Third Generation

13. Mary Ann COLEMAN was baptized on 2 Feb 1823 in Almondsbury, St Mary's. She was born in 1823 in Almondsbury (Compton), Gloucestershire, England. She appeared in the census in 1841 in Almondsbury - Naphouse - George & Sarah Fisher's farm. She died about 1878 in Barton Regis District. This could be Mary Ann:

Name: Mary Ann Norris Estimated birth year: abt 1823 Year of Registration: 1878 Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec Age at Death: 55 District: Barton Regis County: Gloucestershire Volume: 6a Page: 78

Mary Ann COLEMAN and William NORRIS were married in 1842 in Bristol. Name: Mary Coleman Year of Registration: 1842 Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep District: Bristol County: Avon, Gloucestershire Volume: 11 Page: 568
They appeared in the census in 1851 in Redwick. Name: Mary Ann Norris Age: 27 Estimated birth year: abt 1824 Relation: Wife Spouse's name: William Gender: Female Where born: Almondsbury, Gloucestershire, England Civil parish: Henbury County/Island: Gloucestershire Country: England
Registration district: Thornbury Sub-registration district: Almondsbury
They appeared in the census in 1861 in Little Sodbury House, Little Sodbury, Gloucestershire. Name: Mary Ann Norris Age: 38 Estimated birth year: abt 1823 Relation: Wife Spouse's name: William Gender: Female Where born: Campton, Gloucestershire, England Civil parish: Little Sodbury County/Island: Gloucestershire Country: England
Registration district: Chipping Sodbury Sub-registration district: Hawkesbury
They appeared in the census in 1871 in Scavengers Yard, Lawrence Hill. Name: William Norris Age: 50 Estimated birth year: abt 1821 Relation: Head Spouse's name: Mary A Gender: Male Where born: Chistington, Wiltshire, England Civil parish: St George Ecclesiastical parish: St Mark Town: Lawrence Hill County/Island: Gloucestershire Country: England
Registration district: Clifton Sub-registration district: St George
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Name: Mary A Norris Age: 48 Estimated birth year: abt 1823 Relation: Wife Spouse's name: William Gender: Female Where born: Cobden Green, Gloucestershire, England
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Name: Thomas Mathews Age: 14 Estimated birth year: abt 1857 Relation: Adopted Gender: Male Where born: Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England
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Gee Norris Age: 12 Estimated birth year: abt 1859 Relation: Son Father's name: William Mother's name: Mary A Gender: Male Where born: Redwick, Gloucestershire, England
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Name: Harriett Norris Age: 10 Estimated birth year: abt 1861 Relation: Daughter Father's name: William Mother's name: Mary A Gender: Female Where born: Redwick, Gloucestershire, England
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Name: Africana Norris Age: 8 Estimated birth year: abt 1863 Relation: Daughter Father's name: William Mother's name: Mary A Gender: Female Where born: Sudbury, Gloucestershire, England
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Name: Frances Norris Age: 6 Estimated birth year: abt 1865 Relation: Daughter Father's name: William Mother's name: Mary A Gender: Female Where born: Sudbury, Gloucestershire, England
In the 1891 census, Portskewett, Monmouthshire, is an ALFRED NORRIS, born c1862, PILNING, married to Emma born c1866, Monmouthshire. Is Alfred connected to the Norris' born in Redwick? William NORRIS was born about 1821 in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. In 1861 he was a bailiff on a farm in Little Sodbury, Gloucestershire. In 1871 he was a foreman of a scavengers yard in Lawrence Hill. He died about 1872 in Clifton Registration District. This entry may be William:

Name: William Norris Estimated birth year: abt 1817 Year of Registration: 1872 Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep Age at Death: 55 District: Clifton County: Gloucestershire Volume: 62 Mary Ann COLEMAN and William NORRIS had the following children:

+36	i.	Oliver John NORRIS.
+37	ii.	William NORRIS.
+38	iii.	Thomas NORRIS.
39	iv.	Joseph Coleman NORRIS was born in 1849 in Redwick, Gloucestershire, England. He was baptized on 21 Oct 1849 in Northwick, Gloucestershire. Unable to locate Joseph after the 1861 census
+40	v.	Sarah Jane NORRIS.
41	vi.	Ann Eliza NORRIS was baptized on 9 Apr 1854 in Northwick, Gloucestershire. She was born in 1854 in Redwick, Gloucestershire, England.
+42	vii.	Maria NORRIS.
43	viii.	Thomas MATHEWS was baptized on 12 Apr 1857 in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England. Parents: William Mathews & Mary He was born in 1857 in Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England. In the 1871 census Thomas is listed as ADOPTED by William and Mary Ann He was adopted between 1861 and 1871. He appeared in the census in 1861 in Kingswood. Thomas is living with his grandparents - John & Hannah Brown Name: Thomas Mathews Age: 4 Estimated birth year: abt 1857 Relation: Grandson Gender: Male Where born: Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England Civil parish: Kingswood County/Island: Gloucestershire Country: England Registration district: Dursley Sub-registration district: Wotton under Edge ............................................................................................. Name: John Brown Age: 73 Estimated birth year: abt 1788 Relation: Head Spouse's name: Hannah Gender: Male Where born: Frome, Somerset, England .............................................................................................. Name: Hannah Brown Age: 76 Estimated birth year: abt 1785 Relation: Wife Spouse's name: John Gender: Female Where born: Kingswood, Gloucestershire, England In 1871 he was a labourer in scavengers yard in Lawrence Hill. Working with his adoptive father, Oliver Adopted by William & Mary Ann
44	ix.	George NORRIS was baptized on 16 May 1858 in Northwick, Gloucestershire. He was born in 1858 in Redwick, Gloucestershire, England. Name: George Norris Year of Registration: 1858 Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec District: Clifton County: Gloucestershire Volume: 6a Page: 105 Still living at home with parents in 1871
+45	x.	Harriett NORRIS.
+46	xi.	Africana Emily NORRIS.
47	xii.	Frances NORRIS was born about 1865 in Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England. She lived with her brother William in 4 Capalas Row, Pontnewynydd, Monmouthshire in 1881.