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| 1868 | Joseph Canute Oscar Scholdburg | 15 Oriental Street | Poplar | - | - | James Oscar Jordan was born as Joseph Canute Oscar Scholdburg on 18 February 1868 in Poplar, County of Middlesex, England. |
| 1869 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1870 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1871 | Oscar Scholdberg | 23 Follett St. | Bromley, E | - | 1871 Census Record | - |
| 1872 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1873 | Scholdberg | 3 Wades Street | Poplar | - | Birth Registration | Brother Charles Albert Scholdberg was born 30 September 1873. |
| 1874 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1875 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1876 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1877 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1878 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1879 | - | 4 Wade Street | Poplar | - | Birth Record | Brother James Henry Jordan was born 27 December 1879. |
| 1880 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1881 | Oscar Scholdberg | 20 Wade | Poplar | - | Census Record | James and Elizabeth Jordan were not found for in 1881 Census. However, their three children Oscar Scholdberg, Charles Scholdberg, and James Henry Jordan were with their grandparents Joseph and Elizabeth Steward at 20 Wade Street in Poplar. |
| 1882 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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1882
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Chicago Directory
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No identifiable James, Joseph, or Oscar Jordan in Chicago Directory. No Scholdbergs were listed. The 1910 Census suggests this was the year of arrival.
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1883
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Chicago Directory
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No identifiable James, Joseph, or Oscar Jordan in Chicago Directory. No Scholdbergs were listed.
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1884
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Chicago Directory
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No identifiable James, Joseph, or Oscar Jordan in Chicago Directory. No Scholdbergs were listed.
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1885
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Chicago Directory
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No identifiable James, Joseph, or Oscar Jordan in Chicago Directory.
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1886
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Chicago Directory
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No identifiable James, Joseph, or Oscar Jordan in Chicago Directory. The 1900 Census suggests this was the year of arrival.
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1887
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Chicago Directory
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No identifiable James, Joseph, or Oscar Jordan in Chicago Directory. No Scholdbergs were listed.
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1888
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Chicago Directory
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No identifiable James, Joseph, or Oscar Jordan in Chicago Directory.
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1889
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Chicago Directory
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No identifiable James, Joseph, or Oscar Jordan in Chicago Directory.
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1890
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James Jordan
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Bds 1182 Harvard
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Chicago
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Electrician
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Chicago Directory
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First identifiable James Jordan address. Both James Jordan (electrician) and his Uncle Charles Steward (electrician) are at this 1182 Harvard address.
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1890
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James O. Jordan
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-
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Chicago
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Masonic Grand Lodge Letter
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James O. Jordan was raised to the degree of Master Mason on April 11, 1890 in Chicago. Possibly Covenant Lodge 526.
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1891
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James Jordan
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1243 W. 16th
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Chicago
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Electrician
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Chicago Directory
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James Jordan (Electrician) and Charles Steward (Ironfitter) at this address.
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1892
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Chicago Directory
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No identifiable James, Joseph, or Oscar Jordan in Chicago Directory, but Charles Steward still at 1243 W. 16th.
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1893
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Chicago Directory
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No identifiable James, Joseph, or Oscar Jordan in Chicago Directory, but Charles Steward at 1469 Fillmore.
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1894
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James Jordan
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1467 Fillmore
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Chicago
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Electrician
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Chicago Directory
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No Scholdbergs were listed.
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1895
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James Jordan
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1469 Fillmore
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Chicago
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Oiler
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Chicago Directory
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Same address as Oscar Jordan (Shaftman). I suppose this is a longshot that the James Jordan is the husband of Elizabeth. More likely it is a double entry for James O. Jordan.
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1878
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Margaret Jane Knowles | 445 Wellington | Montreal | - | Birth and Baptismal Record | Margaret Jane Knowles was born April 18, 1878 in Montreal. |
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1879 to 1895
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Margaret Jane Knowles | - | Montreal and Chicago | - | - | Presumed to have been the same as her parents until her marriage |
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1896
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Margaret Jane Knowles | 5734 Wabash Av. | Chicago | - | Chicago Directory | The address shown is for her father in 1896 |
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| 1896 | James O. Jordan | 1469 Fillmore | Chicago | Electrician | Chicago Directory | - |
| 1896 | James O. Jordan | 1469 Fillmore | Chicago | - | Marriage Application | James O. Jordan married Margaret Jane Knowles on December 30, 1896. Their clergyman was Reverend H. Francis Perry. Rev. Perry's address was listed in 1902 Directory as 513 W. 62nd at Englewood Baptist, 62nd and Stewart. |
| 1897 | James O. Jordan | 837 W. Garfield Blvd. | Chicago | Electrician | Chicago Directory | Garfield is 55th Street. This location is about a mile west of where her Margaret's father lived at the time. Probably the Jordans moved there after the marriage to be near her family, then by his family after her father died. |
| 1897 | James Jordan | 1453 Fillmore | Chicago | Electrician | Chicago Directory | James O. Jordan (electrician), Mrs. Elizabeth Jordan are at 1453 Fillmore. There is a Charles Jordan (electrician) at 453 Fillmore which might be a typo. |
| 1898 | Oscar J. Jordan | 1453 Fillmore | Chicago | Electrician | Chicago Directory | Oscar J. Jordan (electrician) is at 1453 Fillmore. There is no identifiable listing for Charles, Elizabeth or James H. Jordan. |
| 1899 | Oscar J. Jordan | 1453 Fillmore | Chicago | Electrician | Chicago Directory | Oscar J. Jordan (electrician) is at 1453 Fillmore. There is no identifiable listing for Charles, Elizabeth or James H. Jordan. |
| 1900 | James O.Jordan | 1467 Fillmore | Chicago | Electrician | Chicago Directory | - |
| 1900 | James O.Jordan | 1467 Fillmore | Chicago | Electrician | 1900 Census | James O. Jordan, his wife Margaret Jordan, and their child Herbert O. Jordan lived at this address. |
| 1901 | James O. Jordan | 1467 Fillmore | Chicago | Electrician | Chicago Directory | - |
| 1902 | James O. Jordan | 2100 Grenshaw | Chicago | Electrician | Chicago Directory | Miss Ame O. Scholberg nurse Augustana Hospital is shown in the 1902 Chicago Directory. It is unknown if this is any relation.There are very few Scholdbergs and if so this seems like it would be a distant connection. |
| 1903 | James Jordan | 2100 Grenshaw | Chicago | Electrician | Chicago Directory | - |
| 1904 | James L. Jordan? | 7412 Wentworth? | Chicago | Electrician | Chicago Directory | No identifiable James or Joseph in Chicago Directory. There is however, a James L. Jordan (electrician) at 7412 Wentworth for only the years 1904 and 1905 but not 1903 or 1907. So it is possible this our James O. Jordan. |
| 1905 | James L. Jordan? | 7412 Wentworth? | Chicago | Electrician | Chicago Directory | No identifiable James or Joseph in Chicago Directory. There is however, a James L. Jordan (electrician) at 7412 Wentworth for only the years 1904 and 1905 but not 1903 or 1907. So it is possible this our James O. Jordan. |
| 1906 | - | - | - | - | Chicago Directory | There is a James O. Jordan (machinist) at 135 W. 60th, but this does not seem correct. |
| 1907 | John O. Jordan | 1150 Jenifer | Madison | - | Madison Directory | Elizabeth Jordan (widow of Oscar), Charles Jordan (fireman at N.E. Co.), James H. Jordan (patternmaker at N.E. Co.), and John O. Jordan (employee at N.E. Co.). It is thought that John O. Jordan is the same as James O. Jordan and that he temporarily went to Madison. |
| 1907 | James O. Jordan | 5746 State | Chicago | Electrician | Chicago Directory | - |
| 1908 | James O. Jordan | 5746 State | Chicago | Electrician | Chicago Directory | - |
| 1909 | James O. Jordan | 5746 State | Chicago | Electrician | Chicago Directory | - |
| 1910 | James O. Jordan | 7237 Vincennes | Chicago | Electrician | Chicago Directory | - |
| 1910 | James O. Jordan | 7237 Vincennes | Chicago | Electrician | 1910 Census | James O. Jordan, his wife Margaret J. Jordan, and their five children (Herbert O., Frances F., Edward A., Charles, and Arthur), Margaret's sister Muriel E. Woodbury, and Margaret's future husband Robert A. Graham lived at this address. |
| 1911 | James O. Jordan | 7237 Vincennes | Chicago | Electrician | Chicago Directory | In November 1911, Margaret Jordan files bill of complaint and leaves household. |
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| 1911 | James O. Jordan | 2049 W. 12th | - | - | Summons | Summons states that around December 8, 1911 he is living with mother at this address. |
| 1912 | James O. Jordan | 2049 W. 12th | Chicago | - | Summons | Summons states that he lives with mother at this address. |
| 1913 | - | - | - | - | Chicago Directory | No identifiable James Jordan in Chicago Directory. |
| 1914 | - | - | - | - | Chicago Directory | No identifiable James Jordan in Chicago Directory. |
| 1915 | - | 2049 W. 12th | - | - | Chicago Directory | No identifiable James Jordan in Chicago Directory. Charles Jordan (fireman) at 2049 W. 12th. |
| 1916 | - | 2049 W. 12th | - | - | Chicago Directory | No identifiable James Jordan in Chicago Directory. Charles Jordan (fireman) at 2049 W. 12th. |
| 1917 | - | 2049 W. 12th | - | - | Chicago Directory | No identifiable James Jordan in Chicago Directory. Charles Jordan (fireman) at 2049 W. 12th. |
| 1918 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1919 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1920 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1921 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1922 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1923 | - | - | - | - | Chicago Directory | No identifiable James Jordan in Chicago Directory lisings. |
| 1924 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1925 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1926 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1927 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1928 | James Jordan | 2049 W. Roosevelt Rd | Chicago | - | - | Employed at Conway Building. Same address as Charles a laundry worker. |
| 1929 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1930 | - | - | - | - | Telephone Directory | No identifiable James Jordan in Chicago Telephone lisings. |
| 1930 | - | - | - | - | 1930 Census | - |
| 1931 | James O. Jordan | 1107 S. Robey | Chicago | - | Mother's Death Record | Elizabeth Jordan died April 22, 1931. Robey and Damen Avenue are the same street. |
| 1932 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1933 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1934 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1935 | James O. Jordan | 6934 S. Throop | Chicago | - | - | Lived with son Herbert in mid-1930s at 6934 S. Throop. |
| 1936 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1937 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1938 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1939 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1940 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1941 | Jas O . Jordan | 5601 W. LeMoyn | Chicago | - | Telephone Directory | Unclear if this is the correct listing for our James Jordan. This is way out west near Oak Park. It doesn't seem the correct area. |
| 1942 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1943 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1944 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1945 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1946 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1947 | James Oscar Jordan | 6532 Maryland | Chicago | Stationary Engineer at Marshall Fields | Death Record | James Oscar Jordan on died March 23, 1947 at Illinois Masonic Hospital, 836 Wellington, Chicago, Illinois. The hospital is on the north side, just south of Wrigley Field. James' home address at 6532 Maryland is just north of Oakwoods Cemetery. |
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| 1912 | - | - | - | - | Chicago Directory | No identifiable Chicago Directory listing. |
| 1913 | - | - | - | - | Chicago Directory | There is a Margaret Jordan at 1440 40th, but it is unclear whether this is our Margaret Jordan, probably not. |
| 1914 | Mrs. Margaret J. Jordan | 6633 Wentworth | Chicago | - | Chicago Directory | - |
| 1915 | - | - | - | - | Chicago Directory | No identifiable Chicago Directory listing. |
| 1916 | Mrs. Margaret Jordan | 50 W. Marquette | Chicago | Musician | Chicago Directory | Mrs. Margaret Jordan (musician) and Herbert A. Jordan (clerk at Morris and Company) at this address. |
| 1917 | - | 7015 Princeton | Chicago | - | Chicago Directory | No Chicago Directory listing for Margaret, however, her son Herbert A. Jordan lived at 7015 Princeton and worked at Morris A. Company in Stock Yards and the home addresses are probably the same. There is a listing for a Robert Graham (clk) at 6343 Wentworth. It is unclear if this is our Robert Graham. |
| 1918 | - | 7007 Normal | Chicago | - | Chicago Directory | Herbert Arthur Jordan's address on his Marriage Application was 7007 Normal. Probably Margaret's address is the same. |
| 1919 | Margaret Jordan | - | - | - | - | Divorced June 19, 1919 |
| 1920 | Margaret Jordan | 7007 Normal | Chicago | Organist | 1920 Census | - |
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| 1920 | Margaret J. Jordan | - | - | - | - | Married Robert Graham June 28, 1920 |
| 1920 | Mrs. Margaret Jordan | 7007 Normal | Chicago | - | Telephone Directory | This address was obtained from the 1920 Telephone Directory and it is the same address as her son Herbert Arthur Jordan's Marriage Application on August 7, 1918. |
| 1921 | Margaret Graham | 6735 La Fayette Avenue | Chicago | - | Back of Photo | On the back of her daughter Florence's 12/15/1921 engagement photo was the return address for Margaret. It is unknown where La Fayette Avenue is in Chicago. |
| 1922 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1923 | Robert A. Graham | 7725 Calumet | Chicago | - | Chicago Directory | Not sure if this is Robert and Margaret Graham or if they had already moved to California |
| 1923 | - | - | - | - | - | A Rever. Keene Ryan was pastor of the Garfield Presbyterian Church at 55th and Halsted in 1923. |
| 1924 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1925 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1926 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1927 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1928 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1929 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1930 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1930 | - | - | - | - | 1930 Census | - |
| 1931 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1932 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1933 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1934 | - | - | - | - | MG Death Record | Margaret Graham's Death Record indicates that she lived in California for 37 years, which implies 1932-1933. There is a date 2-06-34 written nearby on the death record. Thus it is possible that February 6, 1934 is the date she came to California. |
| 1935 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1936 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1937 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1938 | - | Moses Ave. | - | - | - | See picture, including rentals. Not sure of the year. Put here as place holder. |
| 1939 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1940 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1941 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1942 | Margaret Graham | 3017 Future St. | Los Angeles | - | HAJ Birth Registration | Son Herbert's belated Birth Registration |
| 1943 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1944 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1945 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1946 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1947 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1948 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1949 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1950 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1951 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1952 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1953 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1954 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1955 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1956 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1957 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1958 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1959 | Margaret Graham | 135 N. 13th St. | Santa Paula | - | MG Death Record | Margaret Graham died April 20, 1959 . She was staying with son Arthur S. Jordan on 13th Street before she went to the nursing home. It is presumed from the death record that she lived the last five years with her son Art and the previous years in California in Los Angeles County. |