George Gordon Jefferson was born on 2nd February 1885 at Ulverston, Lancashire, England.[1][2][3] He was the eldest child son of Arthur Jefferson and Margaret Metcalfe. He was older brother to comedian Stan Laurel of Laurel and Hardy fame.
On the evening of the 1891 Census, age 6, he was living with his maternal grandparents George (age 54, Shoe maker (master), born Bainbridge, Yorkshire) and Sarah Metcalfe (59, born Hawes, Yorkshire) at 3, Foundry Street, Ulverston, Lancashire, England.[4] Gordon was a Scholar and his birth place was Ulverston, Lancashire.
On 4 Jan 1907, he married Lilias White in Stockport, Lancashire.[5][6]
Later in 1907, he was the Acting-Manager of the Metropole theatre in Glasgow,[7] where his father was the Managing Director.[7]
On 20 Sep 1907, his daughter Eileen was born at 8 Brisbane Street, Langside in the parish of Cathcart in the county of Renfrewshire.[6]
Gordon was a freemason, being initiated into Lodge Dramatic, Glasgow, No. 571 on 2 Mar 1911.[8]
On 19 Jun 1921, he worked as an Electrical Engineer on his own account with no fixed place of work and lived with his wife Lilias and daughter Eileen at 9 Budle Street in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England.[9]. His age was given as 36 years and 4 months and his birth place as Ulverston, Lancashire.
On 29 Oct 1938, aged 53, he passed away at 20 Nell Lane, Withington in the County Borough of Manchester, Lancashire,[10][11] and is buried in the Southern Cemetery, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, Manchester, Lancashire.[12] Cause of death was a) Toxaemia and b) Broncho Pneumonia.[10] Gordon's profession was given as Canvasser and his usual address as 26 Clifford Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock.[10] The informant was C.P. Richards, the occupier of 20 Nell Lane, Withington.[10]
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