Norton MacAlister Family Blog

Hi Family,  We will post more information about the Norton-McAlister Family Reunion Detroit 2020 later this month.  We've been through some difficult times, but plans are well underway.  We look forward to seeing you in July 2020.  So stay tuned. Jessica google-site-verification: googlec6e1936af5938ed9.html

Dear Norton-McAlister Family and Friends, Maxine Belton, the youngest of 5 children born to late Flossie Norton and Hardy Hubbard, passed peacefully away, at her home in Detroit, on Sunday, October 6, 2019.  Maxine was born Jimmy Ruth, in Holly Springs, Mississippi.  Maxine attended the Norton Family reunion in Tupelo, Mississippi in 2018 with her oldest daughter Margaret (Margo), and her sister, Dorothy. She cared deeply about her family and enjoyed seeing all her many nieces, nephews and cousins; especially her two 1st cousins, Cora and Daisy. The planning committee meetings for the Norton-McAlister Family Reunion Detroit 2020 have been held at her home.  Maxine was married to Howard R. Belton and they had four daughters; Margaret, Alice, Cara and Kathleen.  Words of encouragement, prayers, cards, floral arrangements, etc. would be welcomed and deeply appreciated by her husband and daughters.  The arrangements are as follows: V...

If you come before the Norton MacAllister dates of July 24-26  there is a lot more you can do on your own. or maybe grab me or another cuz in the D and hang out. This is my Top Ten  favorite activities in the D says MargoFitness Trainer (Flossie Norton Grandmom) ONE Visit the Detroit section of the Wayne State University Campus bookstore aka Barnes and Nobles.  Then I go grab a vegan/fruit smoothie to go, but I sit for the lamb kabob and the gyros at  Epicurus (The entire Mediterranean/North African food thing is HUGE here because of the recruitment by the Big # automakers. There is even a Michelin starred Arabic restaurant here. ) Epicurus is at  111 west Warren at the south end of Wayne State University Eat  at   Epicurus and grab a beer  at   Jumbos  the oldest bar in Detroits old Cass Corridor  Jumbos Bar   3736 3rd St off Selden  48201 the last dive bar in  Cass Corridor which is home to Wayne ...

Hi Everyone, Your family in Detroit has been busy planning our next Norton McAlister Family Reunion 2020. If you haven't already done so please save these dates for our next reunion: July 24-26, 2020 in Detroit, MI.  The survey we sent out earlier in the years got very good responses (more than 70 plan on attending).We will be sending out the registration information and form, after the holidays. We hope you'll come a few days early and/or stay a few days longer.  Detroit has so much to see and do.  We'll be sending Bloggs about Detroit and our families history form time to time.  So... I'd like to start by sharing with you some  fact's about Detroit's history: All links live -just click for more information From top to bottom, left to right:  Downtown Detroit   skyline  and the  Detroit River ,  Fox Theatre ,  Dorothy H. Turkel House  in  Palmer Woods ,  Belle Isle Conservatory ,  The Spirit of Detroit ,...

Family Fun time Go thru your pictures You can feature yourself too. Looking for Nortons and MacAllisters enjoying themselves- partying in the 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Who is it? When is it ?How are they related?? .Tell Us A Story---- Send all pix to reunion2x10@gmail.com

Digital survey results in a possible count of 63 people/ So a second survey with the prices and venues and activities will go out / and from there things get finalized / 32 out of 40 of you with e mails gave us great answers/ It is not too late to do the digital survey / I left the link open https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PHMJLW2 But it has to be done on a laptop not a phone (some glitch in the present format by Survey Monkey because it's not an app yet,).

OLD DETROIT IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORHOODS show how Blacks took over already old areas before making $ in Automotive. Part one covers where Black Detroiters lived The following maps embedded here Are Historical  neighborhoods based on descriptions in old books.  Black people in Detroit were  Redlined  and were able to buy only from Jews who tended to buy in areas  bordering the Irish. "The subdivisions, one to twenty, are the plates of the Robinson and Pidgeon Atlas of the City of Detroit (New York, 1885). The clusters on the map, that is, the blocks and their opposing fronts (see graph two, infra) are the areas of the city sampled for intensive study”   (  Quote /map below retrieved from the link below retrieved 3/12/19 on the web) Source:   https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/50936/161.pdf?sequence=1 Blah Blah Blah --- keeping it simple...Black people in Detroit were Redlined and were able to buy only from...