Ellen Amanda Norton
Ellen Amanda Norton (maiden name: Williams) was born on October 31, 1838, in Boston, Massachusetts, to George and Rebecca Williams. Her father was a spar maker. She grew up and attended school in Boston, and she married Hannibal D. Norton on December 26, 1858. They had at least five children: Lillian, born around 1860; Ida, born around 1862; Gertrude, born around 1864; William, born around 1867; and Arthur, born around 1877.
 
They lived in Charlestown, Massachusetts, and her husband worked as a bookkeeper and store clerk. They moved to Chelsea, Massachusetts, in the 1860s, and by 1870, they owned $700 of personal property. They moved to Washington, D.C., in the 1870s. Her husband died in December 1921, and she died in Washington, D.C., on November 11, 1924.
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(4651)Norton, Ellen Amanda ~ Williams, Ellen Amanda1838-10-311924-11-11
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Female
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 2

  • (13097) [writer] ~ Ellen A. Norton to Francis J. Parker, 16 February 1863
  • (13100) [writer] ~ Ellen A. Norton Receipt, 7 July 1863

Places - Records: 2

  • (237) [birth] ~ Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
  • (75) [death] ~ Washington, DC

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1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, available from Ancestry.com; Washington, D.C., Select Deaths and Burials Index, 1769-1960, available from Ancestry.com