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Tag: Sorel

  • My Military Ancestor – Alfred Lee Norton

    My Military Ancestor – Alfred Lee Norton

    Day 5 of the 11-day Military Challenge Alfred was born in Sorel, Quebec in 1888 to parents Thomas Lee Norton, a baker and his wife Esther Douglas, joining siblings Thomas Lee and Alyce May. Four more children were born after Alfred but only one of his younger siblings survived. When Alfred was ten he lost…