William Norris

[bernice52]

William James Norris was born in white haven in 1834 his parents were William  a shoemaker & Mary née Conway can anyone help with more details in England please?

[heywood]

Hi,

what kind of details are you looking for?

  There is this the family in 1851  2436/510/ 9
4 Spencer Court Whitehaven

Isabella Casson widow 74 yrs Pauper b Scotland
William Norris lodger 32 yrs  Labourer Agricult. b Ireland
Mary Norris 39 yrs b Ireland
James Norris 19 yrs Sailor b Ireland

It doesn't look quite right though.

heywood

[bernice52]

I agree that family does not fit on at all on several levels.
 we wanted a baptism record to prove family notes
  or census or a ship/emigration  record to Australia before Sep 1857.
I found a Wm on Castilian in '57 but with Robert & Hannah and these names do not feature at all in his Australian family. We have all details of family after his marriage.
It is about  his English origins we are stuck.
Thanx

[rosie99]

William James Norris was born in white haven in 1834 his parents were William  a shoemaker & Mary née Conway can anyone help with more details in England please?

Where did this information come from.

Rosie 

[bernice52]

The informations as passed down  from 2 separate family branches, but Whitehaven Fhl couldn't find a Norris family in COE records we are now tending to the possibility of RC bap.

[bernice52]

I originally put his birthdate as 1834 but should have been 34/35 as this is calculated from a Sep 1872 marriage and death

[Kangas]

Hi, I have researching the Norris family for some time now.  Requested information from a family history group in Whitehaven some years ago.  They come up with nothing on William James Norris born 1835.  Nor could they come up with any information on  a William Norris who was a shoemaker, or his wife Mary Conway.

My mum did tell me that William James changed his name from Robert to William.  Not sure if that is any help or not.

[rosie99]

I originally put his birthdate as 1834 but should have been 34/35 as this is calculated from a Sep 1872 marriage and death

Does this marriage give information on his father

[Kangas]

Yes the marriage certificate gives his father as William Norris, Shoemaker and mother Mary Conway.  Elizabeth Sarah Pearson's parents are William Pearson, Farmer and mother Sarah Box.

My maternal grandmother was his granddaughter.  I don't believe he was a Norris when he left England he just changed his name.