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Personal data Mary Etta May 

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Household of Mary Etta May

She is married to William Erastus Thornton.

They got married in the year 1914 at Livingston, Livingston, Louisiana, United States, she was 17 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Ernest Lee Thornton  1907-1975 
  2. Charles Enos Thornton  1909-1976 
  3. Vergie Thornton  1911-1944 
  4. Starling E Thornton  ± 1913-1937
  6. Donnis Mary Thornton  1917-2002 
  7. Nannie Belle Thornton  ± 1920-1996 
  8. Ruby Lea Thornton  1923-2002 
  9. Lena M Thornton  ± 1926-2005 
  10. Annie Louise Thornton  ± 1928-1994 
  11. (Not public)
  12. Mildred M Thornton  ± 1935-2018 

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    3. 1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    4. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
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    9. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
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    11. 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com

    Historical events

    Birthday 02-22-1896

    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • May 18 » The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that the "separate but equal" doctrine is constitutional.
      • May 27 » The F4-strength St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing over $10-million in damage.
      • June 2 » Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
      • July 28 » The city of Miami, Florida is incorporated.
      • September 21 » Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan: British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener take Dongola.
      • December 30 » Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila.

    Day of death September 11, 1965

    • The temperature on September 11, 1965 was between 8.3 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1965: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 12.2 million citizens.
      • March 21 » Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. leads 3,200 people on the start of the third and finally successful civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.
      • June 18 » Vietnam War: The United States uses B-52 bombers to attack National Liberation Front guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam.
      • October 4 » Pope Paul VI begins the first papal visit to the Americas.
      • October 21 » Comet Ikeya–Seki approaches perihelion, passing 450,000 kilometers (279,617 miles) from the sun.
      • November 24 » Joseph-Désiré Mobutu seizes power in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and becomes President; he rules the country (which he renames Zaire in 1971) for over 30 years, until being overthrown by rebels in 1997.
      • December 30 » Ferdinand Marcos becomes President of the Philippines.
    

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