Earnest Otho Thornton

Brief Life History of Earnest Otho

When Earnest Otho Thornton was born on 10 August 1884, in Texas, United States, his father, Thomas L. Thornton, was 42 and his mother, Susan Alice Holt, was 33. He married Ethel Lillian Grantham on 16 December 1916, in Cooke, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters.

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Family Time Line

Earnest Otho Thornton
1884–
Ethel Lillian Grantham
1902–1973
Marriage: 16 December 1916
Quinton C. Thornton
1918–1976
Clinton Otho Thornton
1920–1984
Juanita Marie Thornton
1924–2000
Ernest Raymond Thornton
1926–1962
Velma Gay Thornton
1928–2008

Sources (14)

  • Ernest O Thornton, "United States Census, 1920"
  • E. O. Thornton, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
  • Earnest Otho Thornton, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1894 · Texas Files Lawsuit Against Standard Oil Company

Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

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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