Walter Scott NORSWORTHY

1877 - 1962  (85 years)

• Name	Walter Scott NORSWORTHY  [1, 2]
  Born	25 May 1877	Stratford, Perth, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4]
  	Birth registered for Walter Scott NORSWORTHY, male, born 25 May 1877, in Stratford, Perth County; father - John NORSWORTHY, insurance agent; mother - Margaret MONTGOMERY. Informant - John NORSWORTHY, of Stratford agent ?, 29 Sept. 1877.
  Gender	Male
  Witness	1905	Kola, Manitoba, Canada   [5]
  	He witnessed the marriage of his sister, Ella Pearl, to Thomas Clarke WATSON on 6 December 1905. He appeared as W. S. NORSWORTHY.
  Address	1909	Manitoba, Canada   [6]
  	He was living at home.
  Died	Nov 1962	Elkhorn, Manitoba, Canada   [7]
  Buried	Virden Cemetery, Virden, Manitoba, Canada   [8]
  	Address: Virden Cemetery Virden, Manitoba Canada
  Notes	Walter's middle name, Scott, most likely originated with his grandmother, Jane MONTGOMERY, nee SCOTT who gave the same middle name to two of her own sons, William and Francis.
  Person ID	I4314	Nosworthy
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2012

  
  

  Father	John Charles NOSWORTHY,   b. 7 Jul 1841, Widecombe-in-the-Moor, Devon, England ,   d. 26 Jan 1918, Kola, Manitoba, Canada  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Margaret MONTGOMERY,   b. 7 Jul 1846, Morley Village, St. Lawrence, New York, U.S.A. ,   d. 1 Jan 1933, Pipestone, Manitoba, Canada  (Age 86 years)
  Married	14 Jun 1876	Blanshard, Perth, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	John NORSWORTHY, age 29, residing in Ingersoll, born England, Bachelor, Insurance Agent, son of John and Mary NORSWORTHY; and Margaret MONTGOMERY, age 31, residing in Blanshard, born in Canada, Spinster, daughter of John and Jane MONTGOMERY, married by license, 14 June 1876 in Blanshard. Both were of Methodist faith. Witnesses: James C. NORSWORTHY, Ingersoll, and Mary MONTGOMERY, Blanshard. [9]
  Address	1881	Stratford, Perth, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  Address	1891	Pipestone, Manitoba, Canada   [11]
  Address	1901	Brandon, Manitoba, Canada   [1]
  Address	1906	Brandon, Manitoba, Canada   [12]
  	They were living close by their married daughters, Lilly and Ida.
  Address	1909	Manitoba, Canada   [6]
  Address	1911	Brandon, Manitoba, Canada   [13]
  Photos » Slide Show		Norsworthy home Home of John and Margaret Norsworthy and family.
  		Norsworthy family Margaret and John Norsworthy standing together at left of photo.
  		Norsworthy family with Hettie (Grant). Margaret Norsworthy in foreground; Hettie, middle of photograph.
  		Kola Anglican Church This is the church John and Margaret attended and in whose cemetery they are buried. Constructed in 1884, the church was an ambitious undertaking by the first wave of British-Ontario pioneers who settled in this southwestern district of Manitoba.
  		Interior of Kola Church
  Family ID	F1196	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Hettie Belle GRANT,   b. 2 Oct 1887, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1966, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Married	26 Nov 1913	Woodville, Manitoba, Canada   [2, 5, 9]
  	They were married at Hettie's parents home in Woodville, Manitoba. Walter S. NORSWORTHY of the municipality of Pipestone, Manitoba, and Hettie B. GRANT of the municipality of Wallace, Manitoba, married 26 November 1913. Wm. J. Millar, officiating minister.(Certificate)
  Children	1. Walter Russel Grant "Grant" NORSWORTHY,   b. 9 Oct 1916,   d. 12 Dec 2003, Virden, Manitoba, Canada  (Age 87 years)   2. Thanel NORSWORTHY,   b. 24 Feb 1919, Wallace, Manitoba, Canada ,   d. 24 Feb 1919, Wallace, Manitoba, Canada  (Age 0 years)   3. Living
  Photos		Norsworthy family with Hettie (Grant). Margaret Norsworthy in foreground; Hettie, middle of photograph.
  		Walter and Hettie Norsworthy Married 26 November 1913, Woodville, Manitoba.
  Documents		Marriage Certificate: Norsworthy and Gould Walter S. Norsworthy of the municipality of Pipestone, Manitoba, and Hettie B. Grant of the municipality of Wallace, Manitoba, married 26 November 1913. Wm. J. Millar, officiating minister.
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2012
  Family ID	F1496	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos

  Walter Norsworthy 1960

  
  

  Documents

  Birth registration: Walter Scott Norsworthy Walter Scott Norsworthy, son of John Norsworthy and Margaret Montgomery.

  
  

  Headstones

  NORSWORTHY NORSWORTHY WALTER S. 1877-1963 HETTIE B. 1887 - 1966

  
  

• Sources

  [S53] Census of Canada, 1901, (31 March 1901). [S676] Personal communication. [S358] Book: Trails Along the Pipestone, (R. M. Pipestone History Project; first printing 1981). [S50] Civil Birth Registration. [S490] Marriage Certificate. [S305] Biography: NORSWORTHY, James C. Norsworthy, (15 March 1909, McIntosh, Florida; rec'd from Mike NORSWORTHY, direct descendant of William George NORSWORTHY, July 2005.). [S162] Website. [S209] Photograph. [S109] Civil Marriage Registration. [S135] Census of Canada, 1881, (4 April 1881). [S1079] Census of Canada, 1891. [S349] Census of Manitoba, 1906. [S308] Census of Canada, 1911, (1 June 1911).