The Lancashireman's family history

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Amy Thornber

(1920 - 2004)

Father:	Hargreaves Thornber (1889 - 1949)
Mother:	Mary Elizabeth Haworth (1887 - 1971)

Siblings:

Amy Thornber (self)

Children:

Timeline

Date	Event	Information	Sources
1920-10-04	Birth	Place: Burnley	lancashirebmd: T1 GRO index 1920-Dec: F1 Death registration Baptism record 1939 register
1920-11-14	Baptism	Place: St Andrew, Burnley	lan-opc: Link T2
1939-09-29	1939 register	Birthdate: 1920-10-03 Abode: 9 Walpole Street, Burnley Occupation: Chain store sales assistant	1939 register RG101-4305f-003-12: Link F2 T3
1940-04-20	Marriage Herbert Sydney Holdsworth (1914 - 1982)	Place: St Cuthbert, Burnley	www.lancashirebmd.org.uk: T4 lan-opc: Link T5
2004-06	Death		GRO index (FMP): T6

Transcripts of sources

Ref.	Transcript
T1	THORNBER Amy Burnley East Preston HAWORTH BUE/68/71
T2	Baptism: 14 Nov 1920 St Andrew, Burnley, Lancs. Amy Thornber - [Child] of Hargreaves Thornber & Mary Elizabeth Born: 4 Oct 1920 Abode: 54 Brennand Street Occupation: Coal Dealer Baptised by: Wm. Parks Bradbury, Ac. Curate Register: Baptisms 1917 - 1928, Page 28, Entry 222 Source: Original Parish Register
T3	E.D. Letter code NFBJ Borough, U.D. or R.D. Burnley C.B. (Pt) Reg. District and Subdistrict 472/1 Address: 9 Walpole Street Sch.no./sub: 21/3 Name: Thornber Amy [Surname altered: HOLDSWORTH] OVSPI: - M/F: F Birthdate: 4 Oct 20 SMWD: S Occupation: Chain Stores Sales Assistant
T4	Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1940 HOLDSWORTH Herbert Sydney THORNBER Amy Burnley, St Cuthbert Preston CE109/2/455
T5	Marriage: 20 Apr 1940 St Cuthbert, Burnley, Lancs. Herbert Sydney Holdsworth - 25, Butcher, Bachelor, 115 Oxford Road Amy Thornber - 19, Shop Assistant, Spinster, 9 Walpole Street Groom's Father: Hargreaves Holdsworth, Deceased, Weaver Bride's Father: Hargreaves Thornber, Coal Dealer Witness: Clifford Holdsworth; Elsie Clayton; Hargreaves Thornber Married by Banns by: P. A. Lee, Vicar Register: Marriages 1914 - 1942, Page 228, Entry 455 Source: Original Parish Register
T6	Name: HOLDSWORTH, Amy Registration district: Fleetwood & Fylde County: Lancashire Year of registration: 2004 Month of registration: June Date of Birth: 4 October 1920 District no: 584/2 Reg no: FY13A Ent no: 160 DOR: 604

File sources

Ref.	Type	File name
F1	Image	1920B4-T-0308.jpg
F2	Image	1939-Register-TNA-R39-4305-4305f-003.jpg

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