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Personal data John Gordon 

  • He was born on November 18, 1852 in Coburg, Ont.
  • He died on September 3, 1925 in Battle Creek, Calhoun Co., MI, he was 72 years old.
  • This information was last updated on February 13, 2010.

Household of John Gordon

He is married to Georgiana Helliker.

They got married in the year 1878 at fortasse, somewhere, Verenigde Staten, he was 25 years old.

John Gordon oo Georgiana Hilliker

Marriage source: Broderbund World Family Tree CD for dom. <>

Child(ren):

  1. Vera Maxwell Gordon  1892-1964 


Notes about John Gordon

John Gordon

Source: Stringfellow, Helena, The Alwood Family Tree, (Grantville PA, Wert Bookbinding, MCMXCVI), pg. II-FGS-13, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib. for name.

Broderbund World Family Tree CD for dates & places

Hanna, Jacquelyn, Alwood Web Site, (Portage MI, J.H., read xx Sept MCMXCIX) for 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, ... ae 27, married, ... fath b. Canada, fath speaks Eng, moth b. Canada, ... ... 19, Gordon John, Roomer, male, white, ae 67, Widower, immigrated 1879, naturalized in 1889, not in school, can read/write, b. Canada, Mother tongue = Eng, parents b. Scotland, parents mother tongue = Eng, can speak Eng, Grinder, StoveWorks, wages' <>

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Ancestors (and descendant) of John Gordon

John Gordon
1852-1925

1878

Georgiana Helliker
1856-1919

Vera Maxwell Gordon
1892-1964

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Historical events

Birthday November 18, 1852

  • The temperature on November 18, 1852 was about 7.6 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1852: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • January 17 » The United Kingdom signs the Sand River Convention with the South African Republic.
    • February 14 » Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital in England to provide in-patient beds specifically for children, is founded in London.
    • March 20 » Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published.
    • August 20 » Steamboat Atlantic sank on Lake Erie after a collision, with the loss of at least 150 lives.
    • August 21 » Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory.
    • September 19 » Annibale de Gasparis discovers the asteroid Massalia from the north dome of the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte.

Day of death September 3, 1925

  • The temperature on September 3, 1925 was between 8.8 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 10.6 mm of rain. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1925: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.3 million citizens.
    • February 21 » The New Yorker publishes its first issue.
    • February 28 » The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America.
    • May 5 » Scopes Trial: Serving of an arrest warrant on John T. Scopes for teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.
    • May 25 » Scopes Trial: John T. Scopes is indicted for teaching human evolution in Tennessee.
    • July 21 » Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching human evolution in class and fined $100.
    • September 17 » Frida Kahlo suffers near-fatal injuries in a bus accident in Mexico, causing her to abandon her medical studies and take up art.


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