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Arthur Franklin Gordon 1922 – 2005 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 13 Apr 1922

Birth Location: Deshler, Ohio

Death Date: 23 Aug 2005

Death Location: Taylors, South Carolina, USA

Father: Mary Lafountain

Mother: Lawrence Gordon

Spouse(s): Adeline Okuley

Children(s): James Gordon, Roger Gordon, Dennis Gordon, Mary Gordon, Suzanne Gordon

According to available records, Arthur Franklin Gordon was born in 1922 in Deshler, Ohio, the child of Mary Idella Lafountain and Lawrence Aloysius Gordon. Following those early years, Arthur Franklin Gordon married Adeline Caroline Okuley, and their family grew to include James Gordon, Roger A. Gordon, Dennis Gordon, Mary Gordon and Suzanne Gordon. In the later years of life, Arthur Franklin Gordon died in 2005 in Taylors, South Carolina, USA.

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Parents

Mary Lafountain
1893 – 1972
Birth Location: Fostoria, Seneca, Ohio
ML
Lawrence Gordon
1892 – 1942
Birth Location: Armington, Tazewell County, Illinois, United States of America
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Spouses(s)

Adeline Okuley
1916 – 2003
Birth Location: North Creek, Ohio, USA
AO

Children(s)

James Gordon
Birth Location: –
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Roger Gordon
Birth Location: –
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Dennis Gordon
Birth Location: –
DG
Mary Gordon
Birth Location: –
MG
Suzanne Gordon
Birth Location: –
SG

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 13 Apr 1922
    Event Place: Deshler, Ohio
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 1944
    Event Place: Miami, Fla.
    Record Source: U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, The Greenville News; Publication Date: 25 Aug 2005; Publication Place: Greenville, South Carolina, United States of America; ,0.42979708

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1930
    Event Place: Deshler, Deshler, Henry, Ohio, USA
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Deshler, Henry, Ohio; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 0001; FHL microfilm: 2341555

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1935
    Event Place: Deshler, Henry, Ohio
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Deshler, Henry, Ohio; Roll: m-t0627-03084; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 35-1

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1940
    Event Place: Bartlow Township, Deshler, Henry, Ohio, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Deshler, Henry, Ohio; Roll: m-t0627-03084; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 35-1

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: Before 1951
    Event Place: Ohio
    Record Source: U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1955
    Event Place: Midland, Michigan, USA
    Record Source: U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 23 Aug 2005
    Event Place: Simpsonville, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
    Record Source: Findagrave, Arthur Franklin Gordon 23 Aug 2005

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 2005-08-25
    Event Place: Greenville, South Carolina
    Record Source: Newspapers.com - The Greenville News - 2005-08-25 - Page 22, Obituary for Arthur Franklin Gordon (Aged 83) Part 1 2005-08-25

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 2005-08-25
    Event Place: Greenville, South Carolina
    Record Source: Newspapers.com - The Greenville News - 2005-08-25 - Page 22, Obituary for Arthur Franklin Gordon Part 2 2005-08-25

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 25 Aug 2005
    Event Place: Greenville, South Carolina
    Record Source: Newspapers.com - The Greenville News - 25 Aug 2005 - Page 22, Arthur Franklin Gordon Obit Photo 25 Aug 2005

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Deshler, Henry, Ohio
    Record Source: U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards for Ohio, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 526

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Seneca, South Carolina, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Taylors
    Record Source: U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, The Greenville News; Publication Date: 25 Aug 2005; Publication Place: Greenville, South Carolina, United States of America; ,0.42979708

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Taylors, S.C.
    Record Source: U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current, Crescent-News, The; Publication Place: Defiance, Ohio, USA

    Genealogy Event 16
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 23 Aug 2005
    Event Place: Taylors, South Carolina, USA
    Record Source: Ohio, U.S., Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Obituary Index, 1810s-2016, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center; Spiegel Grove, Fremont, Ohio; Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Ohio Obituary Index, 1830s to 2011

    Genealogy Event 17
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Simpsonville, Greenville County, South Carolina, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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