COMPLETED - with many thanks - Lookup request please - NSW - NORTON

[majm]

Hi All,

I will try to find him on 1903 roll, letting my fingers walk through several western district polling places in several seats, born 1873, he ought to be on 1903 roll!  Do we have an occupation at all?  I will start with seat of Darling, cause its familiar to moi.

Cheers Moi

[Jamjar]

He was listed as a driver in 1917, upon enlistment. He was residing in Paddington.

They were in Sydney in 1906, as per birth of child.

Jamjar

[Jamjar]

Hi there, Robert

Are you able to locate birth for George M Norton, brother of Bede? He is died in 1920.

Jamjar

[majm]

Hi All,

1903 Electoral Roll report : NOT resident in seat of Darling (western districts of NSW), BUT umm, at polling place of Cobar did find place COBAR, Emma and George NORTON on Old Bourke Road, she domestic duties, he a labourer.

Will try around the Eastern Sydney seats now!  any ideas as to where that 1905 marriage occured ?

Cheers, Moi

[Jamjar]

Marriage and birth of first son in Sydney.

Jamjar

[majm]

Hi Jamjar,

Progress (or lack thereof) Report.
Checked 1903 rolls at all polling places for seats of West Sydney, Wentworth, South Sydney, Parramatta, East Sydney, BUT not having much luck.  Sorry.  But I am only looking at jeg files online at a subscription service based at Uni New England in Armidale (NSW).  Umm, I will try Sands Directories after our evening meal  Cheers MOI

[tropicalj]

Hello  there All
just adding  in

1936 Electoral Roll  for Bondi North NSW

Bede Noel NORTON Curlewis Street Bondi, Stereotyper
Jean Nell NORTON   Curlewis Street, Bondi, home duties


Jenn

[regross]

Hi All,

personally I like the "Naught*n" a good variation of Norton. Quite feasible as NORTON can be a phonetic spelling of NAUGHT*N. Long with the fact that he was a John A I could understand him dropping Mary!!!! How good would it be to look at the original entries to see waht is actually written on the forms.

nice sleuthing people

Robyn

[nortybaby]

Hi there Everyone,

Thank you all so much for all your help. Haven't had a chance until tonight to get on the computer, what with work, kids etc. I've been able to sit down and look through all this information and have no idea how John came to be born in Bourke. A little background:

John Norton & Mary Jane Blakeney are defitinitely John A's parents. John snr was born in Goulburn 1843, Mary Jane in Sydney 1847. They married in Sydney 1872. (I have all these certificates).

John Alponsis Liguori (very Catholic) was born - according to the marriage cert - in Bourke around 1872/3, the eldest of 10 children (this also agrees with the age he was on his parents death certificates). The others were born (I have their basic details) in Cootmundra, Young, Goulburn, Gundagai, Tumut.

John senior was a miner & lemonade maker, Mary Jane a homemaker.

John A & Sophie were married 24/6/1905 at the Protestant Hall in Sydney. From what  I can gather from the info you have given the kids (3 that we know of) were born in Sydney. I have ordered the death cert's for John and Sophie (again from info received from you lovely people) and am waiting impatiently for this. Also waiting on a lookup re ESMP on their burials - possibly at South Head Cemetery.

It appears that Sophie died in 1929 and John A in 1930. This sounds right as in the 1930 electoral John and Leslie are showing as living with Sydney & Ada (my grandparents so they probably either moved in with them after her death or were already living there.

I had a look at John A's records on the NAA website. He joined up in June 1917 and was discharged 3 months later on medical grounds. The papers said that he was "deaf" and couldn't hear orders unless they were shouted at him!

Still wading through and taking my time - I really don't want get this wrong.

I will now look at Sophie's side and see if I can find anything there - the possibilities are endlessand I have some to look at.

Regross - funny about the Mary - my maternal grandfathers second name was "Marie" - coincidence?

Cheers,
Julie