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Ian George Thornhill 1919 - 2007

Ian George Thornhill of Geelong, Greater Geelong City County, VIC Australia was born on August 17, 1919 in Maryborough, Central Goldfields Shire County to Hannah Elizabeth Coxon and William John Thornhill. He married Mary Naomi Nancarrow Thornhill, and had a child Elizabeth Anne Thornhill. Ian Thornhill died at age 88 years old on October 28, 2007 in Geelong, Greater Geelong City County.

Ian George Thornhill

Geelong, Greater Geelong City County, VIC Australia

August 17, 1919

Maryborough, Central Goldfields Shire County, VIC, 3465, Australia

October 28, 2007

Geelong, Greater Geelong City County, VIC, Australia

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1919

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August 17, 1919

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Maryborough, Central Goldfields Shire County, VIC 3465, Australia

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October 28, 2007

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Geelong, Greater Geelong City County, VIC Australia
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In 1919, in the year that Ian George Thornhill was born, in the summer and early autumn, race riots erupted in 26 U.S. cities, resulting in hundreds of deaths and even more people being badly hurt. In most cases, African-Americans were the victims. It was called the "Red Summer". Men who were returning from World War I needed jobs and there was competition for those jobs among the races. Tension was heightened by the use by many companies of blacks as strikebreakers.

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In 1950, he was 31 years old when in February, Joe McCarthy gave a speech alleging that he had a list of "members of the Communist Party and members of a spy ring" who worked in the State Department. He went on to chair a committee that investigated not only the State Department but also the administration of President Harry S. Truman, the Voice of America, and the U.S. Army for communist spies - until he was condemned by the U.S. Senate in 1954.

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Ian Thornhill's Family Tree & Friends

Ian Thornhill's Family Tree

Hannah Elizabeth Coxon Jun 28, 1893 - Oct 30, 1981

William John Thornhill Nov 3, 1888 - Jan 20, 1954

Ian George Thornhill Aug 17, 1919 - Oct 28, 2007

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Mary Naomi Nancarrow Thornhill