James Norris and Eleanor Knype Norris are my 4xGreat-grandparents. I first came across them when they were mentioned in a Union County History1. On a trip to Harrison County, Ohio, we visited The Harrison County Genealogical Society, which is located in The Historical Society's building in Cadiz, Ohio. These societies had rescued a large number of documents from the dump, among which was the 1820 Naturalization Record for James Norris.
The body of that record reads:
James B. Norris aged fifty years Born in the County of Wilshear [sic] , England & Parish of Dunhead [sic], Removed from that to Novoscota [sic] and from thence to New York, arrived at New York within The United States of America from Novo Scota [sic] on the twentieth day of May in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred & seventeen owing allegience to George the third King of the United Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland and intending to settle in the State of Ohio hereby reports himself for the purpose of being admitted to the rights of Citizenship within the United States, and prays that a record may be made of the same
July Ten 1820 J B Norris
Last weekend, I was able to track down some new birth and marriage records. (new to me) I haven't really done much research across the Atlantic, primarily because I was busy filling in the holes in the USA portion my existing family tree. Findmypast.com (a British genealogical website) had a free weekend access and so I decided to give it a try. I didn't find any original records but I found transcriptions of a number of vital records. Among them was the Marriage License Bond record for James Norris and Eleanor Knype of Donhead St Mary, Wiltshire, England. It is sort of nice when records match.
1. Durant, Pliny A. The History of Union County, Ohio,. Chicago: W.H. Beers, 1883.
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