Eliza Jane Wilson
(1839-1903)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Montgomery Gordon

Eliza Jane Wilson 1 2

  • Born: 18 Sep 1839, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA 1 2
  • Marriage (1): Montgomery Gordon
  • Died: 11 Jan 1903, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA at age 63 2
  • Buried: Imperial: Valley Cemetery, Allegheny, PA 2

   FamilySearch ID: 9S73-YN6.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1880 in Grant Township, Clark, Missouri, USA. 3 The 1880 census recorded Montgomery Gordon, farmer, 44, living with wife Eliza J., 40; William J., works on farm, 18; Olive M., 13; Georgiana, 9; Bertha, 6; and Lawrence G., 2. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania except Georgiana and Bertha in Missouri.

2. Residence: 6105 Rodman St. 19th Ward in Pittsburgh on 6 May 1895 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. 4

3. Obituary: Pittsburgh Press: obituary of Eliza Jane Gordon on 13 Jan 1903 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. 5 Mrs. Eliza Jane Gordon, 63 years old, Is dead at her home, 5822 Broad street, after a lingering illness. Mrs. Gordan was born in Pittsburg. She was married to Montgomery Gordon, who died seven years ago. For 25 years after her marriage she resided in Athens, Mo., returning to this city several years ago. She is survived by five children -- W. J., Mrs. Olive M. Scott, Mrs. Jennie McKee, Mrs. Bertha McMichael, of Imperial, Pa., and Miss Florence Gordon.


Eliza married Montgomery Gordon. (Montgomery Gordon was born on 13 Feb 1835 in Robinson, Washington, PA, United States,1 4 5 6 died on 6 May 1895 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA 5 6 and was buried on 9 May 1895 in Imperial: Valley Cemetery, Allegheny, PA 5 6.)


Sources


1 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 37384. William J. Gordon. Father Montgomery Gordon. Mother Eliza Jane Wilson. Spouse Mary Beecher.

2 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=97687087.

3 1880 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M66P-F2Y William J. Gordon Grant Township, Clark, MO.

4 Ancestry.com, "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., Deaths, 1870-1905," https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/109652091/person/270075170067/hints Montgomery Gordon died 6 May 1895 in Pittsburgh, PA.

5 Pittsburgh Press (Pittsburgh, PA), 13 Jan 1903, page 15. Obituary of Eliza Jane Gordon.

6 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=97687872.



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