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Jesse C Thornton 1900 – 1976 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 9 Jan 1900

Birth Location: Kemp, Texas

Death Date: 2 Jun 1976

Death Location: Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA

Father: James Thornton

Mother: Annie Fitzgerald

Spouse(s): Lola Toliver

Children(s): James Thornton, Robert Thornton

Jesse C Thornton was born in Kemp, Texas in 1900, to James Franklin Thornton and Annie May Fitzgerald. Later in life, Jesse C Thornton married Lola Mae Toliver; among their children were James R Thornton and Robert E Thornton. Jesse C Thornton died in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA, 1976.

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Parents

James Thornton
1871 – 1949
Birth Location: Runnells, Missouri
JT
Annie Fitzgerald
1881 – 1962
Birth Location: Alvarado, Johnson County, Texas, USA
AF

Spouses(s)

Lola Toliver
1910 – 1990
Birth Location: Arkansas
LT

Children(s)

James Thornton
1923 –
Birth Location: Texas
JT
Robert Thornton
1929 –
Birth Location: Texas
RT

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 9 Jan 1900
    Event Place: Kemp, Texas
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, 1930 United States Federal Census, 1940 United States Federal Census, Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957, Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982, Year: 1940; Census Place: Kemp, Kaufman, Texas; Roll: T627_4085; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 129-24, Year: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 6, Henderson, Texas; Roll: 2355; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0020; Image: 218.0; FHL microfilm: 2342089, Year: 1910; Census Place: Aley, Henderson, Texas; Roll: T624_1563; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0018; FHL microfilm: 1375576

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1910
    Event Place: Aley, Henderson, Texas, USA
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Aley, Henderson, Texas; Roll: T624_1563; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0018; FHL microfilm: 1375576

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1930
    Event Place: Precinct 6, Henderson, Texas, USA
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 6, Henderson, Texas; Roll: 2355; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0020; Image: 218.0; FHL microfilm: 2342089

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1935
    Event Place: Rural, Kaufman, Texas
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Kemp, Kaufman, Texas; Roll: T627_4085; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 129-24

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1 Apr 1940
    Event Place: Kemp, Kaufman, Texas, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Kemp, Kaufman, Texas; Roll: T627_4085; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 129-24

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Dallas, Dallas, Texas
    Record Source: Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Pine Bluff, Jefferson, Arkansas
    Record Source: Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 2 Jun 1976
    Event Place: Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA
    Record Source: Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
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