Clifford Melville Jordan (1879 - 1963)

Born 25 Jul 1879 in Thompson, Windham County, Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Died Mar 1963 at age 83 in Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Clifford M. Jordan was a son of Hiram W. Jordan and Annie C (Blackmer) Jordan, born on 25 July 1879^[1] in (probably) Thompson, Connecticut. ^[2]

The 1880 U.S. Census recorded Clifford, age 10 months, in his parents' household in Thompson, Connecticut. His parents, farmer Hiram Jordan and wife Anna Jordan, both were age 33. His brother Frank was 8 years old. His paterrnal grandmother, Nancy Jordan, age 73 and a widow, shared their home. All were born in Connecticut to parents born in Connecticut.^[3]

The 1900 U.S. Census recorded Clifford at age 20 in his parents' household in Woodstock, Connecticut. Hiram W. Jordan, was age 47^[4] and a farmer; his wife Annie C. Jordan was age 53. Hiram and Annie had been married 29 years, and Annie had had two children, both of them living. Son Frank A. Jordan, age 28, was an accountant for a woolen mill. His brother Clifford M. Jordan, age 20, worked as a clerk for a woolen mill. Their maternal grandmother (Annie's mother) Lucy Blackmar, age 81 and a widow, lived with them, recorded as "boarder." Frank and Clifford were born in Connecticut to parents born in Connecticut. ^[5]

The 1910 U.S. Census recorded Clifford M. Jordan and wife May S. Jordan, both age 30 and both born in Connecticut, at 31 Mechanic Street in Webster, Massachusetts. They had been married one year, and May had not had any children. Clifford was a superintendent in a woolen mill.^[6]

Clifford Melville Jordan, age 39, registered for the World War I draft in Southbridge, Massachusetts, on 12 September 1918. He gave his date of birth as 25 July 1879 and reported that he lived at 4 Negus (looks like Neyno in the record) in Webster, Massachusetts, and worked as a superintendent for Intervale Mills in Webster. He named May Sweetser Jordan (his wife) as his nearest relative.^[7]

In 1920, the U.S. census found Clifford M. Jordan and his wife May S., Jordan, both age 40 and both born in Connecticut, at 4 Negus Street in Webster, Massachusetts. He was again described as a superintendent in a woolen mill.^[8]

Clifford M. Jordan died in Connecticut in March 1963.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Social Security Death Index. In the 1880 census, enumerated in April of that year, he was recorded as age 10 months old and "Aug" is noted as the month of birth; this may be an arithmetic error by the census taker. The 1900 census gives July 1879 as the date of birth.
2. ↑ Birthplace of Thompson is inferred from the place he lived in 1880.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YB4-9CXG?cc=1417683&wc=XHVZ-FM9%3A1589395565%2C1589395873%2C1589396108%2C1589394846 : 24 December 2015), Connecticut > Windham > Thompson > ED 136 > image 1 of 59; citing NARA microfilm publication T9, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., n.d.)
4. ↑ This age for Hiram Jordan on the 1900 census is wrong.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M97K-ZS7 : 11 March 2022), Lucy Blackmar, Connecticut > Windham > ED 533 Woodstock township (Precinct 1) > image 20 of 25; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M22P-LCL : accessed 15 January 2023), Clifford M Jordan, Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1834, sheet 18A, family 330, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 630; FHL microfilm 1,374,643.
7. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9BR6-STV?cc=1968530&wc=9FHD-DP8%3A928311301%2C928714801 : 24 August 2019), Massachusetts > Southbridge City no 10; H-Z > image 373 of 4424; citing NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRXS-91H?cc=1488411&wc=QZJ5-D32%3A1036470801%2C1037958801%2C1036578001%2C1589333025 : 11 September 2019), Massachusetts > Worcester > Webster > ED 173 > image 62 of 65; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
9. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JRMV-3MP : 7 January 2021), Clifford Jordan, Mar 1963; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).