John James GORDON

1856 - 1937  (81 years)

• Name	John James GORDON
  Birth	22 Sep 1856	Blues Point, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  Gender	Male
  _FSFTID	KFKJ-NQM
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KFKJ-NQM
  Death	8 Oct 1937	, Taree, New South Wales, Australia
  Burial	9 Oct 1937	Church Of England Cemetery, Wingham, New South Wales, Australia
  Person ID	I8	FHC027 - Berry Tree
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2022

  
  

  Father	John GORDON,   b. 1 Jul 1823, , Woolwich, London, England d. 1860, , Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Age 36 years)
  Mother	Martha Eliza BOWRING,   c. 10 Jul 1833, , Twerton, Somersetshire, England d. 1 May 1921, , Taree, New South Wales, Australia (Age ~ 87 years)
  Marriage	23 Sep 1855	, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  _MARRIED	N
  Family ID	F8	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Jessie Louisa OGDEN,   b. 23 Jan 1860, Dumaresque Island, Taree, New South Wales, Australia d. 25 Dec 1944, Lansdowne, North Coast, New South Wales, Australia (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	7 Jul 1880	, Taree, New South Wales, Australia
  _MARRIED	N
  Children	1. Fanny Louisa GORDON,   b. 30 May 1881, , Taree Estate, New South Wales, Australia d. 16 Dec 1967, , Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Age 86 years)  [biological]   2. Jessie Elizabeth GORDON,   b. 28 May 1882, , Taree Estate, New South Wales, Australia d. 26 Oct 1974, , , New South Wales, Australia (Age 92 years)   3. John James GORDON,   b. 8 Aug 1883, , Taree Estate, New South Wales, Australia d. 16 May 1900, , Taree, New South Wales, Australia (Age 16 years)   4. Joseph Edward GORDON,   b. 26 Jan 1885, , Taree Estate, New South Wales, Australia d. 2 Jun 1963, , , Coroglen, New Zealand (Age 78 years)   5. Martha Eliza GORDON,   b. 1 Feb 1887, Killabakh Creek, North Coast, New South Wales, Australia d. 16 May 1961, , Taree, New South Wales, Australia (Age 74 years)   6. Alfred Thomas GORDON,   b. 18 Sep 1888, Killabakh Creek, North Coast, New South Wales, Australia d. 25 May 1967, Auburn, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Age 78 years)   7. Frank Norman GORDON,   b. 1 Aug 1890, Killabakh Creek, North Coast, New South Wales, Australia d. 21 May 1965, , Taree, New South Wales, Australia (Age 74 years)   8. Alice Ellen GORDON,   b. 10 Jun 1892, Killabakh Creek, North Coast, New South Wales, Australia d. 29 Dec 1934, , Kolodong, New South Wales, Australia (Age 42 years)   9. Oliver Percy GORDON,   b. 8 Apr 1895, Killabakh Creek, North Coast, New South Wales, Australia d. 27 Dec 1972, , Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F2	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Aug 2021

  
  

  Family 2	Nellie MAGUIRE   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1924	, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  _MARRIED	N
  Family ID	F7	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2012

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 22 Sep 1856 - Blues Point, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Marriage - 7 Jul 1880 - , Taree, New South Wales, Australia Marriage - 1924 - , Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death - 8 Oct 1937 - , Taree, New South Wales, Australia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  OCCUPATION: Farmer Memories of John Gordon by A J G Homeward (written to Joyce Ethel Gordon): We knew your grandfather well. My personal memories of him are somewhat interwoven with stories told by my parents and neighbours. He must have been the toughest man I've ever known. He always had to have a stick or crutch to walk with, yet he managed to milk cows and dairy generally. One thing I remember vividly is how he used to grub bushes out -- walking from bush to bush with his crutch, then get down on his knees and dig our or chop off each bush. Can you imagine any of our youngsters of today doing that? He only milked about eight or nine cows (from memory) so he didn't have much cream to send to the factory. Because of this he only sent it once a week so every Sunday he would harness his horse (Paddy) to the slide and bring the can of cream to our dairy and we would take it the rest of the way to the road on Monday. We brought his bread and groceries back to our place and he usually came over for tea on Friday nights and took it home in a chaff bag over his back, also carrying a hurricane lantern if the night was dark, and walking with a crutch!! Quite often after tea "Johnnie" (as we knew him) would produce his concertina and play and sing. Two songs of his which are very strong in my mind wer - Two Little Girls in Blue and If only I could take your Hand. He had a very good baritone voice which must have been really great when he was younger. Mention is made in the Centenary Booklet about him playing the phonograph for dancing but this was before my time. We were all very fond of Johnnie -- he became like one of the family. He always had Christmas dinner with us and joined all our family gatherings. We had an agreement by which he used to light his bedroom light fairly early so we would see it from our milking bails and we'd know he was alright. If he wanted someone he didn't light his lamp one of us would go over to see what was wrong.