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Wilfred Thornley[1, 2, 3, 4]

Male 1886 - 1966  (79 years)

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  • Name Wilfred Thornley  [2, 3]
    Birth 21:12:1886  Derbyshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Birth 21 Dec 1886  Glossop, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Male
    Baptism 8 Mar 1891  Radcliffe, Manchester, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Death 14 Dec 1966  Blackpool, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I26660444659  Hurst Improbable Family Tree
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2026

    Father Edwin Thornley,   b. 1860, Ashby de la Zouch, Leics, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1916, Ashby de la Zouch, Leics, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
    Mother Sarah Ellen lord,   b. Abt 1860, durham England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F3301  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Father Thomas Thornley,   b. 22 Jun 1862, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Nov 1935, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
    Family ID F7629  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Mother Mary Jane Tomkinson,   b. 13 Dec 1864, Salford, Lancashire Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Sep 1945, Bolton, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    Family ID F7630  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Louisa Scowcroft,   b. 19 Mar 1889, Bradshaw, Bolton, Lancs Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Dec 1939 ?, Heywood, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage 7 Jun 1913  Bolton, Lancashire Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Children 
     1. Hilda Thornley,   b. 5 Jan 1917, Oldham, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Feb 1997, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     2. Irene Thornley,   b. 4 May 1920, Ashton, Lancashire Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Sep 1997, Lancaster, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
     3. Thomas Scowcroft Thornley,   b. 26 Oct 1922, Mossley Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Oct 1986, Royton, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
    Family ID F70  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2026

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    Wilfred Thornley    		Wilfred Thornley
    Wilfred Thornley & Edith with Werner Seidler and Hilda    		Wilfred Thornley & Edith with Werner Seidler and Hilda
    Wilfred Thornley & Edith with Werner Seidler and Hilda    		Wilfred Thornley & Edith with Werner Seidler and Hilda

  • Sources 
    1. [S_2080810673] Ancestry, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree.

    2. [S_994431343] Ancestry.com, Manchester, England, Non-Conformist Births and Baptisms, 1758-1912, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    3. [S_2081397383] FreeBMD, England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1915, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Contro).

    4. [S_994431411] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).


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