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Mary Frances, SMITH Thornton 1913 – 2017 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 October 1913

Birth Location: Ward #4; St Petersburg, Virginia

Death Date: 7 January 2017

Death Location: Dallas, Texas 75243

Father: Louis Thornton

Mother: Alice Russell

Spouse(s): Ernest Smith

Children(s): Henry Smith

1913 marked the beginning of Mary Frances SMITH Thornton's life in Ward #4; St Petersburg, Virginia, to parents Louis Dibbrell Thornton and Alice Moffett THORNTON SMITH Russell. Eventually, Mary Frances SMITH Thornton married Ernest Gordon Smith, and they welcomed Henry Laurie Smith. Mary Frances SMITH Thornton passed in 2017 at Dallas, Texas 75243.

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Parents

Louis Thornton
1869 – 1929
Birth Location: Appomatox County, Virginia, USA
LT
Alice Russell
1884 – 1977
Birth Location: Mount Vernon Springs, Chatham County, North Carolina, USA
AR

Spouses(s)

Ernest Smith
1912 – 2006
Birth Location: Richmond, Wise, Virginia, United States
ES

Children(s)

Henry Smith
1948 – 2016
Birth Location: Dallas, Texas, USA
HS

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 8 October 1913
    Event Place: Petersburg, Dinwiddie, Virginia, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014, Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia, Marriages, 1936-2014; Roll: 101168716

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 8 October 1913
    Event Place: Ward #4; St Petersburg, Virginia

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 10 June 1935
    Event Place: Richmond, Virginia

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 7 January 2017
    Event Place: Dallas, Texas 75243
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

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