Tom Norcross

https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=BMD/B/1879/4/AZ/000399/286

First name(s) JAMES THOMAS
Last name NORCROSS
Birth year 1879
Birth quarter 4
Registration month -
Mother's maiden name Kenyon
District Preston
County Lancashire
Country England
Volume 8E
Page 612
Record set England & Wales Births 1837-2006
Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory Civil Births
Collections from Great Britain, England

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unlikely match for marriage and James is living in mother's household in 1901 and father on record is listed as Richard Norcross.

Could be a son of John Norcross (c1819)'s younger brother Richard born c. 1829.

Name James Thomas Morcross
Birth Date 1872
Age 27
Spouse's Name Janet Parkinson
Spouse's Birth Date 1875
Spouse's Age 24
Event Date 20 Apr 1899
Event Place Longridge, Lancashire, England
Father's Name Richard Norcross
Spouse's Father's Name Henry Parkinson

Citing this Record
"England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NNQC-1Y9 : 10 December 2014), James Thomas Morcross and Janet Parkinson, 20 Apr 1899; citing Longridge, Lancashire, England, reference item 78 p39; FHL microfilm 1,657,578.
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England Marriages, 1538–1973
Indexing Project (Batch) Number I04110-1
System Origin England-EASy
GS Film number 1657578
Reference ID item 78 p39

http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Ribchester/stwilfrid/baptisms_1875-1898.html

Baptisms: 23 Nov 1879 St Wilfrid, Ribchester, Lancashire, England
James Thomas Norcross - Child of Thomas Norcross & Alice Elizabeth
Born: 17 Oct 1879
Abode: Bottoms and in the Parish of Longridge
Occupation: Sawyer
Baptised by: F. E. Perrin Rector
Register: Baptism 1851 - 1921, Page 124, Entry 986
Source: LDS Film 1278946

NZ BMD:

1918/22836 Norcross James Thomas NR
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http://muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/Cenotaph/11540.detail

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https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19180521.2.3

Otago Daily Times 21 May 1918 Page 2

ROLL OF HONOUR
ISSUE 17320, 21 MAY 1918

Died from Wounds.
OTAGO INFANTRY.
(March 30.)
NORCROSS, JAMES THOMAS (Mrs. A. Bradley, Nelson, mother).

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https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC19180521.2.21

COLONIST, VOLUME LX, ISSUE 14777, 21 MAY 1918

PERSONAL.

New has been received by Mrs A Bradley, of Tasman street, that her son, Private J. T. Norcross, died on March 30th from wounds received on March 28th. The deceased left with the Thirtieth Reinforcements. He was a professional musician, and prior to his joining the forces plied in this city as a taxi-driver.

[ reprinted Jun 19, 1918 - https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC19180619.2.44.39 ]

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sooty/nzefroh1918...

Death: 1918 Mar 30
SN: 56989
Rank: Private
LN: NORCROSS
1stN: James Thomas
Service: OIR
Event: DOW (Died of wounds)
Place: France
Desc: Son of Alice E. and the late Thomas Norcross, of 32, Weka St., Nelson, New Zealand
Burial: FRANCE - DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION No.1

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https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=gbm/cwgc/rollofhonour/0007...

First name(s) James Thomas
Last name Norcross
Birth year 1880
Age 38
Death year 1918
Death date 30 Mar 1918
Number 56989
Rank Private
Regiment Otago Regiment, N.Z.E.F.
Grave reference V. B. 17.
Cemetery or memorial Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1
Burial country France
Additional information Son of Alice E. and the late Thomas Norcross, of 32, Weka St., Nelson, New Zealand.
Link
https://www.cwgc.org/find/find-war-dead
War First World War, 1914-1918
Record set Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt Of Honour
Category Military Service & Conflict
Subcategory First World War
Collections from Great Britain, UK None