Brief Life History of William George
When William George Norton was born on 7 March 1864, in Linton, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, George Norton, was 30 and his mother, Harriet Dockerill, was 30. He had at least 4 sons and 4 daughters with Susan Rash. He lived in Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom in 1939. He died in June 1957, in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 93.
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Sources (6)
- William G Norten in household of George Norten, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- Legacy NFS Source: William George Norton - Government record: birth-name: William George Norton
- William G Norton, "England and Wales National Register, 1939"
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1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
1904 · The Entente Cordiale
The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.
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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