Edmund "Ned" THORNE

  General Notes:

Birth Dec 1878 Barnstaple 5b 493 Edmund Thorne
On the same page is an Ernest George Thorne

Birth Certificate
28th September 1878 at Bickington, Fremington. Edmund, Boy, Joseph Henry Thorne, Eliza Ann Thorne formerly Blackmore, Mason. Registered by Eliza Ann Thorne, mother, Bickington Fremington, on 11th November 1878.

Baptism at Fremington on 20 Oct 1878
Edmund s/o Joseph Henry and Eliza Ann Thorn of Bickington, Mason

Marriages Mar 1909 Barnstaple 5b 793
LEY Elizabeth
ROOKE Richard
THORNE Edmund
TUCKER Ellen

Edmund and Ellen were 2nd cousins - through Evans family

Death Jun 1919
Barnstaple 5b 505 aged 40 Edmund Thorne

Death Certificate
12th May 1919 at 16 Signal Terrace, Sticklepath
Edmund Thorne, Male, 40, General Shopkeeper. Informant was E A Thorne, mother, present at death of same address on 12 May 1919.

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
RG14PN13322 RG78PN772 RD284 SD1 ED6 SN278
4 Clifton Street, Sticklepath, Barnstaple, Devon
Edmund Thorne, Head, 32, Married, Machinist - Cabinet Works, Fremington Devon
Ellen Thorne, Wife, 30, Married 2 years, , Shirwell Devon
Reginald Thorne, Son, 1, , , Barnstaple Devon
- against Ellen it is stated that there has been 1 child born alive and 1 still alive, to this marriage
- the reference to Cabinet Works is presumably Shapland & Petter
- the house had 5 habitable rooms

Died when he was in his 40's

Ned married Ellen "Nell" TUCKER, daughter of James Isaac TUCKER and Eliza GAYTON, on 30 Jan 1909 in Barnstaple, Devon, England.¹ (Ellen "Nell" TUCKER was born on 4 Apr 1880 in Shirwell, Devon, England ¹ and died on 13 Jan 1948 in Barnstaple, Devon, England ¹.)