Tag: Robert Thornley

A Short Sketch of the Lives of John and Margaret Stringfellow Thornley

(photos from familysearch.org; story from Gary & Rebecca Walker files) by Margaret P. Petersen (Edited for continuity by Gary Lee Walker) John Thornley was born February 8, 1833, at Bolton, Lancashire, England, the son of John Thornley and Helen Langton. Margaret Stringfellow was born July 6, 1833, at Wigan, Lancashire, England, the daughter of William …

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Grandma’s Story – Lilla Mozell Pitcher Boman

Grandma Boman wrote the following pages for me.  She did this while she was living in the rest home in LaVern [sic] California.  I have tried to type it as she wrote it except that I have added words to make complete sentences, and corrected spellings. Dec. 1987 Christine B. Dent I was born 05 …

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