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<pre style="margin-top:0.01in"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">BRITISH COLUMBIA FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE PRESENT </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">BIOGRAPHICAL VOLUME III </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY VANCOUVER PORTLAND SAN FRANCISCO CHICAGO 1914 </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">BIOGRAPHICAL - GEORGE ROBERTSON GORDON. </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">George Robertson Gordon, financial agent at Vancouver, devoting his time </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">largely to his duties as executor of several estates and also to the handling of </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">private interests, was born at Goderich, Ontario, September 1, 1861. His par- </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">ents, James and Mary Ann (Gordon) Gordon, were both natives of Ireland, the </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">former born in County Fermanagh and the latter in County Armagh. The </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">father learned the carpenter's trade there and in 1855 crossed the Atlantic to the </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">new world, becoming a resident of Goderich, Ontario, where for thirty-five </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">years he conducted business as a contractor. He filled the offices of town </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">assessor and building inspector for a number of years and passed away in Gode- </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">rich in 1892, at the age of sixty-seven years. His wife arrived in Canada in early </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">womanhood and they were married in Hamilton. She passed away a number of </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">years before her husband, dying in 1875, at tne age of forty-two. </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">At the usual age George R. Gordon began his education as a public-school </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">student in his native city and passed through consecutive grades to the high </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">school, from which he was graduated before entering mercantile circles in 1876, </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">at the age of fifteen. He was first employed as a clerk in a general store in his </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">home town, spending his time in that way until 1881, when he removed west- </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">ward to Manitoba. Owing to ill health while in that province, he soon returned </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">to the east and remained in Ontario until 1884, when he located at Spences </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">Bridge, British Columbia, remaining there for a year. In 1885 he embarked </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">in merchandising at North Bend, British Columbia, in partnership with E. </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">Johnston, but in the spring of 1886 sold out to his partner and came to Van- </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">couver, which was then a small and unimportant town, known as Granville. </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">Here he has resided continuously since and with the growth of the city has been </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">closely associated, watching its development from early days and taking active </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">part in its progress. He began merchandising here in March, 1886, but was </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">burned out by the fire which occurred on the I3th of June of that year. Nothing </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">daunted by this calamity, however, he secured another stock of goods and was </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">soon again engaged in business, in which he continued until 1900, winning a sub- </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">stantial measure of success through all the intervening years, for his trade </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">increased with the growth of the city, his straightforward and honorable busi- </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">ness methods securing him a gratifying patronage. With the opening year of the </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">century he closed out his business and turned his attention to other pursuits </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">becoming secretary of the Terminal City Building Society, the City of Vancouver </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">Building Society and the Burrard Building Society, the last named being the only </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">one of the three now in existence. He resigned his position as secretary in 1911 </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">and at the present time is executor of several estates, while his private interests also make large claim upon his attention and energies. He is the holder of much valuable business and residential property in Vancouver and is the owner of a fine farm of one hundred and twelve acres at Langley, British Columbia, which </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">is devoted to the production of fruit, the raising of stock and poultry and to </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">dairy interests, each branch of the business bringing to him a substantial return. </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">His has been a life of unfaltering energy and close application, in which there </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">have been few leisure hours, and his wise utilization of his time and talents has </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">brought him to a most creditable and gratifying position among the leading busi- </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">ness men of the city. </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">Mr. Gordon was married, in Clinton, on Cariboo road, British Columbia, </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">October 18, 1887, to Miss Susan E. Mclntyre, a daughter of John and Anna </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">(Kilpatrick) Mclntyre, both of whom were natives of Stewartstown, Ireland. </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">The father died in Vancouver in June, 1900, at the age of eighty-three years, and </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">Mrs. Mclntyre is still a resident of this city. Although now in her eightieth </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">year, she is still hale and hearty, retains her faculties unimpaired and is as alert and active as a person many years her junior. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Gordon have </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">been born two children: Irmgarde, who is a graduate of the Vancouver high </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">school and the Ontario Ladies College of Whitby; and Alva Mclntyre, who is </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">a student at McGill University. </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">Mr. Gordon is a conservative in politics and has been an active and stalwart </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">advocate of party principles. He has voted in every municipal election ever </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">held in Vancouver and for nine years he was a member of the school board of </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">this city. He became one of the founders of the Pioneer Society of Vancouver, </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">of which he is now serving as treasurer, and no man is more familiar with the </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">history of development, progress and improvement here than he. He holds mem- </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">bership in Pacific Lodge, No. 26, I. O. O. F., in which he has passed through all </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">the chairs, and was grand representative to the sovereign grand lodge in 1902-03. </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">He is prominent and popular in the club circles of the city, connected through </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">membership with the Canadian and Progress Clubs. Both he and his wife are </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">active and prominent members of Wesley Methodist church and take helpful </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">interest in various lines of church and charitable work. Mr. Gordon is now serv- </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">ing as a member of the board of trustees of the Ferris Road, Trinity and Dundee </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">Street Methodist churches. His wife is active in the Ladies Aid Socety of the </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">Wesley Methodist church, has been a member of the directorate of the Children's </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">Aid Society for six years and is active in the home work of that organization. In </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">fact, both Mr. and Mrs. Gordon are possessors in large measure of that broad </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">humanitarian spirit which reaches out in helpfulness and kindliness to all, and </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">their labors have done much toward making the world better and brighter for the </font>
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">unfortunate ones. </font></pre><p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in">
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in">(This is the first
of some 200 biographies from the beginning of British Columbia)</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><u><b>NOTE</b></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>:
</b></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>The
above on George R. Gordon is an important link in my personal
genealogy. Can knowing links in each of our genealogies prove to be
significant? I believe so.</span></span></p>
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</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>The
English doctor who nursed Scottish Eric Liddell of “Chariots of
Fire” fame - in a Japanese prison of war camp in China before he
died - I believe has significance. Billy Graham in his book on
prayer, quoted from “Healing the Family Tree” by Dr. Kenneth
McAll - as his story relates to the healing of the Bermuda Triangle.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>But
in a practical manner for each of us as individuals - Dr. McAll shows
that if each of us will form a “Family Tree” going back to our
great grandparents - we can clearly see how members in this genealogy
can be affected adversely back to great grandparents. When we form
such a 4-fold genealogical chart and see such adverse connections -
we can then have a communion service - and with such a Family Tree
portraying this on the Table, then by the prayer of faith on the
basis of our Lord Jesus' Finished Work on Calvary - we can </span></span><u><span style>break</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
the bondages over afflicted members from the past! </span></span>
</p>
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</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>Like
Dr. McAll - we have seen definite victories from such “Healing of
the family tree”. </span></span>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>But
</span></span><u><span style>conversely</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
- it is also important to see the </span></span><u><span style>blessing</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
coming down from past members of our family Tree! Jonathan Edwards
was by faith led to claim through “Covenant” - salvation for his
descendants to the 3</span></span><sup><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>rd</span></span></sup><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
and 4</span></span><sup><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>th</span></span></sup><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
generations. Some 1600 of these entered into the blessing of the
Kingdom of God through Covenant. Charles H. Spurgeon saw similar
blessing in his descendants as well as those working for him - some
300.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>My
grandfather James A. Watt who immigrated to Canada from Scotland,
died in B.C. His widow, my Irish grandmother, married fellow Irishman
immigrant to Canada - G. R. Gordon. He was at that time widower from
his first marriage. He was the first one who served Gospel seed into
me from the age of 10-14. He did not do so verbally, but each month
when we lived on his farm in Langley mentioned above, he brought out
for 4 years little 32 page booklets called the “Lily Series”,
recounting the salvation of individuals in England. These sparked a
desire in my heart to know God the way these English converts came to
know Him. Mr. Gordon followed these up with the book “</span></span><u><span style>Intra
Muros</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>”
by Agnes R. Springer. This even more powerfully planted the desire in
me to know the Living God!</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>In
the Fall of 1942 I was attending the University of B.C., and for the
first time in my life at the age of 19, God spoke to me from Psalm
107:23-24. He said, “Join the Navy, and I'll reveal Myself to you.”
He </span></span><u><span style>knew</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
the desire of my heart planted there by my step-grandfather Mr.
Gordon.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>I
did so in July of 1943, and on Passover of 1944 - 9 months later, God
brought to fruition the seed my step-grandfather planted in me.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>Do
I believe in this 2-fold benefit of making use of our Family Trees?
Indeed I do! And I encourage each of you - Explore the possibility of
potential blessing - by forming a genealogy back to your fourth
generation. Claim healing for every living individual in this tree -
who may be suffering from a wrong inheritance from one or more past
members.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>But
- most of all and positively - find individuals on your part who have
powerfully brought down to your spirit blessings untold!</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>Your
friend - Jim Watt</span></span></p>
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