Gordon Russell McCall (abt. 1906 - 1986)

Born about 2 Dec 1906 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States

Ancestors

Died 22 Apr 1986 at about age 79 in Albion, Calhoun, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Gordy was born about 1906, the son of Harry McCall and Doris Priest. In 1910, the family lived in Mt. Clemons, Michigan, where in faher worked as a motorman, operating street cars.^[1] By 1920, they have moved to Big Rapids, in Mecosta County, as Gordy's father worked as a molder in a foundry.^[2] In 1930, they were living in Albion County, in Calhoun, where Gordy's father had taken work as an engineer at a school building. Gordy worked as trimmer at a malleable iron foundry.^[3] At the time of the 1940 U.S. federal census, they were living in Albion City, with Gordy working as a gas station attendant and his father working as a painter. Gordy married Pauline V. Darling (1916-1996) in Kalamazoo, Michigan on July 9, 1955.^[4] Pauline had been married previously, to William R. Walters, who passed away in 1937. It's not known what became of the marriage, but Gordy remarried, marrying Virginia Pelfrey Goble (1930-1997) in Dickenson, Virginia on July 15, 1970.^[5]

He passed away at the age of 80, in 1988.^[6][7]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML51-2XT : accessed 28 July 2020), Gordon Mccall in household of Harry Mccall, Mt Clemens Ward 2, Macomb, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 71, sheet 9A, family 229, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 659; FHL microfilm 1,374,672.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZQ8-GWJ : accessed 28 July 2020), Gordon Mc Call in household of Harry Mc Call, Big Rapids Ward 4, Mecosta, Michigan, United States; citing ED 234, sheet 4B, line 99, family 120, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 783; FHL microfilm 1,820,783.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQYM-485 : accessed 28 July 2020), Gorden R Mccall in household of Harry L Mccall, Albion, Calhoun, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 5, sheet 6B, line 51, family 149, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 978; FHL microfilm 2,340,713.
4. ↑ "Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCJ1-NSB : 17 January 2020), Gordon McCall, 1955.
5. ↑ "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1S-JF94 : 10 January 2019), Gordon Russell McCall and Virginia Pelfrey Goble, 15 Jul 1970; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing , Clintwood, Virginia, United States, certificate 70 026878, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
6. ↑ "Michigan Death Index, 1971-1996," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZB1-4WY : 4 December 2014), Gordon R Mccall, 22 Apr 1986; from "Michigan, Deaths, 1971-1996," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 1998); citing Litchfield, Hillsdale, Michigan, death certificate number 29206, Michigan Department of Vital and Health Records, Lansing.
7. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JKZK-QZ9 : 22 July 2020), Gordon Mccall, Apr 1986; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).