Individual Details

Stephen Charles GORDON

(1860 - 1930)

Events

Birth1860Wales
EducationAbt 1873England
EmigrationAbt 1880England to New Zealand
OccupationAbt 1881Gold Miner - Waihi, Hauraki District, Waikato, New Zealand
ResidenceFrom 1883 to 1888"Waiwhero", Waiotahi Valley - Waiotahi Valley, (near Opotiki), Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
PropertyBet 1884 and 1899Several parcels in the Opotiki Area with his brother, John - Kutarere, (near Opotiki), Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Marriage1886New Zealand - Mildred CHALLIS
ResidenceFrom 1888 to 1907Kutarere - Kutarere, (near Opotiki), Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
ResidenceFrom 1907Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Death1930

Families

SpouseMildred CHALLIS (1864 - 1947)
ChildDorothy GORDON (1890 - 1975)
ChildStephen (2) Charles GORDON (1891 - 1983)
ChildEvelyn GORDON (1892 - 1950)
ChildRuth GORDON (1895 - 1994)
ChildKathleen GORDON (1896 - 1976)
ChildArthur GORDON (1899 - 1974)
FatherStephen Bilton GORDON (1821 - 1868)
MotherEllen Elizabeth WOLLOCOMBE (1835 - )
SiblingJohn Bilton GORDON (1862 - 1920)
SiblingArthur William Wollocombe GORDON (1856 - )
SiblingEllen Frances Anne GORDON (1858 - 1945)
SiblingMary Frances Anne GORDON (1861 - )
SiblingHugh Archibald GORDON (1863 - 1873)
SiblingPenelope Wollocombe GORDON (1865 - 1873)

Notes

Education

Went to Somerset College, and later to Winchester.

Emigration

He landed in the Bay of Islands, then made his way down the coast in a
whale boat to Waihi.

Residence

Built his home "Waiwhero".

Property

Details of land purchased by Stephen Charles GORDON
1883: Allotment 434. Waiotahi Parish. CT 67/47. Plan SO3110
1884: Allotment 185, Waiotahi Parish. CT 67/97. Plan SO2804/1
1889: Allotment 158, Waiotahi Parish. CT67/182. Plan SO2804/1
1889: Allotment 165, Waiotahi Parish. CT67/183. Plan SO2804/1

Marriage

Mildred was the sister of Gertrude GORDON (nee CHALLIS) who maried
John Bilton GORDON.

Residence

Built his own house on the shores of Ohiwa harbour.

Residence

Moved from Kuterere to Auckland for their children's education.