A.A. Thorne's first marriage was to Eleanor Amanda McLean, a teacher and accomplished artist, they both used their inheritances to set up the Middle School, Thorn's inheritance derived from his maternal grandfather, William Theodore Alleyne.
A.A. Thorne became a young widower upon the death of Eleanor Amanda, and thereafter married Violet Janet Ashurst, an educator and artist, daughter of Charles Ashurst and Elizabeth Jane Alexander (whose family originated from Belfast, Ireland).