Jude Elliot's Interests - Norton
etc
NORTON Simon (aka Simeon in some records) NORTON, born 1839 in Merriott, son
of Robert NORTON and
Mary BROOKS, migrated to
New South Wales
,
Australia
on the "Fitzjames"
in 1858. He claimed to have relatives there - William NORMAN - also of
Merriott. Other members of Robert NORTON'S family also went to
Australia
at the same time. Simon's brother, Abel, with his wife Christiana EASON,
also of Merriott, returned to Somerset in 1865. Simon went on to the
goldfields in
New Zealand
and spent about 8 years there before settling
in Temuka,
South Canterbury
,
New Zealand
in 1866. He married Mary
WOODFINE, of Finsbury, Middlesex in 1869 and they went on to have a
large family. Other descendants of Robert NORTON went to
Canada
, and
Jersey,
Channel Islands
.
Jude Elliot
, Christchurch
, New Zealand
jude.elliot@xtra.co.nz
