Frank Thornton

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Frank Bernice Thornton was born on May 3, 1913 in Bryan, Texas.^[1][2]He was son of Frank Thornton age 21 and his mother Aline Weaver age 18. He was their first child. He had two sisters. His father died young, at age 35, in 1927, when Frank was 14 years old. His mother remarried Clifford Parks. At the age of 16, he was iln their home along with his two sisters, Doris-15, and Elsie-11, Living on U.S. Highway 66, in South Albuquerque, Bernalillo Co., New Mexico. ^[3]They lived in several locations in the Albuquerque NM area. He quit School in the 11th grade to help with the family income, going to work as a Baker. As a child growing up he learned to speak Spanish from the neighbor boy, Later he learned sign language working in the bakery with Deaf bakers.^[4]

He married Gwendolene (Cleveland) Thornton on December 7, 1935, when he was age 22.^[5] They built a home in the South Valley of Albuquerque where they lived until their deaths.^[6] They had three daughters during their marriage.

He was a baker by trade.^[7] In 1957, He changed occupations when the flour dust started bothering his lungs. He became a milk delivery man/Salesman to private homes, for Valley Gold Dairies.^[8] He and Gwen worked in the Church all their lives. The first community non Denominational Sunday School in the Barcelona School was started by Presbyterian Missionaries. Frank and Gwen helped to kept it going for 13 years. They taught Sunday School Classes all their adult lives. They sponsored the youth, taking them roller skating and had parties at their home for them. He also loved to sing, singing solo’s and in the Choir. He played the marimba, loved to garden, and his animals.^[4]

He died on November 19, 1999 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, at the age of 86, and was buried there in the Fairview Memorial Cemetery.^[1][9] Cause of death was from Phemonia.

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1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find a Grave, database and images, memorial page for Frank B Thornton (3 May 1913–19 Nov 1999), Find A Grave: Memorial #79674188, citing Fairview Memorial Park, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA ; Maintained by Helen Holt (contributor 48647310) .
2. ↑ "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLQD-TT5 : 9 March 2018), Thornton, 25 Nov 1914; citing Bryan, Brazos, Texas, United States, certificate 36878, Texas Department of Health, Austin; FHL microfilm 4,192,606.
3. ↑ 1930 United States Federal Census; Census Place: Precinct 9, Bernalillo, New Mexico; Roll: 1392; Page: 7A; Dwelling 129; Family 133; Line 34; April 5, 1930; Enumeration District: 28; Image: 743.0; FHL microfilm: 2341127; Ancestry's 1930 Census Image
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} First hand information of his daughter Helen (Thornton) Holt
5. ↑ Web: Bernalillo County, New Mexico, Marriage Index, 1888-2011.”Data=name: Frank Thornton; Marriage place; Bernalillo, NM; Spouse: Gwendolene Cleveland.”; Ancestry's Bernalillo County, New Mexico, Marriage Index Ancestry Record 61581 #190718
6. ↑ U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989.Publication Title Albuquerque, New Mexico, City Directory, 1954: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Publisher Date: 2011; Provo, UT, USA; "Data=name: Frank B Thornton; Male; Residence year: 1954; Address 3121: Residence Place: Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA; Occupation: Baker; Spouse: Gwendolene Thornton; Publication: Albuquerque, New Mexico, City Directory, 1954."; Ancestry's U.S. City Directories Ancestry Record 2469 #844885236
7. ↑ 1940 United ;"Data=name: States Federal Census; Census Place: Barcelona, Bernalillo, New Mexico; Roll: T627_2439; Page: 6A; Household 115; Line 11-14 (11); April 11, 1940; Enumeration District: 1-56; Frank Thornton-Head of Household-26-M-Baker; Ancestry's 1940 Census Image
8. ↑ U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989; Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Publisher Date: 20011; Provo, UT, USA; "Data=name: Frank B Thornton; Male; Residence Year: 1959; Street Address: 3121 Sterling Rd SW; Albuquerque, New mexico, USA; Occupation Salesman; Publication: Albuquerque, New Mexico, City Directory, 1959; Ancestry's U.S. City Directories Ancestry Record 2469 #13818826
9. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK5Y-JW1R : accessed 24 November 2019), Frank Thornton, New Mexico, United States, 21 Nov 1999; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Albuquerque Journal, born-digital text.

See Also:

• "New Mexico, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ1-PXYQ : accessed 24 November 2019), Frank Berniece Thornton, Albuquerque, , New Mexico, United States; records extracted by FamilySearch and images digitized by Ancestry; citing Draft Registration, 16 Oct 1940, "Draft Registration Cards for New Mexico, 10/16/1940 – 3/31/1947," NAID 5721275. Records of the Selective Service System, 1926 - 1975, RG 147. National Archives at St. Louis, Missouri; FHL microfilm .