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ii. H. THORNTON LORIMER 556,557 , b. April 16, 1902, Chicopee, Mass. 558,559 ; d. July 02, 1979, Concord,
N.H. 560,561 .
Notes for H. THORNTON LORIMER:
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H. Thornton Lorimer graduated from Amherst College in 1924 and was a 1927 honor s graduate of Harvard
Law School. After being admitted to the New Hampshire ba r, he joined a Rochester, N.H., law firm, and two
years later he was appointed Assistant Attorney-General for the state. At the age of 33, he was appointed a
Superior Court judge by the Governor of New Hampshire and served on the Superi or Court of New
Hampshire for 11 years, resigning as Chief Justice in 1945 in o rder to re-enter private practice.
He married Edith Adelaide Leach of Lee, Ma ssachusetts, daughter of George C. and Adelaide L. Leach, on
June 30, 1927, at her parents' home in Lee. Miss Leach was a graduate of Smith College.[2836643.FTW]
H. Thornton Lorimer graduated from Amherst College in 1924 and was a 1927 honor s graduate of Harvard
Law School. After being admitted to the New Hampshire ba r, he joined a Rochester, N.H., law firm, and two
years later he was appointed Assistant Attorney-General for the state. At the age of 33, he was appointed a
Superior Court judge by the Governor of New Hampshire and served on the Superi or Court of New
Hampshire for 11 years, resigning as Chief Justice in 1945 in o rder to re-enter private practice.
He married Edith Adelaide Leach of Lee, Ma ssachusetts, daughter of George C. and Adelaide L. Leach, on
June 30, 1927, at her parents' home in Lee. Miss Leach was a graduate of Smith College.
More About H. THORNTON LORIMER:
Burial: Blossom Hill Cemetery, Concord, N.H. 562,563
Record Change: November 20, 2003 564,565
iii. ALLEN I. LORIMER 566,567 , b. April 16, 1902, Chicopee, Mass. 568,569 ; d. 1980, Seattle, Washington 570,571 .
Notes for ALLEN I. LORIMER:
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Allen Ingram Lorimer was a 1924 graduate of Amherst College, at the same time a s his identical twin,
Thornton Lorimer. After graduation, he lived for two yea rs in Kyoto, Japan, as a graduate fellow at Doshisha
University. On his return in 1926, he entered the Union Theological Seminary in New York City where he r
eceived a Bachelor of Divinity degree in 1930. He was ordained before his grad uation, an unusual honor,
and accepted a call to the First Congregational Churc h in Old Greenwich, Connecticut. It was during this
charge that he changed the spelling of his first name to "Allan." After a pastorate of eight years at th e
Franklin Street Congregational Church in Manchester, New Hampshire, he obtain ed a Doctor of Divinity
from Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon, in 194 5. Rev. Dr. Lorimer later held parishes in Seattle,
Washington; Montclair, New Jersey; and Essex, Connecticut.
Allen Lorimer married Mary Griffin of She lby, North Carolina, only daughter of Professor and Mrs. Isaac C.
Griffin, on A pril 19, 1927, at the Presbyterian Church in Shelby.[2836643.FTW]
Allen Ingram Lorimer was a 1924 graduate of Amherst College, at the same time a s his identical twin,
Thornton Lorimer. After graduation, he lived for two yea rs in Kyoto, Japan, as a graduate fellow at Doshisha
University. On his return in 1926, he entered the Union Theological Seminary in New York City where he r
eceived a Bachelor of Divinity degree in 1930. He was ordained before his grad uation, an unusual honor,
and accepted a call to the First Congregational Churc h in Old Greenwich, Connecticut. It was during this
charge that he changed the spelling of his first name to "Allan." After a pastorate of eight years at th e
Franklin Street Congregational Church in Manchester, New Hampshire, he obtain ed a Doctor of Divinity
from Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon, in 194 5. Rev. Dr. Lorimer later held parishes in Seattle,
Washington; Montclair, New Jersey; and Essex, Connecticut.
Allen Lorimer married Mary Griffin of She lby, North Carolina, only daughter of Professor and Mrs. Isaac C.
Griffin, on A pril 19, 1927, at the Presbyterian Church in Shelby.
More About ALLEN I. LORIMER:
Record Change: November 20, 2003 572,573
iv. ELIZABETH KING LORIMER 574,575 , b. December 26, 1907, Chicopee, Hampden Co., Massachusetts 576,577 ; d.
January 12, 2002, Regina, Saskatchewan 578,579 .
Notes for ELIZABETH KING LORIMER:
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Nickname: Betty
After graduation from Smith College (B.A. '29), Northamp ton, Mass., Betty taught school for a year in San
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