Brief Life History of Richard Ellsworth
When Richard Ellsworth Thornton was born on 10 May 1923, in Twin Valley, Norman, Minnesota, United States, his father, Alvin Anthony Thornton, was 30 and his mother, Pauline Josephine Starman, was 28. He married Clarice Lorraine Doyea on 20 February 1948, in Moorhead, Clay, Minnesota, United States. He lived in Plummer, Red Lake, Minnesota, United States for about 10 years and Dilworth, Clay, Minnesota, United States in 1950. He died on 24 August 1995, in Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Boulder City, Clark, Nevada, United States.
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- Richard E Thornton, "United States 1950 Census"
- Richard Ellworth Thornton, "Minnesota, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
- Richard E Thornton, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
1930
Historic Boundaries: 1930: Clark, Nevada, United States
1942 · The Japanese American internment
Caused by the tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan, the internment of Japanese Americans caused many to be forced out of their homes and forcibly relocated into concentration camps in the western states. More than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps in fear that some of them were spies for Japan.
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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