Norah Ethel (Robinson) Jorisch was a 20th-century best-selling British author born on 27 Aug 1904 in Shipdham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom[1], daughter of Isaac Robinson (1870 - 1913) and Ethel Sophia (Garner) Robinson (1878 - 1949). who also wrote under the pen names Peter Curtis and Juliet Astley.[2]
Norah (~28) married Geoffrey Albert Lofts (~27) (born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England on 7 Jul 1905; died in 1948) in 1933 in Bury St Edmunds[3].
Norah (~44) married Robert Jorisch (~50) (born in Czechoslovakia on 15 May 1899; died in Deben, Suffolk in 1980) in 1949 in Westminster, London, England[4].
Norah died on 10 Sep 1983 in Bury St Edmunds aged 79. She is buried in Bury St Edmunds Cemetery, Bury St Edmunds.[5][6]
In the 1911 census Ethel (age 33) was the wife of Isaac Robinson in Old Hall Green Cockfield Bury S Eds, Suffolk, England.[7]
Name
Relation
Status
Sex
Age
Occupation
Birth Place
Isaac Robinson
Head
Married
M
41
Farmer
Cranford Suffolk
Ethel Robinson
Wife
Married
F
33
Saham Norfolk
Norah Robinson
Daughter
F
6
Shipdham Norfolk
Ida Robinson
Daughter
F
3
Saham Norfolk
Isaac Robinson
Son
M
2
Saham Norfolk
Pearl Robinson
Daughter
F
0
Cockfield Suffolk
Violet Rawlinson
Servant
Single
F
18
Domestic servent
Thurlaw Suffolk
Sources
↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2FXH-BTV : 1 October 2014), Ethel Norah Robinson, 1904; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Mitford, Norfolk, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV84-6YZW : 8 October 2014), Nora E Robinson and null, 1933; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1933, quarter 4, vol. 4A, p. 2382, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVDH-VBNH : 8 October 2014), Norah E Lofts and null, 1949; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1949, quarter 3, vol. 5C, p. 1015, Westminster, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVZ7-HBNV : 4 September 2014), Norah Ethel Jorisch, 1983; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death Registration, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 05 March 2019), memorial page for Norah Jorisch (1904–1983), Find A Grave Memorial no. 152235093, citing Bury St Edmunds Cemetery, Bury St Edmunds, St Edmundsbury Borough, Suffolk, England ; Maintained by Jill S (contributor 48290424) .
↑1911 Census:
"1911 Census For England & Wales"
Series: RG14; Piece number: 10572; Schedule: 146 FindMyPast Image - FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 16 January 2023)
Ethel Robinson (33), wife, in household of Isaac Robinson (41) in Old Hall Green Cockfield Bury S Eds in Cosford registration district in Suffolk, England. Born in Saham Norfolk.
"United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV5H-WYCF : accessed 5 March 2019), Mrs Norah Lofts, Pennsylvania, United States, 14 Sep 1983; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing , born-digital text.
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