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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.
    • January 1 » Ellis Island begins processing immigrants into the United States.
    • January 15 » James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball.
    • July 26 » Dadabhai Naoroji is elected as the first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain.
    • October 13 » Edward Emerson Barnard discovers first comet discovered by photographic means.
    • October 26 » Ida B. Wells publishes Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases.
    • December 18 » Premiere performance of The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

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 12 » The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees.
    • April 8 » Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity.
    • May 31 » The President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz flees the country during the Mexican Revolution.
    • September 25 » An explosion of badly degraded propellant charges on board the French battleship Liberté detonates the forward ammunition magazines and destroys the ship.
    • October 13 » Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, becomes the first Governor General of Canada of royal descent.
    • November 11 » Many cities in the Midwestern United States break their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolls through.

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.
    • March 27 » The Good Friday earthquake, the most powerful earthquake recorded in North American history at a magnitude of 9.2 strikes Southcentral Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage.
    • October 1 » Japanese Shinkansen ("bullet trains") begin high-speed rail service from Tokyo to Osaka.
    • October 14 » Martin Luther King Jr. received the Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial inequality through nonviolence.
    • 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".
    • November 3 » Lyndon B. Johnson is elected to a full term as U.S. president, winning 61% of the vote and 44 states, while Washington D.C. residents are able to vote in a presidential election for the first time, casting the majority of their votes for Lyndon Johnson.
    • November 21 » The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge opens to traffic. At the time it is the world's longest bridge span.


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