McLean-Fisk - William C. Thornburn

William C. Thornburn

M, #44495, (5 Mar 1870 - ca. Mar 1944)

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Father: John Thornburn¹
Mother: Lilias Bonnar¹

Last Edited: 27 Jan 2009

William C. Thornburn

Birth: 5 Mar 1870, York Co, ON, Canada.¹
Marriage: 15 Jul 1903, Neva Read, YT, Canada,
(Parents, Irwin A. Read & Bidilia McLean)
Possibly in Dawson City, YT.¹
Death: ca. Mar 1944.
Primary link: McLean-Fisk.
Residence: 1899, , YT.¹
Census: 1901, William C. Thornburn, 3rd to 9th Aves. between 5 & 6 Sts., 23rd Dist., Dawson, YT, Canada.²
Occupation: 1901, Barrister, Dawson City, YT, Canada.
Residence: 1907, Winnipeg, MB with Neva Read.¹
Residence: 12 Aug 1909, Winnipeg, MB with Neva Read.
Census: 1911, William Thorburn, Dist 24, Sub-dist 1, Winnipeg, Manitoba,
Vera Thorburn, Helen Thorburn, Lilias Thorburn & Margaret Thorburn

Vera Thorburn, Helen Thorburn, Lilias Thorburn & Margaret Thorburn.
Occupation: bet. 1911 & 1922, Barrister, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Biography: 1912.¹
Residence: 1922, Selkirk, MB.
News: 18 Sep 1935, Mentioned in news aboutMrs. William Thornburn, Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, MB, Canada,
Mrs. Kenneth Claude Wilson & Bob Thornburn.³
Marriage: 7 May 1938, Attended the wedding of
Henry J. T. Nylander and Lilias Geraldine Thornburn
Winnipeg, MB, Canada.^4,5
Obituary: 10 Feb 1942, Surviving Father in an obituary of "Robert Thornburn", Ironwood Daily Globe, Ironwood, Gogebic Co, MI.⁶
Residence: ca. 1943, Wiarton, ON.
Occupation: ca. 1943, , Port Elgin, ON, Canada.
Name Variation: William Thorburn.

Children with Neva Read :

Helen Dorothy Neva Thornburn (20 Mar 1904 - aft. 1945)
Lilias Geraldine Thornburn (30 May 1905 - )⁵
Margaret Catherine Jean Thornburn (22 Feb 1908 - )
William Austin Read Thornburn (22 Nov 1914 - 6 Jun 1917)
Robert Alfred McLean Thornburn (11 Feb 1919 - 27 Jan 1942)
John Irwin Thornburn (26 Aug 1923 - 29 Aug 1923)

Citations:

[S2658] Barnet M. Greene Charles Whately Parker, Editors., Who's Who In Canada, 1912, Google Books, URL: http://books.google.com/books,M1, p. 1072, William Thornburn.
[S2187] 1901 Canada Census, ,
Ancestry Images Online: z004-z000185183
Dwelling, 34H, Family, 34, Head: Wm Thornburn.
[S70] Ancestry.com, General search results, URL: www.ancestry.com, :
Historical Newspapers > Winnipeg Free Press (Winnipeg, Manitoba) (18 Sep 1935
Mrs. William Thornburn who has been the guest of Mrs. R. H. Gilhuly, Selkirk, since Sept. 1, will return to the city the end of this week and will leave about Oct. 1 for Toronto where she will join Mr. Thornburn and son, Bob, and be the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Kenneth Claude Wilson.
[S70] Ancestry.com, General search results, URL: www.ancestry.com, :
Historical Newspapers > Winnipeg Free Press (Winnipeg, Manitoba) (25 Apr 1938)
Mr. and Mrs. William Thornburn, of Port Elgin, Ont., formerly of Winnipeg, announce the engagement of their second daughter, Lilian Mae, to Dr. H. T. J. Nylander son of the late Mr. John Nylander and Mrs. Nylander, of Winnipeg. The wedding will take place in early May.
[S70] Ancestry.com, General search results, URL: www.ancestry.com, :
Historical Newspapers > Winnipeg Free Press (Winnipeg, Manitoba) (16 May 1938)
NYLANDER-THORNBURN
The marriage of Lilias Mae, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Thornburn, of Port Elgin, Ont., and Dr. H. T. J. Nylander, son of Mrs. Nylander and the late Mr. John Nylander, of Winnipeg, took place Saturday, May 7, at 2:30 p.m.. Rev. Bertil A. Erling officiated.
[S2435] Ironwood Globe
, Ironwood Daily Globe (Ancestry)Killed in Blast, 10 Feb 1942.