Ethel Belle NortonAge: 90 years1888–1978
- Name
- Ethel Belle Norton
- Given names
- Ethel Belle
- Surname
- Norton
- Married name
- Ethel Belle Wells
 Birth | September 24, 1888 26 17 |
 Birth of a sister | Maud M Norton November 1896 (Age 8 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 9 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
 Census | June 16, 1900 (Age 11 years) |
 Marriage | Charles Harry Wells — View this family calculated 1904 (Age 15 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Fredrick Lew Wells September 13, 1905 (Age 16 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Albert Harold Wells October 2, 1907 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Wesley Norton Wells April 23, 1910 (Age 21 years) |
| Census | May 7, 1910 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 27 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a son #4 | Charles Harry Wells Jr. April 25, 1918 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 28 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 29 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Census | January 2, 1920 (Age 31 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Lewis Thompson Hendrix May 6, 1921 (Age 32 years) Cause: Auto Accident |
| Death of a son | Albert Harold Wells June 3, 1926 (Age 37 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 41 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Census | April 12, 1930 (Age 41 years) |
| Census | April 20, 1940 (Age 51 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Mary Ann Sissell December 1942 (Age 54 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 53 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Death of a father | Lew Wallace Norton October 13, 1946 (Age 58 years) |
| Death of a mother | Emma Grace Hendrix October 8, 1949 (Age 61 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 61 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 57 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | December 12, 1978 (Age 90 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hillcrest Memorial Park |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Lew Wallace Norton Birth: July 4, 1862 — Iowa, United States Death: October 13, 1946 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
| mother |
Emma Grace Hendrix Birth: January 20, 1871 29 18 — Iowa, United States Death: October 8, 1949 — Orange, Florida, United States |
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Marriage: calculated 1887 — |
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21 months herself |
Ethel Belle Norton Birth: September 24, 1888 26 17 — Republic, Kansas, United States Death: December 12, 1978 — Kern, California, United States |
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8 years younger sister |
Maud M Norton Birth: November 1896 34 25 — Oregon, United States Death: |
| Family with Charles Harry Wells |
| husband |
Charles Harry Wells Birth: May 30, 1884 — Hanford, Kings, California, United States Death: January 30, 1979 — Kern, California, United States |
| herself |
Ethel Belle Norton Birth: September 24, 1888 26 17 — Republic, Kansas, United States Death: December 12, 1978 — Kern, California, United States |
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Marriage: calculated 1904 — |
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20 months son |
Fredrick Lew Wells Birth: September 13, 1905 21 16 — Randsburg, Kern, California, United States Death: March 9, 1985 — Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo, California, United States |
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2 years son |
Albert Harold Wells Birth: October 2, 1907 23 19 — Los Angeles, California, United States Death: June 3, 1926 — San Luis Obispo, California, United States |
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3 years son |
Wesley Norton Wells Birth: April 23, 1910 25 21 — Lindsay, Tulare, California, United States Death: February 16, 1996 — Kern, California, United States |
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8 years son |
Charles Harry Wells Jr. Birth: April 25, 1918 33 29 — Tulare, California, United States Death: February 10, 2002 |
Ethel Belle Norton has 0 first cousins recorded
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Lew Wallace Norton - Household
Grants Pass, Josephine, Oregon
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Charles Harry Wells - Household
Lindsay, Tulare, California
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Charles Harry Wells - Household
247 Milage Lindsay, Tulare, California
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Charles Harry Wells - Household
502 11th St. Huntington Beach, Orange, California
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Charles Harry Wells - Household
315 14th Huntington Beach, Orange, California
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