Anne Gordge

Brief Life History of Anne

When Anne Gordge was born on 30 May 1849, in Hindmarsh, South Australia, Australia, her father, Samuel Gordge, was 31 and her mother, Merab Hancock, was 29. She married John Doyle Lee on 10 June 1865, in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She immigrated to Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia in 1854 and lived in Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 4 April 1923, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Doyle Lee
1812–1877
Anne Gordge
1849–1923
Marriage: 10 June 1865
Samuel James Lee
1867–1937
Merab Emma Lee
1868–1945
Albert Doyle Lee
1870–1921

Sources (37)

  • Ann G Phillips, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Oregon, U.S., County Births and Deaths, 1855-1970
  • Idaho, U.S., Marriage Records, 1863-1971

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World Events (8)

1853

The Provo City Cemetery was dedicated in 1853.

1863

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

1870

British troops withdraw from Australia.

Name Meaning

Norman, English: nickname from Middle English gorge, corge ‘throat’, Old French gorge, probably in at least some cases a reduced form of Middle English gorgerer, Old French gorg(i)ere, an occupational term for a maker of gorgers or gorgets, armour for the throat (compare Simon Gorget, 1327 in Subsidy Rolls (Cambs)), and possibly also for a maker of cloths or wimples for covering the neck and bosom, Middle English gorger.

Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016

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