Richard Thornton
(-)
Sarah Jane
(-)
Charles Adams of Brighton
(1816-1888)
Ruth Louisa Rowe
(1819-1892)
James Richard William Thornton of Brighton
(Abt 1857-1892)
Rhoda Ann Adams
(1857-1922)
Rosetta Ellen Thornton
(1878-1954)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
Oscar Frank Adams of Brighton

  • Ellen Ada Edith Primrose Adams
  • Albert James Richard Adams
  • Cecelia Rhoda Ann Adams

Rosetta Ellen Thornton

  • Born: 8 Apr 1878, 5 Leicester St., Brighton, Sussex, England 1
  • Christened: 23 Jun 1878, St. Peter's Church, Brighton, Sussex, England 2
  • Married: 27 Jun 1897, St. Luke's Church, Brighton, Sussex, England 3
  • Died: 1954, Brighton, Sussex, England 4

  Research Notes:

Rosetta Ann [sic] daughter of James Thornton of 5 Leicester St., coal merchant, and Ann (baptismal record)

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At the time of the 1911 England Census Rosetta E. Adams, age 32, born in Brighton, widow (mother of 4 children, 1 deceased), laundry maid, mother, was with her mother Rhoda A. Whitington and her 2nd husband Thomas C. Whitington, at 34 Bernard Road, Brighton. With her were children (born in Brighton): Ellen E. Adams (11), school, Albert R. Adams (10), school, and Cecilia R. Adams (9), school.

In the 1939 Register Rosetta E Adams (b. 8 Apr 1879), widow, daily housework, was living at 24 Hamilton Road, Brighton.

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Rosetta E. Adams died aged 76 years. 4

  Marriage Information:

Rosetta married her 1st cousin Oscar Frank Adams, son of Oscar Frank Adams and Mary Ann Paskins, on 27 Jun 1897 in St. Luke's Church, Brighton, Sussex, England. (Oscar Frank Adams was born in 1864 at 26 John St., Brighton, Sussex, England, christened on 15 Aug 1864 in St. Nicholas Church, Brighton, Sussex, England and died in 1901 in Brighton, Sussex, England, aged 37 years.)

  Marriage Notes:

Oscar Frank Adams, age 32, bachelor, labourer, resident of 75 Islingword Rd., son of Oscar Frank Adams (deceased), bricklayer, and
Rosetta Ellen Thornton, age 19, spinster, resident of 75 Islingword Rd., daughter of James Thornton (deceased), musician

Witnesses: Reginald Longley, Rose Longley

Sources


1 England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008, Brighton district, 2nd Quarter, vol. 2b, p. 224.

2 Brighton St. Peter Parish Registers, Baptisms, p. 117, no. 931.

3 Brighton St. Luke Parish Registers, Marriages, p. 198, no. 396.

4 England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007, Brighton district, 4th Quarter, vol. 5h, p. 158.


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