James and Margaret Jordan Family

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Margaret's 1st marriage

James Oscar Jordan born as Joseph Canute Oscar Scholdberg on 18 February 1868 in Poplar, England; immigrated to Chicago in 1882 or 1886; changed name to James Oscar Jordan; married Margaret Jane Knowles on 30 December 1896 in Chicago; temporarily to Madison around 1907-1908, then returned to Chicago, may not have taken his family; separated about November 1911; divorced 19 June 1919; died 23 March 1947 in Chicago; used James Oscar Jordan in America including marriage to Margaret Jane Knowles.

Note: Birth Registration shows Scholdburg, but it should have been Scholdberg.

Margaret Jane Knowles born 19 April 1878 in Montreal; to Chicago in 1888 or 1889; married James Oscar Jordan on 30 December 1896 in Chicago; separated about November 1911; divorced 19 June 1919 in Chicago; after the James Oscar Jordan divorce, she married Robert Aaron Graham (see below)

  1. Herbert Arthur Jordan born 24 July 1898 in Chicago; married Elizabeth Page on 21 August 1918 in Chicago; moved to California in 1943; died 26 April 1967 in Granada Hills, California
  2. Frances F. Jordan born 3 July 1900 in Chicago; married Ernest Hollingshead on 11 Jul 1922 in Los Angeles, California; died 29 December 1985 in Hemet, Riverside, California
  3. Edward A. Jordan born 25 March 1902 in Chicago; married Emile Matilda Elizabeth Ratzel June 1924 probably in Chicago at age 22; divorced after 1942; married Married Elida Esther Gallogas Perez in Los Angeles about 1950 in Los Angeles, California about 1950, died 19 May 1975 Chihuahua, Chihuahua, México
  4. Charles J. Jordan born 16 October 1903 in Chicago; married Josephine Michalene on 13 February 1923 in Chicago; died 18 February 1985 in San Bernardino, California
  5. Arthur Stanley Jordan born March 1, 1905 in Chicago; married Myra Gertrude Gericke on 12 April 1923 in Los Angeles; married Lee (unknown suname after 1958 after Myra's death: died September 1961 in Hawaii

Margaret's 2nd marriage

Robert Aaron Graham born 17 Aug 1874 in Rick Hill, Armagh County, Ireland; married Margaret Jordan on 28 June 1920 in Chicago; moved to California by 1922; died 13 Sep 1953 in Los Angeles, California

Margaret Jordan married Robert Graham on 28 June 1920 in Chicago after the James Oscar Jordan divorce (see above); moved to California by 1922; died 20 August 1959 in Glendale, California

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