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Name: THORNTON, Frederick James
Birth Date: 1888 Stoke Damerel
Death Date: 27 Oct 1956 Nairobi
First Date: 1920
Last Date: 1956
Profession: Sanitary engineer, Nairobi; plumber
Area: Box 393, Nairobi, 1930 Box 260, Nairobi
Married: In Constantinople 28 June 1913 Winifred Philippa Hannaford b. 1890 Kingsbridge, Devon, d. 1 Apr 1950 Nairobi
Book Reference: Red 25, Red 31, Macmillan, Barnes
General Information:
Macmillan - 1930 Thornton & Turpin, Plumbers, Sanitary and Domestic Engineers - started in 1926. Both partners - Messrs. F.J. Thornton and T. Turpin - had long and extensive experience as plumbers, sanitary and domestic engineers in England, and the fact that they are authoritative experts in all the work they undertake accounts doubtless for the development of their business at Mombasa, where they have a branch, as well as at Nairobi
Nairobi City Park cemetery - Frederick James Thornton, died 27 Oct 1956 aged 69 AND Winifred Phillipa [sic] Thornton / beloved wife of / Frederick James Thornton / and mother of Peggy / who loved her life on this earth / by her kindness to others / passed away suddenly / on 1st April 1950 / age 59 years
Gazette, 6 Dec 1938 Nairobi Voters List
Gazette 22 May 1951 probate required for Winifred Philippa Thornton d. 1 Apr 1950 by Frederick James Thornton
UK Registers of Marriages from British Consulates
1911 England Census