William Gordon

1794 - 1864  (70 years)

• Name	William Gordon
  Birth	1794	Ballynahinch, Down, Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Death	19 Mar 1864	Kilmore, Down, Ireland   [1]
  	William Gordon  in the Ireland, Civil Registration Deaths Index, 1864-1958 Name: William Gordon Estimated birth year: abt 1796 Date of Registration: 1864 Death Age: 68 Registration district: Downpatrick Volume: 1 Page: 419 FHL Film Number: 101582 Historical Research Associates Glenn Cottage Glenmachan Road Belfast BT4 2 NP 4 Aug letter to Gordon L. Drollinger ... 19 March 1864 (date matches gravestone Crossgar) William Gordon aged 68 pensioner informant his wife Margaret Gordon ...
  Person ID	I2619	Drollinger Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 Mar 2024

  
  

  Father	George Gordon
  Family ID	F861	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Unknown,   b. UNKNOWN   d. UNKNOWN
  Children	1. Samuel Gordon,   b. 20 Apr 1820, County Down, Ireland d. UNKNOWN
  Family ID	F855	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2016

  
  

  Family 2	Margaret Jones,   b. 1817   d. 22 Jul 1884, Kilmore, Down, Ireland (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	11 Mar 1853	Lisburn Parish
  	Copy of marriage certificate giving bother father's names in possession of Gordon L. Drollinger
  Children	1. David Kerr Gordon,   b. 16 Feb 1857, County Down, Ireland d. 24 Oct 1928, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA (Age 71 years)   2. William Brown Gordon,   b. 24 Jun 1859, Kilmore, Down, Ireland d. 28 Sep 1921, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F856	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2020

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1794 - Ballynahinch, Down, Ireland Marriage - 11 Mar 1853 - Lisburn Parish Death - 19 Mar 1864 - Kilmore, Down, Ireland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Gordon with William's gravestone Crossgar, County Down, NI

  
  

• Notes

  William was listed as a pensioner on his death certificate which leads one to believe he had military service. No known service other than vague family tradition. Buried in Kilmore Presbyterian Graveyard which was once the Church of Ireland. The church was removed and the site is now occupied by a Presbyterian one. Stone inscribed The burying ground of William Gordon 1864. Wm Gordon  in the UK, Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Admissions and Discharges, 1715-1925 Name: Wm Gordon Pension Admission or Examination Age: 20 Birth Year: abt 1795 Birth Place: Machradroll, Down Pension Admission or Examination Date: 28 Nov 1815 Regiment: 89th Foot Wm Gordon  in the UK, Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Admissions and Discharges, 1715-1925 Name: Wm Gordon Pension Admission or Examination Age: 20 Birth Year: abt 1795 Birth Place: Machradroll, Down Pension Admission or Examination Date: 28 Nov 1815 Regiment: 89th Foot Bayonet wound right leg together slightly in the pit of the stomach. Leaving (sic) in the ankle by gunshot at Lake Erie. 89th (Princess Victoria's) Regiment of Foot Formed in 1793.The 2nd Battalion arrived in Kingston in October 1812  and was moved to York and then Fort George in July 1814. and fought at the battle of Lundy?s Lane, and other engagements.  In January 1815 it sailed for France. The 89th went abroad in 1835, and served in the Mediterranean, West Indies, and North America until 1847.

  
  

• Sources

  [S147] Death Certificate.