Gordon Max Palmer was born in Princeton Indiana and the 1900 census shows the family lived at 153 Gibson Street. His father Max was a locomotive Engineer. Gordon was the oldest of 5 boys: Gordon, Willard, Bob, Darwin and Gene. The 1910 census shows they now lived at 1027 Gibson Street, Princeton IN. The 1920 census shows they moved to 2822 Hale Ave., Louisville, Kentucky, 100 miles east.
By 1930, Gordon's parents were divorced and he now was living with his mother and 3 brothers at 838 North Curson Avenue, Los Angeles (Hollywood) CA, a duplex which Edna owned.
In California, he worked various jobs including a movie extra, golf caddy, auto mechanic and settled into being a Studio Grip for the motion picture industry. One of the most notable locations was Egypt to work on the movie The Ten Commandments in the early 1950's.
In 1936, Gordon married Tully Joyce Hearn (1914-1977). They had met on a blind date. They lived in Hollywood, sharing the duplex with his mother, and then they moved to 935 East Tujunga Ave., Burbank to raise their three daughters, Patricia, Susan and Cathy.
His hobbies were golf, painting, auto mechanic and photography. Gordon was very creative and very handy and could fix just about anything!
One morning a couple of weeks before he died, Gordon was found in the bed but in a coma. The day before he was playing golf which was his usual pass time in his retired years. He was hospitalized in Burbank and passed away never coming out of a coma on January 17, 1976.
RIP Dad... we love and miss you!
UPDATE:
In 2020, the 400th anniversary year of the the Mayflower's 1620 arrival at Plymouth Rock, the Palmer family was thrilled to learn that Gorden and his siblings are direct descendants of Mayflower passengers John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley by way of their oldest of ten children, a daughter named Desire. The Howlands are Gordon's 9th Great-Grandparents.
By 1930, Gordon's parents were divorced and he now was living with his mother and 3 brothers at 838 North Curson Avenue, Los Angeles (Hollywood) CA, a duplex which Edna owned.
In California, he worked various jobs including a movie extra, golf caddy, auto mechanic and settled into being a Studio Grip for the motion picture industry. One of the most notable locations was Egypt to work on the movie The Ten Commandments in the early 1950's.
In 1936, Gordon married Tully Joyce Hearn (1914-1977). They had met on a blind date. They lived in Hollywood, sharing the duplex with his mother, and then they moved to 935 East Tujunga Ave., Burbank to raise their three daughters, Patricia, Susan and Cathy.
His hobbies were golf, painting, auto mechanic and photography. Gordon was very creative and very handy and could fix just about anything!
One morning a couple of weeks before he died, Gordon was found in the bed but in a coma. The day before he was playing golf which was his usual pass time in his retired years. He was hospitalized in Burbank and passed away never coming out of a coma on January 17, 1976.
RIP Dad... we love and miss you!
UPDATE:
In 2020, the 400th anniversary year of the the Mayflower's 1620 arrival at Plymouth Rock, the Palmer family was thrilled to learn that Gorden and his siblings are direct descendants of Mayflower passengers John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley by way of their oldest of ten children, a daughter named Desire. The Howlands are Gordon's 9th Great-Grandparents.
Gordon Max Palmer was born in Princeton Indiana and the 1900 census shows the family lived at 153 Gibson Street. His father Max was a locomotive Engineer. Gordon was the oldest of 5 boys: Gordon, Willard, Bob, Darwin and Gene. The 1910 census shows they now lived at 1027 Gibson Street, Princeton IN. The 1920 census shows they moved to 2822 Hale Ave., Louisville, Kentucky, 100 miles east.
By 1930, Gordon's parents were divorced and he now was living with his mother and 3 brothers at 838 North Curson Avenue, Los Angeles (Hollywood) CA, a duplex which Edna owned.
In California, he worked various jobs including a movie extra, golf caddy, auto mechanic and settled into being a Studio Grip for the motion picture industry. One of the most notable locations was Egypt to work on the movie The Ten Commandments in the early 1950's.
In 1936, Gordon married Tully Joyce Hearn (1914-1977). They had met on a blind date. They lived in Hollywood, sharing the duplex with his mother, and then they moved to 935 East Tujunga Ave., Burbank to raise their three daughters, Patricia, Susan and Cathy.
His hobbies were golf, painting, auto mechanic and photography. Gordon was very creative and very handy and could fix just about anything!
One morning a couple of weeks before he died, Gordon was found in the bed but in a coma. The day before he was playing golf which was his usual pass time in his retired years. He was hospitalized in Burbank and passed away never coming out of a coma on January 17, 1976.
RIP Dad... we love and miss you!
UPDATE:
In 2020, the 400th anniversary year of the the Mayflower's 1620 arrival at Plymouth Rock, the Palmer family was thrilled to learn that Gorden and his siblings are direct descendants of Mayflower passengers John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley by way of their oldest of ten children, a daughter named Desire. The Howlands are Gordon's 9th Great-Grandparents.
By 1930, Gordon's parents were divorced and he now was living with his mother and 3 brothers at 838 North Curson Avenue, Los Angeles (Hollywood) CA, a duplex which Edna owned.
In California, he worked various jobs including a movie extra, golf caddy, auto mechanic and settled into being a Studio Grip for the motion picture industry. One of the most notable locations was Egypt to work on the movie The Ten Commandments in the early 1950's.
In 1936, Gordon married Tully Joyce Hearn (1914-1977). They had met on a blind date. They lived in Hollywood, sharing the duplex with his mother, and then they moved to 935 East Tujunga Ave., Burbank to raise their three daughters, Patricia, Susan and Cathy.
His hobbies were golf, painting, auto mechanic and photography. Gordon was very creative and very handy and could fix just about anything!
One morning a couple of weeks before he died, Gordon was found in the bed but in a coma. The day before he was playing golf which was his usual pass time in his retired years. He was hospitalized in Burbank and passed away never coming out of a coma on January 17, 1976.
RIP Dad... we love and miss you!
UPDATE:
In 2020, the 400th anniversary year of the the Mayflower's 1620 arrival at Plymouth Rock, the Palmer family was thrilled to learn that Gorden and his siblings are direct descendants of Mayflower passengers John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley by way of their oldest of ten children, a daughter named Desire. The Howlands are Gordon's 9th Great-Grandparents.
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