Patrick Gordon – grandfather

 

Patrick Gordon was born in Ireland 1853 – 1856

 

LDS site gives information on brothers, James, George and Patrick Gordon being

 from Ballynahinch Down - Haven’t  verified !

           

Dubuque Iowa Register of Marriage

Oct. 4, 1887, Patrick Gordon, age 34, married Mary Sheridan, age 26           

 

First entry in St. Columbkille Church marriage register  was following:

Patrick Gordon and Mary Sheridan were united in holy matrimony on Oct. 6, 1887

Witnesses were Thomas Quinn(?) and Mary Cain(?)

The officiating priest was Rev. John Fogerty

(From Rev. Loras C. Otting, Director of the Archives and Historical Records.)

                                                               

                        Patrick Gordon at time of marriage  in 1887

Children of Patrick Gordon and Mary Sheridan Gordon

Margaret Gordon - Born: Mar. 1889, in Dubuque Iowa.

Harry (Henry) Gordon – Born: June 1892 in Dubuque Iowa.

Mary (Mae) Gordon – Born: May 1894 in Dubuque Iowa.   

Justin Patrick Gordon – Born: Oct. 22 1895 in Dubuque Iowa.

Rose (Regina) Gordon – Born: June 1897 in Iowa

 

            

Patrick Gordon death certificate

Death date: 6-17-1924, Cause of death – Senility, contributing: myocarditis and artereosclossis. 

Age at death, about  72.   Length  of residence in Dubuque, 45 years. How long in U.S.- 61 years. 

Born – County  Cork Ireland.  Occupation  was stationary engineer for ICRR.  Buried Mt. Olivet

Cemetery 6-20-1924       (Information supplied by Louis Nehls, son-in-law.)

Obituary from Dubuque Telegraph Herald June 18, 1924

Patrick Gordon Is Called by Death  

Patrick J. Gordon, 73 years old, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Louis Nehls, 120

North Booth Street. Tuesday afternoon at 4:45 o’clock after an illness of two years. The

funeral will be held Friday morning from the Nehls residence to the Church of the Nativity

where requiem mass will be read at 10 o’clock.  Burial will be made in Mount Olivet

cemetery.    The deceased was born in County Cork,* Ireland, and came to America 61

years ago.  For the past 45 years he has made his home in Dubuque. He was a Catholic.

An  attendant at The Church of the Nativity. And  died comforted by the last rites of

his religion.  He was a member of St. Raphael’s court of the C. O. F.    He is survived by

two daughters. Mrs. Louis Nehls, Dubuque, and Mrs. John Lyons, Forest Lake, Minn.,

two sons, Harry, Dubuque, and Justin, Chicago and one  brother, George,  Lemars, Ia.

            *It is uncertain if he was born in Cork and there are doubts on other details.  

                      

 

Patrick Gordon’s Brothers

           

James Gordon b. Oct. 8, 1840 Ireland

           

James  Gordon m. Mary  Adelaide Ditzen 11-24-1870 Negaunee, Marquette Mich.  

               (She was from Wisc, living with Uncle Herman Mahn in Negaunee)

           

James made his DOI in Marquette Co. Michigan 11-20-1871-LDS film 1845797

           

Children of James and Mary Gordon   

Eliza GORDON,   b. 1872, Michigan 

Henry GORDON,   b. 1873, Michigan   

Minnie GORDON,   b. 1875, Iowa        

George GORDON,  b. 1876, Iowa        

Mary C. GORDON, b. 1879, Iowa                

James E. GORDON b. Mar. 1882, Iowa

John F. GORDON b. June 1884 Iowa

Hugh F. GORDON  b. Aug. 1886  Iowa

Walter T. GORDON  b. Nov. 1888  Iowa

William F.GORDON b. Jun 1891 Iowa

 

James lived in Sheridan Twsp, Cherokee Co. IA  from 1875 till time of his death.

 

James Gordon, died Jan. 5, 1913,  age  73

Mary A. died age 60,  Mar. 1913, funeral from Imacculate Conception Church,

Cherokee IA

 

Obituary from The Cherokee Times-Mon. Jan. 6, 1913

James Gordon, one of the County’s earliest settlers passed away at the home of his son-in-law,

David Heaney, near Meriden at 8:10 Sunday evening.  Death resulted from Peritonitis after an

illness of about ten weeks.  He leaves a large family, five sons being In Dakota and two make

their home in Iowa. There are also several daughters.  For many years he has made his home

near Meriden and was about 75 years old.  Funeral services  will be conducted by Rev.

Desmond in The Catholic church and internment will be in the Catholic Cemetery on Wednesday.

 

 

George Gordon b. Feb. 1846 Ireland

 

George Gordon married  Mary Cary, b. 1858 in Canada

 

Children of George and Mary Gordon

Mary Gordon b. 1877, Negaunee, Marquette, Michigan

Mamie Gordon b. March 1878, Negaunee, Marquette, Michigan

Patrick Gordon b. Dec. 1881 Negaunee, Marquette, Michigan

 

George Gordon was a miner in Negaunee, Marquette, Michigan in 1870s.

In the 1880’s he settled in Cherokee County  Sheridan Township Iowa and

was a farmer.