Brief Life History of Mary Cordel
When Mary Cordel Thornton was born on 13 April 1919, in Arkansas, United States, her father, Jesse Webster Thornton, was 26 and her mother, Lily Maye Morphew, was 25. She married Bryant Hatch Jolley on 21 May 1937, in Alamosa, Alamosa, Colorado, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States in 1930 and Yakima, Washington, United States in 2007. She died on 23 January 2009, in Yakima, Yakima, Washington, United States, at the age of 89.
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- Mary Cordell Thornton Jolley in household of Bryan Hatch Jolley, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
- Mary Thornton, "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006"
- Cardell Thornton, "Oklahoma, School Records, 1895-1936"
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1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
1922 · The First Radio Station WOK Begins Broadcasting
In 1922, Harvey C. Couch Sr. started WOK the first radio station in Arkansas. After a trip to Pittsburgh and the KDKA radio he came up with the idea for Workers of Killowatts (WOK). WOK had no commercials which was nice for the listeners.
1944 · The G.I Bill
The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.
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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