#52Ancestors – No. 49 – Gordon Anderson

This post is number 49 in the series of the #52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge where a group of us blog about a different ancestor for each week of the year.  To learn more about the 52 Ancestor Challenge visit Amy Johnson’s site at Amy’s website.

Today’s post is the marriage record of my second great grandfather on my paternal mother’s side of the family. Gordon Anderson, born 1857, near Wilmot, Ontario, Canada to James and Catherine Anderson.  His parents were of Scotch and Irish ancestry.

Gordon married Elizabeth Woods on 28 June 1881.  The couple were married Chesterfield, Ontario.  A very small village at the time. The Chesterfield United Church Cemetery remains in what now a rural farming area.

They may have held the ceremony there as Gordon religious affiliation is Baptist and Elizabeth was a United Brethren member.  Or, that Gordon had since immigrated to Flint, Michigan just before his marriage.  The bride states she was living in Blenheim, Ontario.  About a 2 hours drive by today’s automobile from the Wilmot and Chesterfield locations and closer to Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, MI.

Elizabeth’s parents are James and Elizabeth Woods.  Both who immigrated to Ontario, Canada in the mid 1850’s .  Witnesses to the marriage were Esther Woods, Elizabeth’s sister, and William Edmiston.

The couple settled in Bad Axe, Michigan, located in the thumb area of the state.  Gordon set himself up as a farmer.  His farm was still under mortgage per the 1900, 1910 and 1920 census records. A long time to hold a mortgage on a farm owned since 1881.

The couple had 12 children of which one died in childhood. Their first son George (Ernest) Anderson is my great grandfather.

Gordon Anderson and Elizabeth Woods 1881 Ontario Marriage Record

Gordon Anderson and Elizabeth Woods 1881 Ontario Marriage Record

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