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Gordon, James

Gordon, James

Posted: 21 May 2015 8:34PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi,

Looking for any information on a James Gordon who was originally from Ontario. Not sure when the family moved to BC but I have him as passing away in McBride in the mid 70's. Any info would be appreciated!

Re: GORDON,, James

Posted: 21 May 2015 9:15PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: GORDON
Hi, Is James GORDON - the full proper name ? Do you have a birth date/ place
Searching the name James GORDON - dcd McBRIDE BC - finds 0 results

Searching Provincial Archive of BC - for James GORDON - brings a number of entries
Provincial Archive of BC Vital Events Index - Online
http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/sn-15CE019/gbsearch/Birth...

Royal BC Museum and Archive - in Victoria BC - have digitalized many of the Full Registrations of Birth, Marriage, Death
Can be viewed online
http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Genealogy/Adva...

Also may be found at Family Search Org - online
https://familysearch.org/search

Re: Gordon, James

Posted: 22 May 2015 12:19AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 22 May 2015 12:20AM GMT
According to his death certificate, which I'm attaching, James Gordon was born 14 May 1880 in Ontario to William and Ann (maiden name unknown) Gordon. He died on 30 December 1974 In Grandview Rest Home in Kelowna and is buried in McBride Cemetery. His son, Alexander Gordon who lived in McBride, provided the information on the death certificate. I'm also attaching his wife's, Rebecca Smith Gordon, death certificate. She died 9 February 1985 in McBride and the information on her death certificate was also provided by her son Alexander.

Hope that's some help.

Cheers,

Soosi
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Re: Gordon, James

Posted: 22 May 2015 4:02AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 22 May 2015 4:03AM GMT
I did some further searching and found quite a few pictures of the family on the McBride history site:

http://www.settlerseffects.ca/pls/cats_web/web_exhibitions.s...

I tried to post the pictures but Ancestry seems to be having problems at the moment and is not cooperating - it won't post pictures properly.

Go to the site and select SEARCH from the list. Just enter "Gordon" as your search term. There are about 15 pictures of your Gordons amongst the results. There are some of just Rebecca and James and others with the children that came with them to BC: Alexander, Jenny, Jacqueline, Beatrice and Dorothy. There's a picture of their homestead and even a map of their journey from Saskatchewan in 1938 with quotes from them about the trip:

"We crossed the border at Alsask where we re-shoed the horses."

"We averaged about 20 miles a day."

"At one point during the trip it rained so hard we stayed on the side of the road for two days until the rain stopped."

Enjoy!

Soosi


Re: Gordon, James

Posted: 22 May 2015 10:25AM GMT
Classification: Query
This is great, thank you! I'll definitely look into this further. Other than James and Rebecca, not all the names I have match up so some digging might be in order! Thank you again for your help!
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