This is about all I can find on him,Hope it helps you answer some questions:
Gordon M. Sandy MacLaren
Event(s):
Birth: 23 APR 1907 Newark, Essex, New Jersey
Christening:
Death: 17 SEP 1994
Father: James MacLaren
Mother: Bertha Viola Schaffer
1920 United States Federal Census
about Bertha Maclaren
Name: Bertha Maclaren
[Bertha Schaeffer]
Age: 34
Birth Year: abt 1886
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1920: Philadelphia Ward 25, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Widowed
[Widow]
Father's Name: William Schaeffer
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's Name: Lillian Schaeffer
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Household Members: Name Age
William Schaeffer 70
Lillian Schaeffer 69
Bertha Maclaren 34
Gordon Maclaren 12