The Lancashireman's family history

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Catherine Clegg

(1797 - 1853)

Father:	Thomas Clegg
Mother:	Sarah

Siblings:

Children:

With William Thornton

Timeline

Date	Event	Information	Sources
1797-08-11	Birth		Estimated from census and death records Baptism record
1796-10-16	Baptism	Place: St Bartholomew, Colne, Lancashire	lan-opc: T1
1813-07-26	Marriage William Thornton (abt.1794 - 1853)	Place: St Bartholomew, Colne, Lancashire Witness: Henry Elliott Witness: James Houghton	lan-opc: T2
1851-03-30	Census	Abode: Chapel House, Little Marsden, Lancashire Age: 54 Birthplace: Marsden, Lancashire	Census record HO107-2254-132-16: F1 F2 T3
1853-06-21	Death	Age: 56	Estimated from burial record Gravestone: Link F3 T4 Note: The months appear to have been interchanged by the mason. GRO online: T5
1853-06-24	Burial	Place: Haggate Baptist Chapel, Briercliffe, Lancashire	Briercliffe Society: Link T6

Transcripts of sources

Ref.	Transcript
T1	Baptism: 16 Oct 1796 St Bartholomew, Colne, Lancashire Catharine Clegg - Dau of Thomas Clegg & Sarah Born: 11 Aug 1796 Abode: Causey Foot Occupation: Weaver Register: Baptisms 1790 - 1812, Page 77, Entry 186 Source: LDS Film 1471024
T2	Marriage: 26 Jul 1813 St Bartholomew, Colne, Lancashire William Thornton - Weaver, this Chapelry Catherine Clegg - (X), Spinster, this Chapelry Witnesses: Henry Elliott; James Houghton Married by Banns by W Wilkinson, Officiating Curate Register: Marriages 1813 - 1819, Page 19, Entry 55 Source: LDS Film 1471065
T3	1851 census HO107 piece 2254 folio 132 page 16 Parish or Township of Little Marsden Ecclesiastical District of Little Marsden City or Borough of [blank] Town of [blank] Village of [blank] Schedule 59 Chapel House Wm Thornton Head Mar 56 Market man Lancashire Marsden Catharine Thornton Wife Mar 54 House Work Lancashire Marsden Joseph Thornton Son U 22 Labourer Lancashire Marsden Transcribed from Census-1851-HO107-2254-132-16.jpeg by dh
T4	IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM THORNTON, Who died June 17th 1853, Aged 58 Years. Also Catharine, The Wife of THe above Who died July 21st 1853, Aged 56 Years.
T5	THORNTON, CATHARINE 56 GRO Reference: 1853 J Quarter in THE BURNLEY UNION Volume 08E Page 142
T6	Catharine THORNTON Marsden Chapel 48 24 June 1853 Haggate Baptist Chapel

File sources

Ref.	Type	File name
F1	Image	Census-1851-HO107-2254-132-16.jpeg
F2	Transcript	Census-1851-HO107-2254-132-16-Thornton.text
F3	Photo	WilliamThornton-gravestone.jpg

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