Samuel GORDON (1850

Samuel GORDON (1850 - 1917)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Mary GORDON (1882 - 1957) Aimie Helen GORDON (1884 - 1975) John Fraser GORDON (1885 - 1961) Charlotte Gertrude GORDON (1887 - 1957)	Samuel GORDON (1850 - 1917) + Annie FRASER (1855 - 1941)	John GORDON (1815 - 1889)	Samuel Peter GORDON (1770 - 1839)

			Jane ACHESON (1777 - 1857)

		Mary REECE (1825 - 1850)

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In loving memory of Samuel Gordon
Born at Bundarbo 25 August 1850
Died at Gocup 6th July 1917

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Annie Gordon
Born 8th May 1855 - Died 23rd May 1941

Pic 1. Inscription
In loving memory of Samuel Gordon
Born at Bundarbo 25 August 1850
Died at Gocup 6th July 1917

b. 25 Aug 1850 at Bundarbo, New South WAles, Australia

m. 1880 Annie FRASER (1855 - 1941) at Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia

d. 06 Jul 1917 at Gocup, New South Wales, Australia aged 66

Near Relatives of Samuel GORDON (1850 - 1917)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Samuel Peter GORDON	1770	Tassagh, Co Amagh, Northen Island	1839	Tassagh, Co Amagh, Northen Island	69
Grandmother	Jane ACHESON	1777		10 Nov 1857	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	80

Father in Law	James FRASER	abt 1813	Fife, Scotland	1888	Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia	75
Mother in Law	Helen THOMSON	1811		1893		82

Father	John GORDON	1815	Tassagh, Co Amagh, Northen Island	Jun 1889	London, Middlesex, England	74
Mother	Mary REECE	abt 1825		20 Sep 1850	Bundarbo, New South WAles, Australia	25

Self	Samuel GORDON	25 Aug 1850	Bundarbo, New South WAles, Australia	06 Jul 1917	Gocup, New South Wales, Australia	66

Wife	Annie FRASER	08 May 1855		23 May 1941	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	86

Daughter	Mary GORDON	abt 1882	Gocup, New South Wales, Australia	1957	Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia	75
Daughter	Aimie Helen GORDON	abt 1884	Gocup, New South Wales, Australia	03 Apr 1975	New South Wales, Australia	91
Son	John Fraser GORDON	1885	Gocup, New South Wales, Australia	1961	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia	76
Daughter	Charlotte Gertrude GORDON	1887	Gocup, New South Wales, Australia	1957	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	70

Half Sister	Jane GORDON	1859	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	1939		80

Son in Law	Moreton John Godden COLYER	1871	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	25 Jan 1947	Killara, New South Wales, Australia	76
Daughter in Law	Phyllis Amanda Mary ARENTZ	1897	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1988	Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia	91
Son in Law	Oswald Montague EVERSHED	1880		1961		81

Uncle	Robert GORDON	1808	Tassagh, Co Amagh, Northen Island	10 Dec 1888	Walgett, New South Wales, Australia	80
Aunt	Margaret Annie GORDON	1819	Co Armagh, Northern Ireland	18 Mar 1890	Narrandera, New South Wales, Australia	71
Uncle	George FORSYTH	25 Feb 1818	South Shields, Durham, England	26 May 1887	Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia	69
Uncle	Thomas Acheson GORDON	1821	Co Armagh, Northern Ireland	1907		86

Cousin	George FORSYTH	12 Oct 1852	Tarcutta Lower, New South Wales, Australia	1854	Tarcutta Lower, New South Wales, Australia	2
Cousin	Thomas James FORSYTH	26 Aug 1854	Tarcutta Lower, New South Wales, Australia	11 May 1855	Tarcutta Lower, New South Wales, Australia	0
Cousin	Isabella FORSYTH	Mar 1860	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	05 Sep 1861	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	1
Cousin	Margaret Anne FORSYTH	1862	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	1935		73

Sister in Law	Eliza FRASER	abt 1849	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland	05 Mar 1938	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	89
Brother in Law	John Archibald CAMPBELL	28 Jun 1854	Bullock Creek, Victoria, Australia	07 Oct 1916	Toorak, Victoria, Australia	62

Events in Samuel GORDON (1850 - 1917)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
25 Aug 1850		Samuel GORDON was born	Bundarbo, New South WAles, Australia
20 Sep 1850		Death of mother Mary REECE (aged 25)	Bundarbo, New South WAles, Australia		73
1880	30	Married Annie FRASER (aged 25)	Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia
abt 1882	32	Birth of daughter Mary GORDON	Gocup, New South Wales, Australia		73
abt 1884	34	Birth of daughter Aimie Helen GORDON	Gocup, New South Wales, Australia		73
1885	35	Birth of son John Fraser GORDON	Gocup, New South Wales, Australia
1887	37	Birth of daughter Charlotte Gertrude GORDON	Gocup, New South Wales, Australia
Jun 1889	38	Death of father John GORDON (aged 74)	London, Middlesex, England
06 Jul 1917	66	Samuel GORDON died	Gocup, New South Wales, Australia

Personal Notes:

Samuel Gordon was born on 25 August 1850 at Bundarbo Station near Jugiong. His father, John Gordon was born in 1814, the second son of Samuel Gordon of Tassagh, Ormagh, Ireland, and his wife Jane Acheson. (Tassagh was a grant of land given to William Gordon in 1690).

John Gordon owned Bundarbo Station comprising 50,000 acres near Jugiong. For some years prior to 1848 he owned a number of stations, among them Borambla and Pullitop near Wagga Wagga both of which he purchased from George Macleay. Shortly after John Gordon settled at Bundarbo his father died in Ireland and his mother, sister and two brothers came to Australia. The youngest brother was a Presbyterian Clergyman in Sydney.

John Gordon married Mary Reece and unfortunately she died when Samuel (their only son) was born.

When he was ten years old Samuel Gordon was attending Dr. Large's Boarding School (eueen's Villa) in Richmond Street, Tumut. At the time his uncle Robert Gordon had a grocery shop in Fitzroy Street near the Court House.

When he completed his schooling Samuel became a clerk in a bank at Wagga Wagga, but a little 1ater he accompanied his father and a friend, Mr. Horsfall of Widgewa station, on a trip to England and America. Whilst visiting Windsor Castle he was missing from the party and after a considerable time was located in the nearby stables examining the Queen's "Greys". Throughout his life Samuel Gordon's great love was for animals.

In 1880 Samuel Gordon became the owner of Yarrangobilly Station and that year married Annie Fraser, the daughter of James Fraser, a marine engineer with the Public Works Department. The Gordons had three daughters and one son;

> Mary Gordon,
> Aimee Gordon (married M.J.G. Colyer of Killara),
> Gertrude Gordon (married O.M. Evershed),
> John Gordon.

In 1884 they left Yarrangobilly and took up an area of 172 acres near the foot of Watson's Hill, Gocup.

To Samuel Gordon of Gocup goes the credit of founding the dairying industry on sound and profitable lines. In 1880 he commenced with a particularly fine herd of Ayrshire dairy cattle and in the same year purchased one of the first three Alfa Laval separators imported into Australia. He produced excellent quality butter and cheese which was marketed in Gundagai, Adelong, and Tumut.

For over forty years he continued to improve his property and dairy herds to the extent that in later years an Officer-in Charge of the Dairy Industry Branch of the Department of Agriculture claimed that, in his opinion, Samuel Gordon's Gocup Estate was the best dairying property in New South Wales. He was well qualified to express such an opinion.

In 1884 he purchased from Sir John Hay the whole of his estate at Gocup comprising 2,266 acres with a long frontage to the Tumut River. This was the original Squatters Run taken up by John Archer Broughton. It was all freehold property when Samuel Gordon bought it. On this magnificent land Sam Gordon bred fine thoroughbred horses and Clydesdales. George King later became one of his stud grooms. A considerable portion of the agricultural land was leased to Chinese tenant farmers for growing tobacco. At one stage there were 300 Chinese living on the property.

A family named McDonald managed the dairy farm. The butter and cream produced was sold in Tumut. When the slump came in the tobacco growing industry the tenants produced maize, wheat, oats and other crops much of which was used for the dairy herds.

Samuel Gordon was a keen supporter of the Tumut Turf Club and the A. & P. Society. He bred some good racehorses but did not bet. He regularly drove an American type buggy drawn by four well matched blood bay horses which were admired by everyone who saw them. With his various breeds and types of horses he was a successful competitor at surrounding shows.

Gifted with a power of taming the most vicious outlaw horses it was ironic that whilst riding a perfectly quiet horse, he received critical injuries. While Samuel was riding his favourite show horse "Speculum" at night crossing the Gilmore Creek bridge, the animal became frightened, slipped on the frost laden, smooth bridge decking and fell with its rider. In frantic struggles to regain its feet the horse lashed out several times kicking Samuel as he lay on the decking. He received such severe head injuries that for some days his life was in the balance. He recovered, but was never afterwards able to follow an active life. This accident happened in the later years of his life.

He died at Tumut on 6 July l9l7 . He was one of the most honourable and popular men in the district. The well-kept Gocup homestead, with its fine gardens, lawns, shrubs and gravel driveway, was the show place of the district.

Source References:

73. Type: Book, Abbr: Pioneers of Tumut Valley, Title: Pioneers of the Tumult Valley , The History of Early Settlement, Auth: H.E. Snowden, Publ: Tumut & District Historical Society Incorporated, Date: 2004

- Reference = 93 (Name, Notes)

76. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find a Grave, Title: Find A Grave, Locn: https://www.findagrave.com/

- Reference = https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125205137/samuel-gordon (Name, Notes)

77. Type: Book, Abbr: Tumut Pioneer Cemetery, Title: Tumut Pioneer Cemetery, Auth: Gay Stuckey and Pam Archer, Publ: Tumut Family History Group, Date: 1989

- Reference = page 36 # 192. (Name, Notes)

- Notes: GORDON Samuel, born Bundarbo 25 Aug 1850, died Gocup 6 July 1917; also his wife
GORDON Annie, born 8 May 1855, died 23 May 1941.

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