A W. Thorne

A W. Thorne is recorded in the 1871 survey of minerals in the United Kingdom, and was stationed in Linkinhorne. That same Thorne is recorded as having been married previously on 22 May 1835 to a Hariette Netherton at Plymoth, with his birth year of 1801 in parentheses.

Sources:

• "Births; Marriages; Deaths." The Nautical Magazine: A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected with Maritime Affairs, Volume 4. Brown, Son and Ferguson, 1835. http://books.google.ca/books?id=6oIEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA383&lpg=PA383&dq=thorne+purse r&source=bl&ots=9axr0uNJo9&sig=d4JjJBD9_RFTf6VQ1HScknVgMHM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=d e4oU9iMIcvsoATnrIKoBQ&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=thorne%20purser&f=false.
• Hunt, Robert. "Metalliferous Mines, 1871." Mineral Statistics of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Great Britain: H.M. Stationary Office, 1872. http://books.google.ca/books?id=P7VIAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA164&lpg=PA164&dq=thorne+purs er&source=bl&ots=0rd9K0LTmE&sig=zWO7G9- 64P0Iswjjr5SW4_Jv9sc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=de4oU9iMIcvsoATnrIKoBQ&ved=0CCYQ6AEwA A#v=onepage&q=thorne%20purser&f=false.