Theresa (Abt 1841-1926)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. William M. Norton Theresa Born: Abt 1841, New York, United States 1 Marriage (1): William M. Norton Died: 17 Jan 1926, Western, Oneida, New York, United States about age 85 2   Noted events in her life were: • Census: 1910 United States Federal: Western, Oneida, New York, United States. 1 • Census: 1915 New York State: Western, Oneida, New York, United States. 3 • Census: 1920 United States Federal: Western, Oneida, New York, United States. 4 • Census: 1925 New York State: Western, Oneida, New York, United States. 3 Theresa married William M. Norton. (William M. Norton was born on 24 Nov 1840 in Georgetown, Madison, New York, United States 5 and died on 14 May 1912 in Utica, Oneida, New York, United States 6.)

1 <i>1910 United States Federal Census</i> (Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.).

2 "New York, Death Index, 1852-1956," database, <i>Ancestry.com</i> (http://www.ancestry.com/);

Name: Theresa J. Norton
Death Date: 17 Jan 1926
Death Place: Western, New York, USA
Certificate Number: 05474

3 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "New York State Census," database, <i>familysearch.org</i> .

4 <i>1920 United States Federal Census</i> (Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.).

5 Daniel Wager, <i>Our County and Its People</i>; <i>Oneida County, New York Biographies</i> (http://home.comcast.net/~richardson156/index.html : downloaded 16 Nov 2013), Part III, Page 22;

NORTON, WILLIAM M., was born in Georgetown, Madison county, N. Y., November 24, 1840, son of Ezra and Margaret (Louk) Norton, natives of Chenango county, N. Y., and Western, respectively. His maternal grandfather, a native of Rensselaer county, N. Y. was a pioneer farmer of Western. Ezra Norton, father of William M., was a stone and brick mason and plasterer by trade. In 1851, he located in Western and worked at his trade until the breaking out of the civil war, when he enlisted in Co. G, 2nd N. Y. Heavy Artillery, and after tow years service died of brain fever in a Washington hospital. William M. was reared in Western from eleven years of age, and was educated in the common schools. He has followed various occupations, including clerking, boating on the canal, farming, merchandising, and since 1881, has conducted a tin shop at North Western. In 1873, he married Martha, daughter of John and Catherine (Casler) Van Buskirk, of Western. He is a member of the F. & A. M., R. A. M., and K. T., has been town clerk of Western and served as justice of the peace sixteen years. In politics he is a Democrat.

6 "New York, Death Index, 1852-1956," database, <i>Ancestry.com</i> (http://www.ancestry.com/);

Name: William M Norton
Death Date: 14 May 1912
Death Place: Utica, New York, USA
Certificate Number: 23785