Alma Eveline Gordon (1897 - 1974)

Born 31 Mar 1897 in Raiford, Union County, Florida, USA

Ancestors

Died 1 Jul 1974 at age 77 in Florida, USA

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Biography

Alvina Gordon was born 31 March 1897 in Florida, the daughter of John Gordon, Jr. and Lovey Christine Denmark Gordon^[1].

In 1900^[2], she lived in Lake Butler, Bradford County, Florida, with her parents and siblings. After her father died in 1901, she and her siblings moved in with her grandparents, Clement T. Gordon and Nancy Crews Gordon. They appear in Raiford, Bradford County, Florida in 1910^[3].

She married Condra Walter Johns 16 November 1919 in Ocala, Marion County, Florida^[4].

Alma Eveline Gordon & Condra Walter Johns, Florida, County Marriages, 1830-1957

In 1920 she lived with her cousin Myrtie Gordon Kite and her family in Plant City, Hillsborough County, Florida. Her husband's whereabouts are unknown at this time^[5].

She and Condra's daughter Eloise died in 1929 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident^[6].

They lived in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida in 1930 with their children Lloyd and Louise^[7].

Their daughter Louise died in 1931 from a cerebral hemorrhage^[8].

They lived in Duval County, Florida in 1935^[9]. They were still in Jacksonville in 1940 with their children Lois, Margaret, Morris, Erma Jean, Geraldine, and Condra's mother Martha Johns^[10]. They appear on the 1945 Florida State Census in Jacksonville^[11].

She died 1 July 1974 in Orange County, Florida^[12][13] and was buried in Sapp Cemetery, Raiford, Union County, Florida^[1].

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #201099950
2. ↑ Alma Gordon, United States Census, 1900
3. ↑ Alma Gardon, United States Census, 1910
4. ↑ Alma Eveline Gordon, Florida, County Marriages, 1830-1957
5. ↑ Alma Johns, United States Census, 1920
6. ↑ Alma Gordon, mentioned in the record of Eloise Johns
7. ↑ Lloyd Johns, United States Census, 1930
8. ↑ Alma Gordon, mentioned in the record of Louise Johns
9. ↑ Alma Johns, Florida State Census, 1935
10. ↑ Alma Johns, United States Census, 1940
11. ↑ Alma Johns, Florida State Census, 1945
12. ↑ Alma E Johns, Florida Death Index, 1877-1998
13. ↑ Alma Johns, United States Social Security Death Index

Bibliography

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 December 2019), memorial page for Alma Eveline Gordon Johns (31 Mar 1897–1 Jul 1974), Find A Grave Memorial no. 201099950, citing Sapp Cemetery, Raiford, Union County, Florida, USA; Maintained by Robert Thompson (contributor 46900531).
• United States Census, 1900, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3D5-72D : accessed 31 March 2017), Alma Gordon in household of John Gordon, Precinct 2, Lake Butler Lake Butler town, Bradford, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 19, sheet 15A, family 340, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,166.
• United States Census, 1910, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVVT-GVS : accessed 12 December 2019), Alma Gardon in household of Clanton T Gardon, Raiford, Bradford, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 30, sheet 8B, family 154, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 157; FHL microfilm 1,374,170.
• Florida, County Marriages, 1830-1957, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWWQ-6V9 : 17 October 2017), Condra Walter Johns and Alma Eveline Gordon, 16 Nov 1919; citing Marriage, Ocala, Marion, Florida, United States, Florida State Archives and various county clerks of courts; FHL microfilm 956,993.
• United States Census, 1920, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNYR-9DM : accessed 13 December 2019), Alma Johns in household of Andrew Kite, Plant City, Hillsborough, Florida, United States; citing ED 84, sheet 9B, line 88, family 26, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 223; FHL microfilm 1,820,223.
• Florida Deaths, 1877-1939, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FP8V-PDH : 8 August 2019), Alma Gordon in entry for Eloise Johns, 1929.
• Florida Deaths, 1877-1939, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FP3K-YGD : 8 August 2019), Alma Gordon in entry for Louise Johns, 1931.
• United States Census, 1930, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SRM8-D2M : accessed 13 December 2019), Alma Johns in household of Conley Johns, Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 24, sheet 5A, line 48, family 112, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 313; FHL microfilm 2,340,048.
• Florida State Census, 1935, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNJB-RKL : 2 February 2018), Alma Johns in household of Condria Johns, , Duval, Florida; citing line 24, State Archives, Tallahassee; FHL microfilm 2,425,154.
• United States Census, 1940, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTZ4-H5S : 26 July 2019), Alma Johns in household of Conrad W Johns, Ward 8, Jacksonville, Election Precinct 8B, Duval, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 68-90, sheet 23B, line 74, family 489, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 625.
• Florida State Census, 1945, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNFJ-SR2 : 9 August 2017), Alma Johns, Jacksonville, Duval, Florida; citing line 27, State Archives, Tallahassee; FHL microfilm 2,425,183.
• Florida Death Index, 1877-1998, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VVF3-MTM : 25 December 2014), Alma E Johns, 01 Jul 1974; from "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," index, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : 2004); citing vol. , certificate number 49725, Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, Jacksonville.
• United States Social Security Death Index, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J178-948 : 19 May 2014), Alma Johns, Jul 1974; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).