Gracia Inez Thornton

Female16 November 1868–10 September 1951

Brief Life History of Gracia Inez

When Gracia Inez Thornton was born on 16 November 1868, in Clinton, Clinton, Iowa, United States, her father, Charles John Thornton, was 37 and her mother, Martha Anette Stebbins, was 33. She lived in Stromsburg, Polk, Nebraska, United States in 1880. She died on 10 September 1951, in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Goleta Cemetery, Goleta, Santa Barbara, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles John Thornton
1831–1913
Martha Anette Stebbins
1835–1926
Almira Estelle Thornton
1856–1951
Lillian Venona Thornton
1858–1944
Clarence Waldeman Thornton
1859–1940
Florence Annette Thornton
1862–1949
Martha Ina Thornton
1864–1864
Charles Dupont Thornton
1864–1864
Amy Elnora Thornton
1866–1943
May Leonora Thornton
1866–1956
Gracia Inez Thornton
1868–1951
Harry Wilton Hubert Thornton
1870–1947
Edgar Raymond Thornton
1875–1945

Sources (6)

  • Grace Thornton in household of Charles Thornton, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Gratia Inez Thornton, "BillionGraves Index"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Gracia Inez Thornton - Individual or family possessions: burial: ; Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States

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World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Age 2

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1884 · There is now a Capital Building

Age 16

The capitol building in Des Moines originally had a budget of $1,500,000 but complications arose because of the need of a redesign. The building was dedicated on January 17, 1884, but it wasn’t completed until 1886. On January 4, 1904, a fire started and swept through the areas that housed the Supreme Court and Iowa House of Representatives. A major restoration was performed and documented, with the addition of electrical lighting, elevators, and a telephone system. By the early 1980s, the sandstone exterior of the Capitol had started deteriorating and prompted the installation of canopies to protect pedestrians from falling rubble. The entire reconstruction process took around 18 years to complete.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

Age 22

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: habitational name from any of numerous places throughout England and Scotland so called, from Old English thorn ‘thorn tree’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. The placename is most frequent in northern England, especially Yorkshire, where there are at least 16 possible sources for the surname.

Irish: Anglicized (translated) form of Gaelic Mac Sceacháin ‘son of Sceachán’ (see Skehan ).

Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Draighneáin ‘descendant of Draighneán’ (see Drennan ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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