My Name is Trevor Norris and I M Looking Asking for Any Help on Locating Any Useful Information on My Family Past and Present
I know very little information on my ancestors. I have been provided a rough historical run-through by my uncle. In it, the first of my family came across from England in the 1700's, and their name was Bletsoe. It was later come to Bledsoe. I know that that family fought in the Civil War, some on the North, some on the South. The one name I have been able to recover from that time period is Hiram Bledsoe who fought, not only in the Civil War, but also in the War of California, in Sacramento. After the war, he and his men, supposdly, took a brass cannon from the Mexican Army and pulled it all the way back to Kentucky. It stayed there until the Civil War, where he, and his battalion, used it against the North with great success.
Then, there's the matter of my great-grandmother, whose surname was Coombes. It's said that she was full blood Cherokee. But no one truly knows.
I know, basically, nothing of my Norris name, given that my grandfather died when my father was only 15 years old. I know that he couldn't serve in the military because he was too young for one war, then too old for the next. I also know that he had brothers. I don't know anything about them.
As for my mother's side, I know my grandmother's maiden name was May. She passed over 15 years ago, but her sister still lives, although she is suffering from dementia. So I'm unable to know anything past them. My grandmother, Marianne May, married my grandfather, Raymond Leroy Cable, in the 1950's or 1940's. He served in the U.S. Navy for some time, then was Honorably Discharged in the 1960's or 1970's. He passed in 2003.
I, again, ask for any help you may be able to give me. Thank you.
you do not give any place of birth for your family. Is this your Raymond Leroy Cable ?
U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Raymond Leroy Cable
Memorial
Birth: Oct. 15, 1927
Death: May 5, 2003
TE3
US Navy
World War II
Burial:
Leavenworth National Cemetery
Leavenworth
Leavenworth County
Kansas, USA
Plot: S56 R 5 G 48
U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
Name: Raymond Leroy Cable
Service Info.: TE3 US NAVY WORLD WAR II
Birth Date: 15 Oct 1927
Death Date: 5 May 2003
Service Start Date: 12 Oct 1945
Interment Date: 9 May 2003
Cemetery: Leavenworth National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: P. O. Box 1694 4101 S. 4th St, Traffic Way Leavenworth, KS 66048
Buried At: Section 56 Row 5 Site 48
Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002
Name: Raymond L Cable **
Age: 25
Race/Ethnicity: White
Birth Date: 15 Oct 1927
Marriage Date: 12 Dec 1952
Marriage Location: Jackson, Kansas City, Missouri
Marriage County: Jackson
Spouse Name: Marianne May **
Spouse Age: 19
Spouse Birth Date: 28 Dec 1933
Spouse Race/Ethnicity: White
Yes, that's my grandfather. How did you come across all this? Do you think it's possible to find more about the other members and him?
Here's a list:
Richard Bertel Norris
Opal Marie Coombs(Coombes)
Jessie Myrtle Gray(Coombs/Coombes)
Marianne May
Christine May
Hiram Bledsoe
I'm unsure of their birth and death dates. Christine May is still living. Any help you can provide would be great.
Missouri Marriage Records
Name: Miss Martha Ann Bledsoe
Age: 18
Birth Date: abt 1865
Marriage Date: 1 Sep 1883
Marriage Location: Jackson, Independence, Missouri
Marriage County: Jackson
Spouse Name: Mr. Richard Norris (this might be John Richard or Richard John)
Spouse Age: 23
Spouse Birth Date: abt 1860
Parents
John Richard Norris
B: Apr 29, 1861 Ray County, Missouri
D: Jul 18, 1914 Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
Martha Ann Bledsoe
B: Mar 5, 1865 Missouri
D: Jun 5, 1950 Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
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Children:
Edith Norris 1884 Jackson County, Missouri
William Ernest Norris
B Oct 23, 1885 Jackson County, Missouri
D Nov 27, 1964 Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
John Virgil Norris
B May 3, 1888 Missouri
D Dec 21, 1965 Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
Leola Norris
1890 Jackson County, Missouri
Jesse Clarence Norris
B Jun 18, 1894 Jackson County, Missouri
D Oct 21, 1957 Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
Lora Ione Norris
B Jan 14, 1897 Jackson County, Missouri
D Nov 23, 1981 Jackson County, Missouri
Richard Bartel Norris ****
B Sep 25, 1900 Jackson County, Missouri
D Dec 30, 1959 Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
Roy Alfred Norris
B Feb 9, 1904 Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
D Dec 7, 1980 Kansas City, Jackson County,Missouri
Homer Middleton Norris
B Jul 18, 1908 Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
D Apr 9, 1911 Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
Wow! Just..... wow. I was told that my grandfather had a lot of siblings, but this information will blow my father's mind, just as it did mine. I'm not even sure my father or uncles know all this about their father and aunts and uncles.
I have a few requests, if you don't mind. Could you find more on Martha Bledsoe's family? And,also, who my great-aunts and uncles married and what became of their children? I really had no idea my grandfather had all these siblings and their family's. Also, I would be very appreciative of any information you could provide about the other members I listed. I'm doing all of this for my daughter, as she will eventually want to know where she comes from. Thank you so very much.
I found the Norris family on a tree on the web, I would suggest you double check all the info
I found this info on various site so it will all need to be checked out.
Martha Ann Bledsoe 1865 - 1950
Parents :
Welcome Bledsoe 1841 - 1903
Louisa Cathana Strickland 1849 - ?
Welcome's parents:
Sampson Bledsoe 1801 - 1844
Sarah Hunsucker 1800 - 1861
Sampson's Parents:
Isaac Bledsoe 1776 - 1847
Spouse unknown
Isaac's parents:
Loving Bledsoe 1753 - 1817
Millicent Head 1756 - 1816
Loving's parents:
Thomas Bledsoe 1706 - 1758
Susannah Fulkerson 1733 - 1768
Thomas's parents:
Abraham Bledsoe1673 - 1753
Katherine Ball 1684 - ?
Abraham's parents:
George Bledsoe c 1645 - c1705
Ann Unknown