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Personal data Vera Maxwell Gordon 

  • Alternative name: Vera Gordon Alwood
  • She was born on May 2, 1892 in Hatton Twp., Clare Co., MI.
  • She died on December 30, 1964 in Battle Creek, Calhoun Co., MI, she was 72 years old.
  • She is buried January 1965 in Cherry Grove Cem., Clare city, Clare Co., MI.
  • A child of John Gordon and Georgiana Helliker
  • This information was last updated on February 13, 2010.

Household of Vera Maxwell Gordon

She is married to Warren E. Alwood.

They got married on September 30, 1911 at Harrison, Claire Co., MI, she was 19 years old.

Warren E. Alwood oo Vera Maxwell Gordon

Marriage source: Stringfellow, Helena, The Alwood Family Tree, (Grantville PA, Wert Bookbinding, MCMXCVI), pgs. II-FGS-12 & 13, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

Married by Asa C. Gray. <>

Child(ren):

  1. Maxine Evelyn Alwood  1914-1991 
  3. Mack Estell Alwood  1918-1934


Notes about Vera Maxwell Gordon

Vera Maxwell Gordon

Source: Alwood, Helena, The Alwood Family Tree, (Grantville PA, Wert Bookbinding, MCMXCVI), pgs. II-FGS-12 & 13, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

Broderbund World Family Tree CD for yob = 1892, Hatton Twp, Clare Co., MI & yod = 1964 in Battle Creek, MI

Hanna, Jacquelyn, Alwood Web Site, (Portage MI, J.H., read xx Sept MCMXCIX) for dob, dod.

8 Jan 1920 Battle Creek Twp., Battle Creek City, Calhoun Co., MI census, e.d. 37, sheet 130-8A, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

'29 Magna St 15, Allwood Warren, head, ... 16, Vera, wife, fem, white, ae 27, married, not in school, can read/write, b. MI, fath b. Canada, fath speaks Eng, moth b. Canada, moth speaks Eng, able to speak Eng, Occ = none ... 19, Gordon John, Roomer, male, white, ae 67, Widower, immigrated 1879, naturalized in 1889, ...b. Canada, ...'

McDonald, Betty, Alwood/Gordon FGS, (Lima OH, B.M., Jan MMII)

'Husband ... Alwood, Warren E. Born 3 May 1886 Williams Co OH (VR) Mar. 30 Sept 1911 Harrison, Clare Co., MI V2 pg 127 Death 20 May 1935 Clare Co. MI 49y1mo17da. Burial 21 May 1935 Clare MI Cherry Grove Cemet. Place of Residence ArthurTwp. Clare Co. MI Occupation Farmer ... Wife ... Gordon, Vera M. Born (1892) Clare Co. MI, Clare Death 31 Dec 1964 Clare Co. MI Burial Cherry Grove Cemet.'

Mrs. McDonald cites her sources: ' Clare Co. Birth Rec. Clare Co. Marr. Rec.'

Hanna, Jacqueline, The Alwood Family Tree -- William Allwood (Alwood) descendants, (Portage MI, http://wc.rootsweb.com, xxiv Aug MMIII)

'... Vera Maxwell GORDON Sex: F Change Date: 24 AUG 2003 Birth: 03 MAY 1892 in Hatton Twp, Clare Co, Michigan Death: 30 DEC 1964 in Battle Creek, Calhoun Co, Michigan Burial: Cherry Grove Cem, Clare, Clare Co, Michigan Father: John GORDONb: 18 NOV 1852 in Coburg, Canada Mother: Georgiana HILLIKER b: 05 SEP 1856 in Michigan Marriage 1 Warren E. ALWOOD b: 03 MAY 1886 in Edon, Williams Co, Ohio Married: 30 SEP 1911 in Clare Co, Michigan

Children 1. Maxine Evelyn ALWOOD b: 25 MAR 1914 in Battle Creek, Calhoun Co, Michigan 2. Eugene Ellison ALWOOD b: 14 NOV 1915 in Arthur, Clare Co, Michigan 3. Mack Estell ALWOOD b: 29 MAR 1918 in Battle Creek, Calhoun Co, Michigan 4. Living ALWOOD 5. Living ALWOOD'

Vera's parents: John & Georgie (Helliker) Gordon <>

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Vera Maxwell Gordon

John Gordon
1852-1925

Vera Maxwell Gordon
1892-1964

1911

Warren E. Alwood
1886-1935

Maxine Evelyn Alwood
1914-1991
Eugene Ellison Alwood
1915-1917
Mack Estell Alwood
1918-1934
Marjorie Lucille Alwood
1920-2003
Crystal Aileen Alwood
1923-1993

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Birthday May 2, 1892

  • The temperature on May 2, 1892 was about 6.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1892: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • July 4 » Western Samoa changes the International Date Line, causing Monday (July 4) to occur twice, resulting in a year with 367 days.
    • July 6 » Three thousand eight hundred striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving ten dead and dozens wounded.
    • August 4 » The father and stepmother of Lizzie Borden are found murdered in their Fall River, Massachusetts home. She was tried and acquitted for the crimes a year later.
    • October 21 » Opening ceremonies for the World's Columbian Exposition are held in Chicago, though because construction was behind schedule, the exposition did not open until May 1, 1893.
    • October 26 » Ida B. Wells publishes Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases.
    • December 9 » English football club Newcastle United is founded.

Day of marriage September 30, 1911

  • The temperature on September 30, 1911 was between 4.1 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 11.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • January 3 » A magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroys the city of Almaty in Russian Turkestan.
    • May 15 » In Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, the United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable" monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be broken up.
    • July 7 » The United States, UK, Japan, and Russia sign the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 banning open-water seal hunting, the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues.
    • August 29 » Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.
    • November 5 » After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.
    • November 19 » The Doom Bar in Cornwall claimed two ships, Island Maid and Angele, the latter killing the entire crew except the captain.

Day of death December 30, 1964

  • The temperature on December 30, 1964 was between -4.4 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 5.3 mm of rain during 5.4 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1964: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.0 million citizens.
    • August 4 » Second Gulf of Tonkin Incident: U.S. destroyers USSMaddox and USSTurner Joy mistakenly report coming under attack in the Gulf of Tonkin.
    • October 27 » Ronald Reagan delivers a speech on behalf of the Republican candidate for president, Barry Goldwater. The speech launches his political career and comes to be known as "A Time for Choosing".
    • October 29 » The United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar is renamed the United Republic of Tanzania.
    • November 28 » Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 4 probe toward Mars.
    • December 11 » Che Guevara speaks at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City.
    • December 24 » Vietnam War: Viet Cong operatives bomb the Brinks Hotel in Saigon, South Vietnam to demonstrate they can strike an American installation in the heavily guarded capital.


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