Born 23 Feb 1855 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Died 3 Sep 1932 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Alice Isabel was born in 1855 in Watertown, Massachusetts, the daughter of James and Elizabeth (Bonney) Norcross. She certainly grew up in Watertown, the second of 4 children.^[1] She attended local schools and graduated from the Watertown High School.

Alice became a teacher by 1880, when her occupation is given as "school teacher" in the 1880 census.^[2] In 1885, she was hired by the city of Somerville, Massachusetts, as a teacher in the Pope School.^[3] She worked there for many years, while residing in her hometown of Watertown.^[4]

In 1891, she applied for a passport. She was described as being 36 years old, 5 feet, 5 and a half inches tall, with brown eyes, brown hair and a dark complexion.^[5] She and her sister also traveled to England in 1912, arriving home via Ellis Island in New York.^[6]

She remained as a 6th grade teacher at the Pope School as late as 1921.^[7]

She died in 1932.^[8] She is buried at the Newton Cemetery in Newton, Massachusetts. ^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDQM-PVY : 19 March 2020), Alice J Norcross in entry for James H Norcross, 1870.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHXM-QDF : 22 August 2017), Alice I Trronp in household of James H Trronp, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States;
3. ↑ Souvenir School Directory of Somerville (1896), Published Boston, MA, p. 58
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQPB-77F : accessed 21 March 2020), Alice I Norcross, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
5. ↑ "United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24F-82T3 : 16 March 2018), Alice Isabel Norcross, 1891
6. ↑ "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JVMC-946 : 16 August 2019), Alice Isabel Norcross, 1912.
7. ↑ Annual Report of the City of Somerville, 1921, p. 174
8. ↑ Obituary, Daily Boston Globe, 4 September 1932, p. A28
9. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #168819712 Newton Cemetery, Newton, Massachusetts

• "Massachusetts, Boston Passenger Lists, 1891-1943," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:23DY-SYM : 13 March 2018), Alice J Norcross, 1891

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