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Leah Furler

Leah Furler

Female 1831 - 1903  (71 years)

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  • Name Leah Furler  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Birth 14 May 1831  Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 6] 
    Gender Female 
    Residence 1852  Cayuga, Haldimand, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Arrival 1860  [3] 
    Residence 1860  Lexington, Sanilac, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Residence 1870  White Rock, Huron, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Residence 1880  Bloomfield, Huron, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Residence 1900  St Clair, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Death 13 Jan 1903  Port Huron, St Clair, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Siblings 8 Siblings 
    Person ID I5899  FelsingFam
    Last Modified 21 Dec 2024 

    Father Cornelius Furler,   b. 1793, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Mary Godfrey or Gallop,   b. 1806, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Photos
    nichols goldie pic    		nichols goldie pic
    Family ID F1605  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family James Gordon,   b. Abt 1825, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Feb 1871, Elm Creek, Huron, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 46 years) 
    Marriage 2 Aug 1847  Trafalgar, Halton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Children 
     1. Sarah Jane Gordon,   b. 1849, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Nov 1926, Port Huron, St Clair, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +2. Stephen Gordon,   b. 3 Sep 1850, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jan 1926, Greenwood, Clare, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +3. Edward M Gordon,   b. 2 Apr 1855, Huron, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Apr 1904, Fort Gratiot, St Clair, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +4. Mary Eleanor Gordon,   b. 2 May 1858, Huron, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jul 1888, Fort Gratiot, St Clair, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +5. James Henry Gordon,   b. Jun 1862, Lexington, Sanilac, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1910 (Age ~ 47 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. Eli Grant Gordon,   b. 1 Apr 1867, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Nov 1946 (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +7. Louise(a) Miralda Gordon,   b. 14 May 1870, White Rock, Huron, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Apr 1938, York, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Photos At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
    Family ID F1830  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Dec 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 14 May 1831 - Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1860 - Lexington, Sanilac, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1880 - Bloomfield, Huron, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1900 - St Clair, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 13 Jan 1903 - Port Huron, St Clair, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos
    gordonjames1851    		gordonjames1851
    gordon richard affidavit 1    		gordon richard affidavit 1
    furler leah application 1    		furler leah application 1
    At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
    At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
    furler leah application 2    		furler leah application 2
    gordon richard affidavit 2    		gordon richard affidavit 2
    At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
    1920 United States Federal Census    		1920 United States Federal Census
    shawl_daniel    		shawl_daniel
    U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 (Beta)    		U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 (Beta)

  • 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.

  • Sources 
    1. [S20] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Database online. White Rock, Huron, Michigan, post office White Rock, roll 674, page 898, image 638.
      Record for Leah Gordon
      1870 United States Federal Census      		 1870 United States Federal Census


    2. [S39] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online. Bloomfield and Lincoln, Huron, Michigan, ED 106, roll T9_582, page 18.4000, image 0040.
      Record for Leah Gordon
      At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.


    3. [S28] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Database online. Saint Clair, Michigan, ED 75, roll T623 741, page 10A.
      Record for Leah Gordon
      At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.


    4. [S42] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Database online. Lexington, Sanilac, Michigan, post office Lexington, roll M653_558, page 0, image 387.
      Record for Stephen Gordon
      1860 United States Federal Census      		 1860 United States Federal Census


    5. [S195] Ancestry.com, Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;).
      Record for Mary E Palker
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=MichiganDeaths&h=218597&indiv=try
      Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950      		 Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950


    6. [S44] "Michigan Digital Archive Collection", State of Michigan, Archives of Michigan Digital Collections, Leah Furlow.
      At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.


    7. [S241] Ancestry.com, 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online.
      Record for James Gordon
      gordonjames1851      		 gordonjames1851
      1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia      		 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia


    8. [S20] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Database online. White Rock, Huron, Michigan, post office White Rock, roll 674, page 898, image 638.
      Record for James Gordon
      1870 United States Federal Census      		 1870 United States Federal Census


    9. [S39] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online. Bloomfield and Lincoln, Huron, Michigan, ED 106, roll T9_582, page 18.4000, image 0040.
      Record for Elmyra Hazen
      At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.


    10. [S803] Civil War Widows Pension Application.
      furler leah application 1      		 furler leah application 1



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