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Descendants of Hugh Gordon of Manar: the family of Hugh Hannibal Gordon (1841-1914) |
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The Family of Hugh Gordon of Manar |
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| The family of Elizabeth (Gordon) Skene | The family of Jane (Gordon) Hunter | The family of James Gordon of Manar |
The family of Hugh Gordon of Manar NSW |
The family of Ann (Gordon) Lumsden | The family of Robina (Gordon) Brickenden | |||||||||||
| Families of John Skene and William Skene | Family of Sir Charles Hughes-Hunter | The family of Henry Gordon of Manar | The family of Mary (Gordon) Fraser | The family of Hugh Hannibal Gordon | The family of William Forbes Gordon | The family of James Gordon | The family of Mary Elizabeth Gordon | The family of Herbert Trevelyan Gordon | The family of Emeline Leslie Gordon | The family of Frederick Pascoe Gordon | The family of Lambert Skene Gordon |
Families of Catherine & Elizabeth Lumsden |
The family of Hugh Gordon Lumsden | The family of James Gordon Brickenden | ||
| 2 families descend from William | 12 families descend from him | 19 families descend from him | 3 families descend from her | 9 families descend from him | 47 families descend from him | 34 families descend from him | 22 families descend from her | 16 families descend from him | 14 families descend from her | 12 families descend from him | 47 families descend from him | 14 families descend from them | 4 families descend from him | 2 families descend from him | ||
The family of Hugh Hannibal Gordon
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Ann Bilsbury Taylor b.31-10-1851 d.c.1886 |
m.(1) on 26-06-1872 at Mount Pleasant
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Hugh
Hannibal Gordon b.30-12-1841 d.07-09-1914 at Flemington
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m.(2)
in 1886 at Flemington
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Lucy
Jane Lovell b.14-08-1859 in Braidwood d.01-09-1935
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(1)Alfred
Gordon b.07-09-1872 at Long Swamp d.1872
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Mary
Emeline Gordon b.31-01-1874 d.1874
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Florence
Maud Gordon b.15-01-1878
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Annie
Jane Gordon b.16-09-1880 d.19-05-1884 in Goulburn
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(2)Jack Hugh Gordon b.c.1883 lost at sea 01-06-1901 |
Frederick
Flemington Gordon b.1888 d.25-01-1913
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James
Reginald Gordon b.1889 d.11-05-1957
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Catherine Mary Gordon b.03-06-1894 d.18-04-1985 | Emmeline Leslie Gordon b.1899 d.1927 |
Ethel
Gordon b.12-01-1900 d.22-01-1978
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married | married in 1922 |
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Cornelius
G. Marshall
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William Wilton | James Henry Brown b.1886 d.05-09-1966 |
Robert
Wallace Elijah Butcher b.05-11-1896 d.19-09-1945
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Hugh Hannibal Gordon (1841-1914) circa 1898
Descendants of Hugh Hannibal Gordon and their families at the Gordon family reunion held in 1986.
Back row: Jack Brown, Boyd Leigh. Front row: Kath Brown, Betty Leigh.
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The Gordons of Manar in Australia Hugh Hannibal Gordon Hugh Hannibal Gordon, eldest son of Hugh Gordon of Manar, NSW, was born at the Vineyard, Parramatta, on 30 December 1841. He was educated at Macquarie Fields School, later to become the King's School, during the years 1859 to 1862, and then spent a number of years working on properties in the Braidwood district. He was living at Long Swamp in 1872. That year, at the age of 31, a maid at Manar called Annie Bilsbury fell pregnant from him, and so they got married. The child died the same year. The couple had three more children but only one of them survived infancy. Annie's father had also worked at Manar (as a brickmaker and farm labourer) and had then bought a place at Long Swamp near Braidwood. Hugh Hannibal also bought land there, and bred horses. All four of Annie's children were born at Long Swamp. Hugh Hannibal's family were not happy about the marriage and that - along with the three infant deaths - may have contributed to the ensuing divorce in 1885. The surviving child of his first marriage - Florence Maud Gordon - grew up to marry Cornelius (Corney) Marshall, a dentist in Eastwood. A later Gordon, Bill, remembered popping in on them frequently on the way home from school: where Florence would offer him biscuits, and 'Corney' would spin tales of his early life on the American railways, and accounts of the hard and wild life he led, and fights with native people ('Indians'). Bill used to help Corney in his dentist's workshop making false teeth. Corney and Florence had no children. The year before Hugh Hannibal divorced, in 1884, he had moved to Sydney where he became a stock inspector and later manager of the Flemington saleyards. He purchased a large block of land adjacent to the saleyards on which he built a substantial residence which he called the Camp. This was later subdivided and given to his surviving children. He also owned some land at Collaroy in Sydney. In 1886, he married again, to Lucy Jane Lovell. They had three sons and three daughters. However, their two oldest sons were lost in tragic circumstances: Jack Hugh was lost at sea near Cape Horn when he was 18; and Fred died at 24 from his diabetes. In 1889 Hugh was appointed a magistrate for the colony. Hugh Hannibal was reportedly an impatient man. He would arrive home from work and suddenly announce that the family would go on a fishing trip for 3 days, and he expected everyone to pack and be ready, leaving anyone behind if they were too slow. A surviving relative in the 1980's claimed that he was "a very mean man". Although he was the eldest child, Manar itself eventually came into the possession of his younger brother William Forbes Gordon - on some accounts because Hugh Hannibal was not suitable, but also possibly because William was the one who could afford the buy out. Although Hugh Hannibal was reported to be a domineering man at home and at work, he was highly regarded in the community. He seems to have managed his money prudently, and supported a number of relatives in work and accommodation. Moreover, his household - albeit very much a man's world where the women and daughters were expected to do the chores - was reportedly a happy one. His social status is demonstrated by the fact that he was an alderman for Sydney Council for over 30 years so he very much played his part in the life and growth of the community. It's just that he seems to have been a rather difficult, strong-willed man. On 7th September 1914, Hugh Hannibal died at Flemington near Sydney. he was 72 years old. His wife Lucy continued to live at 'The Camp' for the remaining 21 years of her life. She was known affectionately as 'Grandma Gordon' and was much loved and respected. During the Depression, for example, she offered food and shelter to friends and strangers alike. Large numbers of people came to her funeral in 1935. Family details - He married twice: (i) on 26 June 1872 at Mt. Pleasant near Braidwood, Ann (or Annie) Bilsbury, daughter of Josiah Keightly Taylor, a brickmaker, who was employed at Manar. Ann was born at Boro on 31 October 1851 and died in 1886 or 1887. They were divorced in 1885. They had: 1. Alfred, born at Long Swamp on 7 September 1872, died the same year. 2. Mary Emeline, born on 31 January 1874, died the same year. 3. Florence Maud, born on 15 January 1878, married in 1897 Cornelius G Marshall, a dentist. 4. Annie Jane, born 16 September 1880, died in Goulburn on 19 May 1884. He married (ii) in 1886 at Flemington near Sydney, Lucy Jane, daughter of Frederick Lovell of Araluen. She was born at Braidwood in 1859 and died at the Camp on 1 September 1935. They had: 5. Jack Hugh, born in 1883 or 1884, lost at sea in June 1901 just after his ship, the Aristides had rounded Cape Horn. 6. Frederick Flemington, born in 1888. He liked gambling and at one stage, owing money to a bookmaker, he sold his father's best pony and sulky to pay his debts. At home he liked having fun and playing tricks, and was loved by his parents and sisters. Fred died unmarried, of a diabetic condition, on 25 January 1913. 7. James (Jimmy) Reginald, born in 1889, was a drover at the Flemington saleyards all his working life. He died unmarried on 11 May 1957. He was described by his niece Betty as a 'quiet and kindly man'. However, he liked his rum. He would work flat out all weekend in preparation for the Monday sales, then go to the bar, returning home late and sometimes under the influence of the drink. (He lived with his sister Ethel for many years.) On his day off he liked to do gardening. Best of all he liked fishing, and would often head off on Thursday and Friday to meet up with friends, to drink, to share stories, and to hang out at a boathouse by the Hawkesbury River. 8. Catharine Mary (Kitty), born 3 June 1894, died on 18 April 1985 at the age of 90, married William Wilton, a guard on the railways, who boarded at 'The Camp'. It was an unpopular marriage with the family. Kit would also sometimes fall out with William, and from time to time would throw him out, on one occasion for six months. Although Kitty was undemonstrative with her family, keeping her emotions in check, according to her niece Betty she was "kindness itself - she had a heart of gold." She would visit Betty and her family, help with the ironing, bring sweets for the children, then play cricket and tennis with them outside. After her visits, someone in the family would find little gifts of money, under a pan or a pot, to help with food or other things the next week. She had no children of her own. Towards the end of her life she could only walk with two sticks, and in her last days she lived in a nursing home. 9. Emmeline Leslie, born in 1899, died in 1927, married in 1922, James Henry Brown, a drover. Click on her name for details of her life. 10. Ethel, born 12 January 1900, died on 22 February 1978, married Robert Wallace Elijah Butcher. Click on her name for details of her life.
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