Thorning Carlton Stanley (1918 - 2001)

Born 29 Dec 1918 in Matagorda, Matagorda, Texas, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Geraldine Mae (Steadman) Stanley — married 10 Feb 1942 in Orrville, St Louis, Mo.

Descendants

Died 10 Dec 2001 at age 82 in Lake Jackson, Brazoria, Texas, USA

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Biography

This profile is part of the Stanley Name Study.

Thorning Stanley served in the United States Navy in World War II
Service started: 1942
Unit(s): Seabee Battalion No· 045
Service ended: 1945

Thorning Carlton Stanley was born in Matagorda County, Texas on December 29, 1918. The original certificate of birth listed the "Name of Child" as "Carlton Thorning Stanley," but an amendment filed in 1972 corrects the order of his first and middle name from "Carlton Thorning" to "Thorning Carlton". Most people just called him T.C. Stanley.^[1][2]

T.C. passed away on December 10, 2001. He is buried in Jones Creek, Texas alongside his wife Geraldine Mae Steadman at historic Gulf Prairie Cemetery, the original resting place of Stephen F. Austin.^[3][4]

Family

Father: Joseph Carlton Stanley

Mother: Pearl Inez Whicker

Spouse: Geraldine Mae Steadman married in Missouri on on February 10, 1942.

Son: Lawson Leslie "Larry" Stanley born June 22, 1943.

Military

T.C. Stanley served in the U.S. Navy 1942-45 in the Seabee Military Construction division. He was a Navy diver and welder stationed in Alaska, Hawaii, and Japan. A member of the 45th battalion, he assisted with the construction of military bases.^[5]

Residence

• 1918 Birth, Matagorda County, Texas.^[1]
• 1920 Residence, McLennan County, Texas.^[6]
• 1930 Residence, Brazoria County, Texas.^[7]
• 1942 Marriage, Oroville, Missouri.^[8]

• 1943 Birth of son, Lawson Leslie Stanley.^[2]
• 1945-2001 Residence, Brazoria County, Texas.^[2]
• 2001 Death and Burial, Brazoria County, Texas.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X2JJ-VRN : 11 March 2018), Thorning Carlton Stanley, 29 Dec 1918; citing Matagorda, Matagorda, Texas, United States, certificate 62160A, Texas Department of Health, Austin; FHL microfilm 4,491,590.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Personal knowledge of granddaughter Stacy Jo Stanley.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QV2V-6VF8 : 13 December 2015), Thorning Carlton Stanley, 2001; Burial, Jones Creek, Brazoria, Texas, United States of America, Gulf Prairie Cemetery; citing record ID 67105640, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
4. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JLJR-RY3 : 19 May 2014), Thorning C Stanley, 10 Dec 2001; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
5. ↑ U.S. Navy Support Books, 1814–2010, National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland, United States; Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities, 01/01/1939 - 01/01/1949; Thorning Carlton Stanley, Squadron 19. Citing Record Group: 24, Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, 1798 - 2007; Series ARC ID.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH1M-FJ8 : accessed 2 October 2018), Thomas Stanley in household of Carl Stanley, Justice Precinct 5, McLennan, Texas, United States; citing ED 142, sheet 16B, line 73, family 335, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1831; FHL microfilm 1,821,831.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CQ4J-MMM : accessed 2 October 2018), Thuring C Stanley in household of Joseph C Stanley, Freeport, Brazoria, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 18, sheet 24B, line 81, family 595, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2301; FHL microfilm 2,342,035.
8. ↑ "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7DZX-S73Z : 6 October 2020), Steadman-Stanley, 10 Feb 1942; citing Marriage, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City; FHL microfilm 005832103.