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James P Gordon Sr.


Birth18 April 1820Houston, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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     Parish Records for Houston, 1720-1855, database with images, FamilySearch, entry for James Gordon (18 Apr 1820); citing Houston, Renfrewshire, Scotland, Church of Scotland, "Baptisms, v. 2, 1820-1854," image 10, p. 60, FHL microfilm 1041066.
Death1 October 1892Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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     Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946, Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah), database with images, FamilySearch, James Gordan, 1 October 1892; citing Murray, Utah, United States, series #2498, image 234, p. 61, FHL microfilm 26554.
Burial11 October 1892Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for James Gordon (1819-1892), memorial 31144023.

    Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946, Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah), database with images, FamilySearch, James Gordan, 1 October 1892; citing Murray, Utah, United States, series #2498, image 234, p. 61, FHL microfilm 26554.
FatherJoseph Gordon
MotherJane Stuart
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   • Mary Ballantyne
Married4 April 1843Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    Nauvoo 1st and 2nd Wards (Illinois), Record of members, 1841-1845; church records, 1836-1846 (Salt Lake City, Utah: The Office of the Church Historian, 1966-1967), "Marriage record, 1842-1845," p. 10, FHL microfilm 889392, item 5.
          Children:
               Jeannette Gordon
               Joseph Gordon
               Mary Jane Gordon
               James P Gordon Jr
               John Gordon
               Marian Ballantyne Gordon
               Mary Elizabeth Gordon
               Rachel S. Gordon
               Peter Ballantyne Gordon


   • Marion Ellen Park
Married27 February 1854Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for James P. Gordeon and Marion Ellen Park, ID: KWJ8-QJ7 and ID: KWJY-J4M.
          Children:
               Margaret Ellen Gordon
               William P. Gordon
               Martha Jane Gordon
               Jane Gordon
               Annie Agnes Gordon


   • Mary Elizabeth Helm
Married1 March 1857Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for James P. Gordeon and Mary Elizabeth Helm, ID: KWJ8-QJ7 and ID: KWJ8-QJ3.
          Children:
               Susanna Gordon
               Abraham Gordon
               Isaac Gordon
               Jacob Gordon
               Samson Gordon
               Mary Gordon
               Mary Gordon
               Caroline Gordon
               Benjamin Gordon
               Charles Gordon
               David Helm Gordon
               Johanna Gordon

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• 1820Houston, Renfrewshire, Scotland
• 1843Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Great Salt Lake, Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1880Mill Creek Precinct, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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• 1850 Population CensusGreat Salt Lake County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusGreat Salt Lake County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population Census13th Ward Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusMill Creek Ward, Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusMill Creek Precinct, Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

• Company Unknown (1848)View Source
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Crossing the Plains Citation(s)
    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
       Departure1848
       Arrival1848

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