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Mary "Alida" THORNE

 

Birth:     4 Nov 1858   Hillier, Ontario33

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

Death:   1963   Portland, Oregon

Marriage:   abt 1881   Hillier, Ontario

 

Children:

Ernest    "older brother of Fred & Florence"  [see photo below]

Florence  (1881-1988)

Fred Middleton

 

 

 

 
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 in Indian Head Saskatchewan 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 [information taken from back of picture]
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 Jones & Alida (Thorne) Jones & Amanda + Cleo (Chamberlain) Thorne
On back "Alida & Babes?"
    
Photo, above, as marked on back: ca 1905 Top row Alida (see note below); George Jones; Eve?; Ralph [Van Horne]; not identified; George VH; Cleo [Chamberlain-Thorne]; Bottom Row: Fred [Jones]; Florence [Jones]; not identified (but referred to as "Babes" in another photo with Alida); Sammual T [Thorne]  (We question "Alida" and believe Alida to be the woman between gentlemen Ralph and George VH).