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Thomas Patrick Norton I (1891-1968) was the Railroad Yardmaster at the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western (DL&W) Railroad in Hoboken, New Jersey. During World War I he was an ambulance driver. He was a member of Knights of Columbus. He died in 1968 at age 76. (b. February 28, 1891; Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA - d. January 12, 1968; Paul Kimball Hospital, 600 River Avenue, Lakewood, Ocean County, New Jersey, USA)

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On Tuesday, November 12, 1918, the last day of the war he wrote to Mary Margaret Burke (1890-1949), his future wife. "My dear sweetheart, little one, now that the war is over, it won't be long now when I will be back in God's Country with you, dear heart. Have been out of the lines a few days now, thank God, for it sure is hell there. Don't think the ground taken by Americans was not paid for by good American lives. [I] picked up this card in the Argonne Forrest in a German dugout. I am well and hope you are the same."
Requesting a transfer during WWI. "Previous to my enlistment, June 12, 1917, I was employed by the Delaware and Lackawana, and western R.R., for ten years as a clerk, switchman, conductor, and yardmaster in Passenger yard service. Went to Philadelphia, Pa., to enlist in the Rail-road Engineers as a switchman but they had their full quota. Knowing that I would be of better service to the Government in the Rail-road Engineers than in the Ambulance Corps, I therefore request a transfer."

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His death. "The funeral of Thomas Patrick Norton, 76, of 17 Pine Street, Jackson, New Jersey will be Tuesday from the David DeRoche Funeral Home, 213 Lexington Avenue, Lakewood, with a mass in St. Aloysius Church, Jackson. Interment will be in Holy Name Cemetery, Jersey City. Mr. Norton died yesterday at Paul Kimball Hospital, Lakewood. He was a longtime resident of Jersey City and a retired yardmaster for the Lackawanna Railroad in Hoboken. He was a member of the local Senior Citizens Club."
His death. "Thomas Patrick Norton, 76, of 17 Pine Street, died yesterday at Paul Kimball Hospital, Lakewood. He was born in Jersey City and had lived here eight years. Mr. Norton retired 12 years ago as a yard master in Hoboken for the Lackawanna Railroad. He had been employed by the railroad for 50 years. He was a veteran of World War I. He was a communicant of St. Aloysius Roman Catholic Church. …"
His second marriage. "Mr. Norton, a railroad official, is a veteran of World War I."
Death of his mother. "Suddenly on Saturday, January 28, 1950 at the residence, 61 Clendenny Avenue, Sarah Jane Norton (nee Carr), beloved wife of the late Patrick J. Norton, and the late Katherine Langan; loving sister of Mrs. Katherine Kennedy and James Carr; also survived by six grandchildren."
Death of his first wife. "Mrs. Norton, a communicant of Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, is survived by her husband, Thomas P. Norton, Sr., and three sons, Thomas; Vincent and James Norton."
"A pleasant evening was enjoyed by about fifty Wednesday last at the home of Miss Mae Morgan, 160 Jackson Avenue, when the Unique Sewing Circle entertained. Supper was served at 8 o'clock. Streamers, and other decorations were in the dining room. … Among those present were … Mrs. Owen McLaughlin, Mrs. Routh, Mrs. Norton, Misses Catherine Gelchion, Mae Morgan, Bertha Lauer, Winifred Gelchion, … Catherine Norton, … James Norton … Thomas Norton"
Death of his father. "On Monday, October 9, 1905, Patrick, beloved husband of Sarah Norton. Relatives and friends are requested to attend his funeral from his late residence, 554 Grove Street, on Wednesday at 9 a.m.; thence to St. Lucy's Church, where a high mass of requiem will be offered."

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