Believed to be the son of Josiah Norris and Lydia Colton, of Pittsfield, Washtenaw Co., MI and Plainfield, Kent Co., MI.
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Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1922
Name: Benjamin F. Norris
Death Date: 28 Oct 1900
Death Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Gender: Male Race (Original): White
Race (Standardized): White
Death Age: 64y Estimated Birth Year: 1836
Occupation: Wholesale Jeweler
Cemetery: Graceland
Burial Date: 31 Oct 1900
Film Number: 1239657
Digital Folder Number: 4004352
Image Number: 1006
Reference Number: cn 13817
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Note: Birthplace listed as Michigan on the 1850 for Franklin Norris, son of Josiah and Lydia Norris.
1860 census Lockport, Will Co., IL, for Benj F. Norris. listed his birthplace as Michigan.
1880 Chicago, Cook, Ill, lists birthplace as Mendon, Massachusetts.
Two of his siblings (older and younger) list their birthplace as Washtenaw Co., MI, so presume the Michigan birthplace to be correct.
C.S.
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Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1922
Name: Benjamin F. Norris
Death Date: 28 Oct 1900
Death Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Gender: Male Race (Original): White
Race (Standardized): White
Death Age: 64y Estimated Birth Year: 1836
Occupation: Wholesale Jeweler
Cemetery: Graceland
Burial Date: 31 Oct 1900
Film Number: 1239657
Digital Folder Number: 4004352
Image Number: 1006
Reference Number: cn 13817
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Note: Birthplace listed as Michigan on the 1850 for Franklin Norris, son of Josiah and Lydia Norris.
1860 census Lockport, Will Co., IL, for Benj F. Norris. listed his birthplace as Michigan.
1880 Chicago, Cook, Ill, lists birthplace as Mendon, Massachusetts.
Two of his siblings (older and younger) list their birthplace as Washtenaw Co., MI, so presume the Michigan birthplace to be correct.
C.S.
Believed to be the son of Josiah Norris and Lydia Colton, of Pittsfield, Washtenaw Co., MI and Plainfield, Kent Co., MI.
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Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1922
Name: Benjamin F. Norris
Death Date: 28 Oct 1900
Death Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Gender: Male Race (Original): White
Race (Standardized): White
Death Age: 64y Estimated Birth Year: 1836
Occupation: Wholesale Jeweler
Cemetery: Graceland
Burial Date: 31 Oct 1900
Film Number: 1239657
Digital Folder Number: 4004352
Image Number: 1006
Reference Number: cn 13817
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Note: Birthplace listed as Michigan on the 1850 for Franklin Norris, son of Josiah and Lydia Norris.
1860 census Lockport, Will Co., IL, for Benj F. Norris. listed his birthplace as Michigan.
1880 Chicago, Cook, Ill, lists birthplace as Mendon, Massachusetts.
Two of his siblings (older and younger) list their birthplace as Washtenaw Co., MI, so presume the Michigan birthplace to be correct.
C.S.
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Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1922
Name: Benjamin F. Norris
Death Date: 28 Oct 1900
Death Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Gender: Male Race (Original): White
Race (Standardized): White
Death Age: 64y Estimated Birth Year: 1836
Occupation: Wholesale Jeweler
Cemetery: Graceland
Burial Date: 31 Oct 1900
Film Number: 1239657
Digital Folder Number: 4004352
Image Number: 1006
Reference Number: cn 13817
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Note: Birthplace listed as Michigan on the 1850 for Franklin Norris, son of Josiah and Lydia Norris.
1860 census Lockport, Will Co., IL, for Benj F. Norris. listed his birthplace as Michigan.
1880 Chicago, Cook, Ill, lists birthplace as Mendon, Massachusetts.
Two of his siblings (older and younger) list their birthplace as Washtenaw Co., MI, so presume the Michigan birthplace to be correct.
C.S.
Inscription
His birth date is taken from his Passport Application. It should be noted that he was divorced from his first wife, Gertrude Glorvina Norris, nee Doggett, about 1888 in San Francisco County, CA., and re-married in Chicago, Cook Co., IL.
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