Born in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Daughter of Albert Thurston
and Sabina (Wayman) Thurston
Sister of
Albert Thurston, Mabel Thurston, Bertie Thurston, Tom Thurston, Ethel Thurston and Richard G. Thurston
Wife of
John C. Fordham
— married
1915 in Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Mother of
[private son (1920s - unknown)] and [private daughter (1920s - unknown)]
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
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Biography
Daisy Thurston's birth was registered in the Cambridge district, during the March 1894 quarter, as Ethel Daisey Thurston. [1] She is the daughter of Albert Thurston and Sabina Wayman. Her parents had a change of heart about her name, for they called her Daisy, and named a later daughter Ethel.
1901 Census: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. Daisy is 7-years old. Apart from her parents (Albert (38) and Sabina (36) there are six siblings at home on census night: Albert (17), Mabel(13), Bertie (9), Daisy (7), Tom (6), Ethel (3) and Richard, aged 4 months. [2]
1911 Census: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. Daisy is 17 years old, single, working as a Domestic Servant. Her father, Albert is 49, a General labourer, born Cambridge. Mother, Sabina, is 46 years old, born Kingston, and works as a Collage Bedmaker's Help. Daisy three siblings at home on census night, all born Cambridge: Daisy (17), Tom (16), Ethel (13) and Richard G. (11). [3]
In 1915, as Daisy Thurston, she married John C. Fordham, their marriage being registered during the December quarter of that year. [4]
The 1939 England and Wales Register, taken 29th September, has Ethel Fordham (born 2 Feb 1894) and John C. Fordham (born 24 Nov 1894) living at 179 Ross Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. Ethel works as an Office Cleaner, and her husband is a Builder Labourer. In the household with them are Claude Fordham (born 27 Sep 1920), single, Shop-Assistant, and Kathleen Fordham (born 18 Feb 1922), single, Flat Hand Machinist. [5]
Sources
- ↑ FreeBMD Births Mar 1894 Thurston Ethel Daisey Cambridge 3b 483
- ↑ Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives, 1901.Class: RG13; Piece: 1528; Folio: 63; Page: 35
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7K6-THX : 21 December 2018), Daisy Thurston in household of Albert Thurston, Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
- ↑ FreeBMD 1915 MARRIAGE, December quarter, John C FORDHAM, Daisy THURSTON
- ↑ The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1939 Register; Reference: RG 101/6303B (transcript viewed Ancestry 6 May 2019)
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Daisy by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Daisy:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Daisy by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Daisy:
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~0.78%
Christine (Parish) Randall
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~0.78%
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Heather Eyers :
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