The Orys and Cook Family Tree » Archibald McKinnon Thornton (1906-2020)

Personal data Archibald McKinnon Thornton 

  • He was born in the year 1906 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.Source 1
  • Resident:
    • from 1928 till 1930: 7 Newlands Drive, Glasgow, Scotland.
      Name: Archibald M'k Thornton with Parents
      Residence Year: 1930
      Residence Place: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
      Parliamentary Division: Glasgow
    • on 1931 - 34: 114 Beechwood Drive, Glasgow, Scotland.Source 2
      Name: Archibald M Thornton with his mother Annie and father Harry (Henry) W.
      Residence Year: 1933
      Address: 114 Beechwood Drive
      Residence Place: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
      Parliamentary Division: Glasgow
    • on 1935 - 37: 37 Beechwood Drive, Glasgow, Scotland.
      Name: Archibald M Thornton with both his parents.
      Residence Year: 1935
      Residence Place: 37 Beechwood Drive Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
      Parliamentary Division: Glasgow
    • from 1940 till 1945: 3 Havelock Street, Glasgow, Scotland.
      Name: Archibald M Thornton with Susan his wife.
      Residence Year: 1940
      Address: 3 Havelock St.
      Residence Place: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
      Parliamentary Division: Glasgow
    • from 1961 till 1962: 289 Byres Road, Glasgow, Scotland.
      Name: Archibald Thornton with Susan.
      Residence Year: 1961
      Address: 289 Byres Road,
      Residence Place: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
      Parliamentary Division: Glasgow
  • He died PRE 2020, he was 114 years old.
  • A child of Henry Wheeler Thornton and Annie McKinnon
  • This information was last updated on September 30, 2022.

Household of Archibald McKinnon Thornton

He is married to Susan Campbell-Jack Dewar.

They got married on October 12, 1938 at 8 Highburgh Rd. Edinburgh, he was 32 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Archibald McKinnon Thornton

Charles Thornton
1842-1910
Christina Maude Maxwell
1850-1939
Alexander McKinnon
1831-1897
Rebecca Pocock
1841-1918

Archibald McKinnon Thornton
1906-2020

1938

Susan Campbell-Jack Dewar
1905-2020

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    Sources

    1. From Archie Thornton via Genes Reunited Sept 2006, From Archie Thornton via Genes Reunited Sept 2006
    2. From Marriagae Cert, From Marriagae Cert
    3. Cert. in file.

    Historical events

    Day of marriage October 12, 1938

    • The temperature on October 12, 1938 was between 6.4 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (20%). 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
      • January 28 » The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 at a speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9mph).
      • February 18 » Second Sino-Japanese War: During the Nanking Massacre, the Nanking Safety Zone International Committee is renamed "Nanking International Rescue Committee", and the safety zone in place for refugees falls apart.
      • March 18 » Mexico creates Pemex by expropriating all foreign-owned oil reserves and facilities.
      • June 23 » The Civil Aeronautics Act is signed into law, forming the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States.
      • July 17 » Douglas Corrigan takes off from Brooklyn to fly the "wrong way" to Ireland and becomes known as "Wrong Way" Corrigan.
      • October 10 » Abiding by the Munich Agreement, Czechoslovakia completes its withdrawal from the Sudetenland.

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