May Belle (Metcalf) Norris (1880 - 1940)

Born 28 Dec 1880 in Toll Gate Strip, Near Madison, Colfax Co, New Mexico Territory, United States

Descendants

Died 24 Oct 1940 at age 59 in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States

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Biography

May Belle Metcalf was born in 1880. She passed away in 1940. ^[1]

She was the daughter of William Bazel Metcalf and Martha Havens. May Bell married Charles Joshua Norris. They had seven children, born between 1900 and 1917. ^[2]

May B Norris, in the Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982

Name: May B Norris

[May B Metcalf]

Birth Date: 28 Dec 1880

Birth Place: New Mexico

Gender: Female

Race: White

Residence: Harris, Texas

Father: Basil Metcalf

Mother: Martha Haven

Age at Death: 59

Death Date: 24 Oct 1940

Death Place: Houston, Harris, Texas, USA

Source Information: Ancestry.com. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.

May Norris in the 1900 United States Federal Census

Name: May Norris, Age: 19, Birth Date: Dec 1880, Birthplace: New Mexico

Home in 1900: Harrison, Beaver, Oklahoma

Sheet Number: 2B Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 37 Family Number: 37 Race: White Gender: Female

Relation to Head of House: Wife, Marital Status: Married

Spouse's Name: Charles Norris

Marriage Year: 1899

Years Married: 1

Father's Birthplace: New Mexico, Mother's Birthplace: Texas

Mother: number of living children: 1

Mother: How many children: 1

Neighbors: View others on page

Household Members:

Charles Norris, 35

May Norris, 19

Lucy O Norris,

Joseph Metcalf, 20

Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Harrison, Beaver, Oklahoma; Roll: 1335; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0006; FHL microfilm: 1241335

research notes

Her parents are not on Wikitree as of April 2022; neither are her paternal grandparents going back three generations, as seen of the familysearch Family Tree (was trying to connect her to parents and ancestors)

Sources

1. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Bobbie Tolleson, Sunday, March 22, 2015. Replace this citation if there is another source.
2. ↑ familysearch Family Tree, with sources (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9N7B-MNQ)