Linda, Let me know if I ca help. I have the two books. Although, you can find it on the web, sometimes the old fashioned way is fastest.
Gayle On Oct 26, 2011, at 5:27 PM, "Linda Norton" <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm so glad I mentioned Martha's Vineyard then. > > I guess I'll attempt to search my husbands line as well since we may have a > Portuguese connection though my family is from Sao Miguel and not Sao Jorge. > Who knows. > > Oh the webs we weave! > > > Linda Borges Furtado Norton > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 12:00 PM > To: Azores Genealogy > Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: John Norton of Salt Spring Island > > Gayle- This is very possibly a BIG DISCOVERY. What is "Our Portuguese > Heritage" for Martha's Vineyard? Is that a book? I'll search for that > title, if you discover or know more please share!! Thanks so much. > Melanie > > On Oct 25, 8:31 pm, Gayle Machado > <[email protected]> wrote: >> I finally had a chance to look up Norton in "Our Portuguese Heritage" for > Martha's Vineyard. On page N509, Francis Perry (Pereira) Norton is said to > have been born in 1828 on St. George , and brought to Edgartown by Capt. > Shubael Lyman Norton who adopted him. >> >> Don't know if this helps the conversation, but thought I'd add it to the > mix just in case. >> >> Gayle >> >> On Oct 24, 2011, at 6:06 AM, "Linda Norton" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> Interesting. >> >>> My husband is a Norton from Boston, have not done any research since he >>> isn't interested and I'm doing my own from my family who are all from > Sao >>> Miguel. >> >>> His mother's side I have history on since his uncle has done research > and I >>> have that information- Hatfields/Pelke/Gilbert from the Midwest and > Canada. >> >>> I did have someone tell me along time ago that there is a lot of history > on >>> Norton's on Martha's Vineyard, MA off Cape Cod where they did a lot of >>> whaling. They are in the museum on that island. >> >>> I guess a very common name. >> >>> Linda Borges Furtado Norton >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of >>> [email protected] >>> Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2011 8:11 PM >>> To: Azores Genealogy >>> Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] John Norton of Salt Spring Island >> >>> Hello and thank you for hosting this group. I'm enjoying reading the >>> entries about your ancestors. My ancestors were two brothers from the >>> Island of Flores. The story goes that they changed their last name to >>> Norton because a Captain on a ship "adopted them" or at least took >>> care of them while sailing to America or the British Columbia Gulf >>> Islands. According to the story they were 12 or 13 years-old at the >>> time. John Norton was known to be one of the first settlers on Salt >>> Spring Island in 1859. Some records list or mention a possible last >>> name being Dalrvero. 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