Yetta Deborah (Unknown) Gordon (1863 - 1946)

Born 1863 in Russia

Wife of Simon Phillip Gordon — married [date unknown] in Russia

Descendants

Died 8 May 1946 at about age 83 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States

DO NOT MERGE WITH Unknown-313763. They are not the same person.

Yetta (Unknown) Gordon migrated from Russian Empire to United States.

Biography

Yetta was born about 1863 in Russia.^[1] She married Simon Gordon and they had nine children.^[2]

Yetta, Simon, and the children immigrated from Russia to the United States in two stages. They first traveled to England, where they probably remained for a few years because their four youngest children are likely to have been born there (see Notes). The family traveled from Liverpool, England to Levis, Quebec, Canada aboard a ship named Gallia. They then crossed the border from there into the United States June 29, 1898^[3]

Simon, Yetta, and their nine children had established residence in Baltimore, Maryland, United States by 1900.^[2] They remained there in 1910, although their oldest child no longer lived with them,^[4] and 1920, when six of their children still remained with them (one died in 1912.)^[5] Yetta continued to live there after Sam's death in 1925.^[6] Five children still lived with her in 1930^[7] and, in 1940, after another child had died, four children still remained in her household, along with the spouse and child of one.^[8] In this family, the few children who married appeared to do so well into their thirties.

Yetta died May 8, 1946 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. She is buried with Simon in Plot B 8 270 of the Bnai Israel Congregation Cemetery, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, United States. The inscription on her gravestone reads:^[1]

Notes

Although all records show Simon and Yetta as born in Russia, it is a different story for their children. The children were either all born in England,^[2] all born in Russia,^[4], or the oldest five were born in Russia and the youngest four were born in England^[5] (which matches their death records).

Sources

^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Find A Grave, memorial for Yetta Deborah Gordon, (accessed June 11, 2015).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} United States Census, 1900, index and images, FamilySearch (accessed 10 June 2015), Simon Gordon, Precinct 11 Baltimore city Ward 3, Baltimore, Maryland, United States; citing sheet 12B, family 273, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,609.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Vermont, St. Albans Canadian Border Crossings, 1895-1924, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., NARA microfilm publications M1461, M1463, M1464, and M1465, image 2488 of 5252
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} United States Census, 1910, index and images, FamilySearch (accessed 11 June 2015), Simon Gordon, Baltimore Ward 2, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 22, sheet 12B, family 240, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,566.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} United States Census, 1920, index and images, FamilySearch (accessed 10 June 2015), Simon Gordon, Baltimore Ward 1, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland, United States; citing sheet 10B, family 239, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,656.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Find A Grave, memorial for Simon Gordon, (accessed June 11, 2015).
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} United States Census, 1930, index and images, FamilySearch (accessed 11 June 2015), Yetta Gordon, Baltimore (Districts 501-673), Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) , sheet , family , line , NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll ; FHL microfilm .
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} United States Census, 1940, index and images, FamilySearch (accessed 11 June 2015), Yetta Gordon, Ward 15, Baltimore City, Baltimore City, Baltimore City, Maryland, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 4-404, sheet 10A, family 193, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 1524.