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Elbert Charlton Thornton Sr.

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Elbert Charlton Thornton Sr.

Birth
Centerville, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA
Death
28 Feb 1942 (aged 66)
Kern County, California, USA
Burial
Bakersfield, Kern County, California, USA Add to Map
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Sunrise I, 12 - 8
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WW I draft registration list birth
date as March 12, 1975.
1930 & 1940 Census list birth year
as 1875.

Elbert is the son of Albert Winslow Thornton
(1837-1903) and Hannah Almira Charlton
(1844-1900).

On July 5, 1899, in Los Angeles County, CA,
he married Anna Edna Hoyt. She is the
daughter of James Edgar Hoyt and Lilla
Almira Skinner.

Their son Elbert Hoy Thornton #36813757
and his wife Genevieve Bud Frather Thornton
#36813609 are buried at Newcastle Cemetery,
Newcastle, Placer, CA.

CENSUS: 1910 Census Los Angeles Co., CA, Santa Monica, page 20A, line 39, dwelling 575, family 537. Enumerated 28 & 29 April.
Thorton, Elbert head, M W, 35, marriage 1, married 10 years, boorn NE, father born OH, mother born IN, foreman, rail way; Anna wife, F W, 28, marriaage 1, married 10 years, mother of 4 children, 2 living, born IL, father born IL, mother born MA; Elbert Jr. son, M W, 2, single, born CA, father born NE, mother born IL; Almyra daughter, F W, 1, single, born CA, father born NE, mother born IL; Albert nephew, M W, 18, single, born CA, father born NE, mother born MO.

MILITARY: Name: Elbert Charltoon Thornton;; County: Kern; State: California; Birth Date: 12 Mar 1875; Race: White.
Source - U.S., World War I, Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918

CENSUS: 1920 Census Kern Co., CA, Township 19, page 21B, line 84, dwelling 508, family 509. Enumerated 18 & 19 February.
Thornton, Elbert head, M w, 44, married, born NE, father born OH, mother born IN, electrician, Union Oil Co.; Anna E. wife, F W, 38, married, born IL, faaher born IL, mother born MA; Elbert son, M W, 12, single, born CA, father born NE, mother born IL; Almira daughter, F W, 10, born CA, father born NE, mother born IL; Carl son, M W, 6, born CA, father born NE, mother born IL.

CENSUS: 1930 Census Kern Co., CA, Bakersfield, page 9A, line 16, dwelling 220, family 235. Enumerated 16 April.
Thornton, Elbert C. head, M W, 55, married, age at first marriage 24, born NE, father bornOH, mother born IN, farmer, own farm; Anna E. wife, F W, 48, married, age at first marriage 17, born IL, father born IL, mother born MA; Carl J. son, M W, 16, single, born CA, father born NE, mother born IL.

CENSUS: 1940 Census Kern Co., Bakersfield, page 62A, line 27. Enumerated 6 May.
Thornton, Elbert head, M W, 65, married, born NE; Anna wife, F W, 58, maaried, born IL.

DEATH: Name: Elbert Charlton Thornton; Gender: Male; Birth Date: 12 Mar 1876; Birth Place: Nebraska; Death Date: 28 Feb 1942; Death Place:: Kern; Mother's Maiden Name: Charton; Father's Surname: Thornton
Source - California Death Indexk 1940-1997
WW I draft registration list birth
date as March 12, 1975.
1930 & 1940 Census list birth year
as 1875.

Elbert is the son of Albert Winslow Thornton
(1837-1903) and Hannah Almira Charlton
(1844-1900).

On July 5, 1899, in Los Angeles County, CA,
he married Anna Edna Hoyt. She is the
daughter of James Edgar Hoyt and Lilla
Almira Skinner.

Their son Elbert Hoy Thornton #36813757
and his wife Genevieve Bud Frather Thornton
#36813609 are buried at Newcastle Cemetery,
Newcastle, Placer, CA.

CENSUS: 1910 Census Los Angeles Co., CA, Santa Monica, page 20A, line 39, dwelling 575, family 537. Enumerated 28 & 29 April.
Thorton, Elbert head, M W, 35, marriage 1, married 10 years, boorn NE, father born OH, mother born IN, foreman, rail way; Anna wife, F W, 28, marriaage 1, married 10 years, mother of 4 children, 2 living, born IL, father born IL, mother born MA; Elbert Jr. son, M W, 2, single, born CA, father born NE, mother born IL; Almyra daughter, F W, 1, single, born CA, father born NE, mother born IL; Albert nephew, M W, 18, single, born CA, father born NE, mother born MO.

MILITARY: Name: Elbert Charltoon Thornton;; County: Kern; State: California; Birth Date: 12 Mar 1875; Race: White.
Source - U.S., World War I, Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918

CENSUS: 1920 Census Kern Co., CA, Township 19, page 21B, line 84, dwelling 508, family 509. Enumerated 18 & 19 February.
Thornton, Elbert head, M w, 44, married, born NE, father born OH, mother born IN, electrician, Union Oil Co.; Anna E. wife, F W, 38, married, born IL, faaher born IL, mother born MA; Elbert son, M W, 12, single, born CA, father born NE, mother born IL; Almira daughter, F W, 10, born CA, father born NE, mother born IL; Carl son, M W, 6, born CA, father born NE, mother born IL.

CENSUS: 1930 Census Kern Co., CA, Bakersfield, page 9A, line 16, dwelling 220, family 235. Enumerated 16 April.
Thornton, Elbert C. head, M W, 55, married, age at first marriage 24, born NE, father bornOH, mother born IN, farmer, own farm; Anna E. wife, F W, 48, married, age at first marriage 17, born IL, father born IL, mother born MA; Carl J. son, M W, 16, single, born CA, father born NE, mother born IL.

CENSUS: 1940 Census Kern Co., Bakersfield, page 62A, line 27. Enumerated 6 May.
Thornton, Elbert head, M W, 65, married, born NE; Anna wife, F W, 58, maaried, born IL.

DEATH: Name: Elbert Charlton Thornton; Gender: Male; Birth Date: 12 Mar 1876; Birth Place: Nebraska; Death Date: 28 Feb 1942; Death Place:: Kern; Mother's Maiden Name: Charton; Father's Surname: Thornton
Source - California Death Indexk 1940-1997


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