Thorold Farrar FIELD was born on 6 March 1884 at New York, New York, New York.119 He was baptized on 30 October 1885 at Dobbs Ferry, Westchester, New York, by Canon Farrar. Thorold was named for this man with his middle name.120 He married Katherine VAN VLECK on 20 June 1931 at Superior, Douglas, Wisconsin. He died on 13 June 1960 at Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota, at age 76.121,122 He was buried at Forest Hill Cemetery, 2516 Woodland Avenue, Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota, in Section L, Block 44, Lot 13.9
He was listed as a mining engineer in Jun 1900 at New York, when he appeared as a son on the census of 1 Jun 1900 in the household of Clara Louise LINDLEY at 17 East 43rd Street, New York City, New York (Manhattan Borough), New York.56 In 1903 he graduated from the University of Minnesota, Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota, with a bachelor of science degree in geology from the College of Science and Engineering. He appeared on the census of 1910 at Montello, Elko, Nevada, where he is listed as a lodger and his occupation is engineer in the mining industry. In 1912 he graduated from Harvard’s Graduate Schools of Applied Sciences with a degree in Mining Engineering. He appeared on the census of Jan 1920 at 1531 First, Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota, where he was living alone.123 He was described as 5 feet, 6 1/2 inches tall, full forehead, blue eyes, straight nose, medium mouth, round chin, brown hair, fair complexion, and oval face on his United States passport application. Family described him as short, stocky and he talked quickly. He appeared on the census of 1930 at Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota, where he is listed a lodger and his occupation is again mining engineer in the mine industry. He was a founder, owner and operator of gold mines in Africa, where he first visited to find his Lindley family missionary roots in the early 1930’s. He lived in 1935 at Rhodesia as cited on the 1940 census. And according to his son, Cyrus III, Thorold was the geologist that recognized that the Roan Antelope deposit in Southern Rhodesia was much richer than people thought. It became the biggest copper mine in the world at the time. Thorold is mentioned in the book "The Northern Rhodesia Copperbelt 1899-1962" by Francis L. Coleman on pages 49 and 200. Thorold and his wife, Katherine, appeared on the census of 1940 at Palm Beach, Palm Beach, Florida, with their 2 children and he is again listed as a mining engineer, but this time it states he is in private practice. He and Katherine lived at Little Rock, Arkansas, while Thorold worked on bauxite deposits during World War II. They moved here in part because they were afraid of being on the coast in Palm Beach due to threats of German attacks. Thorold was a member of the sub-committee on Raw Materials for the Atomic Energy Advisory Board in 1953. His ties to Africa and uranium deposits there may have played a role in his appointment. The family has a photo of Thorold standing next to J. Robert Oppenheimer, which was probably taken during the Bikini bomb testing
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