When Martha Chausse Norton was born on 5 December 1913, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, her father, Thomas Jefferson Norton, was 38 and her mother, Sophie Anne Chausse, was 27. She married Meyer George Reines on 8 October 1941, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. She lived in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1940 and Queens, New York City, New York, United States in 1950. She died on 8 September 2008, in New York, United States, at the age of 94.
Do you know Martha Chausse? Do you have a story about her that you would like to share? Sign In or Create a FREE Account
The American Can Company of Utah Building Complex was built downtown Ogden on 20th and Lincoln Ave. It employed over 450 people and produced millions of cans of food from crops of local farmers. It was closed in 1979 but was added as a Historic Place in 2005 to the National Register. It has also become a headquarters for Amer Sports.
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
English: habitational name from any of the many places so called, from Old English north ‘north’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’. In some cases it is a variant of Norrington .
Irish: altered form of Naughton , assimilated to the English name (see 1 above).
Jewish (American): adoption of the English surname (see 1 above) in place of some similar (like-sounding) original Ashkenazic surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesAs a nonprofit, we offer free help to those looking to learn the details of their family story.