Norris Family History
Norris Name Meaning
regional name for someone who had
migrated from the North (i.e. further north in England, or from
Scotland or Scandinavia), from Old French nor(r)eis
‘northerner’.topographic name for someone who lived in a house on
the north side of a settlement or estate, from Middle English
north ‘north’ + hous ‘house’.occupational name for
a wet-nurse or foster mother, from Old French nurice,
norrice (Latin nutrix, genitive nutricis).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Norris
Name Distribution of Norris Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Norris families
 1,373 - 2,743  458 - 1,372 |
 1 - 457  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Norris families
|
64 - 125 22 - 63 |
1 - 21 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Norris census records
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Norris Family Origin
Norris Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Norris Emigration Information (AU)
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to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Norris Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Norris census records
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Military Service by Norris
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