Norman Buchanan Colvin

ID # 4222, (1890-)
FatherAndrew James Colvin (1862-1917)
MotherBessie Buchanan (1860-1926)
BirthNorman Buchanan Colvin was born on 2 January 1890 at Galt, Ontario. 
MarriageHe married Margaret Jean Bone on 22 July 1913 at Wingham, Huron Co., Ontario.
Mrge reg. 006435-13 Wingham, Huron Co.
Norman Buchanan Colvin, 23, born and residing Galt, bachelor, salesman, Presbyterian, parents Andrew J. Colvin and Bessie Buchanan.
Margaret Jean Bone, 24, born Twp. of East Wawanosh, residing Wingham, parents William Bone and Margaret Ferguson.
Witnesses: Henry J. Fraser, Galt, Mary Agnew, Mount Forest.
Married July 22,1913, by R. Thynne, M.A., of Palmerston, Ontario, Presbyterian.
 
MarriageHe married Pearl O'Neil on 6 August 1921 at New York City.
Our information for the date and place of marriage for Norman and Pearl is taken from the Colvin family bible.
 
MarriageHe married Mary Leeper on 22 February 1929 at Manhattan, New York.
Familysearch provides the following database:
New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940, from which we extract the following

On February 22, 1929, at Manhattan, New York
Norman Buchanan Colvin, 37, divorced, born (estimated) 1892 in Ont. Canada.
Father Andrew J., mother Bessie Buchanan.
Spouse Mary Rhoades Leeper, 24, single. Birth year (estimated) 1905.
Born Topeka, Kansas.
Parents John M. Leeper and Justine Brown.
 
NoteBirth reg. 034843-90 Galt, Waterloo Co.
Norman Buchanan Colvin, born January 2, 1890, son of Andrew Colvin, book keeper, and Bessie Buchanan.

According to information in Toronto City Directories, Norman B. Colvin worked in Toronto as a salesman for the Nordheimer Piano Company, appearing in the city directories of 1913 through 1918. He lived at two or three different addresses.

The 1930 U.S. census taken at New York City says that Norman is a salesman for a piano manufacturer and that he became a U.S. citizen in 1923. With him in the census is his wife Mary, age 34, and his son Donald, age 15. Donald is said to have been born in Canada.

The Colvin family bible birth page reads: Norman Buchanan (Colvin) born at Galt, Ontario, on Thursday, January 2nd, 1890, Baptized 18th June 1890. 

Child of Norman Buchanan Colvin and Margaret Jean Bone

Last Edited7 Feb 2020