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Ruby W Thornton 1920 - 1995

Ruby W Thornton of Roanoke, Roanoke County, VA was born on January 12, 1920, and died at age 75 years old on November 20, 1995.
Ruby W Thornton
Roanoke, Roanoke County, VA 24018
January 12, 1920
November 20, 1995
Female
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Ruby W Thornton's History: 1920 - 1995

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  • 01/12
    1920

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    January 12, 1920
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  • 11/20
    1995

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    November 20, 1995
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    Ruby W Thornton lived 4 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 75.
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In 1920, in the year that Ruby W Thornton was born, Italian born factory worker Nicola Sacco and fish peddler Bartolomeo Vanzetti were picked up by police on May 5th in connection with the April 15th murder and robbery of a guard and a paymaster at the Slater and Morrill Shoe Company in South Braintree, Mass. Although in later years they were thought to be innocent, they were anarchists and were convicted of the crime and put to death.
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In 1937, at the age of 17 years old, Ruby was alive when on May 6th, the German zeppelin the Hindenburg caught fire and blew up. The Hindenburg was a passenger ship traveling to Frankfurt Germany. It tried to dock in New Jersey, one of the stops, and something went wrong - it blew up. Thirty-six people were killed out of the 97 on board - 13 passengers, 22 crewmen, and one ground worker. The reasons for the explosion are still disputed.
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