Michael Thornton

The Long brothers' 3rd great-grandfather.

How they’re connected
  1. Michael Thornton
  2. ↓ Michael Edward Thornton
  3. ↓ Catherine Louise Thornton
  4. ↓ Eleanor L. Wall
  5. ↓ Carol Perry Long
  6. ↓ John, Perry and Patrick Long

3rd great-grandfather of John, Perry and Patrick Long (generation 5)

Descent to the Long Brothers

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  1. 3rd great-grandfatherMichael ThorntonG8DM-5WB●Verified
    link●SourcedHis marriage record names his father, Michael[1]
  2. 2nd great-grandfatherMichael Edward Thorntonb. 1852L5PK-JJ2●Verified
    link●SourcedThe 1910 census names her as his daughter[2]
  3. great-grandmotherCatherine Louise Thorntonb. 1896G8Z2-KLP●Verified
    link●SourcedThe 1940 census lists her as the head's wife and Eleanor as their daughter; her 1967 funeral notice names her daughter Mrs. Eleanor Perry[3][4]
  4. grandmotherEleanor L. Wall1926 – 2013G8D9-8ZF●Verified
  5. Carol Perry Long
  6. John, Perry and Patrick Long

Sources for the marriages

  1. “Massachusetts Marriages, 1841–1915,” database, FamilySearch, marriage of Michael Thornton and Bridget Caw (McCoy); his parents Michael and Ellen, hers Michael and Ann.
  2. “United States Census, 1910,” database, FamilySearch, Michael E Thornton household, Newton Ward 6, Middlesex, Massachusetts: wife Bridget E, daughter Katharine.
  3. “United States Census, 1940,” database, FamilySearch, Herbert M Wall household, Ward 6, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts: wife Catherine L, daughter Eleanor L.
  4. Newton Graphic (Newton, Mass.), August 1967, funeral of Mrs. Katherine L. Wall, 71, of 63 Cummings Rd., Newton Centre, who died 1 August 1967; survived by her husband, Herbert M. Wall, and daughters including Mrs. Eleanor Perry. archive.org

Life

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Family

Child on the line to the brothers:
Michael Edward Thornton L5PK-JJ2

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