When Jasper Thornton was born on 27 October 1832, in Gore, Canada West, British North America, his father, Thomas Thornton, was 22 and his mother, Susan Katherine Paine, was 20. He married Sarah Elizabeth Dunn on 8 March 1853, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 8 daughters. He died on 23 November 1911, in Georgetown, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Georgetown Cemetery, Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States.
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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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