Ruth Tompkins

1857 - 1944  (~ 86 years)

• Name	Ruth Tompkins
  Born	Oct 1857	, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Ruth Norton
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Anglican
  Residence	1927	1001 King St. E., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-174777
  Died	1944  [2]
  Buried	Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I174777	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Family	Charles Henry Norton,   b. 2 May 1854, , England ,   d. 7 Jan 1927  (Age 72 years)
  Children	1. Charles H. Norton,   b. Dec 1891, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1955  (Age ~ 63 years)   2. Albert Edward Grundy,   b. 1900, London, England ,   d. 24 Nov 1987, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F169330	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  KITCHENER - Ruth Norton, widow of a soda merchant, died in 1944 and left a mystery behind. She's the last registered owner of a weedy strip of vacant land beside a planned rail transit line on Charles Street East. ....The narrow strip between Borden Avenue and King Street seems no prize today. It's at the heart of a partly derelict block. It does not have its own address, sitting between 530 and 534 Charles St. E. Shuttered businesses, boarded homes and for sale signs abound. A century ago, it was a far more productive site, home to the small but recognized Norton Drinx soda business, a peer to prominent local industries..... The Waterloo Region Record 17 Aug 2012

  
  

• Sources

  [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 23 Page 5. [S87] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Woodland CC#4510 Internet Link . Ruth TompkIns/ Beloved Wife Of/ C. H. Norton/ 1857-1944/ At Rest

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Oct 1857 - , Ontario, Canada Residence - Anglican - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1927 - 1001 King St. E., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth