KIT NUMBER: 284184

 

For more information on this Gordon family, contact:
gordonjl@tpg.com.au

Descendants of Alexander Gordon b. 1738 and d. 1816

My ancestors originated from Sutherland-Shire, Scotland. My GG-Grandfather moved his family to Canada in 1842, and my G-Grandfather migrated to Australia in the 1850s.


Here is a more detailed family history:

Sir Adam Gordon, D. 1402  (brother of Sir John, D 1360)   Married: Elizabeth Keith  (2 children: John & Elizabeth)

John Gordon of Huntly & Strathbogie, D. 1408.  No children, therefore the last of the male line of the Gordon’s of Strathbogie.

Lady Elizabeth Gordon, D. 16.03.1439 Married: 1408 Alexander Seton (created Lord Gordon)

Alexander Gordon, 1st.Earl of Huntly, D. 1470   Married: Elizabeth Crichton (his 2nd wife)

Adam Gordon, Dean of Caithness, D. 1528 Married: Catherine Gordon

John Gordon of Drummoy, D. 1558 Married: Margaret McRae

John Gordon, first of Golspietour, then of Embo, D. 23.11.1628 Married: Jean Gordon (dau. of Gilbert Gordon of Garty)

Sir John Gordon, 1st.Baronet of Embo,   D. 1628           

[Brothers of Sir John Gordon]
1) George Gordon, Married: Catherine Bayne 1st Baronet of Embo                                        
2) Hugh Gordon, (living 1616) Married: Margaret Bayne

John Gordon (Son of George)        
Dates make it quite possible either John or Gilbert, who where both mere boys Gilbert Gordon(Son of Hugh) in 1650, could be the father of Gilbert GORDON in Tuary.

Gilbert Gordon, Forester in Tuary (Top of Kildonan Strath)
B. Circa 1680

John Gordon of Tuary
B. Circa 1715

Alexander Gordon  (of Dalcharn) Married: Isabella SUTHERLAND B. 1738  D. 1816,  buried in Kildonan Cemetery, Sutherland, Scotland. B.1745 D.1805 (of the Kilphedder Family)

Gilbert Gordon Married: 1818 Margaret SUTHERLAND
B. 1/8/1770  Sutherland, Scotland B.1795 D.1843 (dau. of John Sutherland, D. 30/6/1859,  Chatham-Kent, Canada.                                                                Commissionary Clerk of Sutherland)

William James Sutherland Gordon Married: 1861          Ann McKISSOCK
B. 13/9/1832  Dingwall,  Ross & Cromarty, Scotland. B. 28/4/1839, Girvan, Ayr-Shire, Scotland D. 23/1/1916  Melbourne, Victoria, Australia D. 1/2/1919  Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Huntly Campbell Gordon                                                       Married: 1910          Jeanie Christine SUTHERLAND
B. 12/8/1882  Taradale, Victoria, Australia B. 19/7/1882 Dunolly, Victoria, Australia. D. 1964  Kyneton,  Victoria. D. 27/3/1957 Kyneton, Victoria, Australia

NOTE:   Jeanie C Sutherland’s father, John Alexander Sutherland, was born in Wick, Caithness, Scotland, on 5/5/1847 and came to Australia as Surgeon aboard the ship “Robert Henderson” in 1870.

John Alexander Sutherland Gordon Married: 1940          Hester BRIGHT B. 30/4/1911  Essendon, Victoria, Australia. B. 14/10/1911, Terra del Fuego, South America
D. 4/11/1942  Kyneton,  Victoria, Australia. D. 20/3/1999 Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia

NOTE:   Hester Bright’s parents (Thomas & Susan Bright) were both born in Cliffe, Kent, England in 1882.  Thomas was managing  Rio Cullen Station in Terra Del Fuego when Hester was born.  They migrated from England and arrived in Melbourne, Australia in September 1912.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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