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His parents names are unknown.  </div> <bR> <div> Robert was probably a farm labourer. by the 1830's Machines were taking over a lot of the jobs once done by manual labour. Robert, like many other young men at that time was forced to leave the village looking for work. Robert moved London looking for work. It was in London that he met  and later married Ellen coppin. They were married at All Saint's Church, Wandsworth, Middlesex on 1st January 1837. Ellen was born 1818 at Boston, Lincolnshire, the daughter of John Coppin and Frances (maiden name unknown). Robert and Ellen had eight children. Robert died some time before 1861, as according to the 1861 census, ellen is shown head of the house.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>CHARLES JOHN GORDON 1855-1930</b></div> <bR> <div> Charles John Gordon was born on 22nd January 1855, at 42 Roman Road, Bow, London in the county of Middlesex, England. The location of his birth, which was within the sound of Bow Bells making him a genuine “cockney”.</div> <bR> <div> Charles must have had some education, as he could both read and write. He probably started work quite young, at age ten or eleven, working as a boy labourer in one of the many printing or dying works in the Stepney area.</div> <bR> <div> Early in 1875 Charles decided to emigrate to Australia as an assisted migrant. He sailed from London on 6th March 1875, aboard the <I>“Tim Whiffler”</I> a ship of 1100 tons, under the command of Captain Cotter, arriving in Moreton Bay (Brisbane), Queensland on 16th June 1875.</div> <bR> <div> Shortly after his arrival Charles moved to Toowoomba. There he got a job as a butcher, a trade that he worked at for most of his working life.</div> <bR> <div> Shortly after his arrival Charles moved to Toowoomba. There he got a job as a butcher, a trade that he worked at for most of his working life.</div> <bR> <div> Charles married Mary Jane Charlton at St.Paul's Church in Ipswich, Queensland on the 24th July 1878. Mary Jane was born 29th December 1856, at Neutral Bay, Sydney, the daughter of James Charlton and Catherine <I>nee</I> Carter.</div> <bR> <div> Sometime between 1886 and 1890, Charles and Mary moved to Richmond in Victoria. About 1893 Charles bought a farm at Donnybrook, north of Melbourne.</div> <bR> <div> Charles was active in the community life of Donnybrook and Kalkallo. He was a member of the Kalkallo School Committee between 1905 and 1918. He was also a member of the Donnybrook Cemetery Trust, being elected as chairman on 21st August 1908; he remained a member of the trust until his death.</div> <bR> <div> Mary Jane died at Donnybrook 2nd October 1922. She is buried in the Donnybrook cemetery. Charles and Mary had nine children</div> <bR> <div> Charles married for a second time in 1923, to Nellie Furland at South Melbourne. There was no issue from this marriage.</div> <bR> <div> Charles died of prostate cancer at his home at 1 Florence Street, Brunswick on 13th July 1930. He was buried in the Fawkner cemetery on 14th July 1930.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>CHILDREN OF CHARLES AND MARY GORDON </b></div> <bR> <div> <U>Robert James 1879 - 1950</U></div> <bR> <div> Robert was born on 29th April 1879 in Toowoomba, Queensland. He received his education at the Kalkallo state school.</div> <bR> <div> After leaving school Robert got a job with the Victorian Railways, where he worked all his life.</div> <bR> <div> He married Wilhelmina Mary Keith at South Yarra in 1907. Wilhelmina was born 5th November 1886 at Eurambeen, Victoria, the daughter of Dugald John Keith and Elizabeth Susan nee Star. </div> <bR> <div> Robert died of Myocarditis (fatty degeneration of the heart) at his home at 15 Vine Street, Moonee Ponds on 31st August 1950. He was buried in the Fawkner cemetery on 1st sept 1950. Wilhelmina died of Bronchopneumonia in the Kew Mental Hospital on 12th July 1962. She was buried in the Donnybrook cemetery on 17th July 1962. Robert and Wilhelmina had nine children.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>CHILDREN OF ROBERT AND WILHELMINA GORDON</b></div> <div> <U> Robert Harold Percival 1906 - 1992</U></div> <bR> <div> Harold was born on 23rd July 1906. Died 1st September 1992. Occupation, Minister of religion. Nothing further is known.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <U>Isabella Jane 1908 - 1929</U></div> <bR> <div> Isabella was born on 25th June 1908 at Hotham Hill (North Melbourne). She married John Henchelwood Ryans at Northcote on 11th May 1929. Isabella died at Parkville on 18th June 1965. John died at Bentleigh in 1967. They had one child, John Robert Norman, born in 1938, died at Cheltenham in 1972. Nothing further is known of this family.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <U>Thomas Charlton 1911 - 1912</U></div> <bR> <div> Thomas was born at Donnybrook in January 1911. He died at Donnybrook 28th June 1912 and is buried at the Donnybrook Cemetery.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <U>William John 1912 - 1912</U></div> <bR> <div> William was born 9th May 1912 at Hotham West. He only lived a few hours, dying the same day.</div> <div> Charles Frederick 1913 - 1914</div> <bR> <div> Charles was born in October 1913 at Hotham West. Died 4th February 1914 at Donnybrook. He is buried in the Donnybrook cemetery.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <U>Emma May 1915-?</U></div> <bR> <div> Emma was born on 25th April 1915 at Moonee Ponds. Emma only received a basic education, leaving school after the sixth Grade to go to work to help support the family. She got a job working in a cake shop in Burnley. It was here that she met Norman John Robert Moyes, a pastrycook, whom she later married. Norman was born at South Melbourne in 1906, the son of John Moyes and Frances nee McKenzie.</div> <bR> <div> During the early 1930's Norman and Emma moved to Box Hill, where they purchased a bakery business. They worked long hours and kept the business going through the depression years.</div> <bR> <div> Emma had to work very hard to make ends meet, as Norman was an alcoholic and compulsive gambler, his drinking and gambling eating into the profits. He was always in debt to someone, and although Box Hill was a dry suburb, he knew where all the “sly grog” shops were.</div> <bR> <div> On the night of 9th July 1947, Emma woke her eldest son Gordon to come with her to help find his father. They walked down Miller Street and into Bank Street, as they turned the corner they saw a man lying in the gutter. It was Norman. He had stumbled and fallen into the gutter. When they knelt to help him up, Emma realised he was dead.</div> <bR> <div> This meant that Emma would have to bring up her family and run the business on her own. For many years she worked six days a week, starting at 3-30 am and finishing after 6 pm. </div> <bR> <div> Emma never had much of a social life, but one good friend Joe Vial, who was the proprietor of the Criterion Bakery (the opposition), would come around every Friday night to do any jobs that needed doing around the house. About ten years after Norman's death Emma married Joe. There was no issue from her second marriage. Emma died of Alzheimer's disease. </div> <div> Emma and Norman had four children. Gordon, Lorna, Robert and Nola.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <U>George1918 - 1976</U></div> <bR> <div> <U><IMG SRC="14afa4b0.jpg" border=0 width="506" height="331" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></div> <div> <B>George Gordon and Pearl nee Elso</b></div> <div> George was born at North Melbourne on 12th April 1918. He married Pearl May Elso at the Presbyterian Church, Ascot Vale on 3rd March 1945. Pearl was born at Flemington on 27th March 1924, the eldest daughter of Edward Noah Elso and Lucy nee Wall.</div> <bR> <div> After receiving a basic education, George did an apprenticeship as a pastrycook with Herbert Adams bakery, were he was to work for a number of years. </div> <bR> <div> He later worked as a pastrycook for his sister Emma at her cake shop in Box hill. He also worked for the Blue Moon bakery in Blackburn, riding his bike from Moonee Ponds and back every day. After some years as a pastry cook he got out of the profession, and went to work at Brehaut's Engineering in Box Hill, as a labourer. He later got a job at Fowlers Vacola in Glenferrie. He was working there when forced to retire, due to acute emphysema.</div> <bR> <div> George died at the Box Hill Hospital on 26th March 1976 of emphysema. He was cremated at Springvale on 29th March 1976. George and Pearl had six children.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>CHILDREN OF GEORGE AND PEARL GORDON</b></div> <bR> <div> <U><IMG SRC="14c0c950.jpg" border=0 width="268" height="405" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="0"></U><U>Robert James 1945 - 1950</U></div> <bR> <div> Robert was born at the Royal Women's hospital in Carlton in November 1945. </div> <bR> <div> Robert died at 3 Miller Street, Box Hill on 6th December 1950, as the result of an accident. He was killed when he touched live electricity wires while he and his brother Ray were playing on the roof. His mother witnessed the accident and as a result she has blocked it out of her memory, she even denies that he was born and even when shown a photo of him says it is not her child, but one of her nephews. </div> <bR> <div> <B>(</b><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#009900" FACE="Arial" ><B> left) Robert & Raymond Gordon</b></FONT></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <U>Raymond Edward 1946 -</U></div> <bR> <div> Raymond was born at home at 3 Dickens Street, Box Hill on 6th December 1946. After leaving school Ray got a job at the Australian Paper Mills in Fairfield, where he worked for some time. He later got a job at Wynn's Wines, and then at Composite Buyers, a supermarket logistics warehouse.</div> <bR> <div> He married Jennifer (surname unknown) at the Salvation Army Citadel in Bourke Road, Camberwell on 12th December 1967. Ray and Jennifer had two daughters. Anne Marie born 1968 and Rose Helen born 1970. Shortly before the birth of Rose, Raymond and Jennifer separated. They divorced in 1977.</div> <bR> <div> Raymond married his second wife Judith Percival in 1978. They have one child. Julie Ellen born on 26th January 1982. There is also a son from Judith's previous marriage. Steven Paul born on 8th November 1972.</div> <bR> <div> Ray is a member of the St.John's Ambulance Brigade and is very much involved with Little Athletics.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <U>Margaret Lillian 1948 -</U></div> <bR> <div> Margaret was born at The Royal Women's Hospital, Carlton on 7th February 1948. </div> <bR> <div> Margaret received her education at Mont Albert State School and later at Box Hill Technical School. After leaving school, Margaret got a job at a greengrocer's shop in Whitehorse Road, Mont Albert. She later got a job at Grocers shop in Nunawading, and then at Blackburn Dry Cleaners. It was here that she met Frank Melfort Lonsdale Lee.</div> <bR> <div> Margaret and Frank were married at St.Columba's Presbyterian Church, Balwyn on 6th August 1966. Frank and Margaret have four Children</div> <bR> <div> 1. Michelle Louise was born at the Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne on 15th November 1967. Michelle lives in a de-facto relationship with Neil George Norman Mills. They have four children.</div> <bR> <div> 2. Nicole Andrea was born Preston and Northcote Community Hospital on 11th January 1971. She married Robert Stewart Pesak at Bundoora on 10th April 1993. Robert and Nicole divorced in 1999. Robert and Nicole have two children. After her divorce Nicole married Richard Matthew Crundwell at Tullamarine. They have one child.</div> <bR> <div> 3. Kelly Margaret was born at the Diamond Valley Hospital, Greensborough on 7th March 1973. She married John Alfred Pryor at Eltham on 21st October 1995. They have one child. Kelly has two children from previous relationships.</div> <bR> <div> 4. Robert Andrew was born at the Diamond Valley Hospital, Greensborough on 26th February 1977. He married Tanya Raelene Mudd at St. John's church, Heidelberg on 8th August 1998.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Frank and Margaret, and their children are covered in more detail in the </FONT><A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lee Family"><U>Lee</U></A> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >chapter of this history.</FONT></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <U>Heather Rose 1949-</U></div> <bR> <div> Heather was born at the Royal Women's Hospital, Carlton on 11th May 1949.</div> <bR> <div> Heather received her education at Mont Albert State School and at Box Hill Technical School.</div> <bR> <div> She married George Resowski at East St.Kilda on 12th August 1967. They have three children.</div> <div> 1. Brian David born on 20th June 1967.</div> <bR> <div> 2. Linda Patricia born on 15th September 1969.</div> <bR> <div> 3. Tricia born on 30th August 1977.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <U>Phillip John 1950 -</U></div> <bR> <div> Phillip was born at the Royal Women's Hospital, Carlton on 5th October 1950.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <U>Geoffrey Charles 1952 -</U></div> <bR> <div> Geoffrey was born at the Royal Women's Hospital, Carlton on 1st November 1952.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>CHILDREN OF ROBERT AND WILHELMINA GORDON Cont.</b></div> <bR> <div> <U>Frederick 1921 - 1922</U></div> <bR> <div> Frederick was born at Hotham West in December 1921. He died at Donnybrook on 12th January 1922 and is buried in the Donnybrook Cemetery.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <U>Mabel Elizabeth Susan 1923 -</U></div> <bR> <div> Mabel was born at North Melbourne on 6th September 1923. She married Jeffrey Bennett. They have four children. Evelyn, Leslie, Cynthia and Janice.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>CHILDREN OF CHARLES AND MARY GORDON Cont.</b></div> <bR> <div> <U>Mabel Ellen 1882 -?</U></div> <bR> <div> Mabel was born at Toowoomba, Queensland on 1st April 1882. Nothing further is known.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <U>Joseph Francis 1884 - 1958</U></div> <bR> <div> Joseph was born at Toowoomba, Queensland on 1st November 1884. He received his education at the Kalkallo State School. After leaving school he too got a job with the Victorian Railways, working there all his life.</div> <bR> <div> Joseph married Sarah Louise Ashweirth at Kalkallo in 1917. He died of Bronchopneumonia at Crib Point on 2nd December 1958, the day after his 74th birthday. He was cremated at Springvale Crematorium on 4th December 1958.</div> <bR> <div> Joseph and Sarah had two children.</div> <div> 1. Jessie Elizabeth     born in 1918. Married Reginald Carlyle Gardner. Nothing further is known.</div> <bR> <div> 2. Francis Charles     born in 1919. Nothing further is known.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <U>John Charles 1886 - 1963</U></div> <bR> <div> John was born at Toowoomba, Queensland on 28th September 1886. He married Harriet Annie Heather at Preston Victoria in 1921. Harriet was born at Carlton in 1885, the daughter of John Heather and Janet nee Fyfe. </div> <div> John spent his working life with the Victorian Railways, starting as a cleaner in the Locomotive depot, and working his way up to the position of engine driver.</div> <div> John died at Preston on 11th June 1963 and was cremated at the Fawkner Crematorium on 13th June 1963 Heather died at Melbourne in 1966. </div> <div> John and Heather never had any children.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <U>Ethel Maude 1890 - 1978</U></div> <bR> <div> Ethel was born at Richmond, Victoria in 1890, the first Gordon child born in Victoria. She married Samuel Chambers at Kalkallo in 1910. Samuel was born at Kalkallo in 1866 the son of Thomas Chambers and Mary <I>nee </I>Bance.</div> <bR> <div> Samuel died at Tatura in 1942. Ethel died in Tatura on 3rd January 1978. They are buried in the Tatura Cemetery. Samuel an Ethel had six children.</div> <bR> <div> 1. Gordon Eric was born at Brunswick in 1911. Died at Tatura in 1930.</div> <bR> <div> 2. Ethel Maude was born at Coburg on 15th January 1914. She married William Parker about 1936. They had two children, William Vance and Glenis Ethel. William Parker died about 1942. Ethel then married Lalbert Northill, there were no children from this marriage.</div> <bR> <div> 3. Mary Evelyn was born at Deniliquin, New South Wales on 3rd August 1916. She Married Roy Alfred Gammon at Dhurringie, Victoria on 7th December 1938. They only had the one child, Melville Roy, born at Nagambie, Victoria on 16th December 1939.</div> <bR> <div> 4. Richard Stanley was born at Deniliquin, New South Wales in 1920. He married Phyllis Doreen Noble. They had eight children. June, Valerie, Nola Frances, Gloria, Sandra, Judy, Geoffrey and Faye.</div> <bR> <div> 5. Marjorie Jean was born in Dhurringie on 27th September 1925. She married Irvin Myles Bunn at Toolamba, Victoria on 26th July 1947. They have three children. John Irvin, Douglas Robert and Marilyn Joy.</div> <bR> <div> 6. Harold Melville was born at Tatura, Victoria on 4th April 1927. He married Jean Eveline Bunn at Tatura about 1954. They have three children. Nanette Glenda, Evelyn and Wendy Jeanette.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <U>Emma 1893 - 1980</U></div> <bR> <div> Emma was born at Donnybrook in 1893. She married Charles Frederick William Grutzner at Thornbury in 1925. Charles was born at Epping in 1892, the son of Charles John Grutzner and Augusta <I>nee</I> Proposch.</div> <bR> <div> Charles died at Preston on 21st July 1960. Emma died at Preston on 2nd April 1980 and was cremated at the Fawkner Crematorium on 8th April 1980. Charles and Emma never had any children.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <U>Mary Jane 1896 - 1974</U></div> <bR> <div> Mary Jane was born at Kalkallo, Victoria in 1896. She married George Leggett in 1917. George was born at Epping, Victoria in 1878, the son of Moses Aaron Leggett and Martha <I>nee</I> Bartlett. George died at Preston in 1969. Mary Jane died at Heidelberg, Victoria on 2nd August 1974. She was cremated at Fawkner Crematorium on 6th August 1974. They had six children. </div> <bR> <div> 1. George Robert born at Donald, Victoria in 1918.</div> <bR> <div> 2. Audrey Mary Jean born at Warragul, Victoria in 1920 </div> <bR> <div> 3. Francis Charles born in 1922.</div> <bR> <div> 4. Ethel Renee born in 1924. Married a chap named Carroll</div> <bR> <div> 5. Helen Mavis born in 1926.</div> <bR> <div> 6. Emma Evelyn born in 1929.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <U>Jean 1897 -?</U></div> <bR> <div> Jean was born in 1897. She married Jesse Leggett. It is not known if Jesse is related to the George Leggett that married Jean's sister Mary. Nothing further is known.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <U>Archibald Gladstone 1898 - 1953</U></div> <bR> <div> Archibald was born at Carlton in 1898. He married Annie Franks at Carlton in 1924. Annie was born in Carlton in 1892 the daughter of Thomas Arthur Franks and Elizabeth <I>nee</I> Wilson.</div> <bR> <div> Archibald died at Nagambie 3rd September 1953. He was buried in the Fawkner Cemetery on 5th September 1953. According to his death certificate his occupation was Laundry Foreman. Annie died at Thornbury in 1972. She is also buried at the Fawkner Cemetery. They had two children</div> <bR> <div> 1. Shirley Ethne Fraser born on 9th November 1925. Married Richard Foster, born in 1925.</div> <bR> <div> 2. Donald Arthur born in 1928. Married Ethel Hunt, born 23rd September 1928. Donald died in 1986. They had one child, John Huntly, born 31st May 1966. </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="LEE GENEALOGY"><U><IMG SRC="17e64320.gif" border=0 width="100" height="50" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A><A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hodgetts Family"><U><IMG SRC="1aa64320.gif" border=0 width="100" height="50" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>ROBERT GORDON 1813 -?</b></div> <div> <B>ROBERT GORDON 1813 -?</b></div> <bR> <div> Robert Gordon was born about 1813 in Steffley, Oxfordshire, England; his parent's names are unknown. </div> <bR> <div> Robert was probably a farm labourer. By the 1830's farm machinery had replaced a lot of the jobs once done by manual labour. Robert, like many other young men at that time was forced to leave the village looking for work. Robert moved to London in search of work. It was in London that he met and later married Ellen Coppin at All Saint's church, Wandsworth, Middlesex, on 1<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >st</FONT> January 1837. Ellen was born in 1818 at Boston, Lincolnshire, the daughter of John Coppin and Frances Coppin (maiden name unknown). Robert and Ellen had eight children.</div> <bR> <div> Robert died some time before 1861, as according to the 1861 census Ellen is shown as the head of the house.</div> <bR> <div> Robert Gordon was born about 1813 in Steffley, Oxfordshire, England; his parent's names are unknown. </div> <bR> <div> Robert was probably a farm labourer. By the 1830's farm machinery had replaced a lot of the jobs once done by manual labour. Robert, like many other young men at that time was forced to leave the village looking for work. Robert moved to London in search of work. It was in London that he met and later married Ellen Coppin at All Saint's church, Wandsworth, Middlesex, on 1<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >st</FONT> January 1837. Ellen was born in 1818 at Boston, Lincolnshire, the daughter of John Coppin and Frances Coppin (maiden name unknown). Robert and Ellen had eight children.</div> <bR> <div> Robert died some time before 1861, as according to the 1861 census Ellen is shown as the head of the house.</div> <bR> <div> <B>CHARLES JOHN GORDON</b></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>ROBERT GORDON 1813 -?</b></div> <bR> <div> Robert Gordon was born about 1813 in Steffley, Oxfordshire, England; his parent's names are unknown. </div> <bR> <div> Robert was probably a farm labourer. By the 1830's farm machinery had replaced a lot of the jobs once done by manual labour. Robert, like many other young men at that time was forced to leave the village looking for work. Robert moved to London in search of work. It was in London that he met and later married Ellen Coppin at All Saint's church, Wandsworth, Middlesex, on 1<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >st</FONT> January 1837. Ellen was born in 1818 at Boston, Lincolnshire, the daughter of John Coppin and Frances Coppin (maiden name unknown). Robert and Ellen had eight children.</div> <bR> <div> Robert died some time before 1861, as according to the 1861 census Ellen is shown as the head of the house.</div> <bR> <div> <B>CHARLES JOHN GORDON</b></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>