William C NORTON

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5 June 1851 , Maine, USA

Died

abt. 1878 , California, USA

Cause of Death: pneumonia

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Born: 5 June 1851 in Maine, USA

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William C married Martha Elizabeth RADCLIFF (RACKLIFF) 10 June 1872 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Martha Elizabeth RADCLIFF (RACKLIFF) was born 27 March 1850 in Phippsburg, Maine, USA. Martha Elizabeth died 19 June 1926 in Newport, Rhode Island, USA. Martha Elizabeth was the child of Percepta (Peletia) RACKLIFF and Martha Jane SALLY.

William C NORTON died abt. 1878 in California, USA.

son of David Norton and Martha ?

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William C NORTON married

Martha Elizabeth RADCLIFF (RACKLIFF)
Marriage date: 10 June 1872
Marriage place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Source: ancestry.com

Martha Elizabeth RADCLIFF (RACKLIFF) was the child of Percepta (Peletia) RACKLIFF and Martha Jane SALLY

Marriage notes:

Name: Elizabeth M Radcliffe

Event Type: Marriage

Birth Date: abt 1851

Marriage Date: 10 Jun 1872

Marriage Place: Boston, Massachusetts

Marriage Age: 21

Father Name: Percepta Radcliffe

Mother Name: Martha H

Spouse Name: William C Norton

Spouse Marriage Age: 21

Spouse Father Name: David

Spouse Mother Name: Martha J

Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Children of William C NORTON and Martha Elizabeth RADCLIFF (RACKLIFF)

Emma J NORTON

Born: 27 March 1873, , Massachusetts, USA
Died: 14 February 1963, Newport, Rhode Island, USA

Clara Elizabeth NORTON

Born: abt. 1874, , Maine, USA
Died: abt. 1966, , Rhode Island, USA

Edward C NORTON

Born: abt. 1877, , California, USA
Died: ,

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Birth — 1851
5 June 1851
Maine, USA

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States

1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1872 Marriage / Partner
William C NORTON and Martha Elizabeth RADCLIFF (RACKLIFF) 10 June 1872, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)

He was 21 years old.

1873 Birth of Child
Emma J NORTON was born 27 March 1873, , Massachusetts, USA

William C was 21 years old.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

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