William Brown Gordon

1859 - 1921  (62 years)

• Name	William Brown Gordon
  Birth	24 Jun 1859	Kilmore, Down, Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Death	28 Sep 1921	Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA
  	Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1944 about William B Gordon Name: William B Gordon Gender: Male Race: White Age: 57 Birth Date: 24 Jun 1864 Birth Place: Ireland Death Date: 28 Sep 1921 Death Place: Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA Father Name: Wm Gordon Father Birth Place: Ireland Mother Name: Margaret Jones Certificate Number: 81947
  Person ID	I2624	Drollinger Genealogy
  Last Modified	25 Jan 2020

  
  

  Father	William Gordon,   b. 1794, Ballynahinch, Down, Ireland d. 19 Mar 1864, Kilmore, Down, Ireland (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Margaret Jones,   b. 1817   d. 22 Jul 1884, Kilmore, Down, Ireland (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F856	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Robinson,   b. 16 Sep 1864, Killinchy Woods, Ireland d. 13 Dec 1942, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	24 Feb 1882	Kilmore, Down, Ireland
  Children	1. Margaret Jane Gordon,   b. 6 Aug 1882, Kilmore, Down, Ireland d. 31 Jan 1962, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Age 79 years)   2. William Gordon,   b. 13 May 1884, Kilmore, Down, Ireland d. 24 Nov 1941, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA (Age 57 years)   3. Georgina Nixon Gordon,   b. 1 Feb 1886, Kilmore, Down, Ireland d. 4 Mar 1939, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA (Age 53 years)   4. David Kerr Gordon,   b. 2 Jan 1888, Kilmore, Down, Ireland d. 1897, Belfast, Antrim, Ireland (Age 8 years)   5. Elizabeth Gordon,   b. 22 Nov 1889   6. Mary Gordon,   b. 22 Nov 1889   7. John Gordon,   b. 24 Mar 1894, Belfast, Antrim, Ireland d. 18 Dec 1936, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA (Age 42 years)   8. Sarah Malvina Gordon,   b. 1 Aug 1898, Belfast, Antrim, Ireland d. 17 Jul 1966, Aurora, Adams, CO (Age 67 years)   9. Robert Walter Gordon,   b. 11 May 1901, Belfast, Antrim, Ireland d. 29 Feb 1968, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA (Age 66 years)   10. Mary (Minnie) Gordon,   b. 26 Feb 1902, Belfast, Antrim, Ireland d. 9 Nov 1914, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA (Age 12 years)
  Family ID	F858	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2016

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 24 Jun 1859 - Kilmore, Down, Ireland Marriage - 24 Feb 1882 - Kilmore, Down, Ireland Death - 28 Sep 1921 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos
  		James E Hartzell memorial fountain for his wife Annie Hartzell Fountain on Federal Street near West Park. Hartzell was a founder of the Westerm Pennsylvania Humane Society. The fountain reads "For Man, Beast, and Bird," and was dedicated and placed on Federal Street in 1910. It was moved to Market Square in the 1950s and again relocated in the 1980's to what was then the corner of Montgomery and Federal Street.

  
  

• Notes

  William emigrated to Pittsburgh PA and was a monument setter for Donatelli Monument Company on the North Side. He set the man, beast and bird fountain which was a landmark on Federal Street and was in Market Square downtown. 1920 census list him as 60 with wife, Elizabeth, 57 and son William 35, year of immigration as 1909, occupation as stone mason. His brother David emigrated earlier and worked for the Railroad. Possibly William came over to be with his brother. William has some mystery about him. I have 3 different dates for his birth. He obtained a Canadian passport 13 March 1920 and gave his age as 55 and Toronto as his residence. His daughter Margaret Jane was the wife of William Skelly and lived in Toronto. Why he got a Canadian passport and not a British one raises a question. His wife obtains a British passport 24 October 1920 with a visa to the United States 5 November 1920. It looks like the three of them travelled to Ireland and back to visit his wife's mother. Resided 10 Stonyford St, Belfast according to daughter Georgina's 1908 arrival in Phila PA on the Haverford. Residents of a house 34 in Roundhill Street (Pottinger, Down) Surname Forename Age Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Literacy Irish Language Marital Status Specified Illnesses Gordon Margaret Jane 18 Female Daughter Church of Ireland Co Down Book Folder Read and write English Not Married - Gordon Sarah 2 Female Daughter Church of Ireland Co Down Scholar Cannot read English Not Married - Gordon Georgina 15 Female Daughter Church of Ireland Co Down Stitcher in Wareroom Read and write English Not Married - Gordon William B 36 Male Head of Family Church of Ireland Co Down Engine Driver Read and write English Married - Gordon Robert Walter Male Son Church of Ireland Co Down Scholar Cannot read English Not Married - Gordon John 6 Male Son Church of Ireland Co Down Scholar Read English Not Married - Gordon William 16 Male Son Church of Ireland Co Down Labourer Shipyard Read and write English Not Married - Gordon Elizabeth 35 Female Wife Church of Ireland residing 66 Roundhill street, Pottinger, Knockbreda, Belfast 1911