Charles Dunham Jordan

Brief Life History of Charles Dunham

When Charles Dunham Jordan was born on 25 December 1857, in Koszta, Iowa, Iowa, United States, his father, Montford C Jordan, was 51 and his mother, Hannah Woodrow, was 46. He married Ester Susan Chenery on 29 May 1895, in Yankton, Yankton, South Dakota, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Manning, Carroll, Iowa, United States for about 5 years and Story, Iowa, United States in 1925. He died on 6 March 1932, in Iowa Falls, Hardin, Iowa, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Union Cemetery, Iowa Falls, Hardin, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Dunham Jordan
1857–1932
Ester Susan Chenery
1875–1929
Marriage: 29 May 1895
John Elmer Jordan
1896–1970
Elizabeth Pearl Jordan
1898–
Jess Lavern Jordan
1901–1949
Melissa Beryl Jordan
1904–
Alta Lucille Jordan
1908–1970
Lilas Irene Jordan
1912–1987

Sources (32)

  • C D Jordan, "Iowa State Census, 1925"
  • Chas D Jordan, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
  • Chas D Jordan in entry for Ester Jordan, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"

World Events (8)

1859

Photo of Established date of 1859.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

English, German, French (mainly Alsace and Haute-Savoie), Polish, Czech, and Slovenian; Spanish and Hungarian (Jordán): from the Christian personal name or nickname Jordan. This is taken from the name of the river Jordan (Hebrew Yarden, a derivative of yarad ‘to go down’, i.e. to the Dead Sea). At the time of the Crusades it was a common practice for crusaders and pilgrims to bring back flasks of water from the river in which John the Baptist had baptized people, including Christ himself, and to use it in the christening of their own children. As a result Jordan became quite a common personal name.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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