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Robert Leigh Jordan (1868 - abt. 1955)

Robert Leigh Jordan
Born in Kalamo Township, Eaton, Michigan, United Statesmap
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Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Died about at about age 86 in Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, United Statesmap
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Article about 50th Wedding Anniversary (1938): It seems a long time to Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Jordan since their home on the Pittsfield-Camden Rd. was full of the noise of growing children, who had to be fed and clothed and otherwise attended to. Those were busy and happy days, they agree, although Mrs. Jordan sometimes wonders now how she ever got all her work done. She recalls that she made seven or eight large loaves of bread at a baking as well as several dozen rolls and cinnamon rolls. And she baked three or four times a week. "When the children were in school we had to have a cake just about every day." she says. "And on Saturdays I'd bake eight pies. Sometimes by Monday night there wasn't much pie left." The Jordans had 11 children, two of whom died in infancy. A third child, Lena Rose, died in 1912 at the age of 19. Mrs. Jordan explains that with all her work she never had a hired girl, but that until the children were old enough to help, Mr. Jordan did much to lighten her burdens. He was farming 120 acres, but he found time to work around the house and when his wife was sick he could wash and iron and bake almost as well as she could. Mrs. Jordan recalls that one time when she was ill he finished making a dress she had started for one of their little girls. He did an excellent job, she says, except for the buttonholes...so he just used safety pins. All this caring for a large family is far behind them now, however. Monday they will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. On the same day their oldest son, Fred, of Cleveland, will have been married 26 years, and their fourth child, Clarence, who lives on a farm just a mile west of his parents, will have been married 22 years. The 50th anniversary will be celebrated not far from the place where the wedding was performed. The couple was married in Mrs. Jordan's home, which was in Camden Twp. on the same road on which the Jordans now live, a mile west of Pittsfield. They have lived on this road during their entire married life and have moved only once from one farm to another. The marriage ceremony was read by the Rev. Uri Richards, pastor of the Pittsfield M.E. Church. The wedding was at 7:30 in the evening and was followed by a turkey supper. Of the 50 of more guests at the wedding, Mrs. Kate Jordan, of Wellington, and Mrs. Fannie Tennant, camden, are 2 of the few still living. Following the wedding, Mr. and Mrs. Jordan went to Kalamazoo, Michigan to visit his relatives. They returned after a few weeks to begin farming on the Camden-Pittsfield Twp. line. They remained there until 1911, when they came to their present home. The house with its 11 large rooms, was built for a large family, Mrs. Jordan says. Now it seems too big, although a daughter, Mrs. Mary Bartholomew, whose husband died recently, and her two children are living with them. Mrs. Bartholomew is employed by Oberlin College and the children attend the Wellington school. It used to be that the house was filled at least on Christmas Day. Then it was the custom to have all the family (23 grandchiuldren and 2 great-grandchildren) home for dinner. Now, however, the children have decided that is too much work for their parents and they invite them to their homes instead. Both Mr. and Mrs. Jordan are young-appearing and are in good health, although Mr. Jordan is troubled with rheumatism. Because of this he has given up farming and rents his farm on shares. He finds plenty to do, however, and keeps some chickens and 15 sheep. Mr. Jordan is in his 71st year, having been born July 7, 1868, the son of William and Rosamond Jordan, of Kalamazoo, Michigan. His mother died when he was 11 months old. When he was 13 he came to the vicinity of Pittsfield, where both his maternal and paternal grandparents lived. Mrs. Jordan is a few months older than her husband, having been born on a farm near Wellington April 28, 1867. She is the daughter of Fred and Lydia Betts.


Robert was born in 1868. He passed away about 1955.

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  • "Michigan Births, 1867-1902"

Name: Robert Leigh Jurdon Event Type: Birth Event Place: Kalamo, Eaton, Michigan Event Place (Original): Kalamo, Eaton, Michigan Gender: Male Birth Date: 7 Jul 1868 Father's Name: William Jurdon Father's Birthplace: England Mother's Name: Rose Jurdon Mother's Birthplace: Ohio Record Number: 556





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