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Jesse Blackburn Thornton & Eliza Esther Willia (Thorpe) Thornton
Jess Dot
JB & Eliza with SWT & Ruth Grandma with infants, SWT & Ruth
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-- 1909 letter to grandma (2 scans) --
from Kuroi, Japan to Hyogo Ken, Japan
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(l-r)Eliza (Williams) Henderson,
Eliza (Thorpe) Thornton,
Lydia (Henderson) Thorpe
Ruth Thornton - infant
4 generations - cir. 1903
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Oakwood Cemetery, Greenfield, Il.
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(from a cd, by MHM or MCB) - letter written following the death of grandma Lydia Thorpe.
Great Uncle Frank (Bob) Thorpe had passed away just nine weeks prior to this event.
letter- from Aunt Effe to Grandma Eliza
Grave referred to in letter
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Dinner at grandma's house Mom, Uncle Irvin, Martha & grandma
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The following
communications, obituaries and records were made available to me after
descendants of a 'O'fling' family viewed the markers of our own 'Wm W.
Williams'. They provided the explanation for the relationship and the
circumstances surrounding the person, Orsa O'fling.
Mr Hobert Henderson explained to me that Orsa is the third person in this picture , with Aunt Effe and Eliza Jane (Williams) Henderson (Aunt Effe's grandmother). He explained that Orsa later moved to be with family in Oregon.
The following also serves to verify some activity of our Great Aunt and our grandparents, JB & Eliza Thornton.
Mr Hobert Henderson explained to me that Orsa is the third person in this picture , with Aunt Effe and Eliza Jane (Williams) Henderson (Aunt Effe's grandmother). He explained that Orsa later moved to be with family in Oregon.
The following also serves to verify some activity of our Great Aunt and our grandparents, JB & Eliza Thornton.
... letter written by Aunt Effe to Orsa O'fling.
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Grandma
Lydia
(Whitehusrt)
Williams died April 19, 1858. Grandpa Williams was
again married, Nov. 7, 1860, to Maria (Orcutt) O'fling, widow of Felix
O'fling. Felix died Sept. 16, 1849. Orsa was the third of four children
born to this union.
(Orsa would be 30 years older than Aunt Effe. She was the stepsister to Aunt Effe's grandmother ---- perhaps the greeting, "My Dear Cousin" was a term of endearment?)
(Orsa would be 30 years older than Aunt Effe. She was the stepsister to Aunt Effe's grandmother ---- perhaps the greeting, "My Dear Cousin" was a term of endearment?)
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.. this historical account from Margaret Behnke
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Note by Orsa's niece on clipping of Eliza Henderson obituary, found in the family bible of Lucy and Alfred French
.. this historical account from Margaret Behnke
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Note by Orsa's niece on clipping of Eliza Henderson obituary, found in the family bible of Lucy and Alfred French
| This
information has been edited on the authority of J. Barbour, niece of
Frances French Cooper. |
signature is: F. Cooke
See edited image here
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Wm W Williams m. 1st, Lydia Whitehurst then, Maria O'Fling
obituary (clipped) obituary (typed)
Eliza (Williams) Henderson, dau. of Wm W & Lydia Williams - m. Edwin Henderson
obituary (clipped) obituary (typed)
grave markers (displaced)
