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Herbert Leslie Merry
(1871-1935)
Selena Irene Raven
(1856-1942)
George Clarence Gordon
(1886-1968)
Ruby Geneva Merry
(1898-1984)
Ralph George Gordon
(1917-1986)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Alice Evelyn Haskell

Ralph George Gordon 2 3

  • Born: 5 Dec 1917, Thorndike, ME 2
  • Marriage (1): Alice Evelyn Haskell on 17 Jun 1939 in Albion, ME 1
  • Died: 27 Oct 1986, Waterville, ME at age 68 3
  • Buried: Pond Cemetery 2, Unity, ME

bullet   FamilySearch ID: GMXN-87J. Find a Grave ID: 30682440.

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• Census, 6 Jan 1920, Thorndike, ME. 4

• Census, 2 Apr 1930, Thorndike, ME. 5

• Census, 11 Apr 1940, Unity, ME.

• Census, 14 Apr 1950, Unity, ME. 6

• Obituary: Waterville Morning Sentinel, 1986, Waterville, ME.
Ralph G. Gordon, 68, of the Bangor Road, died Monday morning, October 27, 1986, at a Waterville hospital following a long illness. He was born in Thorndike, December 5, 1917, son of George and Ruby (Merry) Gordon. He married Alice Haskell on June 17, 1939.
As a young man, he worked with the Civilian Conservation Corps as a forester in the Mount Battie \endash Camden area. A veteran of World War II, he was a recipient of the Bronze Star for heroism and bravery on September 25, 1944, in Belgium. He was assigned to the 30th Cavalry and saw action in many major offenses, including the Battle of the Bulge.
Following his discharge in 1945, he worked for the Portland Packing Co. in Unity and later as a foreman of the Redi-Peel Potato Co. for about 12 years. He worked as a Carpenter in the Waterville-Unity area for a number of years and several years before his retirement he became a self-employed brick mason.
He was a member of the Benjamin-Berry Post American Legion of Unity, and was an avid hunter and fisherman.
He is survived by his wife of Unity; two sons, Herbert of Dexter and David of Unity; four daughters, Mrs. Emily Potter of Andover, Mass., Mrs. Janice Evans of Hermon; Mrs. Wayne (Nancy) Smith of Unity and Pauline Gordon of Unity; one sister, Mrs. William (Hazel) Seekins of Freeport; two brothers, Harold Gordon of Oakland and Alva (Red) Gordon of Belfast; 11 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.
Friends may call at the Lawry Brothers Funeral Home in Unity, Tuesday from 7-9 p.m. Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Pond Cemetery in Unity.


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Ralph married Alice Evelyn Haskell on 17 Jun 1939 in Albion, ME.1 (Alice Evelyn Haskell was born on 21 Nov 1921 in Portsmouth, NH, died on 4 Nov 2022 in Unity, ME and was buried in Pond Cemetery 2, Unity, ME.)


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Sources


1 Maine State Archives, "Maine Marriages, 1892-1996," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 12 Jul 2012), entry for Ralph G. Gordon and Alice E. Haskell.

2 Maine Maine State Archives, Maine, Birth Records, 1715-1922, unnamed Gordon; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com: 28 Nov 2011).

3 State of Maine Department of Human Services, "Maine Death Index, 1960-1997," database, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 26 Apr 2012), entry for Ralph G. Gordon 1986 death.

4 1920 U.S. census, Waldo County, Maine, population schedule, Thorndike, enumeration district (ED) 134, sheet 1, p. 1B, dwelling 15, family 15, George C. Gordon; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 May 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll T625_649.

5 1930 U.S. census, Waldo, Maine, population schedule, Thorndike, enumeration district (ED) 26, sheet 1, p. 1B, dwelling 23, family 23, George C. Gardner; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 9 May 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 840.

6 1950 U.S. census, Waldo, Maine, Unity, enumeration district (ED) 14-35, sheet 14, p. 15, household 152, Ralph G. Gordon; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 10 Mar 2023); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T628, roll 986.


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