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Robert Martin Jordan 1848–1936 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 Dec 1848

Birth Location: Brown County, Ohio, USA

Death Date: 23 August 1936

Death Location: Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, United States of America

Father: Thomas Jordan

Mother: Mary Phillips

Spouse(s): Mary Bunnell

Children(s): Walter Jordan, Harriet Jordan, John Jordan, Martha Jordan, Charley Jordan, Ethel Jorden, Cecil Jordan, James Jordan, Ethel Maxwell, Della Jordan, Hattie Stewart, Cecile Jordan

Robert Martin Jordan was born in 1848 in Brown County, Ohio, USA, the child of Thomas Maxwell Jordan And Mary Ann Phillips. Robert Martin Jordan married Mary Jane Bunnell, and had children including Cecil M Jordan, Cecile Mae Jordan, Charley C Jordan, Della Jordan, Elvin Jordan, Ethel Rose Jorden, Ethel Rose Maxwell, Harriet Jordan, Hattie E Stewart, James Shuyter Jordan, John A Jordan, Martha E Jordan, Walter Dennis Jordan. Robert Martin Jordan passed away in 1936 in Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Robert Martin Jordan was born in 1848 in Brown County, Ohio, USA, the child of Thomas Maxwell Jordan And Mary Ann Phillips.
  • Robert Martin Jordan married Mary Jane Bunnell, and had children including Cecil M Jordan, Cecile Mae Jordan, Charley C Jordan, Della Jordan, Elvin Jordan, Ethel Rose Jorden, Ethel Rose Maxwell, Harriet Jordan, Hattie E Stewart, James Shuyter Jordan, John A Jordan, Martha E Jordan, Walter Dennis Jordan.
  • Robert Martin Jordan passed away in 1936 in Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, United States of America.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Robert Jordan's Ancestors

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Robert Jordan
1848–1936
Birth Place: Brown County, Ohio, USA
Parents
Thomas Maxwell Jordan
1823–1863
Brown County, Ohio, USA
Mary (Ann) Phillips
1819–1863
Carmarthenshire, Wales
Grandparents
Richard Jordan
1800–1885
Pennsylvania, USA
Margaret Maxwell
1794–
Kentucky, USA
Jesse Phillips
1795–
Nancy DEAR
–1822
Great-Grandparents
Catherine Jordan
1775–1850
Thomas Maxwell
–1829
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Robert Jordan's Descendants

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Robert (Martin) Jordan (8 Dec 1848–23 August 1936) m. Mary (Jane) Bunnell (9 January 1852–24 January 1932)
  1. 1. Walter (Dennis) Jordan 1883–1972 m. Sarah (Alice) Gilmore 1883–1975
    1. 1. Louis (Lynn) Jordan 1915–2008 m. Gladys (Mae) Cook 1914–1997
      1. 1. Richard (Lynn) Jordan 1937–2001
    2. 2. Dean (Gilmore) Jordan 1906–1979
    3. 3. Elvin (Russell) Jordan 1903–1982 m. Helen (Elizabeth) Jordan 1904–1984
      1. 1. Barbara (Ellen) Wilcox 1929–2011
      2. 2. Muriel (Joan) Cochran 1926–2011
      3. 3. Irma (Glen) Lowry 1930–2004
      4. 4. Phyllis (Faye) Blackburn 1932–2018
    4. 4. Robert (E.) Jordan 1910–2008 m. Frances Jordan 1910–2001
      1. 1. Robert (Max) Jordan 1943–1965
    5. 5. Carl (Delos) Jordan 1920–2014 m. Norma (Jeanne) Shook 1920–1996
      1. 1. Jill (Elaine) Jordan 1947–2017
    6. 6. Eldon Jordan 1904–
    7. 7. Elvin Jordan 1904–
  2. 2. Harriet Jordan 1879–1947
  3. 3. John (A) Jordan 1876–1963
  4. 4. Martha (E) Jordan 1881–1972
  5. 5. Charley (C) Jordan 1884–1967
  6. 6. Ethel (Rose) Jorden 1889–
  7. 7. Cecil (M) Jordan 1893–1981
  8. 8. James (Shuyter) Jordan 1896–1984
  9. 9. Ethel (Rose) Maxwell 1889–1978
  10. 10. Della Jordan 1872–1957
  11. 11. Hattie (E) Stewart 1879–1947
  12. 12. Cecile (Mae) Jordan 1893–1981

Robert Jordan's Timeline

2 Records

1848
8 Dec 1848
Birth of Robert Martin Jordan in Brown County, Ohio, USA
Brown County, Ohio, USA
1936
23 August 1936
Age 88
Death of Robert Martin Jordan in Rensselaer, Jasper, Indiana, USA
Rensselaer, Jasper, Indiana, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 Dec 1848
    Event Place: Brown County, Ohio, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Jasper County, Indiana Deaths, 1921-77
    [2] 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Hanging Grove, Jasper, Indiana; Roll: 379; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0015; FHL microfilm: 1240379
    [3] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [4] Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017, Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Death Certificates; Year: 1936; Roll: 10

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 August 1936
    Event Place: Rensselaer, Jasper, Indiana, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Jasper County, Indiana Deaths, 1921-77
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [3] Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017, Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Death Certificates; Year: 1936; Roll: 10

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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