Brief Life History of Harl Eugene
When Harl Eugene Gordon was born on 9 February 1903, in Garfield Township, Montgomery, Iowa, United States, his father, Lester Eugene Gordon, was 22 and his mother, Myrtle Florence Dilley, was 21. He married Isabelle Sigrid Nicholson on 6 October 1926, in Cook, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States for about 5 years and American Judicial Township, Sacramento, California, United States in 1940. He died on 13 April 1957, in Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in East Lawn Memorial Park, Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States.
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- Harl E Gordon, "Iowa State Census, 1915"
- Harle Eugene Gordon, "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935"
- Harl E Gordon, "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920"
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World Events (8)
1905 · The Industrial Workers of the World
The Industrial Workers of the World was founded after a convention was held by radical trade unionists from all over the United States who opposed the policies of the American Federation of Labor. The IWW opposed the American Federation of Labor's acceptance of capitalism and its refusal to include unskilled workers in craft unions. The convention took place on June 24 and was referred by the workers as the Industrial Congress or the Industrial Union Convention. The IWW aimed to promote worker solidarity in the revolutionary struggle to overthrow the employing class.
1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
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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