William Gore Norman (1823 - abt. 1869)

Born 26 Mar 1823 in Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Webber) May — married 23 Aug 1854 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Descendants

Died about 1869 at about age 45 in Fiji Islands, Fiji

Biography

William was born in 1823

Christening

Apr 27 1823 William Norman was christened in Suffolk, England Residence England

• Father John Norman
• Mother Mary Norman^[1]

William Norman Passed away about 1869.

Sources

1. ↑ England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 Indexing Project (Batch) Number C01847-0 System Origin England-EASy GS Film number 989536 Reference ID pg93 Ln740

• Vic marriage registration #2100/1854

Our readers will remember that a boat which left Levuka for Nasavusavu about twelve months ago, with 17 New Hebrides labourers, their employer, Mr. Norman, late of Sandhurst, Victoria, and the aforesaid Jimmie, never reached its destination. The boat was thought to have been wrecked and all on board lost. Jimmie Lasulasu informed Captain Field that when on their way to Nasavusavu the natives took possession of the boat, compelling them to steer first one way and then another, and threatened to kill them if they did not land them on their own island. On the seventeenth day they murdered Mr. Norman, splitting his head open with a tomahawk. They cooked and ate the body, thrusting portions of his cooked companion into the face of Jimmie. The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser Saturday 3 September 1870