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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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 1854 - 1914 (59 years)
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| Name |
Catherine Gillon 'Kitty' GORDON |
| Nickname |
Kitty |
| Born |
8 Apr1854 |
Larbert, Stirling, Scotland, UK  [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Related website |
STOP! Do not enter any details on this profile (except name, birth, parents, and the name of his second wife, Catherine 'Kitty' Gordon).
Full details of James and Kitty are on the WAY website - www.samuelway.info.DO NOT ADD ANY DETAILS HERE. This website has details of Kitty's siblings, parents and grandparents - but NOT herself and children which is on www.samuelway.info. |
| Died |
4 May 1914 |
'Montefiore', North Adelaide, SA, Australia [3] |
| Buried |
West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, SA, Australia |
| Person ID |
I5 |
Alexander & Jessie |
| Last Modified |
18 Jun 2019 |
| Father |
Alexander GORDON, b. 19 Feb 1822, d. 5 Sep 1895, 'Beaufort', Belvidere, SA, Australia (Age 73 years) |
| Relationship |
Birth |
| Mother |
Jessie MacKinzie Kennady MATHESON, b. 17 Apr 1823, Inverness, Scotland, UK , d. 12 Jun 1866, Lake Plains, SA, Australia (Age 43 years) |
| Relationship |
Birth |
| Married |
18 Feb 1850 |
Kirkhill, Scotland, UK |
| Wedding |
18 Feb 1850 |
Kirkhill |
| OPR marriages 103/0020 0133 - Kirkhill on 18th February 1850: "Married of this date Alexander Gordon Brahan Parrish of Urray to Jessie Matheson Inchberry Parish of Kirkhill witness Alex Fraser? esq Inchberry and Alex Douglas schoolmaster Keswick?" |
| Family ID |
F2 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Father |
Donald GOLLAN, b. 11 Jan 1815, Inverness, Scotland, UK , d. 25 Feb 1888, Belvidere Farm, Point Sturt, SA, Australia (Age 73 years) |
| Relationship |
Adopted |
| Mother |
Catherine MATHESON, b. 17 Apr 1812, Inverness , d. 13 Jun 1896, Strathalbyn, SA, Australia (Age 84 years) |
| Relationship |
Adopted |
| Married |
11 Jan 1839 |
Kirkhill, Scotland, UK |
| Children |
Children : Catherine and Donald did not have any children themselves but 'adopted' Kitty Gordon. |
| Family ID |
F54 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
William Archibald Sinclair 'Billy' BLUE, b. 10 Jan 1846 |
| Married |
24 Oct 1872 |
Residence of Donald Gollan in Point Sturt, SA |
| Wedding |
24 Oct 1872 |
Point Sturt |
24th October 1872 at the residence of Donald Gollan in Point Sturt by Rev. F. Slaney Pooie, B.A (ref : Australian Marriage Index ? Strathalbyn, page 158 vol 93 and Southern Argus, Port Elliot, on 1 November 1872 p 2 Family Notices)
Kitty was 18 years old and Billy was 26 years old. |
| Wedding |
24 Oct 1872 |
Point Sturt |
24th October 1872 at the residence of Donald Gollan in Point Sturt by Rev. F. Slaney Pooie, B.A (ref : Australian Marriage Index ? Strathalbyn, page 158 vol 93 and Southern Argus, Port Elliot, on 1 November 1872 p 2 Family Notices)
Kitty was 18 years old and Billy was 26 years old. |
| Children |
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| Last Modified |
3 Sep 2016 |
| Family ID |
F37 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Photos |
 | Angus Plains school
Alexander, Donald, John, Catherine, Hugh & Maggie might have attended this school as there was probably not a school at Belvidere. |
| Stories |
 | 2.20 - Tales of Two Women
Sir Samuel Way was a prominent figure in the colony of South Australia as it became part of the new Commonwealth of Australia. The two women were with him at different stages of his career and they had very different experiences with him. Firstly, his secret relationship with Susannah Gooding and their five children, while his career was rapidly growing. And then the public adoration of his relationship with Kitty Gordon at the peak of his career at the very centre of Adelaide high society.
(Biography by Don Gordon - updated June 2019)
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| Sources |
- [S3] Family search, MM9.1.1/XT2F-7Z9, 2:1VZRM3, FHL microfilm 1041953.
Family search MM9.1.1/XT2F-7Z9, 2:1VZRM3, FHL microfilm 1041953
- [S11] Old Parochial Register, OPR 485/00 0020 0319 Larbert.
- [S25] Australian Death Index, vol 383, page 478 .
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