After going to the market in Ancaster on Wednesday, I drove around for a bit and found a lovely little church and graveyard where, of course, I had to stop...
and look who I found! more Norsworthys.
it isn't quite such an uncommon name as originally thought (Nicola), at least not in Devon England
This final resting place is about 80km away from the other Norsworthys in Ingersoll. it seems this family, although also emigrated from Devon, were not related to the John Counter Norsworthy family.
I found out later that Robert and Rebecca owned a farm at what is now the Knollwood Golf and Country Club. Had I known that I would taken a few photos there, too (because these posts about other people's genealogy is becoming my life).
an Anne Brooks in new Brunswick has contributed a lot of information on this family which I thoroughly enjoyed reading.
I have tried, half-heartedly, to look into my family's past but haven't gotten very far. There was a stage when I was very interested and frustrated by my father who kept changing his stories. My mother wasn't all that interested in her ancestry so that didn't help, either. But I have recently been contacted by someone who is distantly related and is working on a family tree. Interestingly, for the little I do know, I was able to help her right off by knowing that my grandmother died the day my brother was born. Who knows, maybe one day I will find a gravestone with my family name on it.
for CemeterySunday
Norsworthy does not appear in the Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery transcript.
ReplyDeleteGot me some new painkillers. Let's take that drive/walk through Woodlawn Memorial...maybe drop in at the Colonel John McCrae home and anything else you're interested in.
DeleteI did find some who were living in Aberfoyle
Deleteyou're on! as soon as those university kids settle down to some actual studying :)
DeleteGenealogy is interesting but time-consuming. A very distant relation is writing a book about my family name but his branch is quite distinct from mine.
ReplyDeleteand I'm not so sure that most genealogies are book-worthy. but that might be my short attention span talking!
DeleteThose Norsworthys do get about a bit, don't they. Strange how names you think are unusual turn out to be quite common in certain parts.
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures and an interesting post.
Thank you for linking up with Cemetery Sunday
Beneath Thy Feet
thanks, I was a little excited when I saw this. though, I admit, even sharing it, is to a very limited audience ;(
DeleteI've been making some notes, getting ready to dive into some research on my own family .... I'm thinking it'll be a good winter project.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this on Taphophile Tragics!
good luck!
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