KIT NUMBER: 544441
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Ancestor's name: William Gordon
Ancestor's birth date: 1740
Ancestor's Place of birth: Sheepbridge, Ireland
Ancestor's migration path: Ireland>Virginia>Ohio>Kentucky>Indiana>Iowa >CaliforniaGeneration #1: William(1)Gordon, born 1740 in Sheepbridge, Ireland, moved to Virginia, married Mary Duckworth in 1761. Six children: Elizabeth, Nancy, Polly, Alice, Sarah, William (2). Died in 1779 in Loudon Co. VA
Generation #2: William (2) Gordon born 1779 in Loudon Co. VA. Moved with mother and siblings to Cleves, Ohio then Fayette Co. KY. Married Elizabeth Kelly in 1804 in Fayette Co. KY. Moved to Metamora, Franklin Co. IN in 1811. 13 Children: Orville, Juliann, Selina, Eliza, Evaline, Milton, William, Isabella, Leonidas, Angelina, Mahlon, Melvin, Chilon. Died in Metamora September 9, 1860.
Generation #3: Melvin Gordon born 1828 in Metamora, IN. Married first Catherine Klum in 1852. Children: George, Asberry, Kate. Married second Susan Sullenberger in 1863. Children: William A, Walter. Died in 1891 in Metamora.
Generation #4: William A. Gordon born 1868 in Metamora IN. Married Inez Swan in 1894. Children: Dorothy, James, Ernest, Walter Max. Died in 1906 in Temple, Bell, Texas
Generation #5: Walter Max Gordon, born 1905 in Cleburne, Johnson Co. TX. Married Harriet Loveland in 1929 in Cherokee, Cherokee, Iowa. Four Children (two born in IA and two in CA)
