1840 - 1876 (35 years)
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Name |
THORNE, William |
Birth |
31 Aug 1840 |
Gender |
Male |
_UID |
3CD6431BACCF29449466742B1B28CFB5B876 |
Death |
Jun 1876 |
Person ID |
I33244 |
Garys-Tree |
Last Modified |
28 Jan 2009 |
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Notes |
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William Thorne drowned in the capsizing of the yacht "Mohawk" in N. Y.
Harbor, June, 1876, with his wife. Lost in same accident as his wife, was
the son of Thomas and Frances M. (Thorne) Garner. He was known as
Commodore Garner. They had one daughter, who married the Marquis de
Breteull of France, brother to Lady Gordon Cumming, wife of Sir Wm.
Gordon Cumming of England. He was on very friendly footing with King
Edward of England, visiting him at Sandringham each year. He was
maternally a grandson of the Hebrew banker, Achille Fould, who played so
important a role throughout the reign of Napoleon III, both as chief
financier of the empire and as the most powerful of Napoleon's Cabinet
ministers.
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Sources |
- [S960] Imported GEDCOM file fr Ken Erd Mar 2006.
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