Death not found on NZ Index.
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SAD FATALITY.
Auckland Star, Volume XXI, Issue 172, 24 July 1890, Page 8
Washed overboard from the cutter Tokerau, presumed in Tauranga Habour, and drowned.
Another report states. 'on 24th July, just off Mercury Bay'.
NORRIS …Captain Wm Norris was a well known East Coast trader…For the last few years he has been running the Tauranga owned cutter Tokerau and was held in universal respect and esteem as a sailor and a gentleman. He was a brother of Captain E G Norris of Tauranga. He leaves a wife, one son and a married daughter to mourn his loss. [Bay of Plenty Times, Thur 31 Jul 1890, p2]
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Older brother
Norris, Ebenezer Goddard (1830-1890). Captain of Tauranga Veteran Volunteers. Died of bronchitis.
NORRIS It is our melancholy duty to record the sudden death of one of our old townsmen, Captain [Ebenezer Goddard] Norris, who died yesterday evening after a very short illness…The deceased was born at Brixton, Devonshire on August 20 1830 and came out to New Zealand in 1851…He leaves a wife and six children… [Bay of Plenty Times, Thur 28 Aug 1890, p2 + death notice same day + 1 Sep 1890]