Norton / Haas Family History

Sunday, May 27, 2012

Memorial Day

Thank you for your service.

Fred, Don, Bruce, and Phil

Memorial Day 1941, Wellsville, New York

Bruce Norton

Fred Norton

Fred and Bruce Norton - Summer 1946

Phil Norton

John Maitland 1943

John Maitland

Don Norton (on the right)

Dad always said this was the last thing he saw before he went overseas.

Left to Right: Robert Haas and Rudy Reinprecht.

This was taken in 1954 right after docking in England.

Both men from Wellsville went over on the same ship but didn't meet until two days at sea.

Dad went to Washington, D. C. for the dedication of the World War II memorial.

In June 2008 Dad went to Loveland, CO to see the Navy D-Day statue
before it was sent over to Utah Beach in France.

The sculptor, Stephen Spears asked Dad to sign on the inside of the base.

Dad kept a diary throughout the war years. This is his entry for D-Day.

Friday, May 4, 2012

Norton Family Farm

Phil wrote on the back of the picture: "Sept. 19, 1943 Sunday. "Our Barn."

I took it from the roof of our house. Looking east".

Phil wrote on the back of this picture: "Sunday, September 19, 1943. I took this picture of the neighborhood. Looking north".

Simply titled "Home"

FWN Sr

*NEW* Farm Stories by Phillip Paul Norton

Scio, New York

Description of the farm: You're looking at the house, and from the inside of the house, Grandma and Grandpa's main place was in the left side. In the middle was a huge middle room and upstairs was a huge bedroom and on the right side was Mom and Dad's living quarters. We spent a lot of time in the huge middle living room.

Our dad was taken out of school in the 2nd grade because his father, Oliver S. Norton didn't think that Dad was smart enough. Actually Dad was hard of hearing and that hindered his school work. Dad overcame a lot (through no thanks from his father) and actually was as bright as any Norton.

Big Round Top and Little Round Top were hills on the farm (names derived from the Civil War). We spent many hours riding Fanny (the farm horse) into these hills with Molly (the farm dog) tagging along.

Dad had a very large vegetable garden that was needed to supply food for our large family. This was during the depression -- we all had to pitch in and help, from cultivation to weeding, doing whatever was needed. One time in particular I remember was that we were planting seeds. Bruce and I had to dig the holes and Don would cover the hole after Fred did the really hard job of dropping the seed in the hole. We lived on the Schrader farm until I was elementary school. We moved into Wellsville, (14 Seneca St.) when Dad got a job with the Wellsville Water and Light.

If we kids wanted spending money, we had to find work to make money. Fred was very industrious and he delivered newspapers to a big manufacturing industry. In those days you were allowed to go right into the place and deliver papers to those who were working with the big machinery.

Our house was the main gathering spot for all the neighborhood boys. There was a big plot of land next to our house where we played all sorts of sports. Bruce was probably the best at horse shoes.

*NEW* FWN Sr.

Map of the Norton Family Farm drawn by Phil Norton

Schrader Family Farm, Stanndards, New York

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Reunions

Schrader & Braunschweiger Reunion 1927
FWN Sr - Far left third row. Edith Shrader in front of him.
I am not sure of the connection between Schrader and Braunschweiger.

*NEW* Schrader Reunion - Year Unknown

Norton / Maitland Family Reunion - 1989

Norton / Maitland Family Reunion - 2007

Haas Family Reunion

Haas / Kenny Family Reunion

Phil and Jody Norton's Family - 2014
Front Row: Amy, Jody, Phil, Jordan (Jim's child)
2nd Row: Joe, Terry, Robin (Terry's daughter) with Anthony Jr., Laura (Amy's daughter), Paul, Jim (Laura's husband) with Abbey (Laura and Jim's daughter)
Back row: Don, Katy (Amy's daughter), Anthony Sr. took the picture.

*NEW* Maitland / Norton Family Reunion

July 2015

Adirondacks, New York

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Wellsville High School

Link: Remembering the Early 1940's at Wellsville High School

http://wellsville.ny.schoolwebpages.com/education/projects/projects.php?sectionid=14000&

"Nancy Norton from Colorado was recently going through the belongings of her parents, Jean and Fred Norton, who were both graduates of Wellsville High School back in 1941 and 1945. She found a lot of memorabilia they had saved from high school including pictures, old tickets, report cards and much more. We have compiled much of the Norton's memorabilia on our web site for others to enjoy and to learn from the past".

"We thank the Norton children for sharing these pictures from the past with all of us".

Thank you!

Fred Norton high school graduation

Jean Haas Norton high school graduation

1943 Members of Wellsville High School Grid Squad
Phil Norton is third row, third from the left.
B. Norton is third row, fourth from the right. Is that Bruce?

Left to Right: Gene Burdick, Robert Haas, Fred Horn, and John Graves.

This was the Wellsville High School 4 x 100 track relay team in 1951 when they broke the school record for that race.

Harry and Marion (Kenny) Haas Family

1908 Olean, New York

Left to Right: William Haas Sr., William Haas Jr., Berta (Demsky) Haas,

Harry Haas (my grandfather) and Madeline Haas

William Haas Sr. born in Semershein, France

1905 Olean, New York

Patrick Kenny, Margaret (Burke) Kenny, Marion Kenny (my grandmother)

February 5, 1928

Jean Haas (7 months), Marion (Kenny) Haas, and Harry Haas

Harry, Marion (holding Don Norton), Madeline, Jean and Bob Haas

From left: Harry, Marion, Bob, Jean, and Jim Haas

Top Left to Right: Barbara Dye, Bob Dye, Jean Haas Norton, Harry Haas, Marion Kinney Haas, Howard English, Karen English, Noreen English, Marcella Dye, Mason Dye, and Mag Haas