Mary Norton (1898-1898) died as an infant of "acute meningitis" when 7 months old. (b. about January 1898; 101 Bright Street, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ, 07302, USA - d. July 26, 1898; 101 Bright Street, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ, 07302, USA)
Birth[]
She was the daughter of Patrick J. Norton (1856-1905) an Irish immigrant and laborer on the railroad; and Sarah Jane Carr (c1866-1950) a maid in a rooming house. Patrick was from County Galway and Sarah was from Coalpits in Athleague parish in Killeroran district on the Galway and Roscommon border.
Siblings[]
- Thomas Patrick Norton I (1891-1968) who worked for the railroad and married Mary Margaret Burke (1890-1949) and after she died he married her half-sister Josephine Veronica Burke (1907-1995)
- James Joseph Norton I (1892-1961) who married Helen Marie Maher (1895-1974)
- Katherine Mary Norton (1894-1942) who married James Patrick Langan I (1889-1975) and died young under unusual circumstances
- Sarah Francis Norton (1896) who died as an infant
Immigration of parents[]
Patrick immigrated around 1880 through Boston and Sara arrived around 1885 in New York.
Marriage of parents[]
Sara and Patrick married on April 13, 1890 at Saint Paul's Roman Catholic Church in the Greenville section of Jersey City, New Jersey and had the following children: Thomas Patrick Norton I (1891-1968) a railroad yardmaster for the Delaware Lackawanna & Western (DL&W) who married Mary (May) Margaret Burke (1890-1949) and later married her half-sister Josephine (May) Veronica Burke (1907-1995); James Joseph Norton I (1892-1961) who married Helen (Eenie) Marie Maher (1895-1974); Katherine (Kate) Norton who married James Patrick Langan I (1889-1975) an Army Sergeant in World War I and a newspaper pressman; and Sarah Francis Norton (1896) who died as an infant.
Death[]
She died of "acute meningitis".
Burial[]
She is buried in Holy Name Cemetery with:
- Sarah Francis Norton (1896) child of Patrick Norton and Sarah Carr
- Patrick J. Norton (1856-1905) husband of Sarah Carr
- John Norton (1861-1905) brother of Patrick Norton
- Katherine Mary Norton (1894-1942) daughter of Sara Carr and Patrick Norton
- Sarah Jane Carr (1863-1950) wife of Patrick Norton
- James Joseph Norton I (1892-1961) son of Sara Carr and Patrick Norton
- Helen Marie Maher (1895-1974) wife of James Joseph Norton