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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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 1902 - 1967 (65 years)
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| Name |
Alexander Campbell Duff GORDON |
| Nickname |
Alec or Duff |
| Born |
14 Jun 1902 |
Hobart, Tasmania  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| General event |
Biography : Alexander's mother died at the time of his birth and his father went to the USA a few months later.
He was bought up by his paternal grandparents Alexander & Annie.
He moved to the USA as a young adult.
He married Francis Bilhemer and they had one child, also called Alexander Duff. |
| Immigration |
Migration : He moved to the USA as a young adult. |
| Died |
Oct 1967 [1] |
| Person ID |
I408 |
Alexander & Jessie |
| Last Modified |
20 Jul 2019 |
| Father |
Coningsby Matheson GORDON, b. 16 Jan 1876, Alma Plains, SA, Australia , d. 29 Jul 1957 (Age 81 years) |
| Mother |
Helen DUFF, b. 1873, Scotland , d. 22 Jun 1902 (Age 29 years) |
| Married |
26 Jun 1901 |
Launceston, Tas [1] |
| Wedding |
Wedding officiated by CT Nixon, evangelist. |
| Family ID |
F141 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Photos
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 | Nathalie, Evelyn, Eva, Annie, young Alex, & Jessie (Albyn in tree)
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 | Alex Duff Gordon
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 | Eva, Nathalie, Jessie, Evelyn, Annie & little Alex
In the garden on the east side of the Watulunga homestead. |
 | Alexander, little Alex & Coningsby
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 | Coningsby, Alex & Giff - in USA about 1950
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| Our places |
 | Life at Watulunga
Watulunga was about 5 kms from the village of Finniss. The home was constructed of stone. It had 12 rooms - all warmed by 5 fireplaces - and a long passageway. It stood on a rise above the Finniss River and overlooked a large lagoon. It has been demolished.
Alex managed this property after 1893.
Annie said that the Watulunga years were the happiest of her life.
The young people were always welcome in the large home where there was much family entertainment.
Old Pantoni demonstrating his fire skills. He was probably a workman at Watulunga.
Alexander Campbell Duff Gordon is the little boy in three photos - in front of the women near the homestead, sitting on the wheatbags, and sitting on the hay cart. |
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| Sources |
- [S67] 'The Gordons' by Nathalie Semmler & Colin Semmler, 1997, page 10.
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