Brief Life History of Elizabeth Esther
When Elizabeth Esther Gordon was born on 18 November 1870, in Oshawa, Ontario, Ontario, Canada, her father, David Gordon, was 41 and her mother, Catherine Knox, was 35. She married Howard Nathaniel William Allen about 1888. She lived in Ontario, Ontario, Canada in 1871 and Detroit Ward 4, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1920. She died on 11 November 1932, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Grand Lawn Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (8)
- Elizabeth Allen in household of Howard W Allen, "United States Census, 1920"
- Elizabeth Esther Gordon, "Ontario Births, 1869-1911"
- Elizabeth E Mc Gordon, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
Spouse and Children
1868– Male
1870–1932 Female
Parents and Siblings
1829–1891 Male
1835–1900 Female
Siblings (3)
1869–1946 Female
1870–1932 Female
1873–1929 Female
World Events (8)
1872 · The First National Park
Age 2
1872 · The Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Age 2
1889 · The first Skyscraper in Detroit
Age 19
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from Gordon in Berwickshire, named with Welsh gor ‘spacious’ + din ‘fort’.
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Gourdon in Saône-et-Loire, so called from the Gallo-Roman personal name Gordus + the locative suffix -o, -ōnis.
English (of Norman origin): alternatively, said to be a nickname from a diminutive of Old French gourd ‘heavy, dull, sluggish’ (compare 8 below).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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