Cora Roberta THORNE
Page last updated 20 August 2022.
Birth: 15 June 1881 in Accokeek, Prince George’s County, Maryland
Death: 20 July 1939 in Clinton, Prince George’s County, Maryland
Burial: 22 July 1939 at Providence United Methodist Church Cemetery, Friendly, Prince George’s County, Maryland, Plot F-3
Headstone Text: THORNE // GEORGE BERRY / 1877 - 1926 // CORA ROBERTA / 1881 – 1939
Section Cornerstones: T [are at each corner of the plots for Cornelius, Sarah, Cora and George]
Parents: Cornelius Smith THORNE and Sarah Catherine THORNE (m. BERRY)
Parents' Children:
I have not found evidence of her ever being married or having children. Near the end of her life, Cora was the caregiver for her father’s brother, Richard THORNE.
Close Family also in the Same Cemetery: Cora and her brother, George, share a headstone at Plots F-3 and F-4. Also buried in this cemetery are their parents -- Cornelius and Sarah. Buried in the Old Providence cemetery are: their grandparents -- George and Elizabeth; their sister -- Myrtle.
Family Information Compiled From: FindAGrave website (#33211454), FamilySearch website (#LD76-R49), GenealogyBank, and family records.
Prince George’s County Genealogical Society [Sargent, Jean A. editor]. (1984). Stones and Bones: Cemetery Records of Prince George's County Maryland.
Prince George’s County Genealogical Society. (2012). Murray Funeral Home Records, Washington, DC, volumes 1-5, 1890-1945.
m. = maiden name
Death: 20 July 1939 in Clinton, Prince George’s County, Maryland
Burial: 22 July 1939 at Providence United Methodist Church Cemetery, Friendly, Prince George’s County, Maryland, Plot F-3
Headstone Text: THORNE // GEORGE BERRY / 1877 - 1926 // CORA ROBERTA / 1881 – 1939
Section Cornerstones: T [are at each corner of the plots for Cornelius, Sarah, Cora and George]
Parents: Cornelius Smith THORNE and Sarah Catherine THORNE (m. BERRY)
Parents' Children:
- George Berry THORNE
- Lillian Frances SAULS (m. THORNE)
- Cora Roberta THORNE
- Troy Cornelius THORNE
- Columbus Dennis THORNE
- Murray Ebbsworth THORNE
- Myrtle Eva THORNE
- Carlton Eugene THORNE
- Sadie Iola THORNE (m. THORNE)
- Pearl Susan THORNE (m. CREEL)
I have not found evidence of her ever being married or having children. Near the end of her life, Cora was the caregiver for her father’s brother, Richard THORNE.
Close Family also in the Same Cemetery: Cora and her brother, George, share a headstone at Plots F-3 and F-4. Also buried in this cemetery are their parents -- Cornelius and Sarah. Buried in the Old Providence cemetery are: their grandparents -- George and Elizabeth; their sister -- Myrtle.
Family Information Compiled From: FindAGrave website (#33211454), FamilySearch website (#LD76-R49), GenealogyBank, and family records.
Prince George’s County Genealogical Society [Sargent, Jean A. editor]. (1984). Stones and Bones: Cemetery Records of Prince George's County Maryland.
Prince George’s County Genealogical Society. (2012). Murray Funeral Home Records, Washington, DC, volumes 1-5, 1890-1945.
m. = maiden name