Richard Martin Gordon

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• Race: Canadian
• Race: English
• Race: German
• Name: Richard Gordon
• Name: Richard Gordon
• Name: Richard Gordon
• Name: Richard M Gordon
• Name: Richard M Hinton
• Reference Number: 6701
• Birth: Abt 1845, Oakville, Halton, Ontario, Canada
• Birth: 1846, Canada
• Birth: Abt 1846, Canada
• Residence: 17 May 1846, Trafalgar, Halton, Ontario, Canada; Age: 0
• Birth: 1847, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1852, Trafalgar, Halton, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Trafalgar, Halton, Ontario, Canada; Age: 16
• Residence: 1881, Cayuga, Haldimand, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1891, Cayuga, Haldimand, Ontario, Canada; Age: 44; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
• Residence: 1901, Cayuga, Haldimand, Ontario, Canada; Age: 63; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Head

Notes:

Richard was born to James Gordon and Sarah Hinton (daughter of Thomas Hinton) in the area of Trafalgar, Ontario. At age 3 weeks his mother died. His father remarried Leah Furler in Trafalger about 1 1/2 years later. Richard shows on the 1851 census as lving in Trafalgar with his grandfather Thomas Hinton. His name is listed as Richard Hinton. In the 1861 census he is still with Thomas Hinton, however this time his name is listed as Richard Gordon.

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Christened:
Age: 0

Richard married Cecilia May on 17 Dec 1872 in Cayuga, Haldimand, Ontario, Canada. Cecilia (daughter of James May and Susan Davies) was born about 1854 in Cayuga, Ontario, Canada; died on 14 Jun 1903 in New Liskeard, Nipissing, Ontario; was buried in 1903 in New Liskeard, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Susan Jane Gordon was born on 12 Jun 1875 in Haldimand, Ontario, Canada.
2. Robert Gordon was born in 1878 in Ontario, Canada.
3. Albert Gordon was born in 1880 in Ontario, Canada.
4. Edward Gorden was born about 1881 in Ontario, Canada.
5. Agnes Gorden was born about 1883 in Ontario, Canada.
6. Charles Alfred Gorden was born about 1886 in Ontario, Canada.
7. Mary Gorden was born about 1888 in Ontario, Canada.
8. Roy Gorden was born about 1890 in Ontario, Canada.
9. Grace Gordon was born in 1893 in Ontario, Canada.

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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 Sarah Hinton on 4 Feb 1845 in Trafalgar, Halton, Ontario, Canada. Sarah (daughter of Thomas Hinton and Pheby Unknown) was born about 1825; died between 1845 and 1846 in Trafalgar, Halton, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 6595

Notes:

First wife of James Gordon. She died 3 weeks after the birth of their Richard Gordon.

Birth:
educated guess

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• Reference Number: 6598
• Residence: 1852, Trafalgar, Halton, Ontario, Canada

Thomas married Pheby Unknown. Pheby was born in 1796 in Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 5744