William, son of Esther (Brown) Norton, was born in1859 in Metheringham, Lincolnshire and his birth was registered in the Apr-May-Jun quarter of 1859 in the Lincoln district.[1]
He was born six years after the death of Esther's first husband, William Norton (bef.1829-1853) and before her second marriage to Joseph Brown (1808-).
He appeared with Esther in the 1861 census as William Norton[2] and in the 1871 census, after his mother's 2nd marriage, as William Brown and his maternal grandmother Elizabeth (Casswell) Brown (1806-1883) is with the family in 1871.[3]
In the 1861 census William (age 1) was the son of Esther Norton in Metheringham, Lincolnshire.[2]
Name | Relation | Status | Sex | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
Esther Norton | Head | Widowed | F | 32 | Laundress | Metheringham, Lincolnshire |
Mary A Norton | Daughter | F | 9 | Scholar | Metheringham, Lincolnshire | |
John Norton | Son | M | 5 | Scholar | Metheringham, Lincolnshire | |
William Norton | Son | M | 1 | Metheringham, Lincolnshire |
In the 1871 census William (age 13) was the son of Joseph Brown in Metheringham, Lincolnshire.[3]
Name | Relation | Status | Sex | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
Joseph Brown | Head | M | 63 | Dunston, Lincolnshire, England | ||
Esther Brown | Wife | F | 43 | Metheringham, Lincolnshire, England | ||
John Brown | Son | M | 15 | Methm, Lincolnshire, England | ||
William Brown | Son | M | 13 | Methm, Lincolnshire, England | ||
Jane Brown | Daughter | F | 8 | Methm, Lincolnshire, England | ||
Elizabeth Brown | Lodger | F | 66 | Billingbro, Lincolnshire, England |
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William's LNAB was William Norton and he used Brown after his mother's 2nd marriage so he was Norton aka Brown.
Thanks Julie