Ronald Edwin Norris b. 21 Mar 1898 Wayne, Kennebec, Maine, USA d. 10 Mar 1972 Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, USA: Smith Family Tree

Ronald Edwin Norris

1898 - 1972 (73 years)

Name	Ronald Edwin Norris [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]
Birth	21 Mar 1898	Wayne, Kennebec, Maine, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13]
Gender	Male
Census	1900	Wayne, Kennebec, Maine, USA [10]
	Age: 2; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Grandson of Mary Norris (son of Bertha and Holman Norris)
Military Service	25 Jul 1917	Maine, USA [2, 3, 4, 6, 7]
	US Army - WWI
Departure	7 Jul 1918	New York, New York, USA [6]
	Battalion F Maine 54th - aboard SS Benalla
Census	1920	Winthrop, Kennebec, Maine, USA [1]
	Marital Status: Married to Mabel F; Relation to Head: Head
Census	1930	Winthrop, Kennebec, Maine, USA [12]
	Marital Status: Married to Maebelle; Relation to Head: Head
Census	1940	Greene, Androscoggin, Maine, USA [5]
	Marital Status: Married to Gladys; Relation to Head: Head
Census	1950	Wayne, Kennebec, Maine, USA [13]
	Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Married to Gladys
Death	10 Mar 1972	Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, USA [2, 3, 4]
Burial	Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Augusta, Kennebec, Maine, USA [2, 4]
	Mabel and Robert Norris, buried together
		Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery on Blue Star Avenue (Also known as Old Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery) Augusta, Kennebec, Maine Find a Grave: #2317808 Plot: State Veterans Cemetery
Person ID	I23770	A Tree Called Smith
Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

Family 1	Gladys E Degrasse, b. 1903, Maine, USA
Marriage	22 Aug 1943	Maine, USA [11]
Family ID	F9719	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

Family 2	Maebelle Florella Bassett, b. 30 Oct 1900, Livermore, Androscoggin, Maine, USA d. 4 Apr 1986, Brewer, Penobscot, Maine, USA (Age 85 years)
Marriage	24 Oct 1919	Turner, Androscoggin, Maine, USA [8, 14]
	Mabelle P Bassett and Ronald E Norris
Family ID	F9720	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

Family 3	Mabel Helen Cook, b. 24 Jan 1901, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 10 Feb 1988, Auburn, Androscoggin, Maine, USA (Age 87 years)
Marriage	1 Jan 1960	Maine, USA [11, 15]
	Mabel H Sleeper and Ronald Norris
Family ID	F9721	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

Event Map

	Birth - 21 Mar 1898 - Wayne, Kennebec, Maine, USA
	Census - Age: 2; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Grandson of Mary Norris (son of Bertha and Holman Norris) - 1900 - Wayne, Kennebec, Maine, USA
	Military Service - US Army - WWI - 25 Jul 1917 - Maine, USA
	Departure - Battalion F Maine 54th - aboard SS Benalla - 7 Jul 1918 - New York, New York, USA
	Marriage - 24 Oct 1919 - Turner, Androscoggin, Maine, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Married to Mabel F; Relation to Head: Head - 1920 - Winthrop, Kennebec, Maine, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Married to Maebelle; Relation to Head: Head - 1930 - Winthrop, Kennebec, Maine, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Married to Gladys; Relation to Head: Head - 1940 - Greene, Androscoggin, Maine, USA
	Marriage - 22 Aug 1943 - Maine, USA
	Census - Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Married to Gladys - 1950 - Wayne, Kennebec, Maine, USA
	Marriage - 1 Jan 1960 - Maine, USA
	Death - 10 Mar 1972 - Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, USA

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Sources

[S10231] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Winthrop, Kennebec, Maine; Roll: T625_644; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 87.

1920 United States Federal Census
Year: 1920; Census Place: Winthrop, Kennebec, Maine; Roll: T625_644; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 87
[S11286] Find a Grave (Military Cemetery-Maine Veterans - Blue Star), (Location: Augusta ME;), NORRIS Ronald Edwin1898-1972 (Veteran).
"PVT US ARMY - WORLD WAR I"

Ronald Edwin Norris, 73, of 1153 Main St., Lewiston, died Friday night at the Central Maine General Hospital after an illness of four months. Born at Wayne, Mar. 21, 1898, he was educated in the schools of that town and married the former Mabel H. Sleeper in Lewiston Jan. 30, 1960.

Always self-employed as a painter and paperhanger, he moved to Lewiston from Leeds several years ago.

Mr. Norris survived by his wife, of Lewiston; one son, Ronald E. Norris of Portland, two step-daughters, Janice and Shirley both of Auburn; four step-sons, Harold and Kenneth both of Auburn, Robert of Lewiston and Raymond of Boston; and six grandchildren.

In Lewiston, March 10, 19723, Ronald E. Norris, age 73 of Lewiston. Funeral service from the memorial Chapel of Dillingham & Son, Monday March 13 at 1 p.m,. Interment at Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Augusta.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51081105/ronald_edwin_norris
[S10809] Ancestry.com, U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
[S233] National Cemetery Administration, U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2006, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2006;), National Cemetery Administration; U.S. Veterans' Gravesites.
[S9528] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Greene, Androscoggin, Maine; Roll: m-t0627-01469; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 1-22.

1940 United States Federal Census
Year: 1940; Census Place: Greene, Androscoggin, Maine; Roll: m-t0627-01469; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 1-22

[S1188] Ancestry.com, U.S., Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists, 1910-1939, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2016;), The National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774-1985; Record Group Number: 92; Roll or Box Number: 384.

U.S., Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists, 1910-1939
The National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774-1985; Record Group Number: 92; Roll or Box Number: 384

[S170] Ancestry.com, U.S., Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT. USA; Date: 2019;).
[S399] Ancestry.com, Maine, Marriage Records, 1713-1922, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2010;), Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; 1908-1922 Vital Records; Roll Number: 41.

Maine, Marriage Records, 1713-1922
Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; 1908-1922 Vital Records; Roll Number: 41
[S667] Ancestry.com, New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage Records, 1700-1971, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2021;), New Hampshire Department of Health; Concord, New Hampshire; New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1700-1969.

New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage Records, 1700-1971
New Hampshire Department of Health; Concord, New Hampshire; New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1700-1969
[S11629] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Wayne, Kennebec, Maine; Page: 11; Enumeration District: 0116; FHL microfilm: 1240594.

1900 United States Federal Census
Year: 1900; Census Place: Wayne, Kennebec, Maine; Page: 11; Enumeration District: 0116; FHL microfilm: 1240594
[S26] Ancestry.com, Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1996, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2003;).
[S9776] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Winthrop, Kennebec, Maine; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0056; FHL microfilm: 2340569.

1930 United States Federal Census
Year: 1930; Census Place: Winthrop, Kennebec, Maine; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0056; FHL microfilm: 2340569

[S11596] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Wayne, Kennebec, Mai.

1950 United States Federal Census
United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Wayne, Kennebec, Mai

[S10407] Find a Grave - US Index, BASSETT Maebelle Farrell 1900-1986.
Maebelle Florella Bassett Norris Hiscock Farrell, 85, of 48 Allen St died April 4 1986 at a Brewer health care center. She was born in Livermore, Oct 30 1900, the daughter of Edgar and Lillian Bassett. She was a graduate of Lewiston High School and Bates College. She had taught at the college level and had been employed in the insurance industry. She was a member of the Hammond Street Congregational Church and a former member of the Order of the Eastern Star.

Surviving besides her husband, John W Farrell of Bangor, are one son, Ronald Norris of Portland; six grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, sisters and a brother.

Funeral services will be held 11 am Monday at Brookings-Smith, Bangor, with Ms Elaine Shaw of the Hammond Street Congregational Church officiating. Interment will be later in the spring in Harts Corner Cemetery East Holden.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/202842585/maebelle_florella_norris_hiscock_farrell
[S11286] Find a Grave (Military Cemetery-Maine Veterans - Blue Star), (Location: Augusta ME;), COOK Mabel Helen Sleeper Norris 1901-1988 (Spouse).
Mabel Helen Cook Sleeper Norris, 87, of 280 Main St., died Wednesday afternoon at her home. She was born in Nova Scotia on Jan. 24, 1901, and educated in Auburn schools. She was married to Ronald E. Norris, who died in Lewiston of March 10, 1972. For many years she was employed in the laundry room at Central Maine Medical Center. Survivors include two daughters, Shirley Cody of Lewiston and Janice Sleeper of Auburn; five sons, Raymond Sleeper of Brighton, Mass., Harold sleeper of Lewiston, Kenneth Sleeper and Elmer Sleeper Jr., both of auburn, and Robert Sleeper of Boston; two sisters, Beatrice of Los Angeles, Calif., and Elizabeth of Freeport; a brother, Joseph of Pittsfield; nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
-Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery)
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51080980/mabel-helen-norris

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