Researching Augustus Norton
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 9958 people with the Norton surname? In that year Norton was ranked number 413 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Augustus means "Revered, exalted" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Augustus Norton on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Augustus Norton and the Norton Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Norton Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Norton family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 12404 people with the Norton surname in the UK? Norton is now ranked number 461 for popularity in the UK. |
Norton Family History Databases
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Norton Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 72918 people with the Norton surname in the USA? Norton is ranked number 133 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Norton Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Augustus Norton. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Augustus Norton
Augustus Theodore Norton
Augustus Theodore Norton (March 28, 1808 – April 29, 1884) was an American minister and author.
Norton, only son of Theodore and Mary (Judd) Norton, was born in Cornwall, Conn., March 28, 1808.
He graduated from Yale College in 1832. After graduation, he was principal for two years of the academy in Catskill, N. Y., at the same time reading theology with the Rev. Thomas M. Smith. On April 1, 1835, he was ordained pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Windham, Greene County, N Y ; but his strong preference of the West as a field of labor led him to resign this pastorate after a few months, and remove to Illinois. He arrived at Naples, in that State, in October 1835, and after short engagements in that town, in Griggsville, in Pittsfield, and in St. Louis, he was called in February 1839, to the pastorate of the First Presbyterian Church in Alton, Illinois, and was installed there on May 9. This position he held for more than 19 years, the church flourishing greatly under his leadership. In May 1845, he originated, and for 23 years edited and published the Presbytery Reporter, a monthly magazine.
In September 1859, he was appointed District Secretary of Church Extension and Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church, for the West, and for a few months after this he resided in Chicago; but in the spring of 1881 he returned to Alton, where he continued until his death. After the union of the Old and New School Assemblies in 1870, the field of his secretaryship was limited to the Synod of Illinois South. He died, after a lingering illness, in Alton, April 29, 1884, at the age of 76.
His usefulness was especially marked in planting and nourishing churches in Central and Southern Illinois. The degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred on him by Wabash College, Indiana, in 1868. He published in 1879 a History of the Presbyterian Church in Illinois (737 pp. 8vo).
He married, November 12, 1834, Eliza, daughter of Deacon Noah Rogers, of Cornwall, who survived him with two sons and two daughters.
Source: Augustus Theodore Norton, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Norton
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