William Matthew Thornton Jr. (1925 - 2012)

Born 16 Oct 1925 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Son of William Matthew Thornton and Marion E (Smith) Thornton

Died 21 Dec 2012 at age 87 in Leesburg, Loudoun, Virginia, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

William was born in 1925. He was the son of William Thornton and Marion Smith.^[1]

William served his country in the US Army Air Corp. and was a veteran of WWII. William received a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Northeastern University in 1953 and was a Certified Professional Engineer. He was employed by IBM in East Fishkill, NY for 28 years, retiring in 1990.^[1]

William passed away in 2012. He was predeceased by his wife of 58 years Lorraine Hudson Thornton in 2010. He is survived by his two beloved sons, William M. Thornton, III and wife Jane, of Vienna, VA and Charles G. Thornton, PhD and wife Nina, of Damascus, MD.^[1]

DNA

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by an exact HVR1 and HVR2 match between this Family Tree DNA mtDNA test for William Matthew Thornton Jr. and this Family Tree DNA mtDNA test for Cynthia Herald, 10th cousins twice removed. Their Most Recent Common Ancestor is Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Obituary for William Matthew Thornton Jr. at loudounfuneralchapel.com.
2. ↑ See FTDNA Kits 159230 and 337121 at GSMD/FTDNA Mayflower DNA Project - mtDNA Test Results for Members. (As of Aug. 2019.)