Gertrude Ellen Curtis
Daughter of Austin Maurice Curtis MD and Namahyoka Gertrude Sockum
Born 19 Feb 1900 in Washington, District of Columbia
Died 22 Oct 1988 in Poinciana, Osceola Co., Florida
Married ca. 1925 in [Washington, District of Columbia] to Fleming Henry Norris Jr, DDS
Born 07 Dec 1901 in Petersburg, Virginia
Died 06 Mar 1967 in Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey
To them were born:
Notes
- Gertrude's age in the census records: in 1900, age 3/12 (b. Feb 1900); in 1910, age 10; in 1920, missing;
in 1930, age 30.
- Obituary, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Oct 1988:
GERTRUDE KURTIS NORRIS, 88, 21 Amalfi Way, Poinciana, died Saturday.
Born in Washington, D.C., she moved to Poinciana from Teaneck, N.J., in 1987.
She was a homemaker. She was an Episcopalian.
She was a member of the Osceola County Senior Citizens Association.
Survivors: sons, Arthur L., Poinciana, Fleming H. III, Oak Bluffs, Mass.;
eight grandchildren; six great- grandchildren. Grissom Funeral Home, Kissimmee.
- Obituary, The Record (Hackensack, New Jersey), 08 Nov 1988:
GERTRUDE CURTIS NORRIS, 88, of Kissimmee, Fla., formerly of Elmwood Park and Teaneck, died Oct. 22.
Surviving are two sons, Dr. Fleming H. Norris III of Oak Bluffs, Mass., and Dr. Arthur L. Norris of Kissimmee;
eight grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. Her husband, Dr. Fleming H. Norris Jr., died in 1967,
and a son, Dr. Austin C. Norris, died in January. Services will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Cedar Lawn Cemetery Chapel,
Paterson, with arrangements by Patrick J. Conte Funeral Home, Elmwood Park.
- Gertrude was buried in Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, New Jersey: Section 20 Lot 696.
Sources
- 1900 - U.S. Census, District of Columbia,
Washington, E.D. 147, Sheet No. 1 [=175A], 1-1, Freedmen's Hospital, 06 Jun 1900
- 1910 - U.S. Census, District of Columbia,
Washington City, Precinct 8, E.D. 151, Sheet No. 9A [=187], 132-174, 1939 13th St NW, 21-22 Apr 1910
- 1930 - U.S. Census, New Jersey, Passaic Co.,
Passaic City, Ward 1, E.D. 16-128, Sheet No. 2A [=189], 17-23, 261 Passaic St., 03 Apr 1930
- SSDI 136-54-6343