Jacob Leslie Jordan

Brief Life History of Jacob Leslie

When Jacob Leslie Jordan was born on 6 December 1888, in Melanson, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada, his father, James Thomas Jordan, was 45 and his mother, Joanna Mahar, was 40. He married Lila Mary Brewster on 13 December 1913, in Wolfville, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada for about 2 years. He died on 30 May 1977, in Melanson, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 88, and was buried in Gaspereau, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Family Time Line

Jacob Leslie Jordan
1888–1977
Lila Mary Brewster
1893–1944
Marriage: 13 December 1913
David Leslie Jordan
1919–1987
Annie Jordan
Auston Jordan
Bessie Jordan
Winton Jordan
Daniel Charles Jordan
1923–1999
Gertrude Jean Jordan
1925–1991
Walter Henry Jordan
1928–2002
Florence Johanna Jordan
1930–1994
Maurice Jordan
1935–1973
Wiley Grant Jordan
1935–2002
Velma Carol Jordan
1937–2020

Sources (5)

  • Jacob Jordan in household of James Jordan, "Canada Census, 1901"
  • Jacob Leslie Jordan, "Nova Scotia Marriages, 1907-1932"
  • Jacob L. Jordan, "Nova Scotia Vital Records, 1763-1957"

World Events (6)

1909 · First Canadian Flight

The Silver Dart was the first recorded flight in Canada. It took off from Baddeck, Nova Scotia, on February 23, 1909, and was piloted by John Alexander Douglas McCurdy.

1921 · Racing Schooner Launched

The Bluenose racing schooner was launched on March 26, 1921, in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. It was evident that the ship was nothing like other ships that had been launched.

1945 · HMCS Esquimalt Torpedoed

On April 16, 1945, the HMCS Esquimalt was torpedoed by German U-Boats. Thirty-nine men died, some due to the attack others to exposure to cold. Those that survived were rescued by the Sarnia.

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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