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Gordon M. GANSON

Male 1954 -  (70 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Gordon M. GANSON was born on 22 Feb 1954 (son of David GANSON and Flora Evelyn Ann MAY).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 2008, Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts

    Family/Spouse: Linda PAUL. Linda was born on 21 Jul 1954. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Gia GANSON was born on 13 Nov 1991.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  David GANSON was born on 16 May 1913 in New Rochelle, Westchester, New York (son of Adam Mackay GANSON and Maria Beatrice BULL); died on 28 Feb 1960.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1950, Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts

    Notes:

    Possible first spouse: Elizabeth Frances Loy | date of marriage: 10 Jun 1936

    David married Flora Evelyn Ann MAY on 25 Dec 1944 in West Swanzey, Cheshire, New Hampshire. Flora (daughter of Edwin Nathan MAY and Pearl Esther PALMER) was born on 1 Jul 1922 in Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts; died on 6 Aug 2001 in Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts; was buried in East Street Cemetery, Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Flora Evelyn Ann MAY was born on 1 Jul 1922 in Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts (daughter of Edwin Nathan MAY and Pearl Esther PALMER); died on 6 Aug 2001 in Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts; was buried in East Street Cemetery, Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1930, Queens, New York, New York
    • Census: 1940, Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts
    • Census: 1950, Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts

    Children:
    1. Lorna GANSON was born on 28 Jan 1949 in Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts; died on 29 Jan 1949 in Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts.
    2. Deborah GANSON was born on 26 Nov 1951 in Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts; died on 20 Sep 2020 in Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts.
    3. 1. Gordon M. GANSON was born on 22 Feb 1954.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Adam Mackay GANSON was born on 10 Apr 1862 in Dunbeath, Scotland; died on 13 Dec 1937 in Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts.

    Notes:

    Adam Mackay Ganson (1862- ?), who emigrated from Scotland in 1862, was credited with being the George A, Fuller Company’s Superintendent of Construction for the Flatiron Building...in the parlance of the industry.."He built it". He and his wife, Maria Bull Ganson (daughter of the famous surgeon and scientist, George Joseph Bull) lived on Hamilton Avenue in New Rochelle. Adam is also said to have built the "Realty", "Pennsylvania Terminal", the "Trinity", and the "Trinity Annex Buildings", all for the George A. Fuller Company. The George A. Fuller Co. was considered to be the pioneer of the modern steel skeleton building. — David C. Garcelon April 17, 2009

    Adam married Maria Beatrice BULL on 8 Sep 1906 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. Maria (daughter of Dr. George Joseph BULL and Sarah Jeanette WESSON) was born on 23 Feb 1872 in New York; died on 15 Jan 1968 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Maria Beatrice BULL was born on 23 Feb 1872 in New York (daughter of Dr. George Joseph BULL and Sarah Jeanette WESSON); died on 15 Jan 1968 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

    Notes:

    Maria Beatrice, born February 23, 1872; was educated by a private tutor in Springfield, Massachusetts ; she married Adam Mc-Kay Ganson, of New York, who was born in Scotland ; he built the Flatiron, the Realty, the Pennsylvania Terminal, the Trinity, and the Trinity Annex buildings ; four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Ganson : Florence Jeannette, Charles McKay, Euphemia Sinclair, and David Ganson. The family now reside in Petersham, Massachusetts. (source: Encyclopedia of Massachusetts, biographical--genealogical; Volume 12)

    Children:
    1. Florence Jeanette GANSON was born on 8 Jun 1907 in Manhattan, New York, New York; died on 13 May 2000 in Wayland, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried in East Street Cemetery, Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts.
    2. Charles McKay GANSON was born on 8 Dec 1908 in New York; died on 26 Sep 1982 in Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont.
    3. Euphemia Sinclair GANSON was born on 2 May 1910 in New Rochelle, Westchester, New York; died on 13 Aug 2000.
    4. 2. David GANSON was born on 16 May 1913 in New Rochelle, Westchester, New York; died on 28 Feb 1960.

  3. 6.  Edwin Nathan MAY was born on 12 Jan 1885 in Princeton, Worcester, Massachusetts (son of Thomas Edwin MAY and Ervina Rosella BEAMAN); died on 25 Mar 1968 in Worcester, Massachusetts; was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1910, Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts
    • Census: 1930, Queens, New York, New York

    Edwin married Pearl Esther PALMER on 7 Aug 1907 in Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts. Pearl (daughter of George Oliver PALMER and Seraphina Skinner COES) was born on 24 May 1889 in Whites Cove, Queens, New Brunswick; died in 1967 in Worcester, Massachusetts; was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Pearl Esther PALMER was born on 24 May 1889 in Whites Cove, Queens, New Brunswick (daughter of George Oliver PALMER and Seraphina Skinner COES); died in 1967 in Worcester, Massachusetts; was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1901, Sunbury & Queens, New Brunswick
    • Immigration: 1906
    • Census: 1910, Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts
    • Census: 1930, Queens, New York, New York

    Children:
    1. Earl Lester MAY was born on 1 May 1908 in Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts; died on 22 Aug 1981 in Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts; was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts.
    2. George Edwin MAY was born on 21 Jun 1910 in Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts; died on 12 Oct 1910 in Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts.
    3. Dorothy Ervina MAY was born on 25 Aug 1911 in Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts; died on 14 Mar 2002 in Massachusetts; was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts.
    4. Dexter Braman MAY was born on 24 Feb 1915 in Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts; died in Jul 1997 in Providence, Rhode Island.
    5. Jane Eleanor MAY was born on 23 Jul 1920 in Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts; died on 6 Oct 1990 in Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts; was buried in East Street Cemetery, Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts.
    6. 3. Flora Evelyn Ann MAY was born on 1 Jul 1922 in Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts; died on 6 Aug 2001 in Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts; was buried in East Street Cemetery, Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts.
    7. William Palmer MAY was born on 29 Mar 1924 in Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts; died on 13 Oct 1967 in Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts; was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts.


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  Dr. George Joseph BULL was born on 16 Feb 1848 in Hamilton, Ontario; died on 1 Jan 1911 in Paris, Seine, France.

    Notes:

    Dr. George Joseph Bull was born in 1848 and later devoted years of study to become an eye surgeon in Paris in 1886. He wrote The Visual Effects of Refractive Error (48 pages) and also the book Lunettes and Lorgnettes in 1870. George was on the staff of the Sorbonne Ophthalmology Laboratory along with Landholt and others under the direction of Dr. Emile Javal (1839-1907), from the French Academy of Medicine. Some optical equipment was even named after George including the Bull Cross and the Bull Ophthalmometer. He was considered the most famous ophthalmologist of his time in Europe and treated eye problems and prescribed glasses for the royalty of Europe and also the Pope. While in England he was even offered knighthood which he declined. George was married twice; his first wife (they divorced in 1883) was Sarah Jeannette Wesson, daughter of Daniel Baird Wesson (of the Smith & Wesson firearms company formed in 1852). The Wesson Revolver had been invented by Daniel Wesson. Some of their descendants still live in Massachusetts, in the Springfield area and some around Boston. His brother Edward’s wife’s teacher’s sister married George Bull in Paris, as his second wife in 1898. She also had taught in a school for the blind and devoted much time to the young artists of Paris. George died at the age of 63 in 1911.

    George married Sarah Jeanette WESSON on 4 May 1870 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Daniel Baird WESSON and Cynthia Maria HAWES) was born on 21 May 1848 in Hartford, Connecticut; died on 8 Oct 1927 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 11.  Sarah Jeanette WESSON was born on 21 May 1848 in Hartford, Connecticut (daughter of Daniel Baird WESSON and Cynthia Maria HAWES); died on 8 Oct 1927 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts.
    Children:
    1. Florence Annie BULL was born on 13 Mar 1871 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy; died on 24 Feb 1955 in Arkansas Post, Arkansas, Arkansas; was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts.
    2. 5. Maria Beatrice BULL was born on 23 Feb 1872 in New York; died on 15 Jan 1968 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
    3. George Walter BULL was born on 2 Aug 1874 in Worcester, Massachusetts; died on 30 Sep 1883.
    4. Alice Maud BULL was born on 10 Jan 1876 in Worcester, Massachusetts; died on 25 Feb 1876.
    5. Dr. Harcourt Wesson BULL was born on 25 Jun 1879 in Worcester, Massachusetts; died on 3 Mar 1968 in Lebanon, Grafton, New Hampshire.

  3. 12.  Thomas Edwin MAY was born on 23 Jun 1833 in Princeton, Worcester, Massachusetts; died in 1920.

    Thomas married Ervina Rosella BEAMAN on 27 Nov 1868. Ervina was born on 1 Aug 1850 in Princeton, Worcester, Massachusetts; died in Feb 1929 in Flushing, Queens, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 13.  Ervina Rosella BEAMAN was born on 1 Aug 1850 in Princeton, Worcester, Massachusetts; died in Feb 1929 in Flushing, Queens, New York.
    Children:
    1. 6. Edwin Nathan MAY was born on 12 Jan 1885 in Princeton, Worcester, Massachusetts; died on 25 Mar 1968 in Worcester, Massachusetts; was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts.

  5. 14.  George Oliver PALMER was born on 9 Mar 1861 in Hibernia, Queens, New Brunswick (son of Lawrence PALMER, Jr. and Mary Ann FISHER); died in 1908 in Whites Cove, Queens, New Brunswick; was buried in United Church Cemetery, Whites Cove, Queens, New Brunswick.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1871, Hampstead, Queens, New Brunswick
    • Census: 1881, Hampstead, Queens, New Brunswick
    • Census: 1891, Cambridge, Queens, New Brunswick
    • Census: 1901, Sunbury & Queens, New Brunswick

    Notes:

    Birthdates of family taken from 1901 Census (Sunbury & Queens District of NB, Can, Cambridge sub-district, 2941, page 23). George was of Hampstead, when he married Saraphina Hanselpacker. Year on Census was 1862, but year of birth on gravestone is 1861, so using latter for my primary (source: Jared Handspicker).

    George married Seraphina Skinner COES on 30 Jun 1886. Seraphina (daughter of Robert William COES and Rebecca SKINNER) was born on 20 Mar 1853 in Cambridge, Queens, New Brunswick; died on 29 May 1936 in Cambridge, Queens, New Brunswick; was buried in United Church Cemetery, Whites Cove, Queens, New Brunswick. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 15.  Seraphina Skinner COES was born on 20 Mar 1853 in Cambridge, Queens, New Brunswick (daughter of Robert William COES and Rebecca SKINNER); died on 29 May 1936 in Cambridge, Queens, New Brunswick; was buried in United Church Cemetery, Whites Cove, Queens, New Brunswick.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1861, Cambridge, Queens, New Brunswick
    • Census: 1891, Cambridge, Queens, New Brunswick
    • Census: 1901, Sunbury & Queens, New Brunswick
    • Census: 1920, Cumberland, Maine

    Notes:

    Witnesses to the marriage were Frances McCutcheon and Elizabeth McCutcheon.

    Children:
    1. Mary Cora PALMER was born on 13 Sep 1887 in Whites Cove, Queens, New Brunswick; died after 1960.
    2. 7. Pearl Esther PALMER was born on 24 May 1889 in Whites Cove, Queens, New Brunswick; died in 1967 in Worcester, Massachusetts; was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts.
    3. Walter Scott PALMER was born on 29 Oct 1891 in Whites Cove, Queens, New Brunswick; died on 4 Jul 1981 in Portland, Cumberland, Maine.
    4. William G. PALMER was born on 31 Oct 1893 in New Brunswick; died on 13 Sep 1916 in Marlborough, Cheshire, New Hampshire.
    5. Harry Westley PALMER was born on 23 Aug 1896 in Whites Cove, Queens, New Brunswick; died after 1917.
    6. Jennie Helen PALMER was born on 17 Nov 1898 in Whites Cove, Queens, New Brunswick; died on 16 Sep 1972 in Oakland, Alameda, California.