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Note: MARY DAVIS WISE was born January 31, 1881 in 167 East 87th St, New York, NY, and died July 08, 1959 in 107 Howe St, New Haven, New Haven, CT. She was a housewife and a private nurse (Bushnell family in New Haven). She was 5 feet 2 inches tall, with brown hair and blue eyes. She enjoyed stamp collecting. Her nickname was May. Her father was born in Massachusetts and her mother was born in Canada to Scottish immigrants. She descends from royalty through her 7th great grandmother, Alice Freeman. In 1900, before her marriage, she was listed as a servant, living at 32 Boston Street with the family of Harry and Nellie Dudley. After her husband's death, she is listed in the 1930 Census, as living at 100 Whitfield Street, Guilford, CT with children Ken (19), Elliot (17) and Marjorie (13) On July 8, 1959, she died at 107 Howe Street, New Haven, CT from Atherosclerotic heart disease, age 78. Her funeral was at the Leete Funeral Home and she is buried in Alderbrook Cemetery, next to her husband. ***** Occupation: Housewife and Nurse ***** 1920 United States Federal Census about May D Norton Name: May D Norton Home in 1920: Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut - 12 Driveway Estimated Birth Year: abt 1882 Birthplace: New York Relation to Head of House: Wife Spouse's Name: Orren W Father's Birth Place: Massachusetts Mother's Birth Place: Canada Marital Status: Married Race: White Sex: Female Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Occupation - Nurse Image: 338 Neighbors: View others on page - parents next door - 10 Driveway Household Members: Name Age Orren W Norton 40 May D Norton 38 Edna W Norton 17 Mildred E Norton 16 William H Norton 13 Kenneth E Norton 8 Elliot B Norton 7 E Margorie Norton 3 7/12 ***** 1930 United States Federal Census about Mary D Norton Name: Mary D Norton Home in 1930: Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut View Map Age: 49 Estimated birth year: abt 1881 Birthplace: New York Relation to Head of House: Head Race: White Household Members: Name Age Mary D Norton 49 - private nurse Kenneth E Norton 19 Elliott B Norton 17 Marjorie E Norton 13 ***** Cause of death: Arterio-clerotic heart disease CT Death index: #12721 Mary W. Norton died July 8, 1959, age 78, widow, Owen, place of death, New Haven,CT **** Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2001 about Mary W Norton Name: Mary W Norton Death Date: 8 Jul 1959 Death Place: New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut Age: 78 Years Birth Date: abt 1881 Marital Status: Widowed Spouse: Owen State File #: 12721 Residence : New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut Gender: Female Race: White ***** NHV She was born 29 Jan 1881, in New York City, father: Edward Wise, mother: Marion MacCabe, husband: Owen Norton, she was widowed, the informant was Mrs. Mildred Thompson, Leete Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements, burial was 9 July 1959, in Alderbrook Cemetery in Guilford, CT. She died 8 July 1959, at her residence, 107 Howe Street, New Haven. Cause of death was heart disease. ***** New Haven Register - Thursday, July 9, 1959 NORTON - Suddenly at 107 Howe Street, New Haven, Conn., July 5(typo), 1959, Mary Wise, widow of Owen W. Norton, formerly of Guilford, Conn. Private funeral services will be held at Leete Funeral Home, 102 Fair Street, Guilford. Interment in the Alderbrook Cemetery. ***** Blue eyes, brown hair, 5 feet 2 inches She was a registered nurse hobbies: Stamp collecting ***** Royal Ancestry thru 7th Great Grandmother, Alice Freeman ***** called Aunt May by her neice Frances Wise Burns ***** 1900 Census Info, Guilford, pg. 42, 32 Boston Street Mary D. Wise, Servant, white, female, b. Jan, 1891, NY; father b. MA, m. b. Canada Scotch listed under household of Harry B. Dudley (age 29) and Nellie E. (wife, age 36). ***** Collected stamps, (now in possession of great granddaughter, Tracy Thompson Tomaselli). ***** Grandson - Whit, said funeral was at Leete Funeral Home. She was a registered nurse - who worked privately for a Bushnell family in New Haven. *****
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