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Martha Alice Thornton 1868 – 1961 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 18 Sep 1868

Birth Location: Missouri

Death Date: 1 Mar 1961

Death Location: Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA

Father: John Thornton

Mother: Deborah Rayfield

Spouse(s): John Brigance

Children(s): Marvin Brigance, James Brigance

It was in 1868 that Martha Alice Thornton was born in Missouri, a child of John V. Thornton and Deborah Rayfield. Martha Alice Thornton went on to marry John S Brigance and had children such as Marvin Luther Brigance and James Ray Brigance. Martha Alice Thornton was deceased by 1961 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA.

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Parents

John Thornton
1834 –
Birth Location: Missouri
JT
Deborah Rayfield
1842 – 1880
Birth Location: Missouri, USA
DR

Spouses(s)

John Brigance
1864 – 1930
Birth Location: Tennessee
JB

Children(s)

Marvin Brigance
1891 – 1965
Birth Location: Texas
MB
James Brigance
1893 – 1964
Birth Location: Texas
JB

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 18 Sep 1868
    Event Place: Missouri
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, 1900 United States Federal Census, 1910 United States Federal Census, 1920 United States Federal Census, 1930 United States Federal Census, 1940 United States Federal Census, Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982, Year: 1940; Census Place: Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas; Roll: T627_4187; Page: 26A; Enumeration District: 257-94, Year: 1920; Census Place: Fort Worth Ward 13, Tarrant, Texas; Roll: T625_1850; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 155; Image: 620, Year: 1930; Census Place: Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas; Roll: 2395; Page: 29A; Enumeration District: 0059; Image: 528.0; FHL microfilm: 2342129, Year: 1880; Census Place: Alvarado, Johnson, Texas; Roll: 1313; Family History Film: 1255313; Page: 321A; Enumeration District: 084, Year: 1900; Census Place: Alvarado, Johnson, Texas; Roll: 1649; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0062; FHL microfilm: 1241649, Year: 1910; Census Place: Fort Worth Ward 5, Tarrant, Texas; Roll: T624_1591; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 0116; FHL microfilm: 1375604

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1880
    Event Place: Alvarado, Johnson, Texas, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Alvarado, Johnson, Texas; Roll: 1313; Family History Film: 1255313; Page: 321A; Enumeration District: 084

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1900
    Event Place: Alvarado, Johnson, Texas, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Alvarado, Johnson, Texas; Roll: 1649; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0062; FHL microfilm: 1241649

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1910
    Event Place: Fort Worth Ward 5, Tarrant, Texas, USA
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Fort Worth Ward 5, Tarrant, Texas; Roll: T624_1591; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 0116; FHL microfilm: 1375604

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1920
    Event Place: Fort Worth Ward 13, Tarrant, Texas, USA
    Record Source: 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Fort Worth Ward 13, Tarrant, Texas; Roll: T625_1850; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 155; Image: 620

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1930
    Event Place: Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas; Roll: 2395; Page: 29A; Enumeration District: 0059; Image: 528.0; FHL microfilm: 2342129

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1935
    Event Place: Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas; Roll: T627_4187; Page: 26A; Enumeration District: 257-94

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1 Apr 1940
    Event Place: Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas; Roll: T627_4187; Page: 26A; Enumeration District: 257-94

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas
    Record Source: Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1 Mar 1961
    Event Place: Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA
    Record Source: Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
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