GORDON, Clarence McKenzie
1891 - 1949 (57 years)-
Name GORDON, Clarence McKenzie Birth 21 Nov 1891 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States 
Gender Male Census 1930 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States - Living at 42 Vinton Street with wife Hilda and 4 children.
Burial 1949 Forest Hills Cemetary, Boston, MA Death 7 Jul 1949 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Cause: of a brain tumour Person ID I338 Ward and Related Families of Nova Scotia and North Yorkshire Last Modified 7 Jun 2025
Father GORDON, Charles C. Mother UNKNOWN, Bertha Family ID F696 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 AMIRAULT, Mary Clara, b. 13 Jun 1907, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 28 Oct 1992, Wakefield, Middlesex, Massachusettes (Age 85 years) Marriage Abt 1928 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States [1] Children 1. GORDON, Cecelia C., b. 1928, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States d. 5 Feb 1976, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 48 years)2. Living 3. Living 4. Living 5. GORDON, Richard John, b. 20 Feb 1935, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States d. 29 Feb 2004, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States (Age 69 years)6. Living 7. Living Family ID F31 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 18 Oct 2025
Family 2 WARD, Hilda M., b. 19 Jul 1895, Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 16 Mar 1970, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 74 years) Marriage 11 Oct 1917 Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Divorce Bef 1942 [2] Children 1. GORDON, Baby (Stillborn), b. 6 Dec 1917, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 6 Dec 1917, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 0 years)2. GORDON, Rosemary M., b. 3 Oct 1918, Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 13 Feb 2009, Worcestor, Worcestor, Massachusetts, United States (Age 90 years)3. GORDON, Annie Elizabeth, b. 21 Jul 1920, Glace Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 6 Apr 2008, Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States (Age 87 years)4. GORDON, Charles C., b. May 1921, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 1946, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States (Age 24 years)5. GORDON, Harry Lee, b. Jun 1922, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States d. 15 Jul 1944, St. Lo, France (Age 22 years)6. GORDON, Robert McKenzie, b. May 1925, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States d. 11 Aug 2016, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States (Age 91 years)Family ID F32 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 18 Oct 2025
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Clarence McKenzie Gordon
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Notes - At six months of age Clarence was an orphan as both his parents succumbed to TB. Clarence was brought to Nova Scotia by an aunt.
In the memoirs of Hilda's brother, Ralph Sydney Ward writes regarding the Halifax Explosion on Dec 6, 1917, Hilda "had been sleeping at the time and was blown out of bed. Her husband Clarence Gordon was on guard duty at the barracks at the Citadel. He was found with his uniform blown clean off him and a terrible scalp wound. He had to have a silver plate put into the back of his skull."
A note on on Ancestry left by Rebecca McManus states:
"Clarence and Mary Gordon: Clarence M. Gordon left his wife, Hilda, in Nova Scotia after she was institutionalized as a result of post-traumatic stress syndrome experienced after the Halifax explosion. He went to Boston and co-habitated with Mary Gordon, whom he never officially married because he never divorced Hilda. Hence, we see that Mary entered her name as "Hilda" in the 1930 U.S. Census.
- At six months of age Clarence was an orphan as both his parents succumbed to TB. Clarence was brought to Nova Scotia by an aunt.
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