Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
NameGladys Edyth NORRIS 
OccupationMother of 5 children
ReligionMethodist
FatherJames Nelson NORRIS (1893-1930)
MotherEdith Elizabeth DOWER (1897-1960)
Spouses
FatherJohn ADAMS
MotherLouise EMERY
ChildrenShirley Jane (1936-2008)
Joan Arleen (1937-1983)
Jean Eileen (1937-2006)
Elvene Elaine (1942-2005)
Census notes for Gladys Edyth NORRIS
1920 Pennsylvania, Monroe County, 1st ward Stroudsburg, E.D. 62, sheet 10B, page 216, film T625-1603 (taken 9 Jan 1920)
414 Main St. (Rear), dwelling 209, family 218
Norris, James N., head, rents, male, white, age 26, married, born New Jersey, father born New York, mother born Scotland, finisher at silk mill
--------, Edith, wife, female, white, age 21, married, born Pennsylvania, father born England, mother born Pennsylvania
--------, Nelson J., son, male, white, age 3 1/2, single, born Pennsylvania, father born New Jersey, mother born Pennsylvania
--------, Gladys E., daughter, female, female, white, age 1 1/2, single, born Pennsylvania, father born New Jersey, mother born Pennsylvania
--------, Leonard, brother, male, white, age 18, single, born New Jersey, father born New York, mother born Scotland, laborer at silk mill
1930 Pennsylvania, Monroe County, Stroudsbourg Borough, 3rd Ward, E.D. 22, sheet 6A, stamped page 238, film T626-2080 (taken 5 Apr 1930)
346 and 348 North Ninth Street, dwelling 142, family 162
Norris, Edith, head, rents for $30, radio, female, white, age 30, married at age 16, born Pennsylvania, father born England, mother born Pennsylvania
--------, Nelson J., son, male, white, age 14, single, born Pennsylvania, father born New Jersey, mother born Pennsylvania
--------, Gladys, daughter, female, white, age 11, single, born Pennsylvania, father born New Jersey, mother born Pennsylvania
--------, Elwood, son, male, white, age 9, single, born Pennsylvania, father born New Jersey, mother born Pennsylvania
dwelling 143, family 163
Norris, James N., head, owns $6000, radio, male, white, age 36, married at age 21, born New Jersey, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Scotland, foreman at ribbon mill
414 Main St. (Rear), dwelling 209, family 218
Norris, James N., head, rents, male, white, age 26, married, born New Jersey, father born New York, mother born Scotland, finisher at silk mill
--------, Edith, wife, female, white, age 21, married, born Pennsylvania, father born England, mother born Pennsylvania
--------, Nelson J., son, male, white, age 3 1/2, single, born Pennsylvania, father born New Jersey, mother born Pennsylvania
--------, Gladys E., daughter, female, female, white, age 1 1/2, single, born Pennsylvania, father born New Jersey, mother born Pennsylvania
--------, Leonard, brother, male, white, age 18, single, born New Jersey, father born New York, mother born Scotland, laborer at silk mill
1930 Pennsylvania, Monroe County, Stroudsbourg Borough, 3rd Ward, E.D. 22, sheet 6A, stamped page 238, film T626-2080 (taken 5 Apr 1930)
346 and 348 North Ninth Street, dwelling 142, family 162
Norris, Edith, head, rents for $30, radio, female, white, age 30, married at age 16, born Pennsylvania, father born England, mother born Pennsylvania
--------, Nelson J., son, male, white, age 14, single, born Pennsylvania, father born New Jersey, mother born Pennsylvania
--------, Gladys, daughter, female, white, age 11, single, born Pennsylvania, father born New Jersey, mother born Pennsylvania
--------, Elwood, son, male, white, age 9, single, born Pennsylvania, father born New Jersey, mother born Pennsylvania
dwelling 143, family 163
Norris, James N., head, owns $6000, radio, male, white, age 36, married at age 21, born New Jersey, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Scotland, foreman at ribbon mill
Obituary notes for Gladys Edyth NORRIS
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MRS. JASPER ADAMS, 41, E. STROUDSBURG, LEFT EYES TO 'BANK'
Mrs. Gladys E. Adams, 41, of 474 Normal St., East Stroudsburg, wife of Jasper Adams, died at 12:20 p.m. Saturday in Moses Taylor Hospital, Scranton, PA. She had been ill for two weeks.
Mrs. Adams, a lifelong resident of the Stroudsburgs, donated her eyes to the Northeast Pennsylvania Lions Eye Bank, Inc. The eyes were taken to the Wills Hospital, Philadelphia.
Mrs. Adams was a daughter of the late James and Edith Dower Norris. She was a member of the Stroudsburg Methodist Church.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by one son, William, at home; four daughters, Mrs. Jean Singer, Mrs. Joan Tuthill and Mrs. Elvene Kresge, all of Stroudsburg, and Miss Shirley Adams, Rockaway, N.J.; two brothers, Elwood Norris, San Lorenzo, Calif., and Nelson Norris, East Stroudsburg; one step-brother, Bruce Land, Harrisburg; one step-sister, Miss Sharon Land, Stroudsburg, and one grandchild.
The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the William R. Thomas Funeral Home, Stroudsburg.
Easton Express, Easton, PA, Monday, 29 August 1960, pg. 13
Mrs. Adams, 41, Of Normal St.
Mrs. Gladys E. Adams , 41, of 474 Normal St., East Stroudsburg, died Saturday at 12:20 p.m. in Moses Taylor Hospital, Scranton.
She was born in Stroudsburg and was the daughter of the late James and Edith Dower Norris.
Mrs. Adams was a member of the Stroudsburg Methodist Church and had been a resident of Stroudsburg her lifetime.
She is survived by her husband, Jasper Adams, one son, William Adams, at home: four daughters, Miss Shirley Adams, Rockaway N.J.; Mrs. Jean Singer, Mrs. Jean Tuthill and Mrs. Elvene Kresge, all of Stroudburg; one grandchild.
Two brothers, Norris Adams, San Lorenzo, Calif; and Nelson Norris, East Stroudsburg; one step-brother, Bruce Land, Harrisburg; and one step-sister, Miss Sharon Land, Stroudsburg.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the William R. Thomas Funeral Home with Rev. Roger C. Stimson officiating.
Interment will be in the Stroudsburg Cemetery.
Friends and relatives may call at the funeral home Monday after 7 p.m.
MRS. JASPER ADAMS, 41, E. STROUDSBURG, LEFT EYES TO 'BANK'
Mrs. Gladys E. Adams, 41, of 474 Normal St., East Stroudsburg, wife of Jasper Adams, died at 12:20 p.m. Saturday in Moses Taylor Hospital, Scranton, PA. She had been ill for two weeks.
Mrs. Adams, a lifelong resident of the Stroudsburgs, donated her eyes to the Northeast Pennsylvania Lions Eye Bank, Inc. The eyes were taken to the Wills Hospital, Philadelphia.
Mrs. Adams was a daughter of the late James and Edith Dower Norris. She was a member of the Stroudsburg Methodist Church.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by one son, William, at home; four daughters, Mrs. Jean Singer, Mrs. Joan Tuthill and Mrs. Elvene Kresge, all of Stroudsburg, and Miss Shirley Adams, Rockaway, N.J.; two brothers, Elwood Norris, San Lorenzo, Calif., and Nelson Norris, East Stroudsburg; one step-brother, Bruce Land, Harrisburg; one step-sister, Miss Sharon Land, Stroudsburg, and one grandchild.
The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the William R. Thomas Funeral Home, Stroudsburg.
Easton Express, Easton, PA, Monday, 29 August 1960, pg. 13
Mrs. Adams, 41, Of Normal St.
Mrs. Gladys E. Adams , 41, of 474 Normal St., East Stroudsburg, died Saturday at 12:20 p.m. in Moses Taylor Hospital, Scranton.
She was born in Stroudsburg and was the daughter of the late James and Edith Dower Norris.
Mrs. Adams was a member of the Stroudsburg Methodist Church and had been a resident of Stroudsburg her lifetime.
She is survived by her husband, Jasper Adams, one son, William Adams, at home: four daughters, Miss Shirley Adams, Rockaway N.J.; Mrs. Jean Singer, Mrs. Jean Tuthill and Mrs. Elvene Kresge, all of Stroudburg; one grandchild.
Two brothers, Norris Adams, San Lorenzo, Calif; and Nelson Norris, East Stroudsburg; one step-brother, Bruce Land, Harrisburg; and one step-sister, Miss Sharon Land, Stroudsburg.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the William R. Thomas Funeral Home with Rev. Roger C. Stimson officiating.
Interment will be in the Stroudsburg Cemetery.
Friends and relatives may call at the funeral home Monday after 7 p.m.