Joseph Thornton (1804 - 9 May 1889) was a railway contractor in England in the mid-nineteenth century. He was in business building railway lines for the many railway companies in Victorian Britain and was a director of a number of companies connected to his profession. He lived at Beaver Hall in Southgate near London with his large family and servants but left an estate of only £545.
Joseph Thornton was born in 1804 in Snaith, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. [2] He married Amelia with whom he had at least six children. [3]
Thornton was in business building railway lines for the many railway companies in Victorian Britain. He was also a director of companies such as the Water-Works Company for Madrid (1852), [4] the Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston and Eastern Junction Railway (1856) [5] and the Mercantile Credit Association (Limited) (1864). [6]
He and his family lived at Beaver Hall, Southgate, [7] [8] from at least 1858. [9] The 1861 census shows him there with his wife Amelia and six children (one visiting with her husband), a governess, lady's maid, nurse, cook, butler, footman, and four other maids. [3] In 1871, he was shown as widowed and living in Kensington but the family still had four servants. [10]
By 1881, Thornton was retired and lodging with the Newman family at Kensington Park Road, London. [11] He died there, at number 98, on 9 May 1889. Probate was granted to his son, Frederic William Thornton, a mechanical engineer of 100 Palace Chambers, Bridge Street, in the City of Westminster. He left an estate of £545. [12]
Joseph Thornton (1804 - 9 May 1889) was a railway contractor in England in the mid-nineteenth century. He was in business building railway lines for the many railway companies in Victorian Britain and was a director of a number of companies connected to his profession. He lived at Beaver Hall in Southgate near London with his large family and servants but left an estate of only £545.
Joseph Thornton was born in 1804 in Snaith, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. [2] He married Amelia with whom he had at least six children. [3]
Thornton was in business building railway lines for the many railway companies in Victorian Britain. He was also a director of companies such as the Water-Works Company for Madrid (1852), [4] the Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston and Eastern Junction Railway (1856) [5] and the Mercantile Credit Association (Limited) (1864). [6]
He and his family lived at Beaver Hall, Southgate, [7] [8] from at least 1858. [9] The 1861 census shows him there with his wife Amelia and six children (one visiting with her husband), a governess, lady's maid, nurse, cook, butler, footman, and four other maids. [3] In 1871, he was shown as widowed and living in Kensington but the family still had four servants. [10]
By 1881, Thornton was retired and lodging with the Newman family at Kensington Park Road, London. [11] He died there, at number 98, on 9 May 1889. Probate was granted to his son, Frederic William Thornton, a mechanical engineer of 100 Palace Chambers, Bridge Street, in the City of Westminster. He left an estate of £545. [12]