Joseph M. Thornton. He was born 1933. He married Joan Mary McCullough.  
They were married on
22 Jun 1957 in Shrine of the Most Blesed Sacrament,  
Washington DC.
Joan Mary McCullough is the daughter of Leo J McCullough and Alice Glazer.
She was born on
Mar 1935.

Joseph M. Thornton and Joan Mary McCullough had 7 children.
    Joan Ellen Thornton
    Patricia Anne Thornton
    Joseph T. Thornton Jr
    Mark Leo Thornton
    Michael John Thornton
    Thomas Edward Thornton
    Susan Mary Thornton


James Thornton. He was born 1934. He married Barbara Skinner. They were  
married on
17 Nov 1956.
Barbara Skinner is the daughter of W Barnard Skinner and Anna Mae Kusnir.
She was born on  
31 Oct 1936.

James Thornton and Barbara Skinner  had 7 children.
    Timothy R Thornton
    Mary E Thornton
    Kathleen M Thornton
    James T. Thornton
    Maureen A Thornton
    William P Thornton
    Robert J Thornton


Mary Ellen Thornton. She was born 1937. She died 19 May 1938.
Obituary: May 19, 1938
            Funeral services for Mary Ellen Thornton 14 month old daughter of Dr Joseph
    M. Thronton and Mrs. Thornton of 501 Stolp Avenue who died Thursday in St. Joseph's
    Hospital will be conducted Saturday morning.  The child died of pneumonia and
    empyema.
             Services will be held in the home at 8:30 am and from Most Holy Rosary
    Church at 9 o'clock. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery. Surviving besides her parents
    are two brothers Joseph T. and James W. Thornton: her grand parents Mr. and Mrs
    Michael J. Thornton; her great grandparents, Mrs Thomas Kennedy and Thomas
    Thornton of Marcellus and several aunts and uncles.



William Thornton. He was born on 06 Feb 1941  He died on 30 Sep 1995 in  
Syracuse
Obituary:
               William M. Thornton, 54 of 113 Ivy Lane, died Saturday at Francis House after
    a long illness
                 Mr. Thornton was  life resident of Syracuse and spent summers on Otisco
    Lake.  He graduated from Most Holy Rosary High School and St. John Fisher College.
    He was a math teacher for 30 years at Lincoln Junior High School and Henninger High
    School.  He was a communicant of St. Charles Borromeo Church.
             Surviving are two brothers, Dr. Joseph T. and James V. both of Fairmount; 14
    nieces and nephews; and several cousins
                Services will be 9:30 am. Tuesday at Whelan Bros Funeral Home and 10 am
    in St. Charles Borromeo Church. Burial wil be in St. Mary's Cemetery, DeWitt.
    Calling hours will be 4 to 8 pm today at the funeral home 3700 W. Genesee St.
    Contributions may be made to Francis House 108 Michaels Ave. Syracuse 13208



Robert Thornton. He was born on 20 Feb 1946  He died Dec 1977 in  Syracuse
    Dr. Robert D. Thornton, 31, of 3836 Columbia Pike, Arlington, Va., formerly of
    Syracuse,  died yesterday in Arlington after a long illness. He was a native of Syracuse
    and resided in Virginia for the last four years. Dr. Thornton was a graduate of Most Holy
    Rosary High School and Le Moyne College, Class of 1968. He received his doctor of
    dentistry degree from Georgetown University this year. Before entering Georgetown, Dr.
    Thornton taught math at Grant Junior High School for four years.
                 Surviving are his wife, the former Ann Swain; his mother, Mrs. Marian Murphy
    Thornton, widow of Dr. Joseph M. Thornton; three brothers, Dr. Joseph T., James V.,
    and William M. Thornton, all of Fairmount, and 16 nieces and nephews. A Mass of
    Christian Burial will be offered at 10 a.m. tomorrow in Holy Family Catholic Church,
    Fairmount. Contributions may be made to the Sidney Flowers Research Fund in care
    of Seymour Alpert at George Washington University. Whelan Bros. Funeral Home is in
    charge of, local arrangements. There are no calling hours.
Children
Joseph Thornton
Obiturary: April 14, 1963
    Dr. Joseph Thornton, 59, of 501 Stolp Ave., died April 13 as a result of an auto accident on
    Howlett Hill Road. Surviving are his wife. Mrs.  Marion Murphy Thornton: four ; sons. Dr. Joseph
    T.. James V., William M., and Robert D. Thornton: nine grandchildren: his father, Michael J.
    Thornton a sister , Miss Alice J. Thornton both of Marcellus.
    Funeral services will be held Tuesday from Schumacher-Whelan Bros. Funeral home at 8:30
    am at Most Holy Rosary Church 9 am. Internment St. Mary’s Cemetery
Marian Smith
Obituary: August 05, 1980
  Mrs. Marian F. Murphy Thornton, 75, of 113 Ivy Lane, and Otisco Lake, died yesterday in a  local
nursing home after a long illness. She was the widow of Dr.
Joseph M. Thornton. The family  formerly had
resided on Stolp Avenue.
Mrs. Thornton was a life resident of Syracuse, a graduate of St. Mary's Academy, class of  1923, and St.
Joseph's College, Emmittsburg, Md. She was a teacher and had been a member of the faculty of Bishop  
Ludden High School from 1963 to 1973.
   Mrs. Thornton was a member and past president of St Joseph's Hospital Auxiliary, Ladies  of Charity of
the former House of Providence, the Mothers' Club and Altar and Rosary Society of  the Roman Catholic
Church of the Most Holy Rosary. She was a communicant of Holy Family  Church of Fairmount.
 Surviving are three sons,
James V., William M. and Dr. Joseph T. Thornton; a sister, Mrs,  Helen Kompf
Kraft
, and 14 grandchildren.  Services will be Friday at 9:15 a.m. at Whelan Bros.  Funeral Home, and at
10 at Holy Family Church. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, DeWitt  Calling hours are 2 to 4 and 7 to
9 p.m. tomorrow.  Contributions may be made to American Lung   Association, 2013 E. Genesee S
Death Certificates
Joseph and marian smith Thornton
Marion Smith Is the daughter of  Augustus and Mary Murphy Smith she was born 1904 in Syracuse, NY. She  died on 05 Aug 1980 in Syracuse,
NY.
(Mary Murphy Smith died in 1905.  In 1907 John and Ellen Lally Muphy, her grandparents, adopted her)

Joseph Thornton is the son of Michael Thornton and Nellie Kennedy He was born 1904. He  died on 13 Apr 1963.

Joseph Thornton and Marion Smith. They were married on
24 Aug 1931 in Syracuse. They had 5  children.
Census Records
Counter
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~