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Personal data William Jefferson Thornton 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4Sources 1, 2

Household of William Jefferson Thornton

(1) He is married to Starlena L. Rountree.

They got married in the year 1881 at Franklin County, Mississippi, he was 21 years old.Source 2


Child(ren):

  3. Curtis Thornton  1885-1918
  5. John Thornton  1889-????
  6. Rosa Thornton  1890-????
  7. Azelie Thornton  1893-????
  8. Cassie Thornton  1894-????
  9. Pharley Thornton  1896-????
  10. Ethel Thornton  1898-????
  11. Lucious Thornton  1899-????


(2) He is married to Mary Cauzetta Rushing.

They got married in the year 1881, he was 21 years old.

They got married on November 26, 1884 at Franklin County, Mississippi, he was 24 years old.


Child(ren):

  3. Curtis Thornton  1885-1918
  6. Rosa Thornton  1890-1981
  8. Cassie Thornton  1894-1925
  10. Ethel Thornton  1898-????
  13. Luther Thornton  1903-1978 


Child(ren):

  1. Vertis "Verdie" Thornton  ± 1884-????
  2. Curtis Thornton  ± 1885-1918
  4. John Thornton  ± 1889-????
  5. Rosa Thornton  ± 1890-1981
  7. Cassie Thornton  ± 1894-1925
  9. Ethel Thornton  ± 1898-????
  12. Luther Thornton  1903-1978
  13. Leslie Thornton  1904-± 1969

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    2. 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
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    Historical events

    Birthday May 6, 1861

    • The temperature on May 6, 1861 was about 7.2 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
    • From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
    • In the year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • March 4 » The first national flag of the Confederate States of America (the "Stars and Bars") is adopted.
      • April 15 » President Abraham Lincoln calls for 75,000 Volunteers to quell the insurrection that soon became the American Civil War.
      • April 17 » The state of Virginia's secession convention votes to secede from the United States, later becoming the eighth state to join the Confederate States of America.
      • May 13 » American Civil War: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom issues a "proclamation of neutrality" which recognizes the Confederacy as having belligerent rights.
      • July 16 » American Civil War: At the order of President Abraham Lincoln, Union troops begin a 25-mile march into Virginia for what will become the First Battle of Bull Run, the first major land battle of the war.
      • August 5 » The United States Army abolishes flogging.

    Day of death October 23, 1930

    • The temperature on October 23, 1930 was between 4.5 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1930: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 7.8 million citizens.
      • January 6 » The first diesel-powered automobile trip is completed, from Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York, New York.
      • March 13 » The news of the discovery of Pluto is announced by Lowell Observatory.
      • March 31 » The Motion Picture Production Code is instituted, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment of sex, crime, religion and violence in film, in the U.S., for the next thirty-eight years.
      • April 6 » At the end of the Salt March, Gandhi raises a lump of mud and salt and declares, "With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire."
      • May 1 » "Pluto" is officially proposed for the name of the newly-discovered dwarf planet Pluto by Vesto Slipher in the Lowell Observatory Observation Circular. The name quickly catches on.
      • June 21 » One-year conscription comes into force in France.
    

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