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Edward Thornton 1895 - 1957

Edward Thornton was born on March 7, 1895, and died at age 61 years old in January 1957. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Edward Thornton.
Edward Thornton
March 7, 1895
January 1957
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  • 03/7
    1895

    Birthday

    March 7, 1895
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  • 01/dd
    1957

    Death

    January 1957
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    Unknown
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    Edward Thornton lived 10 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 61.
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In 1895, in the year that Edward Thornton was born, on March 15th, in County Tipperary, Ireland, Michael Cleary killed his wife of 8 years, Bridget, and burned her body. His defense was that his "wife" was a changeling that was left in his real wife's place when she was abducted by fairies. He was nonetheless convicted and imprisoned for manslaughter. He spent 15 years in prison.
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In 1916, Edward was 21 years old when the Battle of Verdun was fought from February through December. It was the largest and longest battle of World War I, lasting 303 days. The original estimates were 714,231 casualties - 377,231 French and 337,000 German, an average of 70,000 casualties a month. Current estimates are even larger. The Battle of the Somme was also fought from July through September of the same year. Original estimates were 485,000 British and French casualties and 630,000 German casualties.
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