(Jane ) Elizabeth Gordon

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(Jane ) Elizabeth was born on July 30th, 1890.

• Birth Notes

  Date of Birth from 1901 census.  She gave her age as 29 in the 1920 census in New York, and 39 in the 1930 census in Detroit.
  
  Civil Birth Record
  Name:    Jane Elizabeth Gordon    Date of Birth:    30-Jul-1890
           Registration Date:    1-Jan-0
  Address:    Lislea    Parish/District:    KILREA
  Gender:    Female    County    Co. Derry
  Denomination:    Registrar District
  Father:    James Gordon    Mother:    Jane Coulter
  Occupation:    Labourer    
  Sponsor 1 /
  Informant 1:    Mary McKay    Sponsor 2 /
  Informant 2:    
  Notes:
  INFORMANT IS RECORDED AS BEING THE CHILD'S AUNT
  

(Jane ) Elizabeth's father was James [1829-TheMeen,Plots20&21] Gordon and her mother was Jane Coulter.  Her paternal grandparents were John [1858-TheMeen,Plots20&21] Gordon and Agnes "Nancy" McCook; her maternal grandparents were Hugh Coulter and Margaret Ann Bellingham. She had five brothers and six sisters, named John, John, Thomas, Hugh, Hugh, Margaret Anne, "Annie", Mary, Essie Amelia, Martha and Sarah Matilda.  She was the sixth youngest of the twelve children.

• Death Notes

  Social Security Death Index about Elizabeth Gordon
  Name:    Elizabeth Gordon    
  SSN:    336-10-7429
  Last Residence:    49043  Covert, Van Buren, Michigan, United States of America
  Born:    12 Jun 1890
  Died:    May 1973
  State (Year) SSN issued:    Illinois (Before 1951)
  
  This cannot be right as her name was Matthies by her death.

• General Notes

  Margaret Turner says she went to America.
  
  Living in Lislea in 1901.
  
  Joanne McKay says, "My great aunt Margaret (McKay) Sanderson returned from a trip to Ireland in 1911 and with her was an Elizabeth Gordon, age 20, father Jas (James?) Gordon of Derry.  She was going to stay with her cousin William Sanderson (my great uncle) at 208 east 35th St. NY.  She was 5'8" tall, fair complexion, brown hair, blue eyes.  Birthplace Lislea, Ireland.  She probably married since there is no record in 1920 or 1930 census."  See Ellis Island Records, Ship's Manifest.
  
  Janelle Lawrence says she married a man called Wishart.
  
  BB has now found her in New York, married to Rudolf Wichart in the 1920 census and then in the 1930 census she is a widow living in Detroit, Michigan, where she is running a boarding house.
  
  Margaret Knox confirmed that letters arrived in Lislea from America with the return address of Wishart.
  
  1920 United States Federal Censusabout Elizabeth Wickart
  Name:    Elizabeth Wickart
  [Elizabeth Wichart]
  Age:    29
  Birth Year:    abt 1891
  Birthplace:    Ireland
  Home in 1920:    Manhattan Assembly District 14, New York, New York
  Race:    White
  Gender:    Female
  Immigration Year:    1911
  Relation to Head of House:    Wife
  Marital Status:    Married
  Spouse's Name:    Rudolf Wickart
  Father's Birthplace:    Ireland
  Mother's Birthplace:    Ireland
  Able to Read:    Yes
  Able to Write:    Yes
  Neighbors:    View others on page  Household Members:    Name    Age
  Rudolf Wickart
  31
  [81]
  Elizabeth Wickart
  29
  Gordon Wickart
  0
  [5/12]
  
  1930 United States Federal Censusabout Elizabeth Wichart
  Name:    Elizabeth Wichart
  [Elizabeth Wishart]
  Gender:    Female
  Birth Year:    abt 1891
  Birthplace:    Ireland
  Race:    White
  Home in 1930:    Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
  View Map Marital Status:    Widowed
  Immigration Year:    1911
  Relation to Head of House:    Head
  Father's Birthplace:    Ireland
  Mother's Birthplace:    Ireland
  Occupation:
  Education:
  Military Service:
  Rent/home value:
  Age at first marriage:
  Parents' birthplace:    
  View image Neighbors:    View others on page  Household Members:    Name    Age
  Elizabeth Wichart
  39
  Gordon Wichart
  11
  Rangwald Atkinson
  23
  Heins Handerson
  25
  Hobart Bogart
  33
  Francis Elliot
  24
  
  Widowed by 1930. 
  
  She had remarried a Henry Matthies by 1940 and Gordon was still living with her aged 20 as stepson of her husband:
  1940 United States Federal Census about Elizabeth Matthies
  Name:    Elizabeth Matthies
  Respondent:    Yes
  Age:    47
  Estimated Birth Year:    abt 1893
  Gender:    Female
  Race:    White
  Birthplace:    Northern Ireland
  Marital Status:    Married
  Relation to Head of House:    Wife
  Home in 1940:    Dearborn, Wayne, Michigan
  View Map
  Street:    Hartwell
  House Number:    6511
  Inferred Residence in 1935:    Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
  Residence in 1935:    Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
  Citizenship:    Naturalized
  Sheet Number:    16B
  Neighbors:    View others on page
  Household Members:    
  Name    Age
  Henry Matthies    38
  Elizabeth Matthies    47
  Carl Matthies    15
  Ilene Matthies    13
  Ronald Matthies    9
  Joyce Matthies    6
  Gorden Wichart    20
  
  I now have her marriage cert to Hanry Matthies in 1938.
  

Details of (Jane ) Elizabeth's family with Rudolf Wichart

Details of (Jane ) Elizabeth's family with Henry Matthies