Brief Life History of James G
When James G Gordon was born on 15 August 1873, in Burnet, Burnet, Texas, United States, his father, George Gordon, was 43 and his mother, Margaret Copeland, was 28. He married Minnie Reagan on 3 August 1910, in Lavaca, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Burnet, Texas, United States in 1880 and Justice Precinct 4, Lavaca, Texas, United States for about 20 years. He died on 11 July 1955, in Hallettsville, Lavaca, Texas, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Ezzell, Lavaca, Texas, United States.
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- Jim Gordon, "United States 1950 Census"
- James Gordon, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
- J G Gordon, "Texas, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1876 · Segregation Laws Are Passed
A new state constitution was passed in 1876, announcing the segregation of schools.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
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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