Catherine Peters Genealogy and Family History Notes

1900 United States Federal Census - View Census
Name: Katharina Paters
Home in 1900: Pleasant, Lincoln, South Dakota
Age: 5
Estimated birth year: 1895
Birthplace: Germany
Race: White
Relationship to head-of-house: Daughter
Image source: Year: 1900; Census Place: Pleasant, Lincoln, South Dakota; Roll: T623 1551; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 218.

Mrs Peters with Annie, Minnie, Katie, 1900

1906 Census of the Northwest Provinces of Canada - View Census
Name: Katharina Peters
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Single
Age: 11
BirthPlace: United States Of America
Family Number: 251
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Father's name: Hermrich
Mother's name: Louisa A
Immigration Year: 1904
Province: Saskatchewan
Sub-District Description: Townships 4, 5, 6 In Ranges 4, 5, 6 West of The 2nd M
Sub-District: 9
Page: 27

1911 Census of Canada View Census
Name: Kate Paters
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Single
Age: 15
Birth Date: January 1895
BirthPlace: United States Of America
Family Number: 71
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Father's name: Henry
Mother's name: Lena
Immigration Year: 1905
Tribal: German
Province: Saskatchewan
District: Assiniboia
District Number: 207
Sub-District Number: 13
Census Year: 1911
Page: 7

Local couple married 56 years
By Ethel Gilbert
News Women's Editor

Today marks the 56th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Gordon, 370, 11th Ave. S.E., who were married in Arcola, Sask. in 1912.

From Mr. Gordon who dropped in at our office, we learned he was born on a farm in Ontario, near Higate, which is 20 miles from Chatham. Following a teaching career of five years he "headed for the wild and wooly west in 1911, landing in Winnipeg." Two days later he "was fortunate enough to find employment at the magnificent amount of $50 per month".

Mrs. Gordon, who was also born on a farm, near Alcester, South Dakota, emigrated to Canada in 1905 "... Before the birth of Saskatchewan."

Their marriage in Arcola was preformed by a Rev. James Smith, a minister of the Methodist Church, and they have three daughters, Mrs. R. A. Baillod (Mildred), Vangaurd, Sask; Mrs C. H. Dowling (Frances) Calgary, Alberta and Mrs. S. K. McWalter (Shirley) Montreal, Que. A son died in 1927.

Mr. Gordon operated retail lumber yards in Cupar and Wapella, Sask, for twenty years, following which, with his wife, he spent six years operating a grocery store and restaurant in Wapella.

"We led busy lives" said Mr. Gordon, explaining how they had moved to Minoki, Ontario, in 1940, where they ran a general store and post office for four years, selling out and buying another general store in Rathwall, Manitoba. Selling this business they retired to Calgary but after two years they settled in Medicine Hat in 1952, where they are now resident.

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon have six grandchildren and three great- grandchildren.

Mr. Gordon, an avid curler, has curled in "most of the larger centers, from Winnipeg to Vancouver," while Mrs. Gordon's interests lie in gardening, quilting and fancywork. They are members of Fifth Avenue United Church .

"Speaking of chips from the wood-box of memory" said Mr. Gordon, " I was mayor of Cupar, Sask when that hustling town was host to Baron Byng, Governor- General of Canada. Aidede- camp to the Govenor in 1941 was non other than Mr. Vanier, later to become Govenor-General of Canada. And in 1916 the great hockey player Eddie Shore, was a member of the Cupar Hackey Club."

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon are still in very good health, although Mr. Gordon suffered a fractured hip in 1963. They are enjoying the company of their three daughters and three of their grandchildren who have arrived to honor them on this anniversary.
Unknown Paper
Medicine Hat, Alberta

Gordon: James & Catherine

James Gordon was born in Highgate, Ontario on March 8, 1886. In 1911, he came west to Winnipeg and shortly thereafter arrived in Browning to take charge of the Yankee school district, having previously taught in Ontario for five years.

Catherine Peters was born on a farm near Alcester, South Dakota on January 13, 1895. She, along with her parents, brothers and sisters, moved to Canada in 1905, taking up residence on a farm just south of Browning, later named Willow Lodge Farm.

Jim and Catherine were married in Arcola on August 30, 1912 by Rev. James E. Smith.

Jim later operated a store in Browning before moving to Arcola. Their daughter Mildred was born in Browning, and a daughter Frances was born in Arcola.

The family moved from Arcola to Cupar in 1917, where a son Albert, and a daughter, Shirley were born. Other moves were to Wapella in 1929, to Minaki, Ontario in 1940, to Calgary in 1950 and then to Medicine Hat where they retired in 1952.

Mildred is now Mrs. Russell Baillod of Medicine Hat. Frances is Mrs. Charles Dowling of Lethbridge and Shirley is Mrs. Keith McWalter of Calgary.

Albert died of diphtheria in 1927. Catherine passed away in 1968 and Jim in 1971.

"Poet's Corner"
Pages 534 & 535.

Gordon
October 15, 1968, Mrs Catherine Gordon, aged 73 years, beloved wife of James L. Gordon of 370 11 Street S.E. Medicine Hat, dear mother of Mrs. R. A. (Mildred) Baillod of Vanguard, Sask.; Mrs. C. H. (Frances) Dowling of Calgary; Mrs. S. K. (Shirley) McWalter of Montreal, Quebec; also surviving are 6 grandchildren; one brother Hans Peters of Arcola, Sask three sisters Lena Peters of Arcola, Sask; Mrs Annie Edmonds of Medicine Hat and Mrs Wilhelmina Littlejohn of Browning, Sask. Born in Alsester, South Dakota, U.S.A January 13, 1985, came to Canada in 1904. She was married in 1912 and she and her husband operated grocery stores in Sask., Manitoba and Ontario before retiring to Medicine Hat in 1952. They celebrated their 56 anniversary on August 30, 1968. Dr. D. Bruce Johnson will conduct the funeral service from Pattison's "Chapel on the Corner" on Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock with interment in Hillcrest cemetery. Arrangements by the Pattison Funeral Home Ltd.
Medicine Hat News
October 17, 1968
p. 10



Hillside Cemetery, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Catherine Gordon Block 30B N-12

More about Catherine Peters
Burial: 18 October 1968, Hillside Cemetery, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Cause od Death: Cerebral hemorrhage
Immigration: 1904, To Browning, Saskatchewan, Canada
Known As: "Catherine" or "Katie"

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