McCaughey Kelly Family Tree » Peter J Jordan (1860-1914)

Personal data Peter J Jordan 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4Source 5

Household of Peter J Jordan

He is married to Rose McGirr.

They got married in the year 1886, he was 25 years old.Source 10


Notes about Peter J Jordan

Peter J. Jordan

Birth Oct 1860
DeKalb County, Illinois, USA

Death 21 Jun 1914 (aged 53)
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Burial Saint Mary's Cemetery
De Kalb, DeKalb County, Illinois, USA Show

Son of John Jordan and Margaret Hennaughan. Brother of Michael, Malachi, Joseph, Edward, Margaret, Nora and Mary. Married Rose A. McGirr, daughter of John McGirr and Mary Powers.

Peter Jordan Of Well Known Cortland Family and Brother Of Mrs M. Organ Of Sycamore, Died On Sunday Last.

Peter Jordan, for many years a farmer south of Cortland, died at his home in Chicago on Sunday.

The funeral services were held at St. Dominick's church in Chicago this Tuesday morning, and the interment was in DeKalb.
Mr. Jordan leaves surviving his wife, Rose Jordan, nee McGirr,; his brothers, Malachi and Michael, both of DeKalb, and Edward of Milwaukee; and his sisters, Mrs. M. Organ of Sycamore, Mrs. F. G. Lynn of Chicago, and Mrs. F. G. Keenan of Elburn, Ill.

Mr. Jordan's two brothers John and Thomas died within the last three years.

The deceased had been a resident of Chicago over 20 years, and had been employed by the city as an inspector.

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Sources

  1. Geneanet Community Trees Index, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  2. DeKalb County, Illinois Marriages, 1864-1962, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  3. Cook County, Illinois, U.S., Birth Certificates Index, 1871-1922, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  4. Web: Illinois, U.S., Select Deaths Index, 1877-1916, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  5. U.S., Find a Grave™ Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  6. Cook County, Illinois, U.S., Deaths Index, 1878-1922, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  7. 1860 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Pierce, DeKalb, Illinois; Roll: M653_173; Page: 180; Family History Library Film: / Ancestry.com
  8. 1870 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1870; Census Place: Pierce, Dekalb, Illinois; Roll: M593_215; Page: 501B / Ancestry.com
  9. 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Year: 1880; Census Place: Pierce, DeKalb, Illinois; Roll: 202; Page: 161B; Enumeration District: 037 / Ancestry.com
  10. 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  11. 1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  12. U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current, Ancestry.com, The True Republican; Publication Date: 24 Jun 1914; Publication Place: Sycamore, Illinois, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/898026951/?article=2e02c8c4-d62a-4495-bf74-22fb06442ecc&focus=0.23238838,0.11582674,0.38066903,0.32912648&xid=3355 / Ancestry.com
  13. Findagrave, Peter J. Jordan 21 Jun 1914 / www.findagrave.com
  14. Newspapers.com - Chicago Tribune - 22 Jun 1914 - Page 17, Obituary for Peter JORDAN 22 Jun 1914 / www.newspapers.com
  15. Newspapers.com - The True Republican - 24 Jun 1914 - Page 1, Obituary for Peter Jordan 24 Jun 1914 / www.newspapers.com

Historical events

Birthday October 25, 1860

  • The temperature on October 25, 1860 was about 14.6 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
  • From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
  • In the year 1860: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • March 24 » Sakuradamon Incident: Assassination of Japanese Chief Minister (Tairō) Ii Naosuke.
    • March 28 » First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.
    • April 9 » On his phonautograph machine, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville makes the oldest known recording of an audible human voice.
    • May 3 » Charles XV of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
    • August 5 » Charles XV of Sweden of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway in Trondheim.
    • September 8 » The steamship PSLady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 300 lives.

Day of death June 21, 1914

  • The temperature on June 21, 1914 was between 13.0 °C and 23.8 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
    • March 8 » First flights (for the Royal Thai Air Force) at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok.
    • August 26 » World War I: The German colony of Togoland surrenders to French and British forces after a 20-day campaign.
    • August 28 » World War I: The Royal Navy defeats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight.
    • September 3 » William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
    • October 19 » First World War: The First Battle of Ypres begins.
    • November 9 » SMSEmden is sunk by HMASSydney in the Battle of Cocos.

Day of burial June 23, 1914

  • The temperature on June 23, 1914 was between 10.0 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 11.5 mm of rain. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
    • February 13 » Copyright: In New York City the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers is established to protect the copyrighted musical compositions of its members.
    • April 24 » The Franck–Hertz experiment, a pillar of quantum mechanics, is presented to the German Physical Society.
    • August 15 » A servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright murders seven people and sets fire to the living quarters of Wright's Wisconsin home, Taliesin.
    • August 25 » World War I: The library of the Catholic University of Leuven is deliberately destroyed by the German Army. Hundreds of thousands of irreplaceable volumes and Gothic and Renaissance manuscripts are lost.
    • September 17 » World War I: The Race to the Sea begins.
    • October 5 » World War I: An aircraft successfully destroys another aircraft with gunfire.


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