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Descendants of Henry M. Gordon
1. Henry
Meldrum Gordon was born on 6 Mar 1820 2
at Newcastle, NSW, Australia and died aged 90 years on 16 Aug 1910
in Maitland, NSW, buried East Maitland Cemetery. He married
(1) on 30 Jan 1843 2 in the Presbyterian Church
at Morpeth, NSW, Maria Battley, born 11 Apr 1823 2
in Gateshead, England, died 1901, NSW, a daughter of Robert Battley.
He married (2) on 10 Oct 1903 2, Frances Eliza
Atkinson, born ca. 1865, East Maitland, NSW.
Henry Gordon (1820-1910) & Maria Battley (1823-1901) 3
2. Meldrum Henry Gordon
was born on 4 Oct 1844 2 in Maitland, NSW, Australia and died
on 4 Jul 1911 2 in Edwardstown, Adelaide, SA, Australia, at
age 66. He married Annie Berry, daughter of Robert Berry
and Mary Hutchinson, on 25 Aug 1871 2 in the Presbyterian
Church. Annie was born on 5 Jun 1847 in Patterson, NSW, Australia and died
on 1 Jan 1918 2, at age 70.
3. William Francis Robert Gordon was
born on 11 Aug 1846 11, 12
in Maitland, NSW, Australia, and christened on 1 Jan 1848
13 in NSW, Australia.
He died on 4 May 1936 14
in New Plymouth, New Zealand, at age 89, and was buried in Te Henui
Cemetery, New Plymouth, NZ. He married, Mary Hall
Hine 15 in New Zealand,
born in 1848 and died on 18 May 1940. They had no issue.
William F. R. Gordon (1846-1936) 4. Ada Fanny Gordon Ada Fanny Gordon (1849-1933) 5. Lovell Gordon Lovell Gordon (1851-1919) & Charlotte Maria née Neckles (1858-1916) 6. Ida Annie Maria Gordon 7. Forrest Gordon 8. Nina Forence Gordon 9. James Deane Gordon 10. Cedric Clarence Gordon To add to the history & genealogy contact compiler:SOURCES:
1 Lloyd Waddy, The Kings School 1831-1981, (1981) pp. 41-2. Note - this 1981 published sesquicentennial school history has it three boys attended the school on its opening day in 1832 - erroneously naming them as James Staff and the brothers James and Ebenezer Orr. However two of the opening day attendees were definitely Henry Gordon and John Watsford. For the reasons see the "oldest old boy" link in first paragraph above. 2 NSW Birth Indexes V1820 6173 1B (Henry was batch baptised with his sisters Maria b. 1817 and Sarah b. 1822 at Newcastle. His 1910 newspaper obituary gave Newcastle as his place of birth - when born his father's regiment detachment was stationed there). Genealogy extracted from a Gordon Family Genealogy dated 2000 and an undated paper on the family history, both compiled by Russell Gordon of Sydney. In the main source references were not cited. 3 Originals of the photos of Henry M. Gordon & wife Maria Battley & their children Ada F. Gordon, William F.R. Gordon, Lovell Gordon & his wife Charlotte M. Neckles provided courtesy of Russell Gordon of Sydney. 4 N. Braithwaite & H. Beard, Pioneering in the Bellinger Valley, (BVHS) p.79 5 Roger Blackley, Stray Leaves (Victoria University Press, N.Z., 2001), 32 p. - includes several pages re W.F.R.G. and his drawings and has high quality full page images of his two exhibition works. The book was available for purchase as at June 2001 from the Victoria University Book Center, Wellington, N.Z. (a copy is held by the Queensland State Library). 6 Letter to compiler dated 10 Jul 2001 from New Plymouth District Council. Also see - Kate McGahey's The Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists Printmakers Sculptors (Gilt Edge Publishing, Wellington, 2000), p. 98. 7 Extracted from a printout of Gordon family names and vitals dated 10 Feb 1997, and an undated paper on Gordon family history & genealogy, both compiled by Russell Gordon of Sydney - source references in the main not cited. 8 Letter dated 5 Sep. 1889 from Ada Gordon to Letitia Garmonsway - quote "My brother Henry’s children are fine strong boys, but he is in a bad state of health, he used to be very much on stations. I think the rough life broke up his health. My father wished him to study for the law but he preferred to go on a friend’s station." 9 Sands Directory of Sydney for 1900 listed "Henry Gordon, J.P.". He remained until 1908 listed in the Sands at this address with a second address also being listed from 1905 in Petersham and then in Marrickville. In the Commonwealth Electoral Roll for 1903 (Lang Elect., Dulwich Hill subdiv.) he was listed as "Henry Gordon, Justice of the Peace" together with daughter Ada at Huntley in Fairfowl St. A fellow first day attendee at The King's School John Watsford in 1907 recalled having met him in Dulwich Hill in 1904. In the roll for 1906 (Parkes Elect. & Lewisham subdiv.) Henry and 2nd wife Frances Eliza were listed at 47 Frazer Road with unmarried daughter Ada listed at the Fairfowl Street address in the Lang Electorate. 10 Elizabeth Guildford, Hunter Vallet Directory : 1841, Hunter Valley Publications, Newcastle, 1987, p. 105. 11 NSW BDM Indexes, V1848-2570-33A. 12 Anglican Diocese of Newcastle Baptisms reel #4, 11 Aug 1846. 13 Ibid, 1 Jan 1848. 14 NZ BDM Indexes, #1936-1382. 15 NZ BDM Indexes, #1883-2827. 16 Image of original visiting card photo courtesy of Maurice Norton of New Zealand. 17 The Te Whiti drawing (3 later versions by WFR Gordon also exist) with an article on its history was published in The Taranaki Daily News of 20 June 1927. 18 Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners Advocate, 5 Aug 1992 p. 3, col. 6 (Swansea), 10 Nov 1894 p. 3, col. 7 (Swansea), 14 Dec 1994 p. 8, col. 6 (West Maitland), 29 Dec 1894 p. 8, col. 5 (Greta), 22 Jan 1895 p. 8, col. 6 (West Maitland). Note - Henry Gordon's 1910 The King's School Magazine obituary was in error in stating he retired from the civil service after 45 years service - in fact his service exceeded 53 years. |
Compiled by J. Raymond, Brisbane, Australia
Created March 2000 - last updated 27 Dec 2006
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