Author talk:George Thorne

George Thorne Junior?
G Thorne Jun gave a talk with this same title to the Auckland Institute 22 Feb 1876. The article refers to moa bones and other finds by G Thorne Jnr donated to Auckland Museum. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18760222.2.23 New Zealand Herald, Volume XIII, Issue 4454, 22 February 1876, Page 3

Auckland War Memorial Museum has correspondence from Thorne, George Jnr in the collection covering the period 1868 -1899. http://api.aucklandmuseum.com/id/library/manuscriptsandarchives/10808 https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/record/am_library-manuscriptsandarchives-10808?k=George%20Thorne&dept=manuscripts%20and%20archives&ordinal=1

A considerable number of additional references can be found in relation to "George Thorne Jnr", and involvement in a bankruptcy case. Noracrentiss (talk) 03:52, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

A "George Thorne" (3 September 1846 – 23 June 1907) with a father also called George Thorne can be found on Family Search records. K4GD-Y9J. This George Thorne was apparently born in Sydney, married in Auckland and died in England. This matches newspaper report for death of Isabella, wife of George Thorne Jnr. wife Isabella dies 1885 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM18850722.2.22.1 not found in bdm index. marriage 1881/2353	Isobel	Murdoch to	George	Thorne

George Thorne junior discovers moa bones https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DSC18751122.2.15

George Thorne junior of NZ, now in England https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP18981126.2.40


 * Unless the the father had some works that can be hosted here, we do not need to disambiguate. -- Beardo (talk) 17:52, 8 March 2024 (UTC)