Brief Life History of Mamie Nell
When Mamie Nell Gordon was born on 24 June 1925, in Slater, Saline, Missouri, United States, her father, Enyeart Leon Gordon, was 43 and her mother, Emma May Dugan, was 36. She died on 3 August 2004, in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Higginsville, Lafayette, Missouri, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (8)
- Mamie N Gordon, "United States Census, 1950"
- Mamie Nell Gordon, "Find A Grave Index"
- Mamie Nell Gordon, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
Parents and Siblings
World Events (8)
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
1947 · The Presidential Succession Act
The Presidential Succession Act is an act establishing the presidential line of succession. This was a precursor for the Twenty-fifth Amendment which outlines what is to happen when a President is killed, dies, or is unable to fulfill the responsibilities of President.
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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