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Frederick Walmesley Thornton 1920–2008 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1920

Birth Location: Portsmouth, Hampshire

Death Date: 2008

Death Location: Dorchester, Dorset, England

Father: Frederick MBE

Mother: Elsie Cusse

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The story of Frederick Walmesley Thornton began in 1920 in Portsmouth, Hampshire. Frederick Walmesley Thornton passed away in 2008 in Dorchester, Dorset, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Frederick Walmesley Thornton began in 1920 in Portsmouth, Hampshire.
  • Frederick Walmesley Thornton passed away in 2008 in Dorchester, Dorset, England.

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Frederick Thornton's Ancestors

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Frederick Thornton
1920–2008
Birth Place: Portsmouth, Hampshire
Parents
Frederick Walter Thornton MBE
1887–1950
Greenwich, Kent, England
Elsie (E A) Cusse
1885–1948
POrtsea Hampshire
Grandparents
Tom (Morris) Cusse
1852–1938
Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Alice (Margarett) Donaldson
1857–1940
Deal, Kent, England
Great-Grandparents
Robert Donaldson
1824–1864
Mary Clarke
1832–1904
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Donaldson
1800–
Ann Neathercott
1804–
WILLIAM CLARKE
1795–
MARGARET JORDAN
1797–1849

Frederick Thornton's Timeline

2 Records

1920
1920
Birth of Frederick Walmesley Thornton in Portsmouth, Hampshire
Portsmouth, Hampshire
2008
2008
Age 88
Death of Frederick Walmesley Thornton in Dorchester, Dorset, England
Dorchester, Dorset, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1920
    Event Place: Portsmouth, Hampshire

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2008
    Event Place: Dorchester, Dorset, England

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