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Willie Thornley 1871 - 1953

Willie Thornley was born in 1871 to Maria Weller (Seymour) Thornley and Eli Thornley, and had siblings Sarah (Thornley) Connor, Elizabeth Catherine (Thornley) Wright, and Flora Eliza Barton. Willie Thornley died at age 82 years old in 1953 in Yackandandah, Indigo Shire County, VIC Australia.
Willie Thornley
1871
1953
Yackandandah, Indigo Shire County, VIC, 3749, Australia
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Willie Thornley's History: 1871 - 1953

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    1871
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  • 1953

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    1953
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    Yackandandah, Indigo Shire County, VIC 3749, Australia
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    Willie Thornley lived 8 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 82.
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In 1871, in the year that Willie Thornley was born, on October 8th, 4 major fires started on the shores of Lake Michigan - in Chicago (Illinois), Peshtigo (Wisconsin), Holland (Michigan) and Manistee (Michigan). The Chicago fire is the most well known of them because it left almost 100,000 people homeless. But the Peshtigo Fire killed around 2,500 people. The casualty count made it the deadliest fire in US history.
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In 1887, at the age of 16 years old, Willie was alive when on January 28th, the largest recorded snowflakes fell in a snowstorm in Fort Keogh, Montana. They were supposed to have been 15 inches wide and 8 inches thick. A rancher in the area said that they were “larger than milk pans”. A Wild West tall tale? Not according to the Guinness World Records book.
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