 1900 - 1955 (54 years)
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| Name |
Norman John FURMAGE |
| Birth |
27 Sep 1900 |
Kerry, Ireland  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Emigration |
23 Sep 1938 |
New York, USA [2] |
| Naturalization |
8 May 1944 |
New York, New York, USA [2] |
| Reference Number |
P1900-008 |
| Death |
Aug 1955 |
Atlantic City, Atlantic, New Jersey, USA [3] |
| Person ID |
I1218 |
Furmedge |
| Last Modified |
24 Mar 2026 |
| Father |
Charles FURMAGE, b. 17 Jun 1867, Wareham, Dorset, England d. Feb 1906, Southampton, Hampshire, England (Age 38 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Sylvia Elizabeth STRIDE, b. 1867, Southampton, Hampshire, England d. 29 Jan 1926, Southampton, Hampshire, England (Age 59 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
1895 |
Southampton, Hampshire, England [4] |
| Family ID |
F531 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Elizabeth Florence MAGGS, b. Between 25 and 26 Sep 1901, Southampton, Hampshire, England d. 1968, Southampton, Hampshire, England (Age 194 years) |
| Marriage |
1923 |
Southampton, Hampshire, England [5] |
| Family ID |
F533 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
24 Mar 2026 |
| Family 2 |
Florence MCGLEW, b. 30 Dec 1898, New York, New York, USA d. 29 Nov 1966, New York, New York, USA (Age 67 years) |
| Marriage |
27 Sep 1941 |
New York, New York, USA [6] |
| Married |
19 Jun 1944 |
Asbury Park, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA [2, 7] |
| Family ID |
F536 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
24 Mar 2026 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 27 Sep 1900 - Kerry, Ireland |
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 | Marriage - 1923 - Southampton, Hampshire, England |
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 | Emigration - 23 Sep 1938 - New York, USA |
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 | Marriage - 27 Sep 1941 - New York, New York, USA |
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| Naturalization - 8 May 1944 - New York, New York, USA |
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 | Married - 19 Jun 1944 - Asbury Park, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA |
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 | Death - Aug 1955 - Atlantic City, Atlantic, New Jersey, USA |
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| Photos |
 | Norman John Furmage, circa 1940
Photo of Norman John Furmage attached to his US "Declaration of Intention Form" dated New York, 06 March 1940. Source: digital image accessed on www.ancestry.co.uk; original data: Petitions for Naturalisation from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (1824-1945), RG21-M1972. |
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| Notes |
- Norman John Furmage was a Steward in the Merchant Services. He volunteered in 1915, serving on the S.S. “Carisbrooke Castle”, a hospital ship bringing troops home from the Western Front and later an Army Troop Ship in the Mediterranean. He was on board the S.S. “Warborough” when she was torpedoed and sunk off St Ives. (The National Roll of the Great War: Section IV, Southampton; The Wartime Memories Project, www.wartimememoriesproject.com). He appears to have continued to work as a Steward on various passenger ships, sailing between Bermuda or Buenos Aires and New York, until about 1939. In September 1938 he filed a “Declaration of Intention” of staying in the United States and in 1940 filed for naturalisation which was granted in May 1944.
Norman’s naturalisation documentation records his marriage to his first wife, Elizabeth Florence Maggs, on 20 April 1923, however the marriage was registered in the January-March quarter of that year, so he must have married a month or so earlier than this. It also records that his second marriage, to Florence McGlew, was on 19 June 1944, and there is an entry in the New Jersey Marriage Index to support this, however the Index to Marriage Licenses for New York records that the marriage occurred in Manhattan, New York, on 27 September 1941.
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| Sources |
- [S309] Ireland, Civil Birth Record, Norman John Furmage: Reference: Registered: Oct-Dec 1900, District: Ventry, County Kerry, Ireland, Vol: 5, Page: 165.
- [S511] New York, U.S., Naturalizations, Norman John Furmage, Petition for naturalisation from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, NARA RG21 publication M1972, Declaration: 455224.
- [S517] New Jersey, U.S., Death Index, Norman J Furmage, Aug 1955, State File: 31436; digital image accessed on www.ancestry.co.uk and www.reclaimtherecords.org; original data: New Jersey State Archives.
- [S3] England & Wales, GRO Marriage Index, (Name: General Register Office;), Charles Furmage: Registered: Jul-Sep 1895, District: Southampton, Hampshire, Vol: 2C, Page: 15.
- [S3] England & Wales, GRO Marriage Index, (Name: General Register Office;), Norman J Furmage: Registered: Jan-Mar 1923, District: Southampton, Hampshire, Vol: 2C, Page: 55.
- [S514] New York, U.S., Marriage Licenses, Norman John Furmage, Entry in Index to Marriage Licenses, 1941; transcript accessed on www.ancestry.co.uk; original data: New York City Department of Records and Information Services.
- [S515] New Jersey, U.S., Marriage Index, Norman J Furmage / Florence McGlew, 1944; digital image accessed on www.ancestry.co.uk; original data: New Jersey State Archives.
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