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Ethel Bruce Thornton 1924 – 1993 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 Jan 1924

Birth Location: Bryn Mawr, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA

Death Date: Dec 1993

Death Location: Bryn Mawr, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: Thomas Thornton

Mother: Catherine McLaine

Spouse(s): James Harley

Children(s): Dora Harley, James Harley, Robert Harley, Darrell Harley

According to available records, Ethel Bruce Thornton was born in 1924 in Bryn Mawr, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of Thomas Powell Thornton and Catherine (Edna) McLaine. Following those early years, Ethel Bruce Thornton married James W. Harley, and their family grew to include Dora Harley, James J Harley, Robert W Harley and Darrell Harley. In the later years of life, Ethel Bruce Thornton died in 1993 in Bryn Mawr, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Parents

Thomas Thornton
1899 – 1961
Birth Location: Pennsylvania
TT
Catherine McLaine
1903 – 1985
Birth Location: Maryland
CM

Spouses(s)

James Harley
1921 – 1999
Birth Location: Pennsylvania, USA
JH

Children(s)

Dora Harley
1941 – 1995
Birth Location: –
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James Harley
1943 – 2010
Birth Location: Bryn Mawr, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States of America
JH
Robert Harley
1945 –
Birth Location: Bryn Mawr, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States of America
RH
Darrell Harley
1954 – 2006
Birth Location: Pennsylvania, USA
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 12 Jun 1923
    Event Place: Bryn Mawr, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, 1940 United States Federal Census, Social Security Death Index, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Number: 197-28-5486; Issue State: Pennsylvania; Issue Date: 1952-1954, Year: 1940; Census Place: Lower Merion, Montgomery, Pennsylvania; Roll: m-t0627-03580; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 46-82, Year: 1930; Census Place: Lower Merion, Montgomery, Pennsylvania; Roll: 2082; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 0066; FHL microfilm: 2341816

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: Dec 1993
    Event Place: Bryn Mawr, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: Social Security Death Index, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Number: 197-28-5486; Issue State: Pennsylvania; Issue Date: 1952-1954

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1930
    Event Place: Lower Merion, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Lower Merion, Montgomery, Pennsylvania; Roll: 2082; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 0066; FHL microfilm: 2341816

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1993
    Event Place: Ardmore, PA
    Record Source: U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1935
    Event Place: Lower Merion, Montgomery, Pennsylvania
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Lower Merion, Montgomery, Pennsylvania; Roll: m-t0627-03580; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 46-82

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1940
    Event Place: Lower Merion, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Lower Merion, Montgomery, Pennsylvania; Roll: m-t0627-03580; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 46-82

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 17 Jan 1924
    Event Place: Bryn Mawr, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1
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