Edward John Norris

1860 - 1940  (80 years)

• Name	Edward John Norris  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	10 Jun 1860	Castle Church, Stafford   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  	Father was John Pilkington Norris, b Chester abt 1814, Canon of Bristol & Vicar of St George, Brandon Hill. [Curtis] Mother was Grace Lushington, youngest daughter of the Right Hon. Stephen Lushington, (14 January 1782-19 January 1873) -- a Doctor of Civil Law, a judge, a Member of Parliament and a radical for the abolition of slavery and capital punishment. [ibid]
  Residence	Apr 1871	Abbey House, Lower College Green, Bristol   [2]
  Education	aft 1871	Marlborough College   [6]
  Education	1875 - 1879	Charterhouse, Godalming ; Buissonites; Saunderites.  [6, 7]
  Education	Sep 1879 - 1883	Trinity College, Cambridge   [1, 4, 6]
  Occupation	Apr 1881	Undergraduate  [4]
  Residence	Apr 1881	Trinity College, Cambridge   [4]
  Degree/Qualif.	1883	Cambridge University ; BA  [6]
  Occupation	1883 - 1885	All Saints, Wokingham ; Curate  [6]
  Ordination	1884	Oxford ; Priest  [6]
  Occupation	1885 - 1890	Marlow ; Curate  [6]
  Marriage	abt Aug 1886	Wokingham   [6, 8, 9]
  	Nina Catherine Sturges,   b. abt Aug 1862, Paddington ,   d. 23 Oct 1951, Ruscombe House, Twyford
  Degree/Qualif.	1888	Cambridge University ; MA  [1, 6]
  Occupation	1890 - 1929	St Bartholomew, Reading ; Rector  [1, 6, 10]
  Occupation	Apr 1891	Reading ; Priest, Vicar of St Bartholomew   [11]
  Residence	Apr 1891	St Bartholomew's Vicarage, Reading   [11]
  Occupation	Mar 1901	Clergyman (C of E)  [3]
  Residence	Mar 1901	St Bartholomew's Vicarage, Reading   [3]
  Residence	Apr 1911	St Bartholomew's Vicarage, Reading   [10]
  Occupation	1922 -	Rural Dean of Reading  [1, 6]
  Post/Rank/Title	1924 -	Oxford Cathedral ; Honorary Canon of Christ Church  [6]
  Post/Rank/Title	bef 1940	FSA  [6]
  Residence	- 1940	Ruscombe House, Twyford   [6, 12]
  Death	29 Nov 1940	Dunedin, Bath Rd, Reading   [6, 12, 13, 14]
  	On Nov. 29. 1940, the Rev. Edward John Norris, Honorary Canon of Christ Church, and formerly Vicar of St. Bartholomew's, Reading. Funeral at All Saints', Wokingham, Tuesday, Dec. 3, at 1.30 p.m. Flowers may be sent to the church. [The Times]
  Burial	03 Dec 1940	All Saints, Wokingham   [6, 14]
  Probate	28 Apr 1941	Llandudno ; £9,216 15s. 1d.  [12]
  	Norris the reverend Edward John of Ruscombe House Twyford Berkshire clerk died 29 November 1940 at Dunedin Bath-road Reading Probate Llandudno 29 April to Nina Catherine Norris widow. Effects £9216 15s. 1d. [NPC]
  Notes	First cousin of the Very Rev. Wm. Foxley-Norris, Dean of Westminster, and previously of York [Curtis] Adm. pens. at Trinity, June 30, 1879. [2nd] s. of the Rev. John Pilkington (1841), of [St Mary] Redcliffe vicarage, Bristol. B. [June 10], 1860, at Stafford. Schools, Marlborough College, and Charterhouse, Godalming. Matric. Michs. 1879; B.A. 1883; M.A. 1888. Ord. deacon (Oxford) 1883; priest, 1884; C. of All Saints, Wokingham, Berks., 1883-5. C. of Great Marlow, 1885-90. V. of St Bartholomew's, Earley, Reading, 1890-1929. Rural Dean of Reading, 1922. Hon. Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, 1924. F.S.A. Latterly of Ruscombe House, Twyford, Berks. Died Nov. 29, 1940; buried at Wokingham. Brother of Francis L. (1883). (List of Carthusians; Marlborough Coll. Reg.; Crockford; Who was Who; The Times, Nov. 30, 1940.) [Cambridge University Alumni] Norris, Edward John. b. 10 Jun 1860: 2 s. of the Ven. J. P. Norris, Archdeacon of Bristol; Buissonites-Saunderites; Entered L.Q. 1875; left C.Q. 1879; Trin. Coll., Camb.; M.A., F.S.A.; D. 1883; P. 1884; Vicar of St. Bartholomew, Earley, 1890-1929. m. 1886, Nina Catherine, 4 d. of Rev. Canon Edward Sturges, Rector of Wokingham. D. at Reading 29 Nov 1940.[Charterhouse School Register, 1872-1900; rev. 1980] Canon E. J. Norris, F.S.A., honorary canon of Christ Church, Oxford, and Vicar of St. Bartholomew's, Reading, from 1890 to 1929, died recently. Born on 10 June, 1860, he was the second son of John Pilkington Norris, Archdeacon and Canon of Bristol. His mother was Grace, youngest daughter of the Right. Hon. Stephen Lushington. He was educated at Charterhouse, and at Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1886 he married Nina Catherine, daughter of Canon Edward Sturges, and had a son and a daughter. [The Times, obituary] [9]
  Person ID	I0054	Tatham | Meaburn branch | Parent of spouse
  Last Modified	01 May 2014

  
  

  Family	Nina Catherine Sturges,   b. abt Aug 1862, Paddington ,   d. 23 Oct 1951, Ruscombe House, Twyford  (Age ~ 89 years)
  Marriage	abt Aug 1886	Wokingham   [6, 8, 9]
  Notes	also dau Eleanor Lushington Norris, b Gt Marlow abt 1890. [1911 census; NPC]
  Children	1. Thomas Pilkington Norris,   b. abt May 1892, Reading ,   d. 21 Nov 1960, St Albans  (Age ~ 68 years)
  Last Modified	27 May 2013
  Family ID	F0027	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S04] H Curtis: Notes for a Pedigree of the Tathams of Co. Durham. [S01] Census, UK, 1871. age 10 [S01] Census, UK, 1901. age 40 [S01] Census, UK, 1881. age 20 [S02] BMD Index, birth reg Stafford, 3Q1860. [S15] Cambridge University Alumni. [S20] School and College Registers, Charterhouse. [S02] BMD Index, marriage reg Wokingham, 3Q1886. [S05] The Times, obituary, 03 Dec 1940. [S01] Census, UK, 1911. [S01] Census, UK, 1891. age 30 b Stafford [S14] National Probate Calendar. [S02] BMD Index, death reg Reading, 4Q1940. age 80 [S05] The Times, death notice, 30 Nov 1940.