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Edward Thornton 1887 - 1975

Edward Thornton of Compton, Los Angeles County, California was born on August 5, 1887, and died at age 88 years old in December 1975.

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Compton, Los Angeles County, California 90221
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In 1887, in the year that Edward Thornton was born, on January 20th, the US Senate gave the US Navy the right to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base. Pearl Harbor is on the island of Oahu, a part of the Hawaiian Islands. The Navy was given direction to maintain "a coaling and repair station" at the harbor.
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In 1909, at the age of 22 years old, Edward was alive when the New York Times published the first movie review. It was a report on D.W. Griffith's movie "Pippa Passes" also called "The Song of Conscience", a silent film. The review said that this work was moving away from "lurid material that attracted the wrath of censors and concerned citizens and toward more respectable ends. The movie was the story of a young female factory worker, on her day off, wandering and singing - thus changing the hearts of those around her towards good.
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Thornton, Thelma Thornton, Myrtle (Born Apr 9, 1884) Thornton, Irene (Born 1882) Thornton, Madison (Born Jan 10, 1886) Thornton, William (Born 1840) Thornton, Matilda Ann (Born Mar 16, 1843) Thornton, Elon (Born 1844) Thornton, Austin (Born Nov 27, 1846) Thornton, Noah (Born 1856) Thornton, Thomas (Born 1852)
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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