Dorothy Binner

Dorothy Binner

Born: 14 November 1891, Thorne 

Baptised: 13 December 1891, Belton in Axholme 

Father: James Henry Binner (b. 1868)

Mother: Emily Binner (b. 1868)

Brothers: Douglas Henry F Binner (b. 1895), Alexander Binner (b. 1908)

Sisters: Gladys Binner (b. 1893) [LDTC 1915], Alice Irene Binner (b. 1896) [LDTC 1917], Helen Muriel Binner (b. 1899)

Marriage:        4 December 1915, Dovercourt 

Husband:         Allan William Thornton 

                        b. 1893

                        Electrical Artificer – Royal Navy 

Issue – 

#1 Allan Douglas Thornton (b. 1917)

#2 Irene Muriel Thornton (b. 11 August 1922)

In 1901 – 

She is at Church Town, Grey Green, Belton. Her father is listed as ‘Schoolmaster’. Dorothy, her mother, her siblings (Gladys, Douglas, Alice and Helen), her aunt, Alice Snaith (b. 1893), and her cousins, Tom B Snaith (b. 1893) and Claude A Snaith (b. 1898), are unlisted. 

In 10/10 – 

PT at C. of E., Fiskerton. 

Qualification: P.C., 1910, Dist. in English.

In 1911 – 

She is at LDTC as a Student. 

In 10/12 – 

Appointed to Burghley Road Central, Highgate Road, London. £90.

In 04/16 – 

Marries Allan William Thornton, C.P.O. H.M.S. Pandora, on 04.12.15 at Dovercourt Bay. Add: Ulster House, Nelson Road, Dovercourt Bay. 

In 1921 – 

She is at 29 Mayhall Road, Buckland. Her husband is listed as ‘Electrical Artificer – Royal Navy’. Dorothy is listed as ‘Teacher’. Her son, Allan, is unlisted.

In 1939 – 

She is at School House, Storwood, Pocklington. Dorothy is listed as ‘Teacher (Certified Head)’. Her daughter, Irene, is unlisted. Wionna C Langley (b. 1900) is listed as ‘Assistant Teacher’. Hilda Cloughton (b. 1927) is unlisted.

d.         22 March 1969, Birmingham

THORNTON, Dorothy of 53 Cartland Road, Stirchley, Birmingham died 22 March 1969. Probate Birmingham 21 August. £753.