Shirley Bongers' Family History Database

Narrative

Abby has given us a photo of William & Mara's Grave at Rookwood, Sec 9, Row 91, Grave 4579. It was covered with Caliopsis flowers, she said it needed a good weeding.
SMH - THORNTON - 30 August, 1931, at his residence "Glen Elwyn", 282 Old Canterbury Rd, Summer Hill, WILLIAM THORNTON, dearly loved husband of Mara (Mysie) & loving father of Eileen, Mary, Doris & Bill, aged 65 yrs.
THORNTON - The rels & friends of Mrs. M. Thornton & Family, are invited to his Funeral of her Husband & their Father, WILLIAM THORNTON, to leave Glen Elwyn, Old Canterbury Rd, Summer Hill, to-morrow, Tuesday, at 9.30 am, for CofE Cemetery, Rookwood, by road, per motor service.

Events

Event	Date	Place
Birth	1866	Sydney NSW #5886

Death	1931-08-30	Summer Hill NSW (Age 65yrs)

Burial	1931-09-02	Rookwood Cremetary, Lidcombe NSW

Parents

Relation to main person	Name	Birth date	Death date
Father	Thornton, Thomas	1835-03-16	1926-11-29
Mother	Acres, Marian	1836	1916-09-12
Brother	Thornton, Sidney Joseph	1864	1918-10-24
	Thornton, William	1866	1931-08-30
Brother	Thornton, Henry (or Harry) Thomas	about 1840	1889-02-17
Sister	Thornton, Alice E.	1870	1871
Sister	Thornton, Katie Matilda	1873	1946-07-11
Brother	Thornton, Sylvester	1875	1922
Sister	Thornton, Ethel Jane	1878-08-04	1952-12-14
Sister	Thornton, Mabel Florence	1883-08-12	1967-11-29

Families

Family of Thornton, William and Dixon, Mara Alice “Mysie”

Married

Wife

Dixon, Mara Alice “Mysie” ( * 1876 + 1957-12-13 )

Event	Date	Place	Description	Sources
Marriage	1897	Paddington NSW #6115

Children

Name	Birth Date	Death Date
Thornton, Eileen Isabel	1898	1986-03-30
Thornton, Henry T.	1900	1901
Thornton, Mara “Mary”	1902	1985-02-03
Thornton, Doris Kathleen	1905	1991-09-26
Thornton, William Sydney “Bill”	1911	1994-08-16