Dorothy Grace Gordon

Brief Life History of Dorothy Grace

When Dorothy Grace Gordon was born on 20 September 1914, in Ingram, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Gilbert Montgomery Gordon, was 34 and her mother, Sarah Jane Jones, was 36. She had at least 2 daughters with Daniel Andrew Sutch. She died in November 1994, in Charleston, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in First Scots Presbyterian Church, Charleston, South Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

Daniel Andrew Sutch
1916–2012
Dorothy Grace Gordon
1914–1994
Baby A Sutch
1946–1946
Baby B Sutch
1946–1946

Sources (6)

  • Dorothy Gordon in household of Gilbert M Gordon, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Dorothy Grace Gordon, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
  • Dorothy Grace Gordon Sutch, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"

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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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