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Lelia Thornton

Signed family name
Thornton
Signed given name
Lelia
Given address
Nelson St
Sheet number
Town/Suburb
Te Aro
City/Region
Wellington
Notes

Biographical information provided for by Fiona Oliver for the He Tohu exhibition:

Lelia was the wife of ‘clerk of works’ Robert Charles Thornton. Her children were Gilbert, Harry, Jack and Eva (b. 1889). She died in 1927, aged 62, survived by her husband and children. 

Click on sheet number to see the 1893 petition sheet this signature appeared on. Digital copies of the sheets supplied by Archives New Zealand.