Edward Oscar Thornton 1868 - 1960

Edward Oscar Thornton of Ballarat, City of Ballarat County, VIC Australia was born on May 14, 1868 at Spring Creek in Surf Coast Shire County to George Thornton and Jane Mathie Thornton. He had siblings Maria Thornton, Isabella Jane Thornton, Christina Thornton, Maud Thornton, Mabel May Thornton, George William Henry Thornton, William Mathie Thornton, and Edward Libby Thornton. He married Alice Kezia (Mcdonald) Thornton in 1897, and had children Elira Ellen Thornton, Lyall William George Thornton, Clarence Alfred Oscar Thornton, Laura Adelaide Thornton, Cyrill Hixon Thornton, Gertrude Jane Thornton, and Claude Rankin Thornton. Edward Thornton died at age 92 years old on December 31, 1960 in Ballarat, City of Ballarat County.