William Garrett Gordon

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• Other: Flint, Genesee, Michigan, USA
• SSN issued: Michigan, USA
• Name: Garret Gorden
• Name: William G Gordon
• Name: William Gordon
• Name: William Gordon
• Reference Number: 5272
• Residence: Flint, Genesee, Michigan, USA
• Residence: Bell, Kentucky, USA
• Birth: 1888
• Birth: Aug 1889, Michigan, USA
• Birth: 1890, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1900, Garfield, Mackinac, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1910, Port Huron, St Clair, Michigan, USA
• Death: Oct 1971, Middlesborough, Bell, Kentucky, USA
• Death: 6 Oct 1971, Bell, Kentucky, USA

William married Lottie Hammer on 24 Feb 1917 in Flint, Genesee, Michigan, USA. Lottie was born in 1888 in Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: James Gorden
• Reference Number: 4951
• Residence: 1870, White Rock, Huron, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1880, Bloomfield, Huron, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1900, Garfield, Mackinac, Michigan, USA

Notes:

Died:
Mackinac, Michigan, USA

James married Mary Ann McDonald on 24 Dec 1883 in Bloomfield, Huron, Michigan, USA. Mary (daughter of Ronald McDonald and Elizabeth Stanley) was born in Jul 1866 in Madras, Tamil Nadu, India. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Mary Gorden
• Name: Mary Gordon
• Reference Number: 5498
• Birth: 1867, England
• Birth: 1867, India
• Arrival: 1872
• Residence: 1900, Garfield, Mackinac, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1910, Port Huron, St Clair, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1930, Lapeer, Lapeer, 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: 405

Ronald married Elizabeth Stanley. Elizabeth was born in 1837; died in 1930. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 493

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• Birth: Pennsylvania, USA
• Name: Furler
• Reference Number: 6227
• Birth: 1794
• Residence: 1852, Lincoln County, Ontario, Canada; Age: 59
• Residence: 1861, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada; Age: 67; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Head

Cornelius married Mary Godfrey or Gallop. Mary was born in 1806 in USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Birth: Pennsylvania, USA
• Reference Number: 5898
• Residence: 1852, Lincoln County, Ontario, Canada; Age: 59