Ella Isabel (Norton) Futch (1884 - 1965)

Born Sep 1884 in Putnam, Florida, United States

Ancestors

Daughter of Hardy Norton Sr. and Eugenia Norton

Wife of Thomas Ernest Futch — married 14 Jun 1909 in Pinellas Cty, FL

Descendants

Died 21 Jun 1965 at age 80 in Oak Hill, Volusia, Florida, United States

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Biography

Ella Isabel Norton was born on ~August 31, 1885 in Putnam, Florida, United States. Her parents were Hardy Norton Sr. (~1859 - 1946) and Eugenia Norton (~1865 - ).

Her brother was Hardy Norton Jr. (1923 - 2000).

Ella married Thomas Ernest Futch (1886 - 1944) on June 14, 1909 in Pinellas Cty, FL.

Their children were...

1. William Arthur Futch (1910 - 1978)
2. Archie Melvin Futch Sr (1911 - 1961)
3. Thelma Corine Futch (1914 - 1984)
4. Alma Grace Futch (1915 - 1974)
5. Gertrude Virginia (Futch) Johns (1918 - 2007)
6. Bertha Mae Futch (1921 - ~1996)
7. Alfred Leroy Futch (1925 - 1984)
8. Edward Phillip Futch (1928 - 2003)
9. Thomas Earl Futch (1928 - 2005).

Ella died on June 21, 1965 in Oak Hill, Volusia, Florida aged ~79.

Obituary

MRS. ELLA BELLE FUTCH, 75, Oak Hill, died Monday. A native of Starke, she moved to Oak Hill four years ago from Titusville. She attended the Pentecostal Holiness Church.

Surviving are daughters, Mrs. Thelma Thomas, Oak Hill, Mrs. Alma Jeffcoat and Mr. Gertrude Johns, Titusville, and Mrs. Bertha Mae Harris, Daytona Beach; sons, Arthur, Edward and Thomas, all of Oak Hill, and Roy, Titusville; brother, Harry Norton, Mayport; sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Vincent, Brunswick, Ga., and 29 grandchildren.

Settle-Wilder Funeral Home, New Smyrna Beach, is in charge.

The Orlando Sentinel; Orlando, Florida; 23 Jun 1965, Wed • Page 6

DNA Confirmations

Paternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal test match between cousins whose most recent common ancestor was Hardy Norton, Sr. (1859-1946)

C Torres, great granddaughter of Ella Belle Norton (1884-1965) and cousins:

1. LNF daughter of Hardy Norton, Jr (1923-2000)
   Shared DNA: 187 cM across 7 segments
   Actual Relationship: half 1st cousin 2x removed
   MyHeritageDNA predicted relationship: 1st cousin 2x removed - 2nd cousin 1x removed
   
   
2. JFL, granddaughter of Hardy Norton, Jr (1923-2000)
   Shared DNA: 140 cM across 10 segments
   Actual Relationship: half 2nd cousin 1x removed
   AncestryDNA predicted relationship: 2nd - 3rd cousins

Sources

• "Florida State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNJZ-YGB : 19 February 2021), Ellen Norton in household of Hardy Norton, 12, Putnam, Florida; citing p. 119, sheet letter C, number , line 22, NARA microfilm publication M845 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 888,972.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M36D-25D : accessed 10 October 2021), Belle Norton in household of Hardy Norton, Precincts 19-21, Putnam, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 150, sheet 8B, family 164, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,176.

• "Florida Marriages, 1837-1974", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWW5-HV4 : 11 January 2020), Ella Isabel Norton in entry for Thomas Ernest Futch, 1909.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVVT-NQC : accessed 10 October 2021), Ella I Futch in household of Hardy Norton, Titusville, Brevard, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 31, sheet 11A, family 161, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 157; FHL microfilm 1,374,170.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNY4-9Y9 : 1 February 2021), Ella Futch in entry for Ernest Futch, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPG5-WT2 : accessed 10 October 2021), Ella I Tusch in household of Thomas E Tusch, La Grange, Brevard, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1, sheet 1A, line 46, family 13, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 307; FHL microfilm 2,340,042.

• "Florida State Census, 1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNJN-7W7 : 2 March 2021), Ella Futch in household of Ernest Futch, Titusville, Brevard, Florida; citing line 11, State Archives, Tallahassee; FHL microfilm 2,425,148.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTHQ-Z18 : 4 January 2021), Ella Futch, Titusville, Brevard, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 5-1, sheet 17A, line 7, family 399, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 575.

• "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VV6J-5KV : 25 December 2014), Ella Belle Futch, Jun 1965; from "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," index, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : 2004); citing vol. 2717, certificate number 31621, Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, Jacksonville.