Mabel Blanche Sheldon

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Mabel Blanche Sheldon is the Daughter of Amanda Rhodes and Andrew Jackson Sheldon. She was born 20 February 1881 in Fairbury, Jefferson, Nebraska. She died 1 December 1947 at age 66 in Fairbury, Jefferson, Nebraska.

  • On 24 September 1907, she married Robert Pyle Thornton in Fairbury, Jefferson, Nebraska. He is the son of John Thornton and Elizabeth Alice Pyle. He was born 5 April 1879 in East Prawle, Devonshire, England. He died 4 October 1954 at age 75 in San Mateo county, California.

Children of Mabel Blanche Sheldon and Robert Pyle Thornton:

  1. Virginia Aileen Thornton was born 26 July 1908 in Fairbury, Jefferson, Nebraska. She died 16 February 1993 at age 84 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota.
    • On 26 May 1934, she married Cyril Franham Kirschner in Fairbury, Jefferson, Nebraska. He was born 28 July 1907. He died 28 June 1989 - exactly one month short of his 82nd birthday - in Hennepin county, Minnesota.

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Sources

Robert:

  • Birth from his WWI draft card [Name: Robert Pyle Thornton; Residence: Fairbury; County: Jefferson; State: Nebraska; Birth Date: 5 Apr 1879; Race: White; FHL Roll Number: 1711698; DraftBoard: 0; Citizenship: Subject of Great Britain; Nearest Relative: Mabel B. Thornton, wife].
  • Birth and Death from the California Death Index [Name: Robert Pile Thornton; Social Security #: 0; Sex: MALE; Birth Date: 5 Apr 1879; Birthplace: Other Country; Death Date: 4 Oct 1954; Death Place: San Mateo; Mother's Maiden Name: Pile; Father's Surname: Thornton].

Virginia:

  • Birth and Death from the Social Security Death Index [Name: Virginia T. Kirschner; SSN: 471-54-8822; Last Residence: 55416 Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota; Born: 26 Jul 1908; Died: 16 Feb 1993; SSN issued: Minnesota (1963)].
  • Birth and Death from the Minnesota Death Index [Name: Virginia A. Kirschner; Birth Date: 26 Jul 1908; Death Date: 16 Feb 1993; Death County: Hennepin; Mother's Maiden Name: Sheldon; State File Number: 003644; Certificate Number: 003644; Certificate Year: 1993; Record Number: 2455345].
  • Marriage from The Lincoln Star, Lincoln, NE, 27 May 1934.

Cyril:

  • Birth and Death from the Social Security Death Index [Name: Cyril T. Kirschner; SSN: 512-01-0991; Last Residence: 55409 Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota; Born: 28 Jul 1907; Died: 28 Jun 1989; SSN issued: Kansas (Before 1951)].
  • Birth, Death and Burial from the Minnesota Death Index [Name: Cyril Franham Kirschner; Birth Date: 28 Jul 1907; Death Date: 28 Jun 1989; Death County: Hennepin; Mother's Maiden Name: Harpster; State File Number: 017353; Certificate Number: 017353; Certificate Year: 1989; Record Number: 2325250].

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The individuals in this family appear in the following census listings.

Descent
Joseph Edwards
Mary (Edwards) Rhodes
Amanda (Rhodes) Sheldon
Mabel Blanche Sheldon

 


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Last Updated: Thursday, November 17, 2011.