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Bertram L Thornton 1914 - 2000

Bertram L Thornton of Algonquin, McHenry County, IL was born on December 13, 1914, and died at age 85 years old on November 8, 2000.
Bertram L Thornton
Algonquin, McHenry County, IL 60102
December 13, 1914
November 8, 2000
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Bertram L Thornton's History: 1914 - 2000

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  • 12/13
    1914

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    December 13, 1914
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  • 11/8
    2000

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    November 8, 2000
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    Bertram L Thornton lived 14 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 85.
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In 1914, in the year that Bertram L Thornton was born, President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating Mother's Day, the second Sunday in May, as a national holiday to honor mothers. Anna Jarvis had championed a Mother's Day for years but Congress had joked a few years earlier that then they would have to proclaim a "Mother-in-law's Day" as well. The President who championed a woman's right to vote also created a day in their honor.
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In 1934, at the age of 20 years old, Bertram was alive when on July 22nd, gangster John Dillinger was killed in Chicago. His gang had robbed banks and police stations, among other charges, and he was being hunted by J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI - although many in the public saw him as a "Robin Hood". A madam from a brothel in which he was hiding became an informer for the FBI and, after a shootout with FBI agents, Dillinger was shot and died.
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