Malcolm Murdock Gordon

MALCOLM GORDON (1889-1952)

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is the son of Alexander Graham Gordon and his wife, Margaret McAulay. He was born at Kamloops in British Columbia, Canada, on 5 April 1889 and died there on 15 July 1952 [British Columbia, Death Registrations, 1872-1986, index and images, FamilySearch] https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FLPZ-VLY

Kamloops 1891

4 May 1891 1891 Census of Canada

Kamloops 1901

He was at home with his parents and siblings when the census was enumerated on 31 March 1901 [Canada Census, 1901, index, FamilySearch] https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KHVG-59B

Death

Malcolm Gordon died at the Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, on 15 July 1952 [British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986, index and images, FamilySearch] https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FLPZ-VL5

Burial

[Find A Grave] http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=106799852

Marriage

Malcolm Gordon married Louisa Perrault, the daughter of Nelson Perrault and his wife, Annie Green, at Kamloops in British Columbia, Canada, on 22 January 1913 [British Columbia, Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932, index and images, FamilySearch] https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JD8V-V8H

—————————————————————————————————————————————- Malcolm & Louise (Perrault) homesteaded at the Sunnyside Ranch, a few miles up the North Thompson from Kamloops. Then moved from there to Allenby, as a carpenter,and then to Penticton where he built a number of houses for different customers until 1936. He then moved the whole family to Hedley and worked as a carpenter for the mines until 1940, when he left Hedley and moved to Vancouver for a couple of years then to North Vancouver. He worked in the shipyards and was appointed air raid warden for his area. Malcolm left the shipyard in 1945 and started a contracting company in North Vancouver building houses. He took sick in 1950 and retired. Malcolm died of cancer on July 14, 1952 at the age of 63. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106799852/malcolm-murdock-gordon