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Personal data Frank Hamilton Thornton 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Frank Hamilton Thornton

Isaac L Thornton
1829-± 1910
Mary Polly Stalvey
± 1829-± 1900

Frank Hamilton Thornton
1879-1944


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    Sources

    1. 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Year: 1880; Census Place: District 1217, Wayne, Georgia; Roll: 171; Page: 405D; Enumeration District: 096 / Ancestry.com
    2. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com

    Historical events

    Birthday December 31, 1879

    • The temperature on December 31, 1879 was about 6.9 °C. There was 14 mm of rain. The air pressure was 19 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1879: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • January 23 » Anglo-Zulu War: the Battle of Rorke's Drift ends.
      • February 8 » Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.
      • March 23 » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Topáter, the first battle of the war is fought between Chile and the joint forces of Bolivia and Peru.
      • April 5 » Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
      • May 14 » The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.
      • July 1 » Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of the religious magazine The Watchtower.

    Day of death May 5, 1944

    • The temperature on May 5, 1944 was between 7.4 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
      • June 17 » Iceland declares independence from Denmark and becomes a republic.
      • August 29 » World War II: Slovak National Uprising takes place as 60,000 Slovak troops turn against the Nazis.
      • September 6 » World War II: Soviet forces capture the city of Tartu, Estonia.
      • September 6 » World War II: The city of Ypres, Belgium is liberated by Allied forces.
      • September 17 » World War II: Allied airborne troops parachute into the Netherlands as the "Market" half of Operation Market Garden.
      • November 3 » World War II: Two supreme commanders of the Slovak National Uprising, Generals Ján Golian and Rudolf Viest are captured, tortured and later executed by German forces.
    

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