Researching Evan Thornley
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 3324 people with the Thornley surname? In that year Thornley was ranked number 1251 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Evan means "form of JOHN - God is gracious" and is of Welsh origin.
Records of Evan Thornley on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Evan Thornley and the Thornley Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 2798 people with the Thornley surname in the UK? Thornley is now ranked number 1910 for popularity in the UK. |
Thornley Genealogy Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Thornley surname in the USA? Thornley is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Evan Thornley
Evan Thornley
Evan William Thornley (born 1964), is an Australian entrepreneur. Thornley was founding chair of Per Capita and National Secretary of the Australian Fabian Society. He was a board member of the Brotherhood of St Laurence and the Chifley Research Centre, was a founding director of GetUp!. Along with his wife, he founded LookSmart, the first Australian dot-com company listed on the NASDAQ. During the dot-com bubble, his stake in the company was worth almost $1 billion, but its value declined by 99% as the bubble burst. He is also a co-founder of the Goodstart Consortium - a social enterprise that owns the largest childcare network in the world (formerly called ABC Learning). He was formerly the CEO of Better Place Australia and Global CEO of Better Place LLC, a now-defunct company which intended to supply electric cars and the charging or switching stations to support them.
Thornley served in public office for two years as the Labor member of the Victorian Legislative Council for the Southern Metropolitan Region, and as Parliamentary Secretary to Premiers Bracks and Brumby.
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