Brick Street Cemetery
Genealogy Pages

Home Page  |  What's New  |  Photos  |  Histories  |  Headstones  |  Reports  |  Surnames
Search
First Name:


Last Name:



Home Search Login  
Print Bookmark

Roy Edgar Norton

Male 1915 - 2015  (100 years)


Generations:      Standard    |    Vertical    |    Compact    |    Box    |    Text    |    Ahnentafel    |    Fan Chart    |    Media    |    PDF

Less detail
Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Roy Edgar Norton was born in 1915 (son of Oscar John Norton and Edith Pearl Brown); died on 16 Mar 2015.

    Notes:

    -had a trucking business delivering a by-product from Kellogg's as cattle feed to farmers in Middlesex County.
    -inherited the family home that was built in 1860 on the L34BF farm after his great-grandfather Nelson purchased the property from the Thomas Jarvis estate in 1869. Roy sold the last part of this farm in 2006 to a land developer who will removed the house and build an apartment complex on the acreage. After 195 years of continuous residency of descendants of john Norton, the male line of this surname disappeared from Brick St. when Roy and his son left the area."

    NORTON, Roy

    Roy married Mary Madeline McGuffin. Mary was born in 1920; died in 1998. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Living Norton
    2. Living Norton

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Oscar John Norton was born in 1887 (son of John Norton* and Alexandria Griffeth*); died in 1958.

    Notes:

    8 children

    Oscar married Edith Pearl Brown. Edith (daughter of Robert Edward Brown and Alice Elizabeth Dale) was born in 1882; died in 1974. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Edith Pearl Brown was born in 1882 (daughter of Robert Edward Brown and Alice Elizabeth Dale); died in 1974.

    Notes:

    8 children

    Children:
    1. 1. Roy Edgar Norton was born in 1915; died on 16 Mar 2015.
    2. Elmer G. Norton* was born in 1918; died in 2004.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John Norton* was born in 1850 (son of Nelson Norton* and Elizabeth Routledge*); died on 21 Aug 1929.

    Notes:

    Norton 4
    -farmed L32, 33, 34BF and 37 at various times.

    John married Alexandria Griffeth* in 1876. Alexandria (daughter of Eli Griffeth* and Alexandria McAdam*) was born in 1847; died on 12 Jan 1929. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Alexandria Griffeth* was born in 1847 (daughter of Eli Griffeth* and Alexandria McAdam*); died on 12 Jan 1929.

    Notes:

    Norton 4

    Children:
    1. Eli Nelson Norton* was born in Sep 1877; died on 12 Jan 1885.
    2. Alexandria Elizabeth Norton* was born in Jul 1879; died on 13 Sep 1882.
    3. Edith May Norton* was born in Dec 1882; died on 03 Feb 1885.
    4. 2. Oscar John Norton was born in 1887; died in 1958.
    5. Austin George Norton was born in 1890; died in 1969.

  3. 6.  Robert Edward Brown was born in 1858 (son of Matthew William Brown and Eleanor Ellen Dowling); died in 1931.

    Robert married Alice Elizabeth Dale in 1879. Alice (daughter of Samuel Dale* and Sarah R. Hannan*) was born in 1855; died in 1919. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Alice Elizabeth Dale was born in 1855 (daughter of Samuel Dale* and Sarah R. Hannan*); died in 1919.
    Children:
    1. 3. Edith Pearl Brown was born in 1882; died in 1974.
    2. Eva Gertrude Brown was born in 1885; died in 1969.
    3. Wellington Dale Brown was born in 1898; died in 1987.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Nelson Norton* was born on 11 Jun 1816 in Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario (son of George Norton* and Sabrina Manning*); died on 18 Apr 1904 in Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario.

    Notes:

    Norton 5
    Nelson & Betsy eloped
    Nelson became a prominant landowner in the area by buying up properties
    Nelson sold a portion of his property for the Brick Street school in 1874

    Nelson married Elizabeth Routledge*. Elizabeth (daughter of George Routledge and Jane Summers) was born on 13 Apr 1822 in London Tp,, Middlesex, Upper Canada; died on 23 May 1904 in Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Elizabeth Routledge* was born on 13 Apr 1822 in London Tp,, Middlesex, Upper Canada (daughter of George Routledge and Jane Summers); died on 23 May 1904 in Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario.

    Notes:

    Norton 5
    Elizabeth is descended from the Routledges of London Township

    Children:
    1. William Henry Norton* was born on 11 Jun 1839; died on 03 Nov 1931 in Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario.
    2. Mary Ann Norton* was born in 1843; died in 1922.
    3. George Norton was born in 1846; died in 1922.
    4. Sarah Miranda Norton was born in 1848; died in 1939.
    5. 4. John Norton* was born in 1850; died on 21 Aug 1929.
    6. Nathan Norton* was born in 1853; died on 14 Nov 1923.
    7. Allan Norton* was born in 1858; died in 1937.

  3. 10.  Eli Griffeth* was born about 1806 in Vermont (son of Nathan Griffith* and Mary*); died on 07 Nov 1879.

    Notes:

    Griffeth 5
    farmed west of brother Nathan's farm at L35 C1 and BF. Huron Diocese bought 39 acres of the BF to make Woodland Cemetery

    Eli married Alexandria McAdam* on 12 May 1831. Alexandria (daughter of John McAdam and Ellen McKenzie) was born about 1813 in Scotland; died on 26 Dec 1861. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Alexandria McAdam* was born about 1813 in Scotland (daughter of John McAdam and Ellen McKenzie); died on 26 Dec 1861.

    Notes:

    Griffeth 5
    a sister of Jane, wife of Nathan Griffith Jr.

    Children:
    1. Jeremiah Griffeth* was born on 17 Nov 1831; died on 12 Jan 1905.
    2. Oliver Griffeth was born in 1834; died in 1919.
    3. Jane Griffeth* was born about 1837; died on 14 Jan 1916.
    4. John Griffeth was born about 1839; died in 1918.
    5. William Griffeth was born in 1841; died in 1926.
    6. Eli Griffeth was born in 1844; died in 1916.
    7. 5. Alexandria Griffeth* was born in 1847; died on 12 Jan 1929.
    8. Nathan Griffith* was born in 1848; died on 23 Mar 1928.
    9. Andrew Griffeth* was born in 1853; died on 05 Nov 1907.

  5. 12.  Matthew William Brown

    Matthew married Eleanor Ellen Dowling. [Group Sheet]


  6. 13.  Eleanor Ellen Dowling
    Children:
    1. 6. Robert Edward Brown was born in 1858; died in 1931.

  7. 14.  Samuel Dale* was born in 1817 (son of Jacob Dale* and Anne Landos*); died on 24 Feb 1880.

    Notes:

    Dale 15
    L34 C1 and L41 C1

    Samuel Dale bought portions of L40 and L41 from John Moore in November, 1842.

    Samuel married Sarah R. Hannan*. Sarah was born in 1828; died on 24 Jul 1861. [Group Sheet]


  8. 15.  Sarah R. Hannan* was born in 1828; died on 24 Jul 1861.

    Notes:

    buried with son Samuel [DWT]
    Dale 16

    Children:
    1. 7. Alice Elizabeth Dale was born in 1855; died in 1919.
    2. Samuel Dale* was born in 1861.



This site powered by The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding v. 12.3, written by Darrin Lythgoe © 2001-2024.

Maintained by Ontario Ancestors.