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Family HistoryFamily History - Gordon Moerdyk


Key:1.“+” before a child’s name indicates the child has their own entry in the next generation.
 2.“born xxxx” indicates the child is under 18 years of age so the birth date is not shown.
This family history features Gordon Moerdyk and his immediate family.



First Generation
1. Gordon Moerdyk,1 born 17 November 1934 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan (parents not determined);1 died 5 October 2013.1 Gordon married, 2 June 1956 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Rodean Ann ‘Deanie’ Donovan5 (born 7 March 1936 in Michigan, the daughter of Bernard Joseph ‘Red’ Donovan and Ethel Luella Olson2, 3, 4). Gordon is buried in Christ Church Memorial Gardens, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.1

  1. Find a Grave (website). Christ Church Memorial Gardens, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, Gordon Moerdyk, born: 17 November 1934; died: 5 October 2013 (from record).
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Michigan, Kalamazoo County, Kalamazoo, E.D. 39-16, Sheet No. 13B, Bernard Donovan, 27, Michigan, street work, city; wife Ethel Donovan, 29, Minnesota; daughter Rodean Donovan, 4, Michigan; son Thomas Donovan, 1, Michigan.
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1950, Illinois, DuPage County, Elmhurst, E.D. 22-2, Sheet No. 16, Arne Fredricksen, 58, South Dakota, electrical engineer, Commonwealth Edison Co.; wife Viola M. Fredericksen, 46, Minnesota; niece Rodean A. Donovan, 14, Michigan.
  4. This is publicly viewable information found in various public information repositories, people finding websites, and/or social media.
  5. Marriage Announcement, The Courier Northern, Paw Paw, Michigan (available at digmichnews.cmich.edu), 2 June 1961, Five Years Ago. Miss Rodean Donovan and Gordon Moerdyk were married in Kalamazoo. [So their marriage was 2 June 1956.]