorkshire - West Riding
Volume: 22
Page: 179
Ecclesfield is about 8 to 10 miles south of Barnsley, and 6 miles north of Sheffield. Royston is 3 or 4 miles North of Barnsley, so Eliza probably was born at Royston (perhaps at a hospital there), but the birth registered at Ecclesfield, probably nearer to where the family lived.
ELIZA OCTAVIA THORNTON
Event(s):
Birth:
Christening: 24 SEP 1839 Royston, Yorkshire, England
Parents:
Father: WILLIAM THORNTON
Mother: MARY
Eliza's father was
William Thornton and her mother was
Mary Dunn. She had four brothers and six sisters, named
William,
James,
George,
Joseph,
Prudence,
Mary,
Annie,
Maria,
Ruth and
Frances. She was the second youngest of the eleven children.