William George Norton

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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Family Time Line

William George Norton
1864–1957
Susan Rash
1867–1940
Joseph George Norton
1886–1963
William N. Norton
1888–1964
Walter Norton
1889–
Stephen Albert Norton
1891–1973
Elizabeth Ada Norton
1893–1960
Edith Maud Norton
1896–1983
Emily Rose Norton
1900–
Louisa Ella Norton
1902–1978

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"

World Events (8)

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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