Birth: 3 April 1875 7 Braden Street, Paddington, Middlesex, UK
Father: Thomas Jordan 1845-1929
Mother: Emily Langford 1848-1883
Christening: 29 May 1875 St Peter, Paddington, Middlesex, UK
Marriage: 3 September 1900 All Saints Lambeth, London, UK
Wife: Susan Hope 1874-1913
Marriage: September 1914 Newport, Shropshire, UK
Wife: Margaret Mary Mullington 1884-1978
Death: 18 October 1936 166 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, UK
By Susan
Charles Thomas Jordan 1901-1988
Arthur Hope Jordan 1906-1989
Harold Graham Jordan MBE 1908-1986
By Margaret
Constance Emilie Jordan (Jordon) [Carr] 1917-2001
Birth of Charles Ephriam (sic - on the typed original) Jordan in FreeBMD in April-June 1875 in Kensington (1a 26).
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1917 for Charles Ephraim Jordan baptised on 29 May 1875 at Paddington St Peter, Westminster, parents Thomas and Emily Jordan. "Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of S Peter Paddington in the County of Middlesex in the Year 1875 [...] 1875 May 29th No. 782 Charles Ephraim, parents Thomas, An ? ?, & Emily Jordan of 7 Braden Street". The entry is almost illegible.
In the 1881 census as Charles E Jordon (sic - in the index, correct on the original) aged 6, born in Paddington, Middlesex, and living with his parents (Thomas and Emily), and three brothers (Arthur Edw, Fredk Jas P and Thomas W) and sister (Emily E) at 25 Goldney Road, Paddington St Mary. There were three other families at the same address.
His mother died in 1883 in Kensington, and his father married Lavina Ann Bradley [Lungley] in 1887.
In the 1891 census as Charles E Jordan aged 16, born in Paddington, London, a railway audit clerk, and living with his father (Thomas), (step)mother (Lavina A), two brothers (Arthur E and Frederick J) and sister (Emily E) in four rooms at 200 Fernhead Road, Paddington, London. There were two other families at the same address.
Marriage of Charles Ephraim Jordan and Susan Hope in FreeBMD in July-September 1900 in Lambeth (1d 760).
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 for Charles Ephraim Jordan aged 25, father Thomas Jordan, and Susan Hope on 3 September 1900 at All Saints, South Lambert.
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932 for Charles Ephraim Jordan aged 25, father Thomas Jordan, and Susan Hope on 3 September 1900 at All Saints, South Lambeth. "Page 10 1900 Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Perish of All Saints S. Lambeth in the County of Surrey. No. 19 Septemmber 3 1900 Charles Ephraim Jordan aged 25, a Bachelor and Clerk of 39 Cavendish Grove, father Thomas Jordan, a Locomotive Inspector, and Susan Hope aged 25, a Spinster of 39 Cavendish Grove, father Frederick Graham Hope Decd. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rituals and Ceremonies of the Established Church after banns [...] in the Presence of us Frederick J P Jordan and Harvey King."
In the 1901 census as Charles Ephriam Jordan aged 30 in the index but 25 on the original, born in Paddington, London, a railway booking clerk, and living with his wife (Susan) in three rooms at 5 Macroom Road, Paddington, London. There were two other families living at the same address.
In the baptism entries for his sons he was a railway clerk living at 200 Fernhead Road in 1907 and 1908.
In the 1911 census as Charles Jordan aged 35, born in London Paddington, a railway clerk, and living with his wife (Susan), and three sons (Arthur, Charles and Harold)) in three rooms at 200 Fernhead Road, Paddington W, London.
His wife died in Hampstead in 1913.
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932 for the banns of Charles Ephraim Jordan and Margaret Mary Mullington on 6 September 1914 at Holy Trinity, Finchley, Camden. The Year 1 Banns of Marriage between Charles Ephraim Jordan (Widower) of this parish and Margaret Mary Mullington (Spinster) of Newport Shropshire 1st Time Sunday Aug 23 [...] 2nd Time, Sunday Aug 30 3rd Time, Sunday, Sept 6. 2/6 paid Copy of Banns Sent by Post Sept 6th 1914"
Marriage of Charles E Jordan and Margaret M Mullington in FreeBMD in July-September 1914 in Newport Sh. (6a 1686).His daughter was born in Hampstead in 1917.
There are eighteen entries in Ancestry All London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 for Charles Ephraim Jordan address 166 Broadhurst Gardens, Hampstead and Holborn, Camden from 1918 to 1935, other occupants Margaret Mary Jordan (wife?), and Charles Thomas Jordan (son?) from 1924 to 1926, and Sydney Lucas in 1935, and Glen Garth, Preston Road, Wembley, Harrow in 1936, other occupants Margaret Mary Jordan (wife?) and Sydney Lucas.
Death of Charles E Jordan in FreeBMD in October-December 1936 aged 61 in Hastings (2b 13).
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995 for Charles Ephraim Jordan died 18 October 1936 in Middlesex, probate 9 December 1936 in London. "Jordan, Charles Ephraim of Glen Garth Preston-road Harrow Middlesex died 18 October 1936 at 166 Bexhill-road St Leonards-on-Sea Administration London 9 December to Margaret Mary Jordan widow and Charles Thomas Jordan commercial clerk. Effects £1816 3s. 1d."
There are five entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Charles Ephraim Jordan born in Kensington in 1875, parents Thomas Jordan and Lavinia Bradley in one, and his death on 18 October 1936 in Middlesex in three and in December 1959 in Middlesex in another.Three give his marriage to Margaret Mary Mullington, on 6 September 1914 at Holy Trinity Church, Finchley, Camden and one in Newport, Shropshire. Two add his marriage to Susan Hope on 3 September 1900 in Lambeth, Greater London. and the three children.
Note Kensington was transfered from Middlesex to London in 1889 and became Paddington in 1895.
Charles Ephraim Jordan was the father of Harold Graham Jordan, the husband of Doris Grocock, my half third cousin. He was also the nephew of Edgar Jordan, husband of Amy Luff, my half first cousin twice removed.
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