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Thornton, William 'Homer'
Cemetery: Old Palmdale Cemetery
AVGS ID:
Born: 8/4/1896
Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas
Died: 3/2/1958
Lancaster, Los Angeles County, California
Inscription:
Find A Grave: Find A Grave listing ID 105450506
FamilySearch: FamilySearch Person ID GW92-ZQ6
Notes: Son of William Isaac Thornton and Matilde Jeanette Cole.

Married Pauline Ragsdale Shortt on May 27, 1917 in Mitchell County, Texas. To this union were born Ruby Pauline, Margaret Arline and Warren Homer Thornton.

The marriage to Pauline ended in divorce and on April 21, 1923 Homer remarried to Birdie Mae Collins. To this union were born William Homer Thornton Jr. and Mattie Jean Thornton.

Los Angeles County Death Certificate

Sources:

  • 3 page Palmdale District Cemetery listing included in Palmdale Cemetery Tenants.pdf from Gordon Phair
  • California Death Index
  • U. S. Census

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