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Looking for Nortons in Northern Wisconsin

jessicayoder_1  (View posts) Posted: 27 May 2009 1:29PM GMT
Classification: Query
My Gr Grandmother was Floy Norton, her father was George Washington Norton of Fond du lac wi. Any info on George would be great!

Re: Looking for Nortons in Northern Wisconsin

mebateman1  (View posts) Posted: 28 May 2009 6:12PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Norton
Do you have any birth dates for Floy and her father? Who did they marry and when?

1895 WI Portage Co Stevens Point
G W Norton 1 male 4 females

Might this be her?
1900 WI Fond Du Lac Co Fond Du Lac Wd3
47 1/2 29 34 living on West Second St
Norton Cora B head Feb 2 1867 33 Widow 4 born 4 living b.MN (father born MI) (mother born WI) laundryman
Norton Ethel I dau Mar 24 1890 10 WI
Norton Floy A dau Apr 24 1892 8 born WI (father born Michigan) mother born Minnesota
Norton Gladys M dau Jan 21 1894 6 WI
Norton Franklin W son Apr 9 1896 4 WI
Griffith Margaret E sister single Nov 18 1873 27 WI MI MN

1905 WI State Census Fond du Lac
#194
Batchelver Harla/Harls? head 40 married born unk? laborer
Batchelver Cora wife 38 married b. MN
Norton Ethel dau 15 single b. WI
Norton Floyd(should be Floy) son 13 b. WI
Norton Gladys dau 11 b. WI
Norton Franklin son 9 b. WI
Norton Leo son 3 b. WI (he should have Batchelver last name)

WI Births
Leo S Batchelder b. 2 Aug 1902 Fond du Lac Co

1920 IN Lake Co Gary tsp
Sopher Roscoe head 28 mar IL unk IN
Sopher Floy wife 27 mar WI WI MN
Batchelor Cora motherinlaw 52 wd MN WI WI
Batchelor Leo brotherlaw 17 mar? WI WI MN

this might be George's family:
1880 WI Portage Co Plover tsp
Norton Samuel W 68 miller widower VT CT VT
Norton Harvey 42 son Divorced carpenter NH VT NH
Norton Jane 40 dau single
Norton John 38 son Divorced brick mason VT VT NH
Norton Henry 35 son single carpenter and builder
Norton Laura 17 granddau single WI VT IL
Norton Elmira 14 granddau single WI VT IL
Norton George 12 grandson single WI VT IL
Norton Edwin 10 grand son single WI VT IL
Norton May 7 granddau WI VT IL

1870 WI Portage Co Plover
Norton Samuel 51 farmer VT
Norton Jane 30 VT
Norton Henry 25 carpenter VT
Norton Charles 18 VT
living next door
Norton Samuel 32 carpenter VT
Norton Laura 7 WI
Norton Almira 5 WI
Norton George 2 WI
Norton Edward 3/12 WI b. Dec

1860 WI Portage Co Plover
Samuel W Norton 48 miller VT
Deborah Norton 36 NH
Harvey Norton 22 farmer NH
Jane Norton 20 VT
John Norton 18 VT
Henry Norton 15 VT
Charles Norton 8 VT

Here's a tree on rootsweb.com for Samuel Norton and Deborah
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op...


I hope this is helpful. This is not my family.

Re: Looking for Nortons in Northern Wisconsin

Randall_Berry  (View posts) Posted: 28 May 2009 8:42PM GMT
Classification: Query
I have a George Washington Norton, b. Aug/6/1825 in Farmington,ME that died in WI in October of 1859. m. Christiana Judkins on May 15, 1847 in Farmington. His father, also G.W. b.1787 in Edgartown, MA, wife Ruth Rice. Sorry that I don't have sources and I don't have any of his children listed.

Re: Looking for Nortons in Northern Wisconsin

jessicayoder_1  (View posts) Posted: 30 May 2009 9:55PM GMT
Classification: Query
Yes this looks like them. George and Cora B Griffeth got married in Portage, wi. But he died somewhere between 1898-1900.
Floy's birth year is 1892 and George is about 1865.

thanks for the info.

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