Donald GORDON

- 1870

• Name	Donald GORDON
  Gender	Male
  General event	* Eliza's father, John, died in 1869. The informant for John's death record was 'Donald Gordon, grandchild, Brahan Lodge'. Could this Donald be Elizabeth's husband? Or another Donald. * Eliza's husband was John's son-in-law, NOT grandchild. This is unlikely to a clerical error becuase Donald was the informant so he was unlikely to be mistaken about his own relationship with John. * Who were John's and Lizzy's grandchildren? - ie their children's children. As far as we know, they had 9 children:- * Hugh: We know nothing about his life. There are no indications that he had ongoing connections with the family. Maybe he died early, or never married or had children. * Ann: She never married or had any children. * Alexander: He migrated to Australia in 1854. He had 6 children and ONE WAS NAMED DONALD - he was born in 1856. He would have been just 13 years old and living in Australia when his grandfather, John died in 1869. So this Donald was not the grandchild. * David: He migrated to Australia in 1852. He had children but none named Donnald * Margaret: She never married or had any children. * James Murray (the first): He died as a child. * James Murray (the second): We have no indications that he marreied or had any children. He died in 1873, aged 45 years. His death was mentioned on John's gravestone without referance to a spouse so it seems that he was not married. * John (jnr) As Hugh, we have no information about him * Elizabeth (Eliza): She had daughters born in 1862 and 1866. Even if she had a son and called him Donald, he would have been too young to be the informant in 1869. * CONCLUSION: ????
  Died	About 1870
  	Donald would have been living in 1869 (if he was the informant for the death of his father-in-law, John) but might have died around 1870 because his wife is recorded as a widow in the 1871 census.
  Person ID	I346	Alexander & Jessie
  Last Modified	12 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth ('Eliza') GORDON,   b. 11 Jul 1834, Contin, Scotland, UK
  Wedding	We have the interesting situation where Elizabeth married someone with the same Gordon surname - and this is what her mother did. That is, two generations of Elizabeth Gordon marrying a Mr Gordon. This might not indicate in-breeding as Gordon was possibly a common surname in that area even though it was Munro and McKenzie country.
  Children	1. Flora GORDON,   b. 1862, Inverness, Pilly??,Scotland, UK   2. Ann GORDON,   b. 1866
  Last Modified	9 Apr 2019
  Family ID	F116	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Census 1861 - Gordon household - Brahan Ferry in parish of Urray * John Gordon, head, 65 yrs [c1796], gardener, born in Knockbain * Elizabeth Gordon, wife, 67 yrs [c1794], born in Dries?? * Donald Gordon, son-in-law, 29 yrs [c1832], labour agriculture, born Killatlity * Elizabeth Gordon, daughter, 26 yrs [c1835], wife of lab ag, born Contin.