Stephen Gordon

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 6027
• Residence: 1852, Cayuga, Haldimand, Ontario, Canada; near Niagara---see notes for age question
• Residence: 1860, Lexington, Sanilac, Michigan, USA
• Arrival: 1863
• Residence: 1870, White Rock, Huron, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1880, Bloomfield, Huron, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1900, Huron, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1910, McKinley, Huron, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1920, Greenwood, Clare, Michigan, USA

Notes:

Stephen married Harriet Campbell on 29 Sep 1876 in Bloomfield, Huron, Michigan, USA. Harriet (daughter of Horatio E Campbell and Sarah Lounsbury) was born on 31 Dec 1851 in Huron County, Michigan, USA; died on 13 Jul 1916 in Greenwood, Clare, Michigan, USA; was buried in Clare, Clare County, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Leah Gordon
• Reference Number: 5600
• Residence: 1880, Bloomfield, Huron, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1940, Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, USA; Aunt to Capitola (Gordon) Graham

Margaret married Robert B Robbins on 9 Apr 1899 in Harrison, Clare, Michigan, USA. Robert was born in 1877 in Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married William M Carson on 23 Jan 1912 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA. William (son of James Carson and Maggie Unknown) was born in 1873 in Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Race: White
• Name: Edna Sarah Gordon
• Name: Edna Sarah Miller
• Name: Sarah E Gordon
• Name: Sarah E Gordon
• Reference Number: 6658
• Residence: Flint, Genesee, Michigan, USA
• Birth: 1879
• Birth: 1879, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1880, Bloomfield, Huron, Michigan, USA; Age: 1; EnumerationDistrict: 106; MaritalStatus: Single; RelationToHead: Daughter
• Birth: 3 Jan 1881, Michigan, USA

Notes:

Her names appears as Sarah Edna and as Edna Sarah on various records. Her death record as reported by her father lists Edna Sarah. I suspect that she went by Sarah, though.

Birth:
probably 1879 or 1880; she is on 1880 census as 1

Died:
Age: 40

Edna married August Lanka on 17 Jun 1901 in Sebewaing, Huron, Michigan, USA. August was born in 1878 in Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edna married Paul Miller on 9 May 1916 in Flint, Genesee, Michigan, USA. Paul was born in 1881 in Austria. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Race: White
• Reference Number: 6670
• Residence: 1900, Huron, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1910, Fairhaven, Huron, Michigan, USA
• Residence: Between 1917 and 1918, Clare, Michigan, USA; Age: 36
• Residence: 1920, Greenwood, Clare, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1930, Greenwood, Clare, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1935, Clare, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1940, Greenwood, Clare, Michigan, USA; Age: 59; Marital Status: Divorced; Relation to Head of House: Head

Notes:

BIRTH: 20 Apr 1881 in Caseville, Michigan.

PARENTS: Stephen Gordon and Harriet Campbell

MARRIAGE: Cora Taylor 4 Aug 1908 in Essex, Ontario, Canada. They had one child, a daughter, Capitola. They divorced 30 Oct 1913.
second 3 Jan 1916 he married Virgina Caruthers in Boone, Missouri. They had 11 children. They divoced on 13 May 1940 in Clare, Michigan.

OCCUPATION: James listed his occupation as barber on his 1908 marriage record. Various census and other records list his occupation as farmer. On 11 Nov 1940 he was employed as a deck hand on the 420 foot Great Lakes freighter, SS William B. Davock. It was on this date that a major storm on Lake Michigan with winds of up to 80 mph (referred to as The Armistice Day blizzard) sunk the SS WIlliam B Davock off Pentwater, Michigan with the loss of all lives (either 32 or 33) on board.

DEATH: 11 Nov 1940

BURIAL: Died at sea. Body not recovered.

THE SS WILLIAM B DAVOCK:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The SS William B. Davock was a lake freighter that was constructed in 1907 by Great Lakes Engineering Works, at their St. Clair, MI facility for the Vulcan Steamship Co. (R.H. Pigott, Mgr.). She was operated by Vulcan Steamship from 1907 to 1915 in The Great Lakes coal, iron ore, grain and stone trades. In 1915 the ship came under the management of The Interlake Steamship Co. (Pickands Mather & Co., Mgrs.). While laid up for the winter (1922-23) in Fairport, Ohio, she was reconstructed and updated, this work lead to a tonnage change in the amount of 4220 gross - 2671 net. The Davock resumed its traditional trade pattern of coal carried to upper lakes ports from Lake Erie and iron ore from Lake Superior ports to the steel mills of Lake Erie and Lake Michigan.
This routine was permanently disrupted on November 11, 1940 as a ferocious storm swept the lakes late on that Monday afternoon. Considered to be the worst storm to that point on Lake Michigan it saw 75 mph winds and rain turning to snow. Several vessels transiting Lake Michigan were caught with little warning. The Davock making her way down the lake with coal for Chicago was presumably overwhelmed at the height of the storm succumbing to the intense wind and waves, and slipping to her final resting place ~200 feet below the surface five miles out from Little Sable Point between Ludington, Michigan and Pentwater, Michigan. None of the 32 (some sources cite 33) hands survived. In total the storm took two vessels and their entire crews (Davock, and Kinsman Steamer Anna C. Minch). Several other vessels were damaged, or ran aground trying to escape the storm's fury. Overall estimates state 59 sailors were lost in what would be the worst maritime disaster on the Great Lakes since the Great Storm of 1913.
Early in 2015, Michigan Shipwreck Research Association, a 501(c)3 non-profit based in Holland, MI announced the results of a 2014 survey of the wreck which revealed the cause of the William B. Davock's loss was a broken rudder, which jammed against the propeller breaking off one or more blades, rendering the vessel without steering or propulsion. This allowed the boat to fall into the trough of the waves, where it was swamped and perhaps capsized before sinking. It sank in more than 200 feet of water, taking all hands with it. Diver Jeff Vos captured the only video images of the wreck showing the damaged rudder and propeller.[1]
The Davock today
The sunken hull of the Davock was discovered in May 1972, capsized in over 200 feet (60m) of water, off Little Sable Point Light, not far from the wreck of the SS Anna C. Minch, which went down in the same storm. The light is located south of Pentwater, Michigan.[2]
References
1.Champion, Brandon (March 11, 2015). "Shipwreck explorers solve 75-year-old mystery surrounding William B. Davock freighter sunk in Lake Michigan". Muskegon Chronicle. Muskegon, Michigan. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
2.Dwight Boyer (1974). Strange Adventures of the Great Lakes. LOC #74-7771.

The wreckage of the Davock was found in May of 1972 by John Steele, Kent Bellrichard and Bill Cohrs. She lies upside-down with coal strewn about and her rudder hard to port.
The following is the text from a Michigan Historical marker in Pentwater:
“The most disastrous day in the history of Lake Michigan shipping was Armistice (now Veterans) Day, November 11, 1940. With seventy-five-mile-per-hour winds and twenty-foot waves, a raging storm destroyed three ships and claimed the lives of fifty-nine seamen. Two freighters sank with all hands lost, and a third, the Novadoc, ran aground with the loss of two crew members. Bodies washed ashore throughout the day. As night fell, a heavy snow storm arrived. Rescue efforts by the Coast Guard and local citizens continued for three days after the storm. Three Pentwater fishermen were later recognized by the local community and the Canadian government for their bravery in rescuing seventeen sailors from the Novadoc.” These fishermen, aboard the Three Brothers, ventured out to rescue the men when even the official search and rescue agencies would not.
Early in 2015, Michigan Shipwreck Research Association announced the results of a 2014 survey of the wreck which revealed the cause of the Davock loss was a broken rudder, which jammed against the propeller breaking off one or more blades, rendering the vessel without steering or propulsion. This allowed the boat to fall into the rough of the waves, where it was swamped and perhaps capsized before sinking. It sank in more than 200 feet of water, taking all hands with it. Diver Jeff Vos captured the only video images of the wreck showing the damaged rudder and propeller.


Died:
Died at sea

James married Virginia Franklin Caruthers on 3 Jan 1916 in Boone, Missouri, USA. Virginia (daughter of Leander {Lee} Caruthers and Ella Price Hutchison) was born in Aug 1895 in Missouri, USA; died about 1957 in Clare, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Cora Taylor on 4 Aug 1908 in Essex, Ontario, Canada, and was divorced on 30 Oct 1913 in Huron, Michigan, USA. Cora (daughter of Delmore Taylor and Martha Campbell) was born on 21 Sep 1889 in Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Lucile Gordon
• Name: Lucile Root
• Name: Lusille E Gordon
• Reference Number: 6467
• Residence: Marion, Charlevoix, Michigan, USA
• Birth: 1917, Michigan, USA
• Birth: 1917, Harrison, Clare, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1930, Greenwood, Clare, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1940, Greenwood, Clare, Michigan, USA

Family/Spouse: Williard Root. Williard was born in 1914 in Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Race: White
• SSN issued: Michigan, USA
• unknown: StreetAddress: 03 W Cornell av
• Name: Onnalee R Gordon
• Name: Onnalee R Richardson
• Name: Onnalee R. Heltsley
• Reference Number: 6519
• Residence: Harrison, Michigan
• Birth: Abt 1917, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1920, Greenwood, Clare, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1930, Greenwood, Clare, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1950, Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, USA; StreetAddress: Cornell; 32 Age: 32; EnumerationDistrict: 92-6; IsEmployed: No; LiveOnFarm: No; OccupationCategory: Keeping House; SeekingWork: No; ThreeOrMoreAcres: No; WorkedLastWeek: No; Wife RelationToHead: Wife; Married MaritalStatus: Married
• Residence: 1952, Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, USA

Notes:

from SS records:
Name: Onnalee Ruth Gordon
[Onnalee Rut Richardson]
[Onnalee Heltsley]
SSN: 373103459
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 21 Oct 1917
Birth Place: Harrison Cla, Michigan
Father Name: James N Gordon
Mother Name: Virginia Crothers
Death Date: 19 Apr 2005
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: Nov 1936: Name listed as ONNALEE RUTH GORDON; Feb 1956: Name listed as ONNALEE RUT RICHARDSON; May 1973: Name listed as ONNALEE R HELTSLEY

Onnalee married Mr Harold Eugene Richardson on 20 Apr 1941 in Marion, Osceola, Michigan, USA. Mr was born in 1909 in Marion, Charlevoix, Michigan, USA; died in 1975. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Byron A. Gordon
• Name: Byron Gordon
• Reference Number: 6354
• Residence: Sanford, Midland, Michigan, USA
• Birth: 6 Oct 1918, Harrison, Clare, Michigan, USA
• Birth: 1919, Michigan, USA
• Birth: 1919, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1920, Greenwood, Clare, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1930, Greenwood, Clare, Michigan, USA
• Death: 29 Jan 2009, Sanford, Midland, Michigan, USA

Family/Spouse: Bonnie Unknown. Bonnie was born on 24 Sep 1927; died on 27 Jan 2001 in Midland, Midland, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Race: White
• Reference Number: 4026
• Residence: Lansing, Michigan
• Birth: 1921, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1930, Greenwood, Clare, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1940, Greenwood, Clare, Michigan, USA

Notes:

from SS Records:
Name: James Nelson Gordon Jr
[James N Gordon Jr]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 13 Jul 1920
Birth Place: Clare County, Michigan
Father Name: James N Gordon
Mother Name: Virginia F Kretheres
Death Date: 13 Mar 2007
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: Jul 1938: Name listed as JAMES NELSON GORDON JR; 23 Mar 2007: Name listed as JAMES N GORDON

James married Jeanette Nae Van Sice on 29 Nov 1947 in Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, USA. Jeanette was born on 23 Oct 1922 in Ovid, Michigan, USA; died on 11 Sep 2013 in Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, USA; was buried in Delta Township, Eaton County, Michigan, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Ace Gordon
• Name: Ace Gordon
• Reference Number: 6353
• Birth: 4 Apr 1922
• Birth: 1923
• Residence: 1930, Greenwood, Clare, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1940, Greenwood, Clare, Michigan, USA
• Death: 3 Dec 1992, Texas, USA
• Death: 3 Dec 1992, Bell, Texas, USA

Notes:

from SS Records:
Name: Ace Durwin Gordon
[Ace D Gordon]
SSN: 385189934
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 4 Apr 1922
Birth Place: Clare, Michigan
Father Name: James Gordon
Mother Name: Virginia Crothers
Death Date: 3 Dec 1992
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: Apr 1941: Name listed as ACE DURWIN GORDON; 12 Dec 1992: Name listed as ACE D GORDON

Death:
based on last residence

Ace married Clara Frances Harris in 1960 in Pasquotank, North Carolina, USA. Clara was born on 11 Aug 1921 in Bedford, Virginia, USA; died on 30 Aug 1994 in Harrison, Clare, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Race: White
• Name: Edward G Gordon
• Name: Edward Gordon
• Reference Number: 6666
• Residence: Flint, Genesee, Michigan, USA
• Residence: Mount Pleasant, Isabella, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1930, Greenwood, Clare, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1940, Greenwood, Clare, Michigan, USA
• Death: Jun 1977, Flint, Genesee, Michigan, USA

Notes:

Death:
based on last residence

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edward married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Roy Gordon
• Reference Number: 6358
• Birth: 1926, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1930, Greenwood, Clare, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1940, Greenwood, Clare, Michigan, USA

Other Events:

• Birth: Harrison, Clare, Michigan, USA
• Race: White
• Name: Mildred Ethel Herr
• Reference Number: 6525
• Residence: Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, USA
• Residence: Independence, Oakland, Michigan, USA
• Birth: 3 May 1929
• Birth: 1930, Michigan, USA
• Birth: Abt 1930, Harrison, Clare, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1930, Greenwood, Clare, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1940, Greenwood, Clare, Michigan, USA

Notes:

from SS Records:
Name: Mildred Ethel Gordon
[Mildred Eth Herr]
[Mildred Herr]
SSN: 367282660
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 4 May 1929
Birth Place: Harrison, Clare, Michigan
[Harrison, Michigan]
Father Name: James N Gordon
Mother Name: Virginia F Crothers
Death Date: 5 Aug 1993
Death Certificate Number: SSA 721
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: Jun 1945: Name listed as MILDRED ETHEL GORDON; Aug 1954: Name listed as MILDRED ETH HERR; 22 Nov 1989: Name listed as MILDRED ETHEL HERR; 24 Aug 1993: Name listed as MILDRED E HERR

Died:
Age: 64

Mildred married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 6357
• Birth: 1931, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1940, Greenwood, Clare, Michigan, USA

Notes:

from SS Records:
Name: Robert Earl Gordon
[Robert E Gordon]
SSN: 384307117
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 2 Apr 1931
Birth Place: Harrison, Michigan
Father Name: James N Gordon
Mother Name: Virginia F Cruthers
Death Date: 14 Dec 1992
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: Apr 1949: Name listed as ROBERT EARL GORDON; 22 Dec 1992: Name listed as ROBERT E GORDON

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Marshal Gordon
• Reference Number: 6355
• Birth: 1934, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1940, Greenwood, Clare, Michigan, USA

Notes:

died in motorcycle accident in harrison

Death:
Y

Other Events:

• Name: Melvin Gordon
• Reference Number: 6356
• Birth: 1934, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1940, Greenwood, Clare, Michigan, USA
• SSN issued: 8 Oct 1951, Michigan, USA
• _EMPLOY: 8 Oct 1951, Harrison, Clare, Michigan, USA; Consumers Power Co
• Residence: 21 Jun 1975, Flint, Genesee, Michigan, USA; Last Residence

Notes:

BIRTH: 15 Nov 1933 in Harrison, Clare, MI
PARENTS: James Nelson Gordon and Virginia Franklin Caruthers
MARRIAGE: 1955 to Ruth Ann Snear in Farwell, Clare, MI
DEATH: 21 Jun 1975 in Flint, Genesee, MI
BURIAL: 25 Jun 1975 Evergreen Cemetery, Grand Blanc, MI

Melvin married Ruth Ann Snear in 1955 in Farwell, Clare, Michigan, USA. Ruth (daughter of Mirlie H Snear and Esther Francis Schimmelpfennig) was born on 7 Jul 1938 in Farwell, Clare, Michigan, USA; died on 16 Jul 2010 in Burton, Genesee, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Race: White
• Name: Capitola E Jaynes
• Reference Number: 6662
• Residence: Lansing, Clinton, Michigan, USA
• Birth: 1910, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1910, Fairhaven, Huron, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1920, Greenwood, Clare, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1935, Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1940, Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, USA; Age: 30; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife

Notes:

11/12 is age on 1910 census in may 1910

Died:
Age: 68

Capitola married John E Jaynes on 8 Jun 1951 in Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, USA. John was born about 1895 in Colton, Henry, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Charles Graham. Charles was born about 1909. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 10691

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 6977

Notes:

Child of Edward Grant Gordon and Pansy Evelyn Chapman. He was adopted by Pansy's second husband, Louis Thaller.

Obituary on findagrave.com:

Terry, (Gordon), 63, of Shepherd, lost his long and courageous battle with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma on Monday, at his home surrounded by his loving family.

Funeral services for Terry were held at Clark Family Funeral Chapel, Mt. Pleasant, on Saturday, January 15th with Rev. Ronald Lance officiating.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Apostolic Lighthouse Church in Mt. Pleasant.

Terry was the son of the late Edward Grant Gordon and Pansy Evelyn (Gordon) Thaller. Terry was adopted by his step-father, the late Louis Martin Thaller at the age of 5.
Terry married the love of his life, Marlene Jones, on May 12, 1967 in Raleigh, North Carolina while serving in the U.S. Army at Fort Bragg.

Terry attended Mt. Pleasant High School with the class of 1965. At the end of his junior year, Terry enlisted in the U.S. Army and became a Paratrooper, parachute rigger and infantryman with the 82nd Airborne Division. Terry served overseas duty in Vietnam and was honorably discharged in 1967.

After serving his country, Terry returned home to start his long and successful career as a Sheet Metal Worker. He served a 4-year apprenticeship and received his journeyman's card from Local 7, Lansing, MI. As a young boy Terry worked alongside his step-father Louis at Thaller's Eastside Sheet Metal and Heating in Mt. Pleasant.

Terry's training and experience led to many supervisory positions over the years. Various employers included: Associated Mechanical Services, Midland, MI; Cooney Engineering, Saginaw, MI; Zack Company, Flint, MI; McCormick Enterprises, Inc., Delton, MI; Bruno Martin, Saginaw, MI; and Applegate Sheet Metal and Heating, Jackson, MI. Terry was also Heating Inspector for Chippewa Township for several years.

In the last position of his sheet metal career, Terry was Project Executive on the Charlotte Bobcats Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina. After a year and a half in this position, he retired due to health concerns. Terry will always be remembered for his high quality of craftsmanship, friendly rapport with his co-workers, and excellent work ethic.

Terry was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at the Borley-Hanel Post 3033 and a lifetime member of the Forgotten Eagles. Terry was a member of Sheet Metal Workers Local 7 and the Sheet Metal International Association. He was also a member of the Apostolic Lighthouse Church of Mt. Pleasant.

Terry enjoyed golf, riding his Harley Davidson motorcycle, remodeling his home, and he especially enjoyed spending time with his family. His love and devotion for his wife, four sons, and grandchildren was unfailing. His sense of humor, jokes and teasing were a large part of who he was. The courage and character in which he faced his illness, his "never give up the fight" attitude was incredible. His faith in God, his love and kindness will be remembered by many.

Terry is survived by his wife Marlene of 43 years; his loving mother Pansy Thaller of Mt. Pleasant; children, Terry (Renee) Thaller, Jr. of Lake Isabella, Pat (Kristin) Thaller of Mt. Pleasant, Jeffrey (Tami) Thaller, Sr. of Shepherd, and Jason (Pam) Thaller of Mt. Pleasant; grandchildren, Amanda Thaller, Ashley Thaller, Terrianne Thaller, Zackary Thaller, Camieo Thaller, Wyatt Thaller, Tiffani Jackson, Billy LaFountain, Jeffrey Thaller, Jr., Jesse Thaller, Jason Thaller, Jr., and Nikki Miller; great-grandchildren, James Donley and Peyton Rose Thaller.
Terry is also survived by his brother Tim Thaller of Coleman; sisters, Linda (Bill) Wohlscheid of Mt. Pleasant, Louanna (Bill) Burch of Mt. Pleasant, and Kathy (Jim) Murphy of Shepherd; and mother-in-law Christine Jones; sisters-in-law, Helen (Ray) Bowen and Ann (Bennie) Peace; and brother-in-law Jesse J.B. Jones, all of North Carolina.
Terry is also survived by aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, and other caring friends, relatives, and neighbors.

Terry was preceded in death by his father Edward Gordon; step-father Louis Thaller; father-in-law Jesse Jones; and sister-in-law Vicky Jones.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 81

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]