When Nicholas Norrish was born on 19 April 1823, in Widecombe in the Moor, Devon, England, United Kingdom, his father, Nicholas Norrish, was 27 and his mother, Susannah Easterbrook, was 32. He married Mary Ann Youart on 26 August 1850, in Nassagaweya Township, Halton, Canada West, British North America. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He immigrated to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1884 and lived in Halton, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years and Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada in 1891. He died on 13 June 1901, in Nassagaweya Township, Halton, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 78, and was buried in Ebenezer United Church Cemetery, Campbellville, Halton, Ontario, Canada.
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English: variant of Norris . For the development of final -s to -sh compare Morrish and Parish . There may have been some confusion with Nurrish
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