Frederick Augustus Norton

Brief Life History of Frederick Augustus

When Frederick Augustus Norton was born on 31 October 1838, in Sackets Harbor, Jefferson, New York, United States, his father, Harvey Norton, was 36 and his mother, Frances Marian Austin, was 38. He married Laura Belle Reed on 18 February 1865, in Greenwood, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Greenwood, Greenwood, Kansas, United States in 1885 and Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States in 1910. He died on 31 March 1912, in Ripley, Payne, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Ripley, Payne, Oklahoma, United States.

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Family Time Line

Frederick Augustus Norton
1838–1912
Laura Belle Reed
1848–1939
Marriage: 18 February 1865
John Raymond Norton
1867–1931
Loretta May Norton
1869–1955
Laura Evelyn Norton
1871–1958
Minnie Bell Norton
1872–1895
Adeline Norton
1874–1955
Oliver Frederick Norton
1876–1885
Albert Edgar Norton
1878–1958
Charles Harvey Norton
1878–1958
Fannie Maria Norton
1881–1969
George Taylor Norton
1883–1959
Susan Estelle Norton
1885–1955
Maude Amelia Norton
1886–1972

Sources (15)

  • F A Norton, "Kansas, State Census, 1885"
  • Frederick Norton, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"
  • Frederick Augustus Norton, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1855

Historical Boundaries: 1855: Greenwood, Kansas Territory, United States 1861: Greenwood, Kansas, United States

1861

Kansas is the 34th state

Name Meaning

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.

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