Mary "Alida" Thorn

Last Page Activity: Nov 14, 2015

Mary 'Alida' THORNE

Birth: 4 Nov 1858 Hillier, Ontario 33

Death: 1 Feb 1928 Vancouver, British Columbia

Father: Samuel [Sam] Thorn/THORNE (1834-1906)

Mother: Chloe [Cleo] Ann CHAMBERLAIN (1841-1935)

Spouse: George Bell JONES

Birth: 19 Oct 1854

Death: 23 Feb 1937 Portland, Oregon

Marriage: abt 1881 Hillier, Ontario

Children:

Ernest Clifton (2 Aug ca1879 - 16 May 1902)

Florence (1881-1988)

Fred Middleton (1886-1958)

Florence & his mother Alida & Fred JONES

Alida with children Florence and Ernest.

Tintype photo on right is cropped from one above. Appears to be Mary Alida Thorne (on far right) with (left to right) her paternal grandmother, Rhoda (Babbit) Thorne, brothers Fred and Charlie (sitting on fence), father, Sam Thorne, and mother, Cleo (Chamberlain) Thorne.


Charlie, Alida & Fred Thorne ca 1869 (from tintype)	Circa 1911 Standing l-r: Lil (Woodrow) Jones & Florence (Jones) Ferguson Sitting l-r: Alida (Thorne) Jones, Cora Emma (Terry) Thorne with Jack Dillon.

Notes for Mary Alida Thorne

"It appears that Alida and George followed her parents west. They finally settled in Vancouver after trying their fortune in the USA, in the San Francisco area," says Robert O'Brien,

Ernest "older brother of Fred & Florence"
	Alida & George Jones	Fred, George & Alida Jones with Amanda (Jones) Sayre (back) & Cleo (Chamberlain) Thorn

On back "Alida & Babes?"
(Alida with grandaughter 'Babes' [Ernest's daughter)

Photo, above ca 1905 Back row: Cornelia (nee Jones) VanHorne, Cora Niles, Ralph VanHorne, Alida (nee Thorne) Jones, George VanHorne Cleo (nee Chamberlain) Thorne; Front Row: Fred Jones; Florence Jones; 'Babes', Samuel Thorne