Brief Life History of Oscar Eugene
When Oscar Eugene Gordon was born on 10 December 1875, in United States, his father, Smith Gordon, was 28 and his mother, Miranda Eveline Miller, was 28. He married Ida May Devoe Gordon on 29 May 1895, in Greene, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Silver Creek, Greene, Ohio, United States in 1910 and Ohio, United States in 1918. He died on 29 March 1918, in Athens Township, Athens, Ohio, United States, at the age of 42, and was buried in Sabina, Richland Township, Clinton, Ohio, United States.
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- Oscar Gordon in household of Smith Gordon, "United States Census, 1880"
- Oscar Eugene Gordon, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
- Oscar E. Gordon, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
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World Events (8)
1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
1876 · The Battle of Little Bighorn
An armed conflict between the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes and the 7th Cavalry of the US Army. The battle was the most significant action of the Great Sioux War of 1876.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
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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