When George Albert Thorner was born on 14 October 1849, in Caradoc Township, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada, his father, Joseph Thorner, was 29 and his mother, Harriet Johnston, was 25. He married Mary Jane Johnston on 9 October 1870, in Lambton, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Lambton, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years and Brooke, Lambton, Canada West, British North America in 1901. He died on 14 October 1931, in Watford, Lambton, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 82.
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On July 1, 1867, the province of Ontario was founded. It is the second largest province in Canada. A third of the population of Canada live here. Before it was Ontario it was called Upper Canada and had a Governor.
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Some characteristic forenames: German Hans, Fritzi, Ilse.
German (Thörner): topographic name for someone who lived by a thorn bush, or a habitational name for someone from a place called Thorn (see Thorn 3 and 4).
German: occupational name for a watchman on a tower.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesIn the 1881 census for Brooke, Lambton, Ontario, Div. 2, p. 70, George THORNER M Male Irish 34 O. <Ontario> Blacksmith Church of England, Mary J. THORNER M Female Irish 31 I …
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