Ellen Lucille Thatcher

Female4 March 1944–9 April 2012

Brief Life History of Ellen Lucille

When Ellen Lucille Thatcher was born on 4 March 1944, in Hawthorne, Los Angeles, California, United States, her father, Marvin Ashby Thatcher, was 28 and her mother, Lurye Arlene Shankland, was 23. She married James Donald Cross on 15 December 1962, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in United States in 1949 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1950. She died on 9 April 2012, in Rancho Cucamonga, San Bernardino, California, United States, at the age of 68.

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Family Time Line

James Donald Cross
1938–1994
Ellen Lucille Thatcher
1944–2012
Marriage: 15 December 1962
Paul Francis Cross
1964–2017

Sources (8)

  • Lucille E Thatcher, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Lucille Ellen Thatcher, "California, Birth Index, 1905-1995"
  • Lucille E Thatcher, "California, Marriage Index, 1960-1985"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    15 December 1962Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
  • Children (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (2)

    World Events (8)

    1945 · Peace in a Post War World

    Age 1

    The Yalta Conference was held in Crimea to talk about establishing peace and postwar reorganization in post-World War II Europe. The heads of government that were attending were from the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. Later the Conference would become a subject of controversy at the start of the Cold War.

    1953 · Grizzly Bear Becomes State Animal

    Age 9

    The California grizzly bear became designated as the state animal in 1953.

    1962 · The Cuban Missile Crisis

    Age 18

    The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union because of Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba. This confrontation was the closest that the Cold War became a nuclear war.

    Name Meaning

    English: occupational name for a thatcher, someone who covered roofs in straw, from an agent derivative of Middle English thach(en) ‘to thatch’ (Old English thæccan).

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

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