HI I just joined the Norton Surname List. Here is a little background on my Norton ancestors. The first Norton, in America, in my line, was James Norton; he and his wife Ann <Dolan> Norton arrived in America in 1848 with four children and settled in Lebanon Springs, New York, for ten years and then James moved his family to Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois. James Norton was born 1812 and Ann Dolan was born 1813. Both were born in County Roscommon, Ireland. According to their son James C. Norton's bio, they were from <this was sent to us and they could not make out the town> Cue......?? or Coo...?, Athlone, Roscommon, Ireland. We wish, we knew what the spelling of the town was, but so far, we haven't been able to find out what it was. These are the children of James and Ann Norton: Matthew b. 1835, Roscommon; d. 27 Jan 1926, Galesburg, IL spouse: Mary Coffey.........married 26 Jan 1863, Knox County, IL Roseann b. 16 Dec 1837, Roscommon; d. 29 Oct 1908 spouse: Michael O'Connor.........married 1 Jan 1862, Galesburg, IL Maria b. 1839, Roscommon; d. spouse: Edward Ryan .............married 3 April 1861, Galesburg, IL James C. Norton b. 15 Nov 1847, Roscommon; d. 8 Feb 1923, Crete, NE spouse: Margaret E. Sisk............married 16 Aug 1874, Cook County, IL Catherine b. 1850 Columbia Co, NY; d. 13 Oct 1883, Galesburg, IL spouse: Daniel W. Flynn........married 20 Jan 1870, Galesburg, IL Charles b. 1854, Columbia Co, NY; d. 1906 spouse: Elizabeth Mackin married......... 12 Apr 1877, Galesburg, IL Louisa b. 1858, Galesburg ; d. 1956, Galesburg, IL spouse> Fredrick G. Burtt.........married 1890, Knox County, IL There were three more children: Patrick, Delia, and John, who James and Ann lost as infants we think, but we don't know.........we only saw their names listed in Ann Norton's bio. James Norton 1812; d. 13 Sep 1874, IL Ann Norton 16 Jun 1899, Galesburg, IL <Her father was Timothy Dolan> James Norton was a farmer, his farm was located in Henderson Township, Knox County, Illinois ---------------------------------------------------------- We have Mathew Norton's Naturalization petition of Intention: Norton, Mathew -- 23 Oct 1858; Intention; origin: Ireland; Port of Entry: New York -- 3 July 1858; emigrated at 13 years of age: Witnesses: Jas Norton, A. A. Smith We thought, we would learn where the James Norton family came from with this information, but only the country was mention. Does anyone know, where I would search for more information My line of Norton comes through James C. Norton. He moved his family to DeWitt, Saline County, Nebraska, 1879 and later move to Crete, Saline County, Nebraska. I have a bio on him, that tells his story. We have quite a lot of information on James Norton and his family in Galesburg and would love to share this information with his descendants. AND we are always looking for knew information on this line of Nortons. Thanks, Mary Boudreau

Although I have Norton relatives, this reply has more to do with your question of areas in Roscommon. I have relatives that came from Cam, Kiltoom parish, Co Roscommon. There are also alot of areas that start with Cloone... I am sending the following site which may give hints to possibilities for you to check out: http://www.rootsweb.com/~fianna/county/roscommon/rosrc.html Good luck and you might want to check out the Roscommon Research Centre that might also be helpful. Mary in CA ************ ----- Original Message ----- From: <Slooogin@aol.com> To: <NORTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 9:15 PM Subject: [NORTON] James Norton Family > HI > > I just joined the Norton Surname List. Here is a little background on my > Norton ancestors. The first Norton, in America, in my line, was James Norton; > he and his wife Ann <Dolan> Norton arrived in America in 1848 with four > children and settled in Lebanon Springs, New York, for ten years and then > James moved his family to Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois. > > James Norton was born 1812 and Ann Dolan was born 1813. Both were born in > County Roscommon, Ireland. According to their son James C. Norton's bio, they > were from <this was sent to us and they could not make out the town> > Cue......?? or Coo...?, Athlone, Roscommon, Ireland. We wish, we knew what > the spelling of the town was, but so far, we haven't been able to find out > what it was. > >

These are the towns of ROSCOMMOM Maybe the town is Roscommon ? Athleague Roscommon Ireland Athlone Roscommon Ireland Aughrim Roscommon Ireland Ballyleague District Roscommon Ireland Brideswell Roscommon Ireland Elphin Roscommon Ireland Kiltoom Roscommon Ireland Leitrim District Roscommon Ireland Roscommon Roscommon Ireland Ruskey District Roscommon Ireland Strokestown Roscommon Ireland http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/C701 269.htm Join the Irish genealogy list .. and the Roscommon list if there is one Good luck, Jill