Origins of surname
This name either indicates someone living by a thorn bush, or in a place named Thorn after the predominance of those bushes.
Early records
Thorn first appears in Jersey records in 1824 with the baptism of Susan Thorn, daughter of George and Anne, in St Helier.
Variants
- Thorn
- Thorne
Family records
Family trees
Church records
- Thorn baptisms in Jersey
- Thorn marriages in Jersey (groom)
- Thorn marriages in Jersey (bride)
- Thorn burials in Jersey
Great War service
Notes on our list, abbreviations used etc
- Henry Charles Thorn (1891- ) Mercantile Marine, no local record found
Family wills
These wills created by members of the Thorn family are now held by Jersey Archive. By visiting the archive site and using the names, dates and reference numbers shown here, it is possible to view a copy of each will. You will have to subscribe to the Archive's online service to do this. To find out more about this collection, which covers the period from 1663 to 1980, and how to search for your family's wills there, visit our Jersey wills page
- Mary Thorn of Chevalier Road St Helier, widow of John Thorn Gentleman 25 September 1849 - D/Y/A/27
- John Thorn of Georgetown, St Helier, bequeaths to Thomas Thorn, property in Georgetown 17 January 1847 - D/Y/A/26
- William Thorn, Bombay, Deputy Inspector of Hospitals Includes separate Will and Testament for Jersey property Now residing at 50 Don Road, St Helier, desires to be buried in St Saviour's cemetery – September 1904, D/Y/A/63
- Frances Thorne née Simmons - 7 June 1933, D/Y/A/94
- James Thorne of St Helier, phsician and surgeon - 8 December 1875, D/Y/A/38
Burial records
Family businesses
- Hairdresser John Thorn was at 34 Halkett Place in the 1850s
- Brush manufacturer Charles Thorn was at 35 Halkett Place in the 1860s
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Family album
Harold Thorne, a veteran of the Normandy campaign in World War Two
John william and Margery Thorn, nee Ellingham and seven of their ten children: Florence, Maud, Edith, Ethel, Minnie and Albert and William. John Thorn was born in St Helier in 1852 and taken to Ontario by his parents in 1861. He married Margery there in 1875 and their children were all born in Canada before they moved to Chicago.
Harold Thorne (right) and a colleague in the Royal Signals
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Family gravestones
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Mont a l'Abbe Cemetery
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