William Henry "Bill" THORNE

  General Notes:

Birth Dec 1880 Barnstaple 5b 468 (William Henry Thorne)

Birth Certificate
23rd October 1880 at Bickington, Fremington - Bishops Tawton sub District
William Henry, Boy, Joseph Henry Thorne, Eliza Ann Thorne formerly Blackmore, Mason. Informant was E A Thorne, mother, of Bickington Fremington, on 22nd November 1880

Baptism at Fremington on 15 Nov 1880
William Henry s/o Joseph Henry and Eliza Ann Thorn of Bickington, Mason

Marriages Jun 1903 Barnstaple 5b 1028
Thorne William Henry
Stacey Edith Annie

Marriage Certificate
Married at the Independent Chapel Barnstaple on 11th April 1903
William Henry Thorne, 22 years, Bachelor, Mason, 48 Pilton Street Pilton East. Father Joseph Henry Thorne, Mason.
Edith Annie Stacey, 24 years, Spinster, - , Bickington Fremington. Father Thomas Stacey, Farmer.

Notice of marriage in North Devon Journal 16 Apr 1903
Henry Thorne, °l Pilfers, Barnstaple, to Edith Annie Stacey, 0 Framington. Tuckerâ€" Lynch.â€" Apr 1 15, at the Wesleyan Chaps'' Barnstaple, by the Rev 3. W. T. Kitching and Pj G. Jenkins, Arthur, youngest son of W. Tucker, oi Pri.-tacott, Tawstock, ...


Death Dec 1966
Barnstaple 7a 316 Thorne William H aged 86

1881 Census
RG11/2251 F80 P8
North Lane, Bickington, Fremington, Devon
Joseph Hy Thorne, Head, Mar, 21, Mason, Devon Fremington
Eliza Ann do, Wife, Mar, 29, , Devon Fremington
Edmund do, Son, Un, 2, , Devon Fremington
William Hy do, Son, Un, 3mo, , Devon Fremington
Elizabeth E do, S. Law, Un, 13, Scho, Middlesex Hammersmith London
Florence M do, S^r Law, Un, 8, Scho, Middlesex Hammersmith
The last two actually had the surname Blackmore (sisters of Eliza Ann) - there is enough evidence for this, including births in Kensington.

1891 census
RG12/1780 F47 P15
Bickington, Fremington, Devon
Eliza A Thorne, Wife, M, 39, , Devon Bickington
Josheph Hy Thorne, Head, M, 33, Mason, Devon Bickington
Edmund do, Son, S, 12, Scholar, Devon Bickington
William H do, Son, S, 10, Scholar, Devon Bickington
Walter G do, Son, S, 8, Scholar, Devon Bickington
Henry J do, Son, S, 6, Scholar, Devon Bickington
Ernest T do, Son, S, 3, Scholar, Devon Bickington
Florence M do, Daur, S, 6m, , Devon Bickington
- sister Elizabeth Ann Halls is on the same page
- house is next door to Magdala House

1901 Census - Fremington
RG13/2152 Folio 42 P 1 & 2
Deptford Villas, Fremington
Henry = Joseph Henry, John = Henry John, Edward = Edmund, Thomas = Ernest Thomas, William = William Henry
Henry Thorne, Head, M, 43, Mason, Devon Fremington
Eliza do, Wife, M, 48, , Devon Fremington
Edward do, Son, S, 22, Machinist At Cabinet Factory, Devon Fremington
William do, Son, S, 20, Mason, Devon Fremington
John do, Son, S, 16, Office Boy, Devon Fremington
Thomas Thorne, Son, S, 13, Errand Boy, Devon Fremington

1911 census
RG14PN13384 RG78PN776 RD284 SD5 ED5 SN114
Bickington, Fremington, North Devon
William Thorne, Head, 30, Married, Bricklayer, Devonshire Fremington
Edith Thorne, Wife, 32, Married 8 years, , Cornwall Lezant
Herbert Thorne, Son, 7, , , Devonshire Barnstaple
Archie Thorne, Son, 6, , , Devonshire Fremington
Florence Thorne, Daughter, 4, , , Devonshire Fremington
Frank Thorne, Son, 1, , , Devonshire Fremington
- against Edith it is stated that there have been 4 live birthsand 4 still living
- the house had 5 habitable rooms

I met him once in Taunton. All I remember is that he only had one eye - saw a photo of him recently and an article about the accident leading to the loss of the eye, plus a letter to his wife from the hospital, saying that he was recovering well. He had apparently poured water into a vat of slaked lime and the whole lot exploded in his face and the eye had to be removed.

William was a witness at his father's second marriage.

between Fremington churchyard filling and the new cemetery being opened (1964) some people were buried in Instow churchyard - near the smaller entrance gate "against the road" not the Lychgate. they may be buried there. But more likely they are buried in Taunton where they were living when Edith died.

Likely entry in Kelly's directory for Barnstaple 1941
Thorne, Wm. Hy., 3, Grosvenor st.,

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Mason, 1905/1907, Bickington, Fremington, Devon, England.

Bill married Edith Annie STACEY, daughter of Thomas STACEY and Elizabeth CRABB, on 11 Apr 1903 in Barnstaple, Devon, England.¹ (Edith Annie STACEY was born on 11 Feb 1879 in Lezant, Cornwall, England and died on 19 Apr 1958 in Taunton, Somerset, England.)