Thomas Ray Gorton

• BIRTH: ABT 1854, , , Rhode Island
• DEATH: 15 Sep 1915, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
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• MARRIAGE: 15 Dec 1873, Woonsocket, Providence, Rhode Island

1.  Walter A. Gorton (14 Apr 1887 - AFT 18 Apr 1910)
2.  Independence Whipple Gorton (14 Apr 1887 - ____)
3.  Oriana Pearl Gorton (15 Apr 1889 - 30 Mar 1983)
4.  Thomas R. Gorton (15 Feb 1891 - AFT 18 Apr 1910)
5.  Earle E. Gorton (20 Sep 1895 - AFT 18 Apr 1910)
6.  Fannie Irene Gorton (9 Aug 1897 - 24 Oct 1927)

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                                                        _George Brown Gorton _|
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|                                                      |                                             _William Dexter _____|_Mary Brown _________
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|--Thomas Ray Gorton 
|  (1854 - 1915)
|                                                                                                                          _Obadiah Ballou _____+
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|                                                                                                    _Benjamin Ballou ____|_Sarah Whipple ______
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|                                                                              _Thomas Ballou ______|
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|                                                                             |                     |                      _Daniel Whipple _____+
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|                                                                             |                     |_Sarah Whipple ______|_Anne Chamberlain ___
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|                                                       _Horace Ballou _______|
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|                                                      |                      |_Cynthia Parnell ____|
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|_Jane Helen or Ellen Jane Ballou _____________________|
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                                                       |_Harriet Atkins ______|
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Notes

• June 28, 1860 Census, 1-dist. Smithfield, Providence, RI, p.80
  • Gorton, Whipple {38220} 35, laborer, b. MA
  • Gorton, Jane H. {38210} 41 b. NY
  • Gorton, Edwin 19 b. RI {son of George and Jane}
  • Gorton, John A. 17 b. MA {son of George and Jane}
  • Gorton, Nathan D. 15 b. RI {son of George and Jane}
  • Gorton, Whipple J. 12 b. RI {son of George and Jane}
  • *Gorton, George 5 b. RI {son of Whipple and Jane}
  • Gorton, Thomas R. 3 b. RI {son of Whipple and Jane}
• June 4, 1870 Census, Smithfield, Providence, RI, p.583
  • Gorton, Whipple 45, works in cotton mill, b. MA
  • Gorton, Jane H. 51 b. NY
  • Gorton, Nathan D. 25 works in cotton mill, b. RI
  • Gorton, [Maria] A. 25 b. MA {abt 1845; think this is Nathan's wife}
  • Gorton, Whipple I. 22, works in cotton mill, b. RI
  • Gorton, George W. 16, works in cotton mill, b. RI
  • Gorton, Thomas R. 14, works in cotton mill, b. RI
  • Gorton, Alma J. 7 b. RI {abt 1863}
  • Gorton, [Del----] 2 b. RI {male, abt 1868}
• April 18, 1910 Census, 9-wd Providence, Providence, RI, p.62
  • Gorton, Thomas R. 53, fire dept. foreman, mar. 37 yrs. {abt 1873} b. RI, father b. MA, mother b. NY {son of Whipple and Jane}
  • Gorton, Fanie A. 53 b. NH, mar. 37 yrs., 10/10 children, father b. NH, mother b. ME
  • Gorton, Walter A. 23 electrician, b. RI
  • Gorton, Oriana P. 21 solderer in fuse shop, b. RI
  • Gorton, Thomas R., Jr. 19 painter, b. RI
  • Gorton, Earle E. 15, b. RI
  • Gorton, Fannie I. 13, b. RI
• Rhode Island Vital Records - Deaths: "Gorton, Thomas R., son of Whipple and Helen J., d. RI Sept. 15, 1915 age 57"

!SOURCE: "Descendants of Jane Helen Ballou," email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 21 Oct 2013. Cites Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916 (birth, marriage); Rhode Island Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950 (death).

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