• General Notes

  This man inherited Tommy Gordon's farm, The Maine, in Lislea, even though he was only a cousin to Tommy through the Coulters not the Gordons. Source: Margaret Turner. His daughter Elma still lives there.
  
  1911 Census:
  Residents of a house 43 in Lislea (Tamlaght, Londonderry)
  Surname    Forename    Age    Sex    Relation to head    Religion    Birthplace    Occupation    Literacy    Irish Language    Marital Status    Specified Illnesses    Years Married    Children Born    Children Living
  Gordon    John    86    Male    Head of Family    Presbyterian    Co Derry    Farmer    Read and write    -    Single    -    -    -    -
  Gordon    Isabella    83    Female    Sister    Presbyterian    Co Derry    -    Read and write    -    Single    -    -    -    -
  Gordon    John    36    Male    Cousin    Presbyterian    Co Derry    Farm Labourer    Read and write    -    Married    -    -    -    -
  Gordon    Elizabeth    36    Female    Cousin    Presbyterian    Co Antrim    -    Read and write    -    Married    -    12    7    6
  Gordon    Robert J    11    Male    Cousin    Presbyterian    Co Derry    Scholar    Read and write    -    Single    -    -    -    -
  Gordon    Annie    9    Female    Cousin    Presbyterian    Co Derry    Scholar    Read and write    -    Single    -    -    -    -
  Gordon    Thomas Hugh    7    Male    Cousin    Presbyterian    Co Derry    Scholar    Read and write    -    Single    -    -    -    -
  Gordon    Jannie Elizabeth    7    Female    Cousin    Presbyterian    Co Derry    Scholar    Read and write    -    Single    -    -    -    -
  Gordon    Maggie    4    Female    Cousin    Presbyterian    Co Derry    Scholar    Read and write    -    Single    -    -    -    -
  Gordon    William J    11 (means months)    Male    Cousin    Presbyterian    Co Derry    -    -    -    Single    -    -    -    -
  Nicholl    William    25    Male    Servant    Church of Ireland    Co Derry    Farm Labourer    Read and write    -    Single    -
  

Details of William James (Bill)'s family with Ellen McCowan