Person Page 3,436
Charles Molston Gordon
b. 27 February 1791, d. 17 April 1862
Person Exhibits
Birth
Charles Molston Gordon was born on 27 February 1791 at St George, Hanover Square, in London.1 He was baptized on 27 March 1791 at St George CE in London, England.1
Parents
| Father | Thomas Gordon (b. about 1765, d. April 1851) |
| Mother | Alice Smith (b. about 1770, d. about 1806) |
Family life
Charles Molston Gordon and Maria Lees were married on 11 November 1816 in Castlereagh.2,1 He and Mary Jane Brown were married on 23 April 1821 at St Peters CE in Richmond.1
Child with Maria Lees (b. 1802, d. after 9 November 1819)
| Daughter | Ann Gordon (b. about 1818, d. about 1892) |
Child with Mary Jane Brown (b. about 1783, d. about 1859)
| Daughter | Hephzibah Gordon (b. about 1822, d. about 1899) |
Residence information
Charles Molston Gordon witnessed the immigration of William Carlisle on 24 June 1804 in Sydney, NSW, Australia. 'Experiment'3,4,5,6,1,7 Maria, Elizabeth, and Amelia traveled to on 12 April 1817. Aboard SS "Active". "(William Carlisle brought) his brother-in-law, Charles Gordon, employed as an agriculturist, accompanied by wives and families, back in April 1817." (D A Rae)
"The ranks of the women in New Zealand were swelling. Mr and Mrs Carlisle and Mr and Mrs Gordon came in 1817; the Butlers, the Kemps and the Puckeys arrived in 1819; the Shepherds in 1820; the Leighs in 1822; in 1823 Mr and Mrs Henry ..." (Simpson)2,8,9,1,7,10 Charles Molston Gordon lived with William Carlisle on 9 January 1819 in Rangihoa, New Zealand.11 William, Maria, Elizabeth, James, and John traveled to on 9 November 1819. from Bay of Islands on SS "Active"12,7 Charles Molston Gordon lived in Double Bay, NSW, Australia, in 1828.5 He lived at South Street in Double Bay, NSW, Australia, about 1836.1
"The ranks of the women in New Zealand were swelling. Mr and Mrs Carlisle and Mr and Mrs Gordon came in 1817; the Butlers, the Kemps and the Puckeys arrived in 1819; the Shepherds in 1820; the Leighs in 1822; in 1823 Mr and Mrs Henry ..." (Simpson)2,8,9,1,7,10 Charles Molston Gordon lived with William Carlisle on 9 January 1819 in Rangihoa, New Zealand.11 William, Maria, Elizabeth, James, and John traveled to on 9 November 1819. from Bay of Islands on SS "Active"12,7 Charles Molston Gordon lived in Double Bay, NSW, Australia, in 1828.5 He lived at South Street in Double Bay, NSW, Australia, about 1836.1
Working life
- Charles Molston Gordon was employed as on 1 January 1817. an agriculturist2
- About 1820 Charles Molston Gordon was a miller in Paddington.1
- He was associated with William Carlisle on 10 February 1820 in Rangi Hoa, New Zealand.13
- About 1822 Charles Molston Gordon was a corn and wheat miller in Sydney.1
- About 1828 Charles Molston Gordon was a schoolteacher in Richmond.1
Death
Charles Molston Gordon died on 17 April 1862 at age 71 in Double Bay.1 He was buried about 18 April 1862 at Devonshire Street Cemetery in Sydney.1
Citations
- [S411] Gordon, Charles Moltson, Australian Biographical and Genealogical Record, p159.
- [S300] William Carlisle and Charles Gordon, Auckland-Waikato Historical Journal, September 1982, pp 29-31.
- [S361] Ship News, Sydney Gazette, 24 June 1804.
- [S364] Experiment prisoners, Sydney Gazette, 1 July 1804.
- [S409] Thomas Gordon, Australian Biographical and Genealogical Record, p161.
- [S410] Mary Ann Gordon, Australian Biographical and Genealogical Record, p161.
- [S518] Carlisle William, Australian Biographical and Genealogical Record, p62.
- [S309] Helen M Simpson, "Before Waitangi," in The Women of New Zealand. (Wellington: NZ Department of Internal Affairs, 1940). Hereinafter cited as "Before Waitangi."
- [S368] Committee Minutes, Society House Minutes June 8 1818, Church Missionary Society; FM4 1454, Archives Office of NSW, Kingswood. Hereinafter cited as Minutes: Church Missionary Soc.
- [S1268] Various family historians, L: Correspondence re Carlisle, Gordon, Sydney: Fleming Family History Archive, 2 Aug 2020.
- [S370] Active return, Sydney Gazette, 9 January 1819.
- [S305] John Thomas Bigge, "Samuel Marsden," in The Bigge Commission of Inquiry. (London: House of Commons, 1822). Hereinafter cited as "Samuel Marsden."
- [S368] Committee Minutes, Letter from Marsden 10 February 1820, received 24 June 1820, Church Missionary Society; FM4 1454, Archives Office of NSW, Kingswood. Hereinafter cited as Minutes: Church Missionary Soc.
| Last Edited | 21 August 2018 |