Fair fall day, cool and windy. To E.L. committee meeting 11 A.M. To S. S. Out walking to Dorothea Reynolds house with H. H., Merlin Finch and Russel Norris. Ruth out on car. Fooled around etc. Light refreshments. To Epworth League. Home with Doris Smith. To bed 11 P.M.
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At last we have a first name for the mysterious Mr. Norris! So I was able to find him in the census and other records. In 1915 he was living with his parents, George M. and Anna L. Norris. He had a brother Charles Dotter (half brother?). They lived at 613 Chapel Street in Schenectady. George was a Machinist. In 1920 the Norrises lived on 68 Schenectady Street and Mr. Norris worked as a machinist at GE. Russell was at that time a patternmaker at GE. This must have been how he knew Merlin Finch--they were patternmakers together.
By 1930, however, Russell Norris was a teacher of Industrial Arts in the public schools of Endicott, NY, though he had no college degree (at least not according to the 1940 census).Endicott is about 132 miles southwest of Schenectady. Interesting that Russell and Merlin ended up in the same career once again. Russell was also married by this time. Nora was his wife's name; they had a baby, Russell Jr. He and Nora and their son Russell continued to live in the Endicott-Binghamton area for the rest of their lives. Russell continued as a teacher, but their son Russell Jr. became a mechanical engineer for IBM. Russell Jr. was apparently a conservative fellow, in later years very active in the politics of his community. Here is an article that appeared in the Binghamton Press, January 9, 1964:
Junior was a big supporter of Goldwater that year, according to an earlier article. In fact, their pictures appeared side by side in the paper:
Russell Sr. was born 22 January 1901 in Carbondale, PA. He died in Endicott February 1980. His son Russell Jr. was born 23 November 1929 (Stanford's 29th birthday) and died June 29, 2006. He served in the Korean War. Here's his obituary.
He had a big family, apparently, and was a successful man. It sounds like they had a good life.
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At last we have a first name for the mysterious Mr. Norris! So I was able to find him in the census and other records. In 1915 he was living with his parents, George M. and Anna L. Norris. He had a brother Charles Dotter (half brother?). They lived at 613 Chapel Street in Schenectady. George was a Machinist. In 1920 the Norrises lived on 68 Schenectady Street and Mr. Norris worked as a machinist at GE. Russell was at that time a patternmaker at GE. This must have been how he knew Merlin Finch--they were patternmakers together.
By 1930, however, Russell Norris was a teacher of Industrial Arts in the public schools of Endicott, NY, though he had no college degree (at least not according to the 1940 census).Endicott is about 132 miles southwest of Schenectady. Interesting that Russell and Merlin ended up in the same career once again. Russell was also married by this time. Nora was his wife's name; they had a baby, Russell Jr. He and Nora and their son Russell continued to live in the Endicott-Binghamton area for the rest of their lives. Russell continued as a teacher, but their son Russell Jr. became a mechanical engineer for IBM. Russell Jr. was apparently a conservative fellow, in later years very active in the politics of his community. Here is an article that appeared in the Binghamton Press, January 9, 1964:
Junior was a big supporter of Goldwater that year, according to an earlier article. In fact, their pictures appeared side by side in the paper:
Russell Sr. was born 22 January 1901 in Carbondale, PA. He died in Endicott February 1980. His son Russell Jr. was born 23 November 1929 (Stanford's 29th birthday) and died June 29, 2006. He served in the Korean War. Here's his obituary.
He had a big family, apparently, and was a successful man. It sounds like they had a good life.
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