Thornton Family Genealogy

    Klickmann, Orlena Mae Thornton

Birth:     31 May 1920, Caspar Drive (res.), Port Clinton, Ottawa Co., OH
Baptism:   21 Jun 1920, St. John's Lutheran Church, Oak Harbor, Ottawa Co., OH

Father:    Klickman, William Karl Albert (*1891 OH +1928 Port Clinton, Ottawa Co., OH)
Mother:    Gyde, Ruth Elizabeth Klickman (*1891 Locust Point, Carroll Twp., Ottawa Co., OH +1976 Magruder Hosp., Port Clinton, Ottawa Co., OH)

Married    Thornton, Clark Olmsted (*1917 Ghent Road (res.), Stow, Summit Co., OH +2004 Northwood Lake (res.), Northport, Tuscaloosa Co., AL)
           2 Mar 1946, United Brethren Church, Port Clinton, Ottawa Co., OH, Sourced
Children:
    1. Thornton, William Clark (*1947 Peoples Hospital, Akron, Summit Co., OH)
    2. Thornton, Mary Louise Boothe (*1951 U.S. Army Hospital, Fort Belvoir, Fairfax Co., VA)
    3. Thornton, Thomas Lee (*1953 U.S. Army Hospital, Fort Belvoir, Fairfax Co., Virginia)
    4. Thornton, Ann Marie Field (*1956 Eglin AFB, Okaloosa Co., Florida)


Notes: 

She spells it KlickmanN.  On responding to my question, she said:
When I was just 17 and just having graduated from high school I
was awarded an honors scholarship to U. of Toledo.
Not having the tuition the Dean of Adm. told me
that for future semesters and to obtain NYA work-study
I could apply for emancipated status as a self-
supporting student and receive "in-city" tuition.  I
went down to the Ottawa Co. Courthouse to
obtain the necessary papers.  I was found to be
registered as "Orlena Mae Klickmann."  I asked
my grandmother and uncle about it.  They said
some branches still carried the double "n," but
for reasons unknown to them my grandfather,
Albert, had dropped one "n."  They said to use
whichever I preferred.  Henceforth I've used
"Klickmann."  I found 1 "Kleickmann" in Hamburg, Germany.
SOURCE: ORLENA KLICKMANN, letter to Tom Thornton, 1995