HomeMy WebLinkAbout322"Article copied from the News Advertiser, Wednesday, April 9, 2003, page 6.
In the early 1830s, Sarah Gordon left Ireland and brought her family
(six sons and three daughters) to Canada. The oldest daughter, Mrs. Shackelton
(mother of the famous explorer) stayed behind. Receiving a grant from the Honourable William
Allen in 1837, the family settled in Pickering Village. The house, built in 1860, stayed in the family
until 1958. Son Joseph Gordon was a Loyal Orangeman and fought the rebels in 1837.
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on behalf of the Ajax Community Archives. For more information
about either, please call Brenda Kriz at 905-619-2529 ext. 343.
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