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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.
      • February 21 » An Englishman raised in Australia, Bob Fitzsimmons, fought an Irishman, Peter Maher, in an American promoted event which technically took place in Mexico, winning the 1896 World Heavyweight Championship in boxing.
      • April 6 » In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1,500 years after the original games are banned by Roman emperor Theodosius I.
      • August 17 » Bridget Driscoll became the first recorded case of a pedestrian killed in a collision with a motor car in the United Kingdom.
      • November 1 » A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.
      • November 27 » Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss is first performed.
      • December 10 » Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi premieres in Paris. A riot breaks out at the end of the performance.

    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.
      • April 11 » The Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1965: Fifty-one tornadoes hit in six Midwestern states, killing 256 people.
      • May 12 » The Soviet spacecraft Luna 5 crashes on the Moon.
      • June 9 » Vietnam War: The Viet Cong commences combat with the Army of the Republic of Vietnam in the Battle of Đồng Xoài, one of the largest battles in the war.
      • July 25 » Bob Dylan goes electric at the Newport Folk Festival, signaling a major change in folk and rock music.
      • July 29 » Vietnam War: The first 4,000 101st Airborne Division paratroopers arrive in Vietnam, landing at Cam Ranh Bay.
      • September 6 » India retaliates following Pakistan's Operation Grand Slam which results in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 that ends in a stalemate followed by the signing of the Tashkent Declaration.
    

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