Brief Life History of John Henry
When John Henry Gordon was born on 9 April 1870, in Illinois, United States, his father, John Gordon, was 20 and his mother, Josephine Holloway, was 19. He lived in Harrison Township, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States for about 20 years and Hewins, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States in 1940. He died on 30 July 1957, at the age of 87, and was buried in Osro Falls Cemetery, Hewins, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States.
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- Henry Gordon, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Henry J. GORDON Jr. - birth: about 1870; Illinois, United States
- John Henry Gordon, "Find A Grave Index"
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1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
1881
Historical Boundaries: 1881: Chautauqua, Kansas, United States
1893 · The World's Columbian Exposition
Also known as the Chicago World's Fair, The Exposition was held to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the New World. The centerpiece of the Fair was a large water pool that represented Columbus's voyage across the Atlantic to the Americas. The Fair had a profound effect on new architecture designs, sanitation advancement, and the arts. The Fairgrounds were given the nickname the White City due to its lavish paint and materials used to constuct it. Over 27 million people attended the fair during its six-month of operation. Among many of the invetions exhibited there was the first Ferris wheel built to rival the Eiffel Tower in France.
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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