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Joseph Preston Gordon 1918–1974 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 Nov 1918

Birth Location: Chicago, Cook, Illinois

Death Date: 07 May 1974

Death Location: San Diego, California, USA

Father: Joseph Gordon

Mother: Eleanora McCannn

Spouse(s): Vera Hinton

Children(s): Ronald Gordon, Errol Gordon

Joseph Preston Gordon was born in 1918 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, the child of Joseph Preston Gordon And Eleanora Curtiss Dahmer Mccannn. Joseph Preston Gordon married Vera Estherbelle Hinton, and had children including Errol Jay Gordon, Ronald Herbert Gordon. Joseph Preston Gordon passed away in 1974 in San Diego, California, USA.

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Biography

  • Joseph Preston Gordon was born in 1918 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, the child of Joseph Preston Gordon And Eleanora Curtiss Dahmer Mccannn.
  • Joseph Preston Gordon married Vera Estherbelle Hinton, and had children including Errol Jay Gordon, Ronald Herbert Gordon.
  • Joseph Preston Gordon passed away in 1974 in San Diego, California, USA.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Joseph Gordon's Ancestors

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Joseph Gordon
1918–1974
Birth Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Parents
Joseph Preston Gordon
1895–1971
Water Valley, Mississippi
Eleanora (Curtiss Dahmer) McCannn
1895–1973
Forrest County, Mississippi, USA
Grandparents
Joseph (Henry "Handy" D) Gordon
1869–1938
Taylor, Mississippi
Lula Gordon
1876–1946
Mississippi
George (Weldon) Dahmer
1871–1949
Covington County, Mississippi, United States of America
Ellen (Louvenia) Kelly
1876–1954
Perry, Mississippi, USA
Great-Grandparents
Jack Gordon
1834–1892
Margaret Gorden
1835–1920
Jerry Shaw
1850–1885
Jennie Shaw
1855–1941
Peter Dahmer
1846–1912
Laura Barnes
1857–1921
Warren *
1844–1924
Henrietta McComb
1846–1929
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sarah Shaw
1830–
Johannes Sr.
1816–
Elisabetha Walther
1816–
Hannah Barnes
1814–1905
Greene Kelly
1798–1880
Sarah Kelly
1810–1900

Joseph Gordon's Descendants

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Joseph (Preston) Gordon (1 Nov 1918–07 May 1974) m. Vera (Estherbelle) Hinton (14 Nov 1919–27 Sep 2007)
  1. 1. Ronald (Herbert) Gordon 1939–2021
  2. 2. Errol (Jay) Gordon 1941–2025

Joseph Gordon's Timeline

3 Records

1918
1 Nov 1918
Birth of Joseph Preston Gordon in Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Chicago, Cook, Illinois
1965
8 Sep 1965
Age 47
Joseph Preston Gordon was married in San Diego, California, USA
San Diego, California, USA
1974
07 May 1974
Age 56
Death of Joseph Preston Gordon in San Diego, California, USA
San Diego, California, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 Nov 1918
    Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
    Record Source: Cook County, Illinois, U.S., Birth Certificates Index, 1871-1922

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 8 Sep 1965
    Event Place: San Diego, California, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 07 May 1974
    Event Place: San Diego, California, USA

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