Alice Ann (Wilkinson) Norton (abt. 1832 - 1917)

Born about 20 Apr 1832 in Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Edward Norton — married 15 Feb 1854 in Ashfield, NSW, Australia

Descendants

Died 28 Jul 1917 at about age 85 in Walcha, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Alice, with her sister Emma, was left in the care of Rev Frederick Wilkinson in Parramatta, Sydney. Their parents disappeared en route to India, when their ship sank (According to oral family accounts).

Sources

• Family records

• NSW BDM - Marriages Registration 1177/1854 (See attached PDF)

• "Australia Marriages, 1810-1980", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTZV-RWP : 18 July 2023), Alice Ann Wilkinson in entry for Edward Norton, 1854.

• Trove - The Sydney Morning Herald published Friday 19 September 1904 on pg. 4. "GOLDEN WEDDINGS - NORTON-WILKINSON". https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/14600883

• NSW BDM - Deaths. Registration 12189/1917. Record Viewed. Alice Ann Norton died 28 July 1917, Walcha. Age - 85. Cause of Death - (a) Strangulated hernia of the bladder and omentum (b) Senility. Duration - 2 days. Father - Frederick Wilkinson, Clergyman. Mother (name and maiden surname) - Emily White. Informant - F H Norton, son, Elswick. When & Where Buried - 30 July 1917. Private Burying (?) Tiara, Walcha. Where Born - Ashfield. Place of Marriage, Age & to Whom - Ashfield NSW. 21 years. Edward Norton. Children of Marriage (Living) - Arthur F E (62). Frederick H (60). Edward C (58). Cecil H (56). Ernest A (54). Walter G (52). Oswald F (46). Ethel M (44). Gertrude M (42). Mabel M (40). Deceased - 1 Female.

• Australia Death Notices, 1860-2019. "Alice Ann Norton". Birth - Circa 1832. Death 28 July 1917. Sydney Morning Herald published on 4 Aug 1917. Other details - late of Walcha.

• "Australia, New South Wales, Cemetery, Military, and Church Record Transcripts, 1816-1982", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVB6-TVD1 : Thu Nov 16 23:58:28 UTC 2023), Entry for Alice Ann Norton. (NOTE - This record says Alice Ann's birthplace Illawarra.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZRM-Q5QF : 12 January 2023), Alice Ann Wilkinson Norton, ; Burial, , Walcha Shire, New South Wales, Australia, Tiara Station Family Cemetery; citing record ID 225314383, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

NOTE - Unable to find birth record or identify biological parents for Alice or her sister, Emma. Her death record shows her parents as Frederick Wilkinson and Emily White. It is not known if this Rev Frederick Wilkinson who married Francis Latham Plaistowe long before the girl's births, or imaybe related to him. Also there was a Miss White who travelled to Australia, on the Grenada, at the same time as the Rev Wilkinson and his wife.