When John Smith Norris was born on 24 March 1771, in Dover, Kent, England, United Kingdom, his father, Matthew Norris, was 36 and his mother, Lydia Hills, was 33. He married Jane Wood on 12 April 1796, in Dover St Mary the Virgin, Kent, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He died in September 1823, in Dover, Kent, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 52.
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English:
habitational name from Middle English norreis, noreis, norais ‘northerner’ (Anglo-Norman French noreis), used both of Norwegians and of inhabitants of northern England and Scotland.
from the Middle English personal name Norreis, derived from norreis ‘northerner’.
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