Downs Tree » Mary Etta May (1896-1965)

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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    1. 1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    2. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree / Ancestry.com
    3. U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
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    5. 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
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    8. 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    9. 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    10. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
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    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.
      • January 18 » An X-ray generating machine is exhibited for the first time by H. L. Smith.
      • March 1 » Battle of Adwa: An Ethiopian army defeats an outnumbered Italian force, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War.
      • May 18 » Khodynka Tragedy: A mass panic on Khodynka Field in Moscow during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II results in the deaths of 1,389 people.
      • 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 28 » An explosion in the Newton Coal Company's Twin Shaft Mine in Pittston, Pennsylvania results in a massive cave-in that kills 58 miners.
      • August 16 » Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.

    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.
      • June 7 » The Supreme Court of the United States hands down its decision in Griswold v. Connecticut, prohibiting the states from criminalizing the use of contraception by married couples.
      • August 1 » Frank Herbert's novel, Dune was published for the first time. It was named as the world's best-selling science fiction novel in 2003.
      • September 20 » Following the Battle of Burki, the Indian Army captures Dograi in course of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
      • November 9 » A Catholic Worker Movement member, Roger Allen LaPorte, protesting against the Vietnam War, sets himself on fire in front of the United Nations building.
      • December 9 » A Charlie Brown Christmas, first in a series of Peanuts television specials, debuts on CBS.
      • December 22 » In the United Kingdom, a 70mph speed limit is applied to all rural roads including motorways for the first time.
    

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