Complied December 28, 2025 - Person Sheet
Complied December 28, 2025 - Person Sheet
NameMary Pordon 497,1017,1018,1019
BirthJul 1801, Cottingham, Yorkshire, England1011,488,1020
Baptism3 Aug 1801, Cottingham, Yorkshire, England1021 Age: <1
Residence1851, 6 Providence Court, St. Paul’s Parish, Kingston-upon-Hull, England488 Age: 49
Emigration4 May 1856, Liverpool To New York500 Age: 54
Immigration1856497 Age: 54
Residence1860, St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri Age: 58
Memoper 1860 Census
Death1866, St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri Age: 64
Burial10 Oct 1866, Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri, plot 2581496
OccupationCordwainer’s Wife 1851 English Census488
FatherDavid Purdon (1770-1833)
MotherCatharine Watson (probable) (1774-1849)
Spouses
Birth27 Jan 1794, Blacktoft, Yorkshire, England1011,1012,1013,1014
Memo9 miles from S. Cave
Baptism7 Mar 1794, South Cave, Yorkshire, England1013 Age: <1
Residence1841, Holy Trinity, Yorkshire,Yorkshire East Riding, England1011 Age: 46
Residence1851, Storthwaite, Yorkshire, England1015 Age: 56
Residence1861, Farm of 120 acres, Storthwaite, Yorkshire (East Riding), England1012 Age: 66
Residence1871, Farm Of 120 Acres, Storthwaite, Yorkshire (East Riding), England1016 Age: 76
Death1874, Pocklington, Yorkshire, England1014 Age: 79
OccupationCordwainer (makes new shoes from new leather)
FatherRoger Gardham (1763-)
MotherMary Leighton (1766-)
Marriage16 Nov 1816, Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorkshire, England1019
ChildrenJohn (1823-)
 William (1827-)
 Elizabeth (1828-1896)
 Lewis Edward (1831-)
 Ellen (1833-)
 Alice (1836-1870)
Notes for Mary Pordon
By 1851 Mary is not living with John. Divorced? Separated? She goes to US in 1856 and he stays in England.
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