Mary Gordon

Mary Gordon

• Mary Gordon was born circa February 1833 in Ireland.
• She married Thomas/Charles Taylor.
• It is an educated guess that Mary Gordon and children Ellen, Charles and Louise arrived in the Port of New York on 23 October 1882, traveling from Liverpool in steerage class aboard the Inman Line SS City of Montreal, listed on the manifest as Mary Taylor (age 45), Ellen (16), Charles (14) and Louise as "Mary" (8).
• Mary Gordon appeared in the New York state census of 16 February 1892 in Jamestown, Chautauqua County, New York. Other members of the household included Charles T. Taylor and Louise F. Taylor.
• Albert Hiram Harrison and Louise F. Taylor appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Jamestown, Chautauqua County, New York, at Marvin Street. Other members of the household included Mary Gordon, Margaret Harrison.
• Mary Gordon died on 10 December 1903 in Jamestown, Chautauqua County, New York, at 12 West Third Street at her residence.
• She was interred at Old Catholic Cemetery, Jamestown, Chautauqua County, New York.
• The following appeared on 11 December 1903 in the Jamestown Evening Journal: Mrs. Mary Taylor died at her home, over 12 West Third street, at 10 o'clock Thursday evening, aged 72 years and 9 months. She was the mother of [Mrs.] Bert H. Whatford of this city, Mrs. Frank Ingraham of Oil City, Pa., Charles Taylor of Hampton, Va., and Mrs. Albert H. Harrison of this city.
       The funeral will be held from SS. Peter and Paul's Roman Catholic church Monday morning at 9 o'clock.
• The following appeared on 16 July 1946 in the Jamestown Post-Journal: Mrs. Louise Taylor Harrison, 72, wife of Councilman and former Police Lieutenant Albert H. Harrison, died at the family home, 313 West Seventh Street, at 6 A. M. today, after an illness of seven mothers.
       She is also survived by four children, Mrs. Margaret Erickson, Charles T. Harrison and Miss Louise Harrison of this city and Lt. Commdr. Albert H. Harrison, Jr., United States Navy, now stationed at Orange, Tex., a brother, Charles Taylor of Hampton, Va; seven grandchildren, andone great grandchild. Her sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Whatford of this city, died on March 30 of this year, and another sister, Mrs. Ellen Ingraham of Niagara Falls, N. Y., died on the following day while en route to Jamestown to attend the former's funeral services.
       Mrs. Harrison was born in London, England, on March 26, 1874, daughter of Thomas and Mary Gordon Taylor, coming to the United States when a young girl. For many years she was active in the affairs of SS. Peter and Paul's Roman Catholic Church, its Rosary Society and Court St. Gertrude, Catholic Daughters of America.
       The remains are at the Boyd Funeral Home, funeral arrangements to be made later.

• Last Edited: 7 Jan 2016