Re: Thornley's of Leicestershire, England
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In reply to:
Re: Thornley's of Leicestershire, England
5/19/01
Andrew,
I was interested to see you have Thornley connections from the Ashby de la Zouche area.
For some time I have been researching the Betteridge or Bettridge name from the same area, and it is just within the last week that we established a connection with the Thornley family.
We knew that our ancestor Thomas Bettridge b 1833 in Oakthorpe married a Mary, who had given birth to Ellen, b 1856 in Coalville.
Ellen married Joe Gelder from Huddersfield, their daughter Edna b 1886 being my Grandmother. We had been unable to find a marriage certificate for Joseph Gelder and Ellen Bettridge but the turning point came when we realised that Ellen had married in the name of Ellen Thornley, not Bettridge.
Further research shows Ellen's mother Mary was indeed Mary Thornley, b Ashby de la Zouch in 1835, married Thomas Bettridge in 1859, three years before Ellen's birth, hence the reason why Ellen was not known by the name Bettridge.
We would love to hear if you have any information to link to Mary.
Pam & Peter