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Sarah Elizabeth Thornhill

Female Abt 1867 -


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Sarah Elizabeth Thornhill was born about Feb 1867 in Runcorn (daughter of George Thornhill, daughter of William Thornhill and Elizabeth Hignett).

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  William Thornhill was born in 1839 in Runcorn (son of Unknown Gaskill and Ann Hughes, son of George Thornhill).

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Waterman

    William married Elizabeth Hignett on 9 Mar 1863 in All Saints, Runcorn. Elizabeth (daughter of Archibald Shearer, daughter of John Hignett and Ann Hughes) was born in 1839 in Stockham, Runcorn. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Elizabeth Hignett was born in 1839 in Stockham, Runcorn (daughter of Archibald Shearer, daughter of John Hignett and Ann Hughes).

    Notes:

    Birth record not found, but there are two 1839 baptisms on Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts: 28.1.1839 Frodsham to John and Hannah, and 28 4 1839 Halton to John and Ann.
    Age given as 10 in 1851 census.

    Children:
    1. Emma Worthington was born in 1856 in Ellesmere Port.
    2. Joseph Thornhill was born about Feb 1864 in Runcorn.
    3. 1. Sarah Elizabeth Thornhill was born about Feb 1867 in Runcorn.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  George Thornhill

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Waterman

    Children:
    1. 2. William Thornhill was born in 1839 in Runcorn.
    2. Joseph Thornhill was born about Feb 1864 in Runcorn.
    3. Sarah Elizabeth Thornhill was born about Feb 1867 in Runcorn.

  2. 6.  John Hignett was born in 1789 in Cheshire; died in 1842 in Runcorn; was buried on 15 Mar 1842 in Frodsham.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Labourer

    John married Ann Hughes on 23 Jan 1837 in Ince, nr Helsby. Ann was born about 1805 in Cheshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 7.  Ann Hughes was born about 1805 in Cheshire.

    Notes:

    Birthplace given as Cheshire in 1841 census, what looks like Hawarden in 1851, Runcorn in 1861.
    Two possible baptisms: 24.11.1805 Thornton-le-moors, nr Helsby, to John and Catherine; or 13.04.1806, Ince, to Samuel and Ann.
    Maiden name not given in son James's birth record, Hughes in William's and Mary Ann's, Hignett in others. Apparently met a Mr Gaskill after the death of her husband in 1842, but no subsequent marriage found.

    Children:
    1. James Hignett was born in 1837 in Helsby, nr Frodsham.
    2. John Joseph Robinson was born in 1882 in Liverpool; died before 1911.
    3. 3. Elizabeth Hignett was born in 1839 in Stockham, Runcorn.
    4. William Hignett was born in 1841 in Stockham, Runcorn.



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