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• Name: Edgar Gordon
• Name: Edgar S Gordon
• Name: Edgar S Gordon
• Name: Edgar S Gordon
• Name: Edgar S Gordon
• Reference Number: 5065
• Residence: Alameda, California, USA
• Birth: 25 Apr 1885, Michigan, USA
• Birth: 1886, Michigan, USA
• Birth: 1886, Michigan, USA
• Birth: 1887, Michigan, USA
• Birth: 1887, Michigan, USA
• Birth: Apr 1887, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1900, Clyde, St Clair, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1910, Port Huron, St Clair, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1920, Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1930, Oakland, Alameda, California, USA

Edgar married Annie Mary Kilbourn on 25 Jun 1906 in Sarnia, Lambton, Ontario, Canada. Annie (daughter of Henry Kilbourn and Carrie Teeple) was born in 1887. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 1832

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• Reference Number: 4938
• Residence: 1860, Lexington, Sanilac, Michigan, USA

Edward married Margaret Jordan on 2 Mar 1883 in Bloomfield, Huron, Michigan, USA. Margaret was born in 1863; died in 1921. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 1446

Notes:

In 1880 Elmyra Hazen is living with Edward as a mother-in-law. . As Margaret Jordon did not die until 1921 it is most likely that Hazen is the name of a later spouse of Margaret Jordan's mother.

Died:
from grave stone

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• Reference Number: 1373

Henry married Carrie Teeple. Carrie (daughter of James Teeple and Delia Turner) was born in 1867 in Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 5075
• Residence: 1880, Clyde, St Clair, Michigan, USA

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• Reference Number: 6592
• Birth: 1825, Canada
• Residence: 1851, Cayuga, Haldimand, Ontario, Canada; near Niagara
• Residence: 1860, Lexington, Sanilac, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1 Jul 1863, Worth, Sanilac, Michigan, USA
• _MILT: 2 Dec 1863, St Clair, Michigan, USA; Age: 38
• Residence: 1870, White Rock, Huron, Michigan, USA
• Occupation: May 1870; Occupation listed as blacksmith on daughter Louisa's birth record

Notes:

James Gordon served in the 1st regiment of the Michigan Mechanics and Engineers during the Civil War. Per his widows's pension application, he died 8 Feb 1871 at or near Elm Creek in Huron County, Michigan. Per the same pension application the couple were married by Wm. Willoughby on 2 Aug 1847 in Trafalgar, Ontario.

James married Leah Furler on 2 Aug 1847 in Trafalgar, Halton, Ontario, Canada. Leah (daughter of Cornelius Furler and Mary Godfrey or Gallop) was born on 14 May 1831 in Ontario, Canada; died on 13 Jan 1903 in Port Huron, St Clair, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 6559
• Residence: 1852, Cayuga, Haldimand, Ontario, Canada
• Arrival: 1860
• Residence: 1860, Lexington, Sanilac, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1870, White Rock, Huron, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1880, Bloomfield, Huron, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1900, St Clair, Michigan, USA

Notes:

Death certificate shows parents are father/Furler mother/Godfrey.

I have found five documents with Leah's maiden name; two spell it Furlow (son Eli's marriage record, dau Louisa's first marriage record) and 3 spell it Furler (dau Louisa's second marriage, Leah's Death Certificate, dau Louisa's 3rd marriage). Canadian research seems to indicate the family name was actually Furler. A Civil War Widow's application filled out and signed by Leah Gordon, very clearly gives her maiden name as Furler. See http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rykbrown/furler.htm for information on the Furler family in Canada.

Leah may be a sister to Sarah Furler, daughter of Cornelius Furler and Mary Godfrey. Their ages are 4 years apart, they lived in the same general area and death certificates of each list Furler and Godfrey as parents. Other sources list Cornelius Furler being married to Mary Ann Gallop. Perhaps Gallop and Godfrey, due to spelling or transcription errors refer to the same person or perhaps Cornelius had multiple wives.

Sarah Furler married James Felker. Their son Walter married Mary Gordon, the daughter of James and Leah. In fact Walter and Mary are living next to James and Leah's son Stephen Gordon in the 1880 census. On the same census in the next household are James Felker and Sarah Furler. If Leah and Sarah are sisters, then that would mean that their children are in a first cousin marriage. Perhaps their relationship is something else.

Also of Interest; Judy G has an autosomal DNA match with a descendant of Sarah Furler with 1 segment of 29 cM's in common. If Leah and Sarah are sisters, this would be a relationship of 3rd cousin once removed. If, for example, Leah and Sarah were 1st cousins, this relationship would become 4th cousin once removed. Both of those relationships could be consistent with 29 cM's in common. In any case, I think that we can be certain the Leah and Sarah Furler are somehow related.

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• Reference Number: 5256
• Residence: 1880, Clyde, St Clair, Michigan, USA

James married Delia Turner. Delia was born in 1832 in New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Adelie Teeple
• Reference Number: 5074
• Residence: 1880, Clyde, St Clair, Michigan, USA