This is my Grandfather Patrick Luke Thornton born 6 March 1871 at Fryers Creek (Castlemaine) and died 25 February 1924. The photo shows Patrick at about 21 years of age.
Patrick Luke Thornton of Benalla Australia was born in 1872 in Frye to Bernard Thornton and Maria Cook Thornton. He had siblings Alice Thornton, Joseph Thornton, Patrick Luke Thornton, Bernard Thornton, William John Thornton, Ann Thornton, Joseph Thornton, Thomas Joseph Thornton, George Thornton, Maria Thornton, James Thornton, and Catherine Thornton. Patrick Thornton died at age 52 years old in 1924 in Benalla.
The 1800s where the end of the industrial revolution and the birth of scientists.
The Industrial Revolution began around 1760 and ran through the 1840's. Then began the birth of the profession of science. Louis Pasteur, Charles Darwin, Michael Faraday, Thomas Edison, and Nikola Te...