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Bernice Thornton 1890 - 1978

Bernice Thornton of Wilmette, Cook County, Illinois was born on December 14, 1890, and died at age 88 years old in December 1978.

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Wilmette, Cook County, Illinois 60091
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In 1890, in the year that Bernice Thornton was born, on December 29th, the Wounded Knee Massacre occurred in South Dakota on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation . The U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment said that they rode into the Lakota camp "trying to disarm" the inhabitants. One person, Black Coyote - who was deaf - held onto his rifle, saying that he paid a lot of money for it. Shots rang out and by the end at least 153 Lakota Sioux - some estimates say 300 - and 25 troops had died. The site of the massacre is a National Historic Landmark.
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In 1922, Bernice was 32 years old when on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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Thornton, Bernice (Jul 14, 1898 - Aug 1976) Thornton, Bernice (Feb 15, 1909 - Oct 1977) Thornton, Bernice (Aug 12, 1922 - Dec 12, 1998) Thornton, Bernice (Mar 30, 1893 - Jan 1982) Thornton, Bernice (Mar 7, 1930 - Sep 3, 2007) Thornton-Tru, Bernice (Jul 22, 1922 - Aug 10, 2006) Thornton, Bernice (Aug 19, 1915 - Oct 27, 2002) Thornton, Bernice (Dec 2, 1903 - Dec 3, 1988) Thornton, Bernice (Feb 1, 1917 - Sep 22, 2010) Thornton, Bernice (Dec 11, 1919 - Apr 21, 1996)
Thornton, Bernice (Apr 28, 1894 - Jun 1978) Thornton, Bernice (Mar 28, 1918 - May 9, 2010) Thornton, Bernice (Feb 24, 1905 - May 1989) Thornton, Bernice (Feb 11, 1913 - Jan 8, 1994) Thornton, Bernice (Sep 23, 1922 - Apr 1977) Thornton, Bernice (May 17, 1943 - Jul 25, 2004) Thornton, Bernice (Sep 15, 1941 - Jul 11, 2010) Thornton, Bernice (Apr 24, 1930 - Dec 7, 2006) Thornton, Bernice (Mar 1, 1933 - May 10, 2003) Thornton, Bernice (Nov 29, 1919 - Dec 28, 2006)

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Thornton, Amos (Born Nov 27, 1833) Thornton-Cooper, Georgia? (Born Oct 1856) Thornton, Todd Thornton, Jessica (Born c. Feb 17) Thornton, Randall (Jun 29, 1906 - Sep 22, 1988) Thornton, John (Feb 10, 1895 - Feb 1971) Thornton, Albert (Feb 6, 1900 - Feb 17, 1988) Thornton, Adelbert (Oct 6, 1903 - Jan 29, 1988) Thornton, Marion (Jun 1, 1919 - Oct 15, 2000) Thornton, Norman (Sep 12, 1916 - Feb 1976)
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