Norris

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NameNorrisConvictTransported 1849 aboard 'Hashemy' for Assault and RobberyDescriptionWilliam Henry Norris was born in England in 1829. In 1847 he was tried for assault and highway robbery at the Wiltshire Assizes and sentenced to seven years. He was 19 years old.

In 1849 William arrived aboard ‘Hashemy’, the same ship as fellow Shellharbour convict, William Stewart. He was granted a Ticket of Leave on arrival for the Illawarra, and was employed by Henry Hughes at Albion Park.

In 1853, he applied to marry Mary Whittaker and they had eleven children.

Eleanor b.1854
George Hamilton b.1856 (married Annie Ditton, died 1941, Lismore)
Isabella b.1859 (married John Warrington, died 1934, Burwood)
Mary Ann b.1860 (married William Lochens, died 1945, Parramatta)
William Henry b.1862 (married Annie Gawthorpe, died 1940, Albion Park)
Francis John b.1864 (died 1938, Wollongong)
Richard b.1866
Charlotte Elizabeth b.1867 (died 1948, Bangalow)
James Thomas b.1870
Rebecca b.1873 (married Edmund Thomas, died 1962, Randwick)
Adelaide Jane b.1875 (married Alick Horsley Weston, died 1957, Albion Park)

The Norris’ lived on a property they called 'Mount Wentworth', in Croom Road.

William Henry Norris died in 1874 aged about 45 years, and was buried at St Luke’s Anglican Cemetery.

William Henry Norris Jnr was born at Albion Park in 1862. He married Annie Squire Gawthorpe in 1904. William and Annie, had six children; Alexander, William, Evelyn, Beatrice, Nancy and Jessie. Nancy died when she was just four years old, in 1920, after contracting croup.

William Henry Norris Jnr was a well-known dairy farmer in Albion Park. He was a strong supporter of the Agricultural, Horticultural and Industrial (AHI) Society and served many years on the committee. William also served as alderman for Shellharbour Council. the family farmed at 'Mount Wentworth', Croom Road, Albion Park, and what became later known as the 'Norris Homestead', on the corner of Croome and Tongarra Roads. The Norris homestead was later farmed by Slaney Jones.

Adelaide Norris was born at Albion Park in 1875 and married Alick Horsley Weston in 1898. Their son was well known Albion Park identity, Bert Weston.

After William Henry Norris Snr’s death in 1874, Mary Norris married William Fryer. His wife Sophia (nee Dunster) died in 1876.

Mary and William Fryer had one son

Edward Ernest Percy b.1879 (married Isabella Noble, died 1956, Casino)

Sources
Ancestry.com convict records
NSW BDM – Norris and Norriss

External LinkObituary WH NorrisObituary Miss Eleanor NorrisDeath Norris DaughterMr Alick Horsley Weston 77 YearsObituary Frank NorrisMarriage Fryer-Norris 1877Death William Norris Snr 1874

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CollectionFamiliesConvictsFamilyWestonFryerLocalityAlbion ParkCroomPersonWeston, BertPlaceNorris HomesteadAvenue of Umbrella Pine TreesRelated ItemLooking across Croome Road to the Norris farmNorris HomesteadA H Weston, Chairman Illawarra Cooperative Central Dairy Society 1919-1930Bert, Alan, Bruce, Rupert, Norman and Elsie Weston

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