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Elizabeth Gordon

Female 1930 - 2014  (84 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth Gordon 
    Nickname Joy 
    Birth 1930  MacGregor, Manitoba Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 19 Oct 2014  Halifax, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • SMITH (Gordon), Elizabeth \'Joy\'
      Left us peacefully in the early morn­ing of Sunday, October 19, 2014, after spending a number of years suffering from dementia. She is now free. Joy was born in 1930 in MacGregor, Man., where she spent happy years riding sleighs under furs in winter to the one-room schoolhouse at which her mother, Blanche Wood, taught. She grew up having adventures on the farm of her kindly, but formidable grand­mother Wood, as her Scottish fa­ther, Hugh Bissett Gordon, died when she was two. She later moved to and attended school in Winnipeg and Vancouver. She completed a de­gree in fashion at Ryerson in Toron­to, then moved to Montreal to work for DuPont in consumer textiles. She loved the job, as DuPont was at the forefront of invention of new textiles, such as nylon, at the time and Joy travelled to market and sold these new products. The fishermen in Lunenburg were especially excit­ed to see her arrive with nylon rope in the late 1950s! Also excited to meet her, skiing in Quebec’s Eastern Townships, was the newly-minted Dr. John Smith, her future husband, of Hantsport. The two made several of their lifelong friends in Montreal. After marrying in 1960, John and Joy returned to live in Hantsport and Windsor until a move to Toron­to and finally, settlement back in Halifax in the mid 70s, where John worked at Victoria General Hospital. Joy was a very full-time mother with a husband out of the home for any­where from 12-16 hours a day, but nevertheless the two created a home full of love and laughter, for which we truly thank them. Joy always had a sparkle. She loved skiing, tennis and her volunteer work for Meals on Wheels and the Halifax Ladies Musical Club. John and Joy retired to Hantsport in 2004.
    Person ID I6950  Hantsport Families
    Last Modified 12 Apr 2020 

    Father Hugh Bissett Gordon 
    Mother Blanche Wood 
    Family ID F4172  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Dr. John Arnold Smith,   b. 1930, Hantsport, Hants, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Oct 2007 (Age 77 years) 
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
    Family ID F2412  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Jun 2019 

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1930 - MacGregor, Manitoba Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 19 Oct 2014 - Halifax, Nova Scotia Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S38] The Chronicle Herald.