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Peter Thornton 1791 – 1862 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 Jan 1791

Birth Location: Croftfoot, West Lothian, Scotland

Death Date: 18 Jul 1862

Death Location: Croftfoot, Whitburn, Linlithgow, Scotland

Father: Thomas Thornton

Mother: Mary Russell

Spouse(s): Catherine Waddell

Children(s): Thomas Thornton, James Thornton, Mary Thornton, William Thornton, Jane Thornton, Janet Thornton, Catherine Thornton, Peter Thornton, John Thornton

The story of Peter Thornton began in 1791 in Croftfoot, West Lothian, Scotland. In 1841, Peter Thornton resided in Croftfoot, Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland. In 1851, Peter Thornton resided in Croftfoot, Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland. Peter Thornton married Catherine Waddell, and had children including Thomas Thornton, James Thornton, Mary Thornton, William Thornton, Jane Thornton, Janet Thornton, Catherine Thornton, Peter Thornton, John Thornton. Peter Thornton passed away in 1862 in Croftfoot, Whitburn, Linlithgow, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Peter Thornton began in 1791 in Croftfoot, West Lothian, Scotland.
  • In 1841, Peter Thornton resided in Croftfoot, Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland.
  • In 1851, Peter Thornton resided in Croftfoot, Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland.
  • Peter Thornton married Catherine Waddell, and had children including Thomas Thornton, James Thornton, Mary Thornton, William Thornton, Jane Thornton, Janet Thornton, Catherine Thornton, Peter Thornton, John Thornton.
  • Peter Thornton passed away in 1862 in Croftfoot, Whitburn, Linlithgow, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Thornton
– 1829
Birth Location: –
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Mary Russell
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Catherine Waddell
1791 – 1867
Birth Location: Shotts, Lanarkshire, , Scotland
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Children(s)

Thomas Thornton
1817 – 1882
Birth Location: Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland
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James Thornton
1817 – 1885
Birth Location: Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland
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Mary Thornton
1819 – 1897
Birth Location: Whitburn, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
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William Thornton
1820 – 1859
Birth Location: Whitburn, Linlithgowshire
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Jane Thornton
1822 –
Birth Location: Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland
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Janet Thornton
1825 –
Birth Location: Whitburn, Linlithgow, Scotland
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Catherine Thornton
1827 – 1892
Birth Location: Whitburn, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
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Peter Thornton
1829 – 1880
Birth Location: Whitburn, Linlithgowshire, Scotland
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John Thornton
1831 – 1852
Birth Location: Whitburn, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
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Peter Thornton's Ancestors

Self
Peter Thornton
1791 – 1862
Birth Place: Croftfoot, West Lothian, Scotland
Parents
Thomas Thornton
– 1829
Mary Russell
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Peter Thornton's Descendants

1.
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Peter Thornton (1 Jan 1791 – 18 Jul 1862) m. Catherine Waddell (1791 – 31 Jul 1867)
  1. 1. Thomas Thornton (abt 1817 – 24 Jul 1882) m. Agnes Waddell (abt 1819 – 3 Apr 1871)
    1. 1. Agnes Thornton (2 Nov 1846 – ) m. William Miller (abt 1843 – )
      1. 1. Agnes (W) Miller (abt 1872 – )
      2. 2. Isabella Miller (abt 1873 – )
      3. 3. David Miller (abt 1875 – )
      4. 4. Catherine Miller (abt 1877 – )
      5. 5. Thomas (T) Miller (abt 1880 – )
      6. 6. Mary Miller (abt 1883 – )
      7. 7. James Miller (abt 1885 – )
      8. 8. William Miller (abt 1888 – )
      9. 9. Alexander Miller (abt 1890 – )
    2. 2. Peter Thornton (5 Feb 1848 – 29 Dec 1923) m. Mary (W) Brownlee (abt 1859 – )
      1. 1. Thomas Thornton (abt 1884 – )
      2. 2. Kate (S) Thornton (abt 1886 – )
      3. 3. James Thornton (abt 1888 – )
      4. 4. Alfred Thornton (abt 1890 – )
      5. 5. Ida Thornton (abt 1896 – )
    3. 3. James Thornton (6 Mar 1850 – )
    4. 4. Thomas Thornton (21 Nov 1851 – 24 Nov 1925)
    5. 5. Catherine Thornton (22 Dec 1853 – 18 Jan 1897) m. Thomson
    6. 6. Alexander Thornton (abt 1857 – 12 Jan 1889)
    7. 7. William Thornton (abt 1859 – 20 Nov 1877)
    8. 8. Isabella Thornton (18 Jun 1861 – 20 Oct 1937) m. John (M) Smith (abt 1857 – )
      1. 1. William (A I) Smith
      2. 2. Isabel Smith (abt 1895 – )
    9. 9. Mary Thornton (1864 – 10 Dec 1931)
  2. 2. James Thornton (abt 1817 – 8 Dec 1885) m. Elizabeth Thomson (abt 1838 – 28 Jan 1898)
    1. 1. Peter Thornton (abt 1860 – 30 Mar 1946)
    2. 2. Catherine Thornton (abt 1862 – 12 Jul 1862)
    3. 3. Jane ((Jeanie)) Thornton (14 Aug 1864 – 2 Aug 1935) m. Leslie (Frank) Bucknall (1862 – 25 Jan 1903)
    4. 4. Robert Thornton (abt 1867 – 1925) m. Euphemia Lindsay ( – 9 Dec 1958)
    5. 5. James (Waddell) Thornton (1868 – )
    6. 6. Thomas Thornton (1st May 1870 – 31 May 1932)
    7. 7. Mary Thornton (abt 1872 – 1951)
    8. 8. Child Thornton (18 Nov 1874 – 18 Nov 1874)
    9. 9. William Thornton (abt 1876 – 5 Jan 1917)
    10. 10. Margaret ((Maggie)) Thornton (abt 1878 – 1966)
  3. 3. Mary Thornton (1819 – 24 Mar 1897) m. William Wyper (1823 – 4 Mar 1863)
    1. 1. Isaac Wyper (abt 1847 – 25 Nov 1865)
    2. 2. Catherine Wyper (abt 1848 – 9 Mar 1877) m. Easton
      1. 1. George Easton (abt 1870 – )
    3. 3. Janet Wyper (abt 1851 – 14 May 1910) m. James Steel (abt 1850 – 6 Aug 1901)
      1. 1. James Steel (abt 1877 – )
      2. 2. William (Wyper) Steel (abt 1880 – )
    4. 4. Jane Wyper (1853 – ) m. Robert Gardner (abt 1817 – )
      1. 1. Robert (W) Gardner (abt 1874 – )
      2. 2. Mary (J) Gardner (abt 1877 – )
      3. 3. Harry Gardner (abt 1879 – )
      4. 4. Catherine (H) Gardner (abt 1881 – )
      5. 5. Christina ((Chrissie) J) Gardner (abt 1884 – )
      6. 6. Janet (E) Gardner (abt 1890 – )
    5. 5. Mary (T) Wyper (abt 1855 – 25 Aug 1934)
    6. 6. Christina Wyper (1856 – 25 Nov 1924)
    7. 7. Peter Wyper (abt 1857 – )
    8. 8. William Wyper (1859 – 8 Mar 1861)
  4. 4. William Thornton (1820 – 18 May 1859) m. JEAN (Jane) STARK (15 Jan 1825 – 14 Jul 1876)
    1. 1. Peter Thornton (1846 – )
    2. 2. Thomas Thornton (1848 – 28 Nov 1906) m. Henrietta (1861 – ) m. Jane (abt 1847 – )
      1. 1. William Thornton (abt 1870 – )
      2. 2. Isabella Thornton (abt 1872 – )
      3. 3. Thomas Thornton (abt 1874 – )
      4. 4. Jeanie Thornton (abt 1876 – )
      5. 5. Christina Thornton (abt 1878 – )
      6. 6. Peter Thornton (abt 1882 – )
      7. 7. Catherine Thornton (abt 1884 – )
      8. 8. James Thornton (abt 1887 – )
      9. 9. Samuel Thornton (abt 1889 – )
    3. 3. James Thornton (1850 – )
    4. 4. Margaret Thornton (1852 – )
    5. 5. William Thornton (1854 – )
    6. 6. Catherine Thornton (1857 – )
    7. 7. Jane Thornton (14 Nov 1858 – ) m. James Neison (Jan 1858 – )
      1. 1. James Neison (31 May 1880 – 31 May 1944)
      2. 2. William Neison (Oct 1881 – )
      3. 3. Mary Neison (May 1882 – )
      4. 4. William Neison (1884 – )
  5. 5. Jane Thornton (7 Aug 1822 – )
  6. 6. Janet Thornton (abt 1825 – )
  7. 7. Catherine Thornton (1827 – 6 Jan 1892) m. John Wyper (1825 – 4 Apr 1904)
    1. 1. Catherine Wyper (abt 1846 – 10 Apr 1919)
    2. 2. Mary Wyper (1850 – 13 Sep 1851)
    3. 3. Janet Wyper (abt 1851 – 4 Apr 1913) m. John Storry (abt 1848 – 26 Dec 1933)
      1. 1. Jessie ((Janet)) Storry (abt 1871 – )
      2. 2. Kate ((Catherine)) Storry (abt 1873 – )
      3. 3. John Storry (1875 – 15 nov 1949)
      4. 4. Claud Storry (abt 1877 – 10 Jun 1905)
      5. 5. William Storry (1879 – 18 May 1885)
      6. 6. Alexander Storry (abt 1881 – )
      7. 7. Andrew Storry (abt 1882 – 27 Sep 1902)
      8. 8. James Storry (abt 1884 – 14 Mar 1886)
      9. 9. Jeanie ((Jane)) Storry (abt 1887 – )
      10. 10. Chrisy ((Christina)) Storry (abt 1888 – )
      11. 11. James Storry (abt 1889 – )
      12. 12. Isaac Storry (abt 1893 – 13 Jan 1937)
    4. 4. Isaac Wyper (1853 – 3 Sep 1898)
    5. 5. Jane Wyper (Oct 1855 – 23 Nov 1855)
    6. 6. Christina Wyper (abt 1857 – )
    7. 7. Peter Wyper (abt 1860 – ) m. Mary (1860 – )
      1. 1. John Wyper (abt 1880 – )
      2. 2. Annie Wyper (abt 1881 – )
      3. 3. Kate Wyper (abt 1884 – )
      4. 4. Peter Wyper (abt 1886 – )
      5. 5. Isaac Wyper (abt 1888 – )
      6. 6. William Wyper (abt 1890 – )
      7. 7. James Wyper (1892 – )
      8. 8. Mary Wyper (1895 – )
      9. 9. Alexander Wyper (1897 – )
    8. 8. John Wyper (1862 – Sep 1929) m. Minnie (abt 1872 – Sep 1916)
      1. 1. John Wyper (abt 1895 – )
      2. 2. Charlotte Wyper (abt 1896 – )
      3. 3. Catherine Wyper (abt 1897 – )
      4. 4. Minnie Wyper (abt 1899 – 25 Nov 1980) m. William Hamilton (1898 – 22 Feb 1963)
        1. 1. John Hamilton (1926 – 13 Jun 1999)
        2. 2. William Hamilton (1929 – 13 Jun 1930)
      5. 5. William (E) Wyper (abt 1901 – )
      6. 6. Margaret Wyper (1903 – Jul 1904)
    9. 9. Agnes Wyper (1867 – ) m. Henry ((Harry) Moncrieff) Wilson (abt 1869 – )
      1. 1. James (Wyper) Wilson (abt 1887 – )
      2. 2. Kate Wilson (abt 1895 – )
      3. 3. George Wilson (abt 1897 – )
      4. 4. Janet Wilson (abt 1898 – )
      5. 5. Agnes Wilson (abt 1900 – )
    10. 10. Williamina Wyper (1870 – )
  8. 8. Peter Thornton (abt 1829 – 16 Dec 1880) m. Christian Calder (21 Aug 1834 – )
    1. 1. Peter Thornton (abt 1864 – )
    2. 2. Margaret Thornton (abt 1867 – )
    3. 3. Catherine Thornton (abt 1870 – )
    4. 4. Christina Thornton (1874 – )
  9. 9. John Thornton (abt 1831 – 31 Jul 1852)

Peter Thornton's Timeline

7 Records

1791
1 Jan 1791
Birth of Peter Thornton in Croftfoot, West Lothian, Scotland
Croftfoot, West Lothian, Scotland
1841
1841
Age 50
Peter Thornton resided here in Croftfoot, Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland
Croftfoot, Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland
1851
1851
Age 60
Peter Thornton resided here in Croftfoot, Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland
Croftfoot, Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland
1861
1861
Age 70
Peter Thornton resided here in Croftfoot, Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland
Croftfoot, Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland
1862
Jul 1862
Age 71
Burial of Peter Thornton in Whitburn Churchyard, Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland
Whitburn Churchyard, Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland
1862
18 Jul 1862
Age 71
Death of Peter Thornton in Croftfoot, Whitburn, Linlithgow, Scotland
Croftfoot, Whitburn, Linlithgow, Scotland
1863
29 Jan 1863
Age 72
Peter Thornton - Probate in Linlithgow Sheriff Court, West Lothian, Scotland
Linlithgow Sheriff Court, West Lothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Probate
    Event Date: 29 Jan 1863
    Event Place: Linlithgow Sheriff Court, West Lothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 Jan 1791
    Event Place: Croftfoot, West Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] 1851 Scotland Census
    [2] 1861 Scotland Census
    [3] 1841 Scotland Census

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1841
    Event Place: Croftfoot, Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source: 1841 Scotland Census

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: Jul 1862
    Event Place: Whitburn Churchyard, Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1861
    Event Place: Croftfoot, Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source: 1861 Scotland Census

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1851
    Event Place: Croftfoot, Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source: 1851 Scotland Census

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 Jul 1862
    Event Place: Croftfoot, Whitburn, Linlithgow, Scotland
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