When Alfred Brown Thornton was born on 4 April 1875, in Trinity, Trinity, Texas, United States, his father, Temple Tullos Thornton, was 31 and his mother, Leona Dollie Johnson, was 27. He had at least 4 sons and 2 daughters with Ellen Mills. He lived in Estelline, Hall, Texas, United States in 1920 and Casa Grande, Pinal, Arizona, United States in 1930. He died on 21 September 1938, in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States.
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Historical Boundaries 1879: Pinal, Arizona Territory, United States 1912: Pinal, Arizona, United States
Historical Boundaries: 1892: Hall, Texas, United States
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 ).
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