William Johnston Gordon 
William Johnston was born on July 3rd, 1871.Birth Notes
DoB from Online BIVRI.
Civil Birth Record
Name: William Gordon Date of Birth: 03-Jul-1871
Registration Date:
Address: Lislea Parish/District: KILREA
Gender: Male County Co. Derry
Denomination: Registrar District
Father: Thomas Gordon Mother: Anne Burnside
Occupation: Farmer
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1: Thomas Gordon
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Death Notes
Name WILLIAM GORDON
Year of Death 1919
Group Registration ID 5737513
SR District/Reg Area Coleraine
Deceased Age at Death 48
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Married farmer of Lislea, aged 48. killed when he fell off his bike "on a steep hill in Kilrea".
Title : Mr Date of Death : 24 September 1919
Surname : Gordon Date of Grant : 19 January 1920
Forename : William Johnston Reseal Date :
Registry : Londonderry Effects : Effects: £231
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Full Abstract :
Administration of the Estate of the late William Johnston Gordon, Lislea, Co. Londonderry, Farmer, who died 24 September 1919, granted at Londonderry 19 January 1920 to Elizabeth Gordon, the widow. Effects: £231.
Title : Mr Date of Death : 24 September 1919
Surname : Gordon Date of Grant : 22 July 1921
Forename : William Johnston Reseal Date :
Registry : Londonderry Effects : Effects: £239 0s 0d
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Administration of the Estate of the late William Johnston Gordon, Lislea, Co. Londonderry, Farmer, who died 24 September 1919, granted at Londonderry 22 July 1921 to Robert Gordon, Farmer, the brother. Effects: £239 0s 0d.
General Notes
Source: father's will. Also in 1st Kilrea.
1901 Census:
Residents of a house 53 in Lislea (Tamlaght, Londonderry)
Surname Forename Age Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Literacy Irish Language Marital Status Specified Illnesses
Gordon Thomas 74 Male Head of Family Presbyterian Co Derry Farmer Can read and write English Married -
Gordon Ann 63 Female Wife Presbyterian Co Derry Assistant Can read and write English Married -
Gordon Johnston 26 Male Son Presbyterian Co Derry Works on Farm Can read and write English Not Married -
Gordon James 22 Male Son Presbyterian Co Derry Works on Farm Can read English Not Married -
Gordon Thomas 24 Male Son Presbyterian Co Derry Carpenter Can read and write English Not Married -
Nelson James 12 Male Adopted Presbyterian Co Derry Scholar Can read and write English Not Married -
1911 Census:
Residents of a house 42 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 Nancy 73 Female Head of Family Presbyterian Co Derry Farmer Read and write - Widow - 48 11 6
Gordon Wm Johnson 39 Male Son Presbyterian Co Derry Farmers Son Read and write - Single - - - -
Gordon Jas Burnside 53 Male Son Presbyterian Co Derry Farmers Son Read and write - - - - - -
Diamond Margarette 69 Female Servant Roman Catholic Co Derry Domestic Servant Cannot read - Single - - - -
Nelson Jas 23 Male Servant Presbyterian Co Derry Farm Labourer Read and write - Single - -
GVRBs:
- George is scored out of Plot 37 to "John (Hill)" in 1870; John is scored out to George in 1872; George is scored out to Thomas in 1874. I have no idea who John and George are but Thomas is his son.
- Thomas is scored out to Annie in 1904. Annie is his wife, Ann "Nancy" Burnside, who gets the farm in his will.
- Annie is scored out to W. J in 1918; W.J is scored out to "Elizth" in 1921; Elizth is scored out to Robert in 1923, who held Plot 37 until the end of the book in 1929. This all fits. Annie died in 1916. W.J is his son, William Johnston, who was killed when he fell off his bicycle in Kilrea in 1919. He was married at the time but I cannot find his marriage to see if he had married an "Elizth". And I do not know who Robert was but W. J would not have had a son old enough to take over in 1923. Did his brother, Robert, come back from America?
There is something very odd here. "Johnston Gordon", aged 26, single, lives with his mother, Ann, in the 1901 Census. And "William Johnston", aged 39, single, lives with his mother, Nancy, in the 1911 Census. But in 1906 and 1909, Eveline Amelia Gordon was born to William Johnston Gordon and Annie Elizabeth Gordon, formerly Gamble and in 1909 Annie Ethel Gordon was born to Johnston Gordon and Annie Elizabeth Gordon, formerly Gamble. However, Annie Elizabeth Gordon, married 5 years with 2/2 children alive, Eveline Amelia and Annie Ethel Gordon, all live with Annie Elizabeth's mother, ???? Gamble in Lislea in the 1911 Census, no sign of William Johnston. He must have left his wife, gone back to his mother, amd given his staus as single. I have not been able to find a marriage for William Johnston Gordon and Annie Elizabeth Gamble. They go on and have three more children, the last in 1919. William Johnston Gordon is killed in a bicycle accident in Kilrea in 1919. In his will, the original probate goes to Elizabeth Goirdon in 1920 but there is another probate decision in 1921 and probate goes to Robert Gordon, again suggesting an estrangement between William Johnston Gordon and Annie Elizabeth Gamble Gordon.
Details of William Johnston's family with Annie Elizabeth Gamble
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