KIT NUMBER: 78916
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Descendants of William Gordon
Generation No. 1
1. WILLIAM1 GORDON was born 1841 in Wales/England. He married CATHERINE REED July 02, 1863 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, daughter of WILLIAM REED and SARAH. She was born 1843 in Scotland.
Children of WILLIAM GORDON and CATHERINE REED are:
2. i. WILLIAM A2 GORDON, b. 1864, Ohio; d. April 08, 1898, Cleveland, Ohio.
ii. HARRIETT GORDON, b. 1868.
iii. HARRY GORDON, b. 1876.
iv. GRACE GORDON, b. 1880.
v. WALTER GORDON, b. 1868.
Generation No. 2
2. WILLIAM A2 GORDON (WILLIAM1) was born 1864 in Ohio, and died April 08, 1898 in Cleveland, Ohio. He married JULIA LUCIE KNIGHT April 29, 1886 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, daughter of JAMES KNIGHT and
ELIZABETH DECKER. She was born September 03, 1865 in PA, and died April 26, 1938 in Sonoma, CA.
Notes for WILLIAM A GORDON:
He died from suicide by poison. His occupation is listed as patent medicine agent. They were living at 48 Songwood, West Cleveland, Ohio.
Notes for JULIA LUCIE KNIGHT:
She married a Fred A Rice in 1898 after the suicide of William. Fred was from Canada and died sometime before 1908. She moved to California in 1908 and lived with her sister in San Francisco.Child of WILLIAM GORDON and JULIA KNIGHT is:
3. i. JAMES ROSS3 GORDON, b. August 10, 1886, Cleveland, Ohio; d. November 21, 1943, Sonoma Cty, CA.
Generation No. 3
3. JAMES ROSS3 GORDON (WILLIAM A2, WILLIAM1) was born August 10, 1886 in Cleveland, Ohio, and died November 21, 1943 in Sonoma Cty, CA. He married HANNAH ALISE VIOLET PALMQUIST 1914 in Oakland, CA,
daughter of NILS PALMQUIST and HANNA MOLNSTROM. She was born April 01, 1895 in South Bend, Indiana, and died January 15, 1985 in Sonoma CA.Notes for JAMES ROSS GORDON:
In the 1920 census James was living at 715 North C St, San Mateo. His mother, Lucie McKnight Rice, was living with him.Notes for HANNAH ALISE VIOLET PALMQUIST:
In the 1910 census, I found Hannah living in Alameda, California. She was living with Sophie Palmquist, age 52 born in Sweden and her sister, Katherine Rosenberg, age 62, dressmaker. The others in the household were: Nina, cashier; Jacob, doctor's assistant; Eva, cashier; and Enoch, saleman. Sophie would be the second wife. Hannah's
mother died when she was about 3.Children of JAMES GORDON and HANNAH PALMQUIST are:
4. i. JAMES EDWIN4 GORDON, b. October 10, 1917, San Francisco, Ca; d. January 06, 1993, Sonoma CA.
ii. MYRA GORDON, b. 1915.Generation No. 4
4. JAMES EDWIN4 GORDON (JAMES ROSS3, WILLIAM A2, WILLIAM1) was born October 10, 1917 in San Francisco, Ca, and died January 06, 1993 in Sonoma CA. He married ANNA LOUISE WEST April 15, 1938 in Sonoma CA, daughter of ALEXANDER WEST and ELLEN STEVENS. She was born September 04, 1918 in Los Angeles, Ca, and died October 13, 1988 in Sonoma CA.
Notes for JAMES EDWIN GORDON:
His parents were living at 947 Grand Ave, San Francisco when James was born. He was born in St Lukes Hospital at 7:40 A.M. assisted by Dr. James Leavitt.Notes for ANNA LOUISE WEST:
She was born at 1718 Walton Ave, Los Angeles at 7:00 P.M. with Dr. J E Watson in attendance.Children of JAMES GORDON and ANNA WEST are:
i. JAMES DAVID5 GORDON, b. December 24, 1945, Sonoma CA; d. Oregon; m. NANCY LYNN FOSTER, August 01, 1965, Sonoma CA; b. November 01, 1946, Sonoma CA.Marriage Notes for JAMES GORDON and NANCY FOSTER:
They were married at the Trinity Episcopal Church at 2:00.
ii. JAN ELLEN GORDON, b. August 29, 1942.
