Thornton family of Mount Merrion (Pembroke) Cottages and Kilmacud Road
George Thornton married Ellen Cullen
born c 1850 2 Jan 1871 born c 1852
died 30 Dec 1924 All Saints
Mount Merrion Blackrock
George was a carpenter of Newtown Park and the son of John Thornton, a gardener from
Newtown Park. He married Ellen Cullen daughter of James Cullen, a labourer of Newtown Park at
All Saints, Carysfort Ave. They moved to Mount Merrion cottages and had 16 children, only 10 were
still living in 1911. George was a gardener/workman on the Mount Merrion estate from about 1892
to 1915.
1 James Thornton (1) Born 10 Nov 1871 at Newtown Park.
2 James Thornton (2) born 8 July 1873 at Newtown Park, James of Pembroke Cottages,
Kilmacud Road married Ann (Annie) Henderson daughter of John Henderson at the RC Church
of St Laurence's on 13 Oct 1901. James was working as a coachman at Burton Hall.
1 Ellen Thornton born 18 Nov 1906.
3 Eliza Thornton born 4 Jun 1876 at Newtown Park.
4 Alfred Thornton born 20 Jun 1879 at Newtown Park.
5 Margaret Thornton born 18 Jan 1885 at Newtown Park.
6 George Thornton born 13 Jul 1886 at Newtown Park.
7 John Thornton born 7 Sep 1887 a workman married Elizabeth Jane Morgan at St Brigid’s
church on 29 Jun 1907.
8 Hubert (Herbert) Thornton 27 Oct 1889 at Newtown Park baptised as St Brigid’s Church,
Stillorgan. Hubert, a gardener married Bridget Tallon of Deansgrange, the daughter of
William Tallon, a gardener at the RC church of Cabinteely on 16 Feb 1915. He secondly
married Margaret Sherridan a servant of Roebuck Grove on 2 June 1920.
9 Ellen Jane Thornton (1) born 29 May 1892 at Mount Merrion Cottage, Kilmacud Road
baptised at St Brigid’s Stillorgan.
10 Albert Thornton born 8 Nov 1894 at Mount Merrion Cottage, Kilmacud Road baptised at
St Brigid’s Stillorgan died the same year.
11 Ellen Thornton (2) born 29 May 1895 baptised in St Brigids Stillorgan.
12 Isabella Thornton born 2 Sep 1896 baptised at St Brigids Stillorgan married Albert Davidson
a gardener from Goatstown in 1922.
13 Jane Thornton born 9 Feb 1898 at Mount Merrion Cottages, Kilmacud Road baptised at
St Brigid’s Stillorgan. Jane married Joseph Kinch of Blackrock on 3 Aug 1919 at the
RC Church of Kilmacud.
© June Bow & Karen Poff - June 2017
George Thornton married Ellen Cullen
born c 1850 2 Jan 1871 born c 1852
died 30 Dec 1924 All Saints
Mount Merrion Blackrock
George was a carpenter of Newtown Park and the son of John Thornton, a gardener from
Newtown Park. He married Ellen Cullen daughter of James Cullen, a labourer of Newtown Park at
All Saints, Carysfort Ave. They moved to Mount Merrion cottages and had 16 children, only 10 were
still living in 1911. George was a gardener/workman on the Mount Merrion estate from about 1892
to 1915.
1 James Thornton (1) Born 10 Nov 1871 at Newtown Park.
2 James Thornton (2) born 8 July 1873 at Newtown Park, James of Pembroke Cottages,
Kilmacud Road married Ann (Annie) Henderson daughter of John Henderson at the RC Church
of St Laurence's on 13 Oct 1901. James was working as a coachman at Burton Hall.
1 Ellen Thornton born 18 Nov 1906.
3 Eliza Thornton born 4 Jun 1876 at Newtown Park.
4 Alfred Thornton born 20 Jun 1879 at Newtown Park.
5 Margaret Thornton born 18 Jan 1885 at Newtown Park.
6 George Thornton born 13 Jul 1886 at Newtown Park.
7 John Thornton born 7 Sep 1887 a workman married Elizabeth Jane Morgan at St Brigid’s
church on 29 Jun 1907.
8 Hubert (Herbert) Thornton 27 Oct 1889 at Newtown Park baptised as St Brigid’s Church,
Stillorgan. Hubert, a gardener married Bridget Tallon of Deansgrange, the daughter of
William Tallon, a gardener at the RC church of Cabinteely on 16 Feb 1915. He secondly
married Margaret Sherridan a servant of Roebuck Grove on 2 June 1920.
9 Ellen Jane Thornton (1) born 29 May 1892 at Mount Merrion Cottage, Kilmacud Road
baptised at St Brigid’s Stillorgan.
10 Albert Thornton born 8 Nov 1894 at Mount Merrion Cottage, Kilmacud Road baptised at
St Brigid’s Stillorgan died the same year.
11 Ellen Thornton (2) born 29 May 1895 baptised in St Brigids Stillorgan.
12 Isabella Thornton born 2 Sep 1896 baptised at St Brigids Stillorgan married Albert Davidson
a gardener from Goatstown in 1922.
13 Jane Thornton born 9 Feb 1898 at Mount Merrion Cottages, Kilmacud Road baptised at
St Brigid’s Stillorgan. Jane married Joseph Kinch of Blackrock on 3 Aug 1919 at the
RC Church of Kilmacud.
© June Bow & Karen Poff - June 2017