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Gertha Thorn 1896 - 1981

Gertha Thorn of Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington was born on May 7, 1896, and died at age 85 years old in December 1981.

Gertha Thorn
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Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington 98405
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May 7, 1896
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In 1896, in the year that Gertha Thorn was born, on August 17th, the first pedestrian v car fatality occurred in Great Britain. Bridget Driscoll, age 44, was walking with her family on the grounds of The Crystal Palace in London when she was hit by a car driven by Arthur James Edsall. Edsall claimed to be going 4.5 mph and Driscoll's death was ruled an "accidental death" after an inquest.
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In 1909, Gertha was only 13 years old when the New York Times published the first movie review. It was a report on D.W. Griffith's movie "Pippa Passes" also called "The Song of Conscience", a silent film. The review said that this work was moving away from "lurid material that attracted the wrath of censors and concerned citizens and toward more respectable ends. The movie was the story of a young female factory worker, on her day off, wandering and singing - thus changing the hearts of those around her towards good.
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Thorn, Fannie Russell (Born 1896) Thorn, Henry (Jul 12, 1796 - Mar 4, 1885) Thorn, John (Nov 17, 1889 - Jul 1974) Thorn, John (Dec 22, 1911 - Feb 21, 2007) Thorn, Betty (May 26, 1926 - Apr 10, 2008) Thorn, Fred (Jul 13, 1879 - Sep 1968) Thorn, Emma (Oct 21, 1917 - Jun 12, 1999) Thorn, Edwin (Apr 19, 1938 - Feb 14, 2010) Thorn, Greta (Oct 23, 1910 - Oct 30, 2003) Thorn, Henry (Jun 25, 1900 - Jul 1969)
Thorn, Ina (Sep 1, 1892 - Sep 1980) Thorn, Marion (Mar 31, 1898 - May 1985) Thorn, Homer (Nov 10, 1905 - Nov 18, 1993) Thorn, Frances (Jan 16, 1910 - Jun 15, 1993) Thorn, Charles (May 31, 1894 - May 1966) Thorn, Henrietta (Apr 28, 1907 - Mar 1966) Thorn, Janet (Jan 28, 1916 - Aug 4, 1996) Thorn, Edith (Oct 28, 1902 - Jan 1986) Thorn, Lorraine (May 9, 1938 - Aug 23, 2011) Thorn, Russell (Sep 17, 1946 - Sep 8, 2008)
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