Robert Sturgess Thornton
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Robert Sturgess Thornton
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Stephen.J. Arnold
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02/15/2017
1891 photo of an Australian boy holding a . . . toy bird?
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are ya sure that is boy sure looks like girl shoes
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AncientFaces sorry I should have been more thorough
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No problem Suzanne Elizabeth Morris - boys wearing "dresses" in those days can be confusing! :)
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They usually dressed boys like that until they were potty trained. Easier to change them. Before the days of snaps, zippers, or disposable diapers.
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is it not interesting how we are so agitated by gender issues, and just others and other time periods based on our modern bias?
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Robert Sturgess Thornton of Mildura, VIC Australia was born on September 7, 1888, and had siblings William Maffra Thornton and Florence Thornton. He was married to Agnes Olive (Wattmuff) Thornton, and had children Robert Henry Thornton, Ailsa Irma Thornton, William Neville Thornton, Geoffrey Thornton, Olive Alixe Thornton, John Ellis Thornton, and Ralph Thornton. Robert Thornton died at age 81 years old circa 1969 at Mildura Base Hospital Ontario Ave, in Mildura, Mildura Rural City County.
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