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- David seems to have been the pivot point for the immigration of the Gordons and Robinsons. Also William Skelly and his brother, Alexander, were part of the immigration. Whether or not William Skelly and Margaret Jane Gordon knew each other in Belfast is unknown but that possibility does exist. They were married in Pittsburgh as the marriage certificate is on file in the Allegheny county courthouse. They lived on Dill Street which was known as Doll Alley when my mother was born. He also lived not far from where my father lived on 520 West Jefferson St. David worked in the RR shops for a while and then was a house painter. He is buried in an Armstrong plot in Uniondale #3 on Brighton Road. What relationship if any to them is unknown. He is buried in an Armstrong plot in Uniondale #3 on Brighton Road. What relationship if any to them is unknown. The only common denominator is both David and William Armstrong's head stones have a Masonic emblem. William Armstrong's obit states he was a member of Stuckrath Lodge 430 F.&A.M. This Lodge merged with McKinley Lodge 318 on 3 Sep 1985. We can assume William purchased the cemetery lot on his wife's death in 1923.
There is no direct evidence to show David K. and William B. were brothers. The evidence is indirect such as the Arrival of Margaret Jane Gordon going to her uncle David K. Gordon. Plus various stories from members of the family while they were alive. David's first wife would have known his parents but his second wife didn't when she gave the information on his death certificate.
Name: David (K) Hy Gordon Arrival Date: 18 Nov 1881 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1857 Age: 24 Gender: Male Port of Departure: Glasgow, Scotland and Larne, Ireland Destination: United States of America Place of Origin: Ireland;Great Britain Ship Name: State of Pennsylvania Port of Arrival: New York Line: 2 Microfilm Serial: M237 Microfilm Roll: M237_444 List Number: 1616 Port Arrival State: New York Port Arrival Country: United States
David Kerr Gordon in the U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Name: David Kerr Gordon
Arrival year: 1894
Arrival Place: Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania
Primary Immigrant: Gordon, David Kerr
Source Publication Code: 9702
Source Bibliography: WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, Pittsburgh, compilers. A List of Immigrants Who Applied for Naturalization Papers in the District Courts of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh: the society. Vol. 7, 1892-1906. 1982. 220p.
1910 census Home in 1910: Pittsburgh Ward 25, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, Year of Immigration: 1889, laborer RR shops.
1920 census lists year of immigration as 1889 and naturalization as 1893 residence 530 Armandale Ave
David K Gordon
Age: 53 State: PA
Color: W Enumeration District: 0616 census 1910
Birth Place: Ireland Visit: 0103
County: Allegheny, Pittsburgh
Relation: Head of Household
Other Residents: Relation Name Age Birth Place
Wife Jane 53 Ireland
Name: David Gordon Arrival Date: 24 Oct 1906 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1857 Age: 49 Gender: Male Port of Departure: Londonderry Ethnicity/Race/Nationality: Irish Ship Name: Astoria, painter, 1736 Columbia Place, Allegheny City
Probably named after this David Ker(r).
Title : Date of Death : 8 October 1878 Surname : Ker Date of Grant : 15 November 1878 Forename : David Stewart Reseal Date : Registry : Belfast Effects : Effects under £200 No Image
Full Abstract : Letters of Administration of the personal estate of David Stewart Ker formerly of Montalto Ballynahinch County Down and late of Belfast Esquire a Widower deceased who died 8 October 1878 at the Glen House Crawfordsburn County Down were granted at Belfast to Richard William Blackwood Ker of Montalto Ballynahinch Esquire a Son of said deceased.
...which position he continued to occupy after the estate was purchased by David Ker and Matthew Forde. Montalto, Ballynahinch, was up till about 1793 one of the seats of the Earl of Moira, when it passed into the hands of the Ker family. The town of Ballynahinch was founded by the Right Hon. Sir George Rawdon, Bart., ancestor of the Earl of Moira, in the reign of Charles II. "He died at Lisburn in August, 1684, in the 80th year of his age, and was buried there with great magnificence."
UK, Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Soldier Service Records, 1760-1920
Name: David Keer Gordon
Enlistment Age: 20
Birth Date: abt 1857
Birth Place: Macardrove, Daure
Enlistment Year: 1877
Regiment: 10th
Regimental Number: 1245
Attestation Paper: Yes
Earl of Bath's Regiment
10th (North Lincoln) Regiment of Foot
Lincolnshire Regiment
Royal Lincolnshire Regiment
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1857 - 1928 (71 years)
