Toliver Jorile GREEN Alpharetta Mae GREEN Birdie GREEN Charles Elvin THORNTON Grover Lawson THORNTON Melvina C THORNTON Remona Vivene THORNTON Lora Fay THORNTON Living THORNTON Living THORNTON Norah Nettie GREEN David Homer GREEN Lou Ada Caldonia WEST Mini tree diagram
Minnie Lee GREEN

Minnie Lee GREEN6,1,2,3,4,5,1,7,8

3rd May 18991,2,3,4,5 - 23rd Jan 19412,5

Life History

3rd May 1899

Born in Center, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory.1,2,3,4,5

28th Dec 1920

Married

28th Dec 1920

Married Charles Elvin THORNTON.4,2

13th Jul 1922

Birth of son Grover Lawson THORNTON in Marlow, Stephens, Oklahoma.4,9,10,11,8,12

18th May 1924

Birth of daughter Melvina C THORNTON in Oklahoma.13,4,9,14

25th Jun 1927

Birth of daughter Remona Vivene THORNTON in Sterling, Comanche, Oklahoma.15,14,16,4,9,8,8

14th Mar 1932

Birth of daughter Lora Fay THORNTON in Comanche County, Oklahoma.9,7

23rd Jan 1941

Died in Oklahoma.2,5

after 23rd Jan 1941

Buried in Denton Cemetery, Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma.5

Other facts

 

Birth of son Living THORNTON

 

Birth of daughter Living THORNTON

Notes

  • Some sources have spelled Minnie's middle name as Lea.  Niece Lou Ila Gregory Jenkins spells the middle name as Minnie Lee.  I found also that her name on her father 's WWI Draft Registration is spelled that way,  when she is listed as the nearest relative.  The name and the signature match, seeming to indicate that Joe himself filled out that form.

    Minine may have been born in Pontotoc County of Chickasaw Nation.  No record has been found, but family records report that her youngest brother, Homer, was born in 1906 in Center in Pontotoc County.  It seems they moved to Marlow in Pickens County, which in November 1907 became Stephens County, Oklahoma, some time after Homer's birth.

    In 1910, Minnie is 11 years old in the household of her widowed father Joe (Jorile) Green in Stephens County, Oklahoma, in the Richland township near Marlow.

    1910 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma, 25 April, Richland Township, District 243, Page 6B (No House or Family numbers)
    Green, Joe Head M W 34 Widowed OK AL AL
    Green, Minnie Dau F W 11  OK OK OK

    In 1920, 20-year-old Minnie is still living at home with her father Joe (Toliver Jorile) who has now married the widow Mollie Stroud Williams Lane,

    1920 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma, 2 February, Richland Township, District 262, page 10A (No house or family numbers given)
    Green, Joe T  Head M W 46 OK GA AL Farmer
    Green, Mollie  Wife  F W 48  AL AL AL
    Green, Minnie Dau  F W 20  OK AL AL

    1930 Federal Census, Comanche County, Oklahoma, 7 April, Richards Township, District 30, page 2A, Hse #26, Fam #27
    Thornton, Charley C Head Rents, Owns a radio M W 39 First Married at age 29 OK MO MO Farmer [b abt 1891]
    Thornton, Minnie L Wife F W 30 First Married at age 31 OK TX GA [b abt 1900]

    1940 Federal Census, Travis County, Texas, 13 May, Austin, District 227-8A4, page 63A, Hse #424, Owns $200
    Thornton, William M  Head M W 62 Grade C1 b Texas Same house in 1935 Newspaper correspondent
    Thornton, Minnie Lee Wife F W 41 Grade C2 b Texas Same house in 1935
    Thornton, Mary Mother F W 87 Single Grade H4 b Louisiana Same house in 1935

    Minnie Lee Thornton
    Birth May 3, 1899 Center, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma
    Death Jan 23, 1941
    Parents:
    Toliver Jorile Green 1873-1947
    Lou Ada Caldonia West Green 1877-1907
    Spouse Charles Elvin Thornton 1891-1963
    Siblings:
    Alpharetta Mae Green Gregory 1895-1963
    Birdie Green 1898-1898
    Norah Green 1902-1902
    David Homer Green 1906-1989
    Burial Denton Cemetery, Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma
    Created by Jean Feb 20, 2007
    --  Find A Grave Memorial #18001931, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18001931

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