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Your connection with Scotland in the 1700s, and with pioneers in South Australia in the late 1800s
Jessie & Alexander GORDON - family tree & stories
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 1894 - 1977 (83 years)
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| Name |
Albyn Huntley Dunallen GORDON |
| Nickname |
Allen |
| Born |
26 Feb 1894 |
Point Sturt, SA, Australia  |
- Check if 1893 rather than 1894.
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| Gender |
Male |
| General event |
BIOGRAPHY : From page 59 in 'The Gordons' by Natalie & Colin Semmler. This book can be seen in Stories on the left side of the home page.
Allan, as he was known, was born at Point Sturt on 26.2.1893.
He was about three years old when the family moved to "Watulunga" station, where he attended school at Finnis.
Allan lived and worked on "Watulunga" until he was eighteen years old, when he moved with his father and three brothers to the newly selected block "Glengarrie", in the Mantung district. He would have been helping the clearing of the mallee country.
About eleven years later, he left for a time and worked as a farm-hand at Quambatook, in northern Victoria. He became a life-long friend of his boss, Mr Jim Mann, and with Jim's son, Bruce.
Allan returned to "Glengarrie" when his father, Alexander, became ill in 1925 and helped his brother, Ron, with farm work. After Alexander's death the farm was sold and Allan and Ron, along with their mother and sister, moved to Adelaide.
In early 1927, Allan married Elva Davidson, nee Scott. Elva was connected to some of the Gordon family by marriage. The couple took a travelling honeymoon in their old 'Dodge Tourer', to visit Athol and Margaret Gordon who had just settled at "Glenora", Moombooldool, near Barellan, NSW. Allan elected to stay to help his brother, so he and Elva moved into a two-roomed mud brick cottage, with a "lean-to" which was turned into a kitchen. They lived there until Allan bought a "Fordson" tractor and went on a share-farming venture, which meant a change of residence.
After six years in N.S.W. Allan sold his farm machinery. They returned to South Australia and lived for a time at Cherryville, before Allan secured a permanent job in a paint factory. They bought a home in Blackwood (in the Adelaide Hills). Here they remained until moving to a retirement village at Rostrevor, where they lived for the remainder of their lives.
Allan was very fond of children and was loved by his nieces and nephews who were fortunate enough to have contact with their uncle, or "Unks" as he was fondly known.
Allan died in 1977. He was cremated, his ashes being scattered in the garden of his niece Barbara Robertson
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| Died |
12 Sep 1977 |
| Buried |
Dawes Road, Adelaide, SA, Australia |
- Cremated at Dawes Point and ashes scattered in Barbara Robertson's garden at 4 Douglas Millswood, SA
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| Person ID |
I114 |
Alexander & Jessie |
| Last Modified |
27 Jun 2018 |
| Father |
Alexander (jnr) GORDON, b. 4 Apr 1852, Larbert, Stirling, Scotland, UK , d. 21 Apr 1925, Wxx Laurences Private Hospital, Wakefield St, Hindmarsh West, Adelaide (Age 73 years) |
| Mother |
Annie SALTMARSH, b. 28 Oct 1853, Bugle Ranges via Hahndorf, SA, Australia , d. 4 Nov 1932 (Age 79 years) |
| Married |
31 Mar 1875 |
Christian Chapel, Groote St, Adelaide, SA, Australia |
- They might have been married in 1876 rather than 1875.
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| Children |
As well as their own 11 children, they also raised Alexander Duff Gordon whose mother died in an accident soon after he was born and his father, Coningsby, went to America. Baby Alexander was Alexander's and Annie's first grandchild - he was born in 1902, just 8 years after their youngest child |
| Residence |
Annie and Alexander farmed around the Strathalbyn district. They lived at 'Watulunga'. |
| Wedding |
Wedding : Alexander and Annie were married on 31st March 1875 at the Christian Chapel in Grote St, Adelaide.
The witnesses on the marriage certificate were Mary McGREGOR of Alma, Henry SALTMARSH of Lake Plains, and Robert D LAWRIE of Alma.
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| Family ID |
F36 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S67] 'The Gordons' by Nathalie Semmler & Colin Semmler, 1997, Page 35.
- [S84] Colin Semmler, Email on 10th Sept 2018.
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