Contra Costa Gazette (Martinez, California)
September 23, 1933 (Saturday)
"SAN RAMON MAN CALLED BY DEATH.
Funeral arrangements were completed this afternoon for the late Gilbert Van Gordon, well known San Ramon Valley resident, who passed away at his home near Alamo last night. The services will be held at the Masonic Temple in Walnut Creek, Monday afternoon, Sept 25th at 2:30 o'clock and his ashes will be placed in the California Columbarium in Oakland following the service.
Deceased was born in Visalia in 1861 and had been a resident of Contra Costa county for the past 13 years. He leaves beside his widow, Mrs. Margaret Van Gorden, a son Horace Van Gorden of San Ramon and one daughter, Mrs. Evelyn Hilbourn of Alameda."
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"History of the State of California and Biographical Record of Santa Cruz, San Benito, Monterey and San Luis Obispo Counties"
By J. M. Guinn
Chicago: The Chapman Publishing Co., 1903 [?]
Biographical sketch of Ira Van Gordon on page 318-319 and separate biographical sketch of his son, Gilbert on page 319.
"GILBERT VAN GORDON.
The interests with which Mr. Van Gordon is identified are of a varied nature and indicate his adaptability to different enterprises and the resourcefulness of his mind. As cashier of the San Luis Commercial Bank Agency at Cambria, he is closely connected with the financial interests of San Luis Obispo county; while his prominence and influence in the Republican party have been recognized in his appointment to the office of postmaster of Cambria. In addition, he has stock and ranching interests.
A native of Tulare county, Cal., born in1861 [March 11, possibly 1862] , Gilbert Van Gordon was six years of age when his father, Ira Van Gordon, brought the family to San Luis Obispo county. He grew to manhood in this part of the state, and was given excellent public-school and collegiate advantages. Possessing a disposition in which energy formed an important factor, while still a youth he began to acquire stock and ranch interests, and his ambition to succeed has always been a noticeable feature of his character. Dairying has alwasy formed a leading industry of San Luis Obispo county, and he chose it as his special line of activity. On a part of the San Simeon ranch he engaged in stock-raising and dairying, and kept about one hundred and fifty dairy cows, his specialty being graded stock. At the time of his election to the cashiership of the bank he moved into town in 1899, and the following year his responsibilities were increased by his appointment as postmaster of Cambria, under President McKinley. Another enterprise in which he was interested and the organization of which resulted from his efforts was the Home Creamery Association. He was its president and continued in the position until the creamery was burned down in 1899.
While Mr. Van Gordon cannot be called a partisan, yet he is known to be one of the most active local workers in the Republican party, and his appointment as postmaster was a just tribute to his successful work in the party. Fraternally he is connected with San Simeon Lodge No. 196, F. & A. M.; and Hesperian Lodge No. 181, I.O.O.F., and in the latter he is past noble grand. By his marriage to Miss M.[Margaret] H. Arbuckle, he has two children, Horace J. and Evelyn."
September 23, 1933 (Saturday)
"SAN RAMON MAN CALLED BY DEATH.
Funeral arrangements were completed this afternoon for the late Gilbert Van Gordon, well known San Ramon Valley resident, who passed away at his home near Alamo last night. The services will be held at the Masonic Temple in Walnut Creek, Monday afternoon, Sept 25th at 2:30 o'clock and his ashes will be placed in the California Columbarium in Oakland following the service.
Deceased was born in Visalia in 1861 and had been a resident of Contra Costa county for the past 13 years. He leaves beside his widow, Mrs. Margaret Van Gorden, a son Horace Van Gorden of San Ramon and one daughter, Mrs. Evelyn Hilbourn of Alameda."
AND
"History of the State of California and Biographical Record of Santa Cruz, San Benito, Monterey and San Luis Obispo Counties"
By J. M. Guinn
Chicago: The Chapman Publishing Co., 1903 [?]
Biographical sketch of Ira Van Gordon on page 318-319 and separate biographical sketch of his son, Gilbert on page 319.
"GILBERT VAN GORDON.
The interests with which Mr. Van Gordon is identified are of a varied nature and indicate his adaptability to different enterprises and the resourcefulness of his mind. As cashier of the San Luis Commercial Bank Agency at Cambria, he is closely connected with the financial interests of San Luis Obispo county; while his prominence and influence in the Republican party have been recognized in his appointment to the office of postmaster of Cambria. In addition, he has stock and ranching interests.
A native of Tulare county, Cal., born in1861 [March 11, possibly 1862] , Gilbert Van Gordon was six years of age when his father, Ira Van Gordon, brought the family to San Luis Obispo county. He grew to manhood in this part of the state, and was given excellent public-school and collegiate advantages. Possessing a disposition in which energy formed an important factor, while still a youth he began to acquire stock and ranch interests, and his ambition to succeed has always been a noticeable feature of his character. Dairying has alwasy formed a leading industry of San Luis Obispo county, and he chose it as his special line of activity. On a part of the San Simeon ranch he engaged in stock-raising and dairying, and kept about one hundred and fifty dairy cows, his specialty being graded stock. At the time of his election to the cashiership of the bank he moved into town in 1899, and the following year his responsibilities were increased by his appointment as postmaster of Cambria, under President McKinley. Another enterprise in which he was interested and the organization of which resulted from his efforts was the Home Creamery Association. He was its president and continued in the position until the creamery was burned down in 1899.
While Mr. Van Gordon cannot be called a partisan, yet he is known to be one of the most active local workers in the Republican party, and his appointment as postmaster was a just tribute to his successful work in the party. Fraternally he is connected with San Simeon Lodge No. 196, F. & A. M.; and Hesperian Lodge No. 181, I.O.O.F., and in the latter he is past noble grand. By his marriage to Miss M.[Margaret] H. Arbuckle, he has two children, Horace J. and Evelyn."
Contra Costa Gazette (Martinez, California)
September 23, 1933 (Saturday)
"SAN RAMON MAN CALLED BY DEATH.
Funeral arrangements were completed this afternoon for the late Gilbert Van Gordon, well known San Ramon Valley resident, who passed away at his home near Alamo last night. The services will be held at the Masonic Temple in Walnut Creek, Monday afternoon, Sept 25th at 2:30 o'clock and his ashes will be placed in the California Columbarium in Oakland following the service.
Deceased was born in Visalia in 1861 and had been a resident of Contra Costa county for the past 13 years. He leaves beside his widow, Mrs. Margaret Van Gorden, a son Horace Van Gorden of San Ramon and one daughter, Mrs. Evelyn Hilbourn of Alameda."
AND
"History of the State of California and Biographical Record of Santa Cruz, San Benito, Monterey and San Luis Obispo Counties"
By J. M. Guinn
Chicago: The Chapman Publishing Co., 1903 [?]
Biographical sketch of Ira Van Gordon on page 318-319 and separate biographical sketch of his son, Gilbert on page 319.
"GILBERT VAN GORDON.
The interests with which Mr. Van Gordon is identified are of a varied nature and indicate his adaptability to different enterprises and the resourcefulness of his mind. As cashier of the San Luis Commercial Bank Agency at Cambria, he is closely connected with the financial interests of San Luis Obispo county; while his prominence and influence in the Republican party have been recognized in his appointment to the office of postmaster of Cambria. In addition, he has stock and ranching interests.
A native of Tulare county, Cal., born in1861 [March 11, possibly 1862] , Gilbert Van Gordon was six years of age when his father, Ira Van Gordon, brought the family to San Luis Obispo county. He grew to manhood in this part of the state, and was given excellent public-school and collegiate advantages. Possessing a disposition in which energy formed an important factor, while still a youth he began to acquire stock and ranch interests, and his ambition to succeed has always been a noticeable feature of his character. Dairying has alwasy formed a leading industry of San Luis Obispo county, and he chose it as his special line of activity. On a part of the San Simeon ranch he engaged in stock-raising and dairying, and kept about one hundred and fifty dairy cows, his specialty being graded stock. At the time of his election to the cashiership of the bank he moved into town in 1899, and the following year his responsibilities were increased by his appointment as postmaster of Cambria, under President McKinley. Another enterprise in which he was interested and the organization of which resulted from his efforts was the Home Creamery Association. He was its president and continued in the position until the creamery was burned down in 1899.
While Mr. Van Gordon cannot be called a partisan, yet he is known to be one of the most active local workers in the Republican party, and his appointment as postmaster was a just tribute to his successful work in the party. Fraternally he is connected with San Simeon Lodge No. 196, F. & A. M.; and Hesperian Lodge No. 181, I.O.O.F., and in the latter he is past noble grand. By his marriage to Miss M.[Margaret] H. Arbuckle, he has two children, Horace J. and Evelyn."
September 23, 1933 (Saturday)
"SAN RAMON MAN CALLED BY DEATH.
Funeral arrangements were completed this afternoon for the late Gilbert Van Gordon, well known San Ramon Valley resident, who passed away at his home near Alamo last night. The services will be held at the Masonic Temple in Walnut Creek, Monday afternoon, Sept 25th at 2:30 o'clock and his ashes will be placed in the California Columbarium in Oakland following the service.
Deceased was born in Visalia in 1861 and had been a resident of Contra Costa county for the past 13 years. He leaves beside his widow, Mrs. Margaret Van Gorden, a son Horace Van Gorden of San Ramon and one daughter, Mrs. Evelyn Hilbourn of Alameda."
AND
"History of the State of California and Biographical Record of Santa Cruz, San Benito, Monterey and San Luis Obispo Counties"
By J. M. Guinn
Chicago: The Chapman Publishing Co., 1903 [?]
Biographical sketch of Ira Van Gordon on page 318-319 and separate biographical sketch of his son, Gilbert on page 319.
"GILBERT VAN GORDON.
The interests with which Mr. Van Gordon is identified are of a varied nature and indicate his adaptability to different enterprises and the resourcefulness of his mind. As cashier of the San Luis Commercial Bank Agency at Cambria, he is closely connected with the financial interests of San Luis Obispo county; while his prominence and influence in the Republican party have been recognized in his appointment to the office of postmaster of Cambria. In addition, he has stock and ranching interests.
A native of Tulare county, Cal., born in1861 [March 11, possibly 1862] , Gilbert Van Gordon was six years of age when his father, Ira Van Gordon, brought the family to San Luis Obispo county. He grew to manhood in this part of the state, and was given excellent public-school and collegiate advantages. Possessing a disposition in which energy formed an important factor, while still a youth he began to acquire stock and ranch interests, and his ambition to succeed has always been a noticeable feature of his character. Dairying has alwasy formed a leading industry of San Luis Obispo county, and he chose it as his special line of activity. On a part of the San Simeon ranch he engaged in stock-raising and dairying, and kept about one hundred and fifty dairy cows, his specialty being graded stock. At the time of his election to the cashiership of the bank he moved into town in 1899, and the following year his responsibilities were increased by his appointment as postmaster of Cambria, under President McKinley. Another enterprise in which he was interested and the organization of which resulted from his efforts was the Home Creamery Association. He was its president and continued in the position until the creamery was burned down in 1899.
While Mr. Van Gordon cannot be called a partisan, yet he is known to be one of the most active local workers in the Republican party, and his appointment as postmaster was a just tribute to his successful work in the party. Fraternally he is connected with San Simeon Lodge No. 196, F. & A. M.; and Hesperian Lodge No. 181, I.O.O.F., and in the latter he is past noble grand. By his marriage to Miss M.[Margaret] H. Arbuckle, he has two children, Horace J. and Evelyn."
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