| Parents | Born | Baptized | Married | Moves | Occupations | Death | Burial |
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| James Oscar Jordan • Name shown on Birth Registration: Joseph Canute Oscar Scholdburg • Name shown on Baptismal Record: Joseph Knut Oscar Scholdberg •Name shown on 1881 Census: Oscar Scholdberg •Name shown for 1890 Masonic membership: James Oscar Jordan Source Data |
18 February 1868 at 15 Oriental Street, Poplar, England | 21 June 1868 at All Saints Poplar Became interested in Spiritualism about 1910 |
Margaret Jane Knowles on 30 December 1896 in Chicago, Illinois at age 28 Separated November 1911 Divorced 19 June 1919 in Circuit Court of Cook County, Chicago |
• Lived at various places in Poplar, England with parents • From Poplar to Chicago in 1882 or 1886 |
• Master Mason on April 11, 1890 in Chicago • Electrician at the Conway Building, Chicago, Illinois • Stationary Engineer at Marshall Fields at time of death |
23 March 1947 at the Illinois Masonic Hospital, 836 Wellington, Chicago, Illinois at age 79 Place of residence: 6532 Maryland Avenue, Chicago Cause: The immediate cause of death was Myocarditis. Other conditions were Nephritis. An autopsy found Artereoseliratic (Heart Disease) |
29 April 1967 cremated at Acacia Park Cemetery and Mausoleum in Chicago, Illinois. The cremains were mailed to Mrs. Mildred Esterhine at 6522 Maryland, Chicago, Illinois who lived a few doors away. |
| Margaret Jane Knowles Source Data |
18 April 1878 at 445 Wellington, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | 10 July 1878 at St. Matthew's Presbyterian Church, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Religion: • Baptized as a Presbyterian, • married by Baptist minister, • became a Christian Scientist in California |
James Oscar Jordan on 30 December 1896 in Chicago, Illinois at age 18 Separated November 1911 Divorced 19 June 1919 in Circuit Court of Cook County, Chicago Married Robert Aaron Graham on 28 June 1920 in Chicago at age 42 |
• From Montreal with parents to Chicago in late 1888 or 1889 • To California with 2nd husband, Robert Graham about 1934 |
• Organist and Pianist at Silent Movies Theaters known as Nickelodeons • First licensed organist in the City of Chicago |
20 August 1959 at Pine Tree Lodge, Glendale, Los Angeles Co., California at age 81 Place of residence was 135 N. 13th Street, Santa Paula, California, which was her son Art's home. Cause: Chronic Myocarditis (Unknown Duration) Due to: General Arteriosclerosis (Unknown Duration) |
24 August 1959 service at Forest Lawn Memorial Parks and Mortuaries, Glendale, California in the Wee Kirk o' the Heather 4 September 1959 cremains inurned at Forest Lawn Memorial Parks and Mortuaries, Glendale, Californiain in the Columbarium of Consecration, Niche 19049 |
| Children | Born | Baptized | Married | Moves | Occupations | Death | Burial |
| Herbert Arthur Jordan Source Data |
24 July 1898 at 1453 Fillmore Street, Chicago, Illinois | Herbert took instruction in 1917 in a Catholic Church in Westover, Pennsylvania. It is unclear if he was Baptized there. Sponsors: |
Elizabeth Page on 21 August 1918 at St. Raphael's, Chicago, Illinois at age 20 Witnesses: Charles Pettele and Rose Page |
• Herbert to California in late fall 1942 • Returned to Chicago in spring 1943 to help Elizabeth after her broken leg. • Herbert and Elizabeth moved to California permanently in the summer or fall of 1943. Initially they lived in North Hollywood |
• Didn't finish High School as had to go to work • Morris and Company (Bookkeeper) • Rock Island Railroad (Bookkeeper) • Streetcar Motorman (1922•1935) • Put basements under house in the 1920s with John and Eddie Page, his in-laws • Hamburger stands at 69th and Halsted and 63rd and Ashland in late 1920s and early 1930s • Mailman (1935 to about 1942) • Worked in a defense plant about 1943 when he first went to California • Self employed new home contractor in California for 15-25 years, including carpentry |
26 April 1967 at Granda Hills Community Hospital, Granada Hills, California at age 68 Place of residence was 14712 Gilmore Street, Granada Hills, California. Cause: Myocardial Infarction (Heart Attack) Due to: • Generalized Arteriosclerosis (20 years) • Diabetes Mellitus (40 years) |
29 April 1967 at San Fernando Mission Cemetery, 11160 Stranwood Avenue, San Fernando, California in Section C, Lot 261 Grave 9 |
| Frances F. Jordan | about 1900 probably at 1467 Filmore Street, Chicago | Ernest Hollinshead date and place unknown | • To California, possibly with mother in 1920s | Dec 1985 in California at about age 85 | |||
| Edward A. Jordan | about 1902 probably at 2100 Grenshaw Street, Chicago | Emelie | • To California, possibly with mother in 1930 or 40s | after 1970 | |||
| Charles J. Jordan | 16 October 1903 probably at 2100 Grenshaw Street, Chicago | Josephine Michalene on 13 February 1924 at City Hall, Chicago, Illinois at age 20 | • To California, probably in the 1930s or 40s | 18 February 1985 at San Bernardino County Medical Center, San Bernardino, California at age 81 Cause: Pneumonia |
20 February 1985 cremated at Evergreen Cemetary, Riverside, California | ||
| Arthur S. Jordan Source Data |
about 1904 possibly at 7412 Wentworth Street, Chicago | Myra | • To California, possibly with mother in 1920s | about 1960 in Hawaii at about age 56 |
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