Compiled May 5, 2026 - Person Sheet
Compiled May 5, 2026 - Person Sheet
Baptism3 Aug 1801, Cottingham, Yorkshire, England1047 Age: <1
Residence1851, 6 Providence Court, St. Paul’s Parish, Kingston-upon-Hull, England508 Age: 49
Emigration4 May 1856, Liverpool To New York520 Age: 54
Immigration1856517 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 2581516
OccupationCordwainer’s Wife 1851 English Census508
FatherDavid Purdon (1770-1833)
MotherCatharine Watson (probable) (1774-1849)
Spouses
Memo9 miles from S. Cave
Baptism7 Mar 1794, South Cave, Yorkshire, England1039 Age: <1
Residence1841, Holy Trinity, Yorkshire,Yorkshire East Riding, England1037 Age: 46
Residence1851, Storthwaite, Yorkshire, England1041 Age: 56
Residence1861, Farm of 120 acres, Storthwaite, Yorkshire (East Riding), England1038 Age: 66
Residence1871, Farm Of 120 Acres, Storthwaite, Yorkshire (East Riding), England1042 Age: 76
Death1874, Pocklington, Yorkshire, England1040 Age: 79
OccupationCordwainer (makes new shoes from new leather)
FatherRoger Gardham (1763-)
MotherMary Leighton (1766-)
Marriage16 Nov 1816, Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorkshire, England1045
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.