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Alexander Gordon

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Alexander Gordon

Birth
Bellie, Moray, Scotland
Death
27 Apr 1921 (aged 82)
Woodville, Tararua District, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand
Burial
Woodville, Tararua District, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand Add to Map
Plot
43, Block 14
Memorial ID
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Son of James Gordon (1809-1893) & Helen Jack (1804-1887)
He married Ann Lawrence Smith in Tuapeka, Otago in 1866
their known children
1867 - 1905 Alexander Lawrence Gordon
1870 - 1967 Mary Gordon
1872 - James Gordon
1877 - Annie Gordon
1878 - Maud Gordon
1878 - 1963 George Lawrence Gordon
1881 - Helen Gordon

Manawatu Times, 20 April 1921
The death occurred on Thursday of an old resident of the Woodville district in the person of Mr Alexander Gordon. The deceased, who was eighty-two years of age, was born in Banffshire, Scotland in 1839 and came to New Zealand in 1865. He resided in Otago for a number of years, going to Woodville in 1883 to do special work in connection with the building of the Ngawapurua bridge and had lived in the district ever since.
Son of James Gordon (1809-1893) & Helen Jack (1804-1887)
He married Ann Lawrence Smith in Tuapeka, Otago in 1866
their known children
1867 - 1905 Alexander Lawrence Gordon
1870 - 1967 Mary Gordon
1872 - James Gordon
1877 - Annie Gordon
1878 - Maud Gordon
1878 - 1963 George Lawrence Gordon
1881 - Helen Gordon

Manawatu Times, 20 April 1921
The death occurred on Thursday of an old resident of the Woodville district in the person of Mr Alexander Gordon. The deceased, who was eighty-two years of age, was born in Banffshire, Scotland in 1839 and came to New Zealand in 1865. He resided in Otago for a number of years, going to Woodville in 1883 to do special work in connection with the building of the Ngawapurua bridge and had lived in the district ever since.

Inscription

In Loving Memory Of
ALEXANDER
Beloved Husband Of
ANN GORDON
Died April 27 1921
~ Also ~
ANN GORDON
Wife Of The Above
Who Died July 3 1929
Aged 82 Years
"Until The Day break And The Shadows Flee Away"

Gravesite Details

Funeral Director: E R Grinlinton
Funeral Officiator: Rev Gardiner



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  • Added: Apr 2, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35451312/alexander-gordon: accessed ), memorial page for Alexander Gordon (25 Apr 1839–27 Apr 1921), Find a Grave Memorial ID 35451312, citing Old Gorge Cemetery, Woodville, Tararua District, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand; Maintained by pkg (contributor 46968786).