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==Woodside family==
In 1871, in Saint-Jean-Chrysostome, Chateauguay, [[Quebec] resided James Gordon (b. 1833 Atlantic Ocean - d. 1896 North Georgetown, Monteregie, QC) and his wife Isabella Robertson Gordon (b. 1834 QC - d. 1907) and their eight children (b. 1856-1871), and were registered as Presbyterian. By 1881, they were registered as "Christian", which may have been PB, and all eight children were still living at home, now in Ste. Martine, in the same district.
In 1891-1901, they were residing in Tres Saint Sacrament, same district, and their religion was listed as "Christ Church". By 1901, Isabella had returned to Presbyterianism, as had her 2nd youngest child Hector (1874-1941), with his wife Christina Smith Mills Gordon (1877-1958). By 1911 though, all six of their children were affiliated with the PB, ranging in age from 1-11 (including William Woodside's eventual wife Mabel (1905-1992).
William, Jr. & Mabel's wedding in 1940 was at the home of Mabel's parents. Guests included George Gordon, Mrs. Harry Turner (Montreal), Mrs. John McEwen (Montreal), George Muir (Howick, QC), Kenneth Woodside and his wife, Harry Woodside, and Clarence McNab and his wife of PGH, as per the [https://www.newspapers.com/image/866035741 Evening Star] of [[District of Columbia|Washington D.C.]] 1940-7-4.
Kenneth Woodside's wife Elsie's brother was George F. Beurling, reported in ''[https://www.newspapers.com/image/147731474 The Pittsburgh Press]'' in 1942-11-16 at the age of 20 as "Canada's top-ranking fighter pilot with 29 Axis planes downed to his credit" in Malta. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal for "shooting down three bombers and damaging a fourth during a single engagement. He shot down two other planes over France. Pilot Beurling has also been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Distinguished Service Order.
He is only 20 and his interest in flying dates back to school days when he made model planes. He was sent to Malta last June and remained there until wounded recently. He had shot down a plane and was after a second when gunfire from an enemy plane riddled his ship and he was shot in the heel. Pilot Buerling bailed out and was picked up in the Mediterranean near Malta. Upon his return to Canada, he was honored with a big parade and celebration at Ottawa. Mr. Woodside is employed at the Homestead Works of the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp."
* William Ellsworth Woodside, Sr./III (b. 1862 Braddock, Alleghany, PA - d. 1954 Homestead, Allegheny, PA), son of William John Woodside (b. 1824 Freeport, Armstrong, PA - '''d. ?''' & Hannah Haigh Hollingsworth Woodside (b. 1834 Woodstock, Windham, [[Connecticut|CT]]; m. 1857 PGH, PA; d. 1911 Braddock, Allegheny, PA). William John Woodside developed hearing loss as early as 1850, and by 1860 had become a shoemaker and farmer. None of their seven children were born with their father's disability. W.J.'s father was also William Woodside (b. 1790 Ireland - d. 1871 Wilkinsburg, Allegheny, PA). William E. worked as a clerk 1880-1930 for Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp. in Homestead, which became U.S. Steel in 1901. His [https://www.newspapers.com/image/149028392 obit] in ''The Pittsburgh Press'' indicates he was present during the "historic Homestead strike of 1892". * Kate Florence Wright Woodside (b. 1876 West Bromwich, Staffordshire, [[England]]; m. 1905 Allegheny Co., PA; d. 1968 Munhall, Allegheny, PA), daughter of Charles Wright (b. 1846 West Bromwich, Eng.) & Elizabeth "Eliza" Parkes Wright (b. 1845 Atherstone, Eng. - d. 1877 Aston, Warwickshire, Eng.). Kate was one year old when her mother died, the same year her younger brother was born, leaving her father to raise five children under the age of ten to raise, with the assistance of two of Charles' young adult siblings who boarded with them.** William Ellsworth Woodside, Jr./IV '''+1944-1975''' (b. 1907 Duquesne, PGH metro, Allegheny, PA - d. 1991 St. Petersburg, Pinellas, FL). +1944-1955+ @ RR 1, Library, PA. +1962+ @ 2570 Windgate Rd., Bethel Park. William was employed as a mechanical engineer with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Steel U.S. Steel] in PGH, founded by J.P. Morgan in 1901, and the 2nd largest steel corporation in America. He worked there until 1975 when he relocated to St. Petersburg where he lived the remainder of his life. Wife (1940 @ PGH, PA): Mabel Jessie Gordon Woodside (b. 1905 Howick, [[Quebec|QC]] - d. 1992 St. Petersburg, FL), daughter of James "Hector" Malben Gordon (b. 1874 QC - d. 1941 College Park, [[Maryland|MD]]) & Christina "Tena" Smith Mills Gordon (b. 1877 QC; m. 1898 Montreal, QC; d. 1958).
** Kenneth Woodside - Edgewood, PA then Kingston, [[Ontario|ON]]
** Harold D. Woodside (1910-1916 Duquesne, PA); Chicago, IL then Dolton, [[Illinois|IL]]
** Kenneth James Woodside (b. 1913 Duquesne, PA - d. 1995). From +1940-1950+, Kenneth resided in Edgewood, PA and was employed as a private secretary for U.S. Steel. Wife (1937 @ UCC, Verdun, QC): Elsie Annie Beurling Woodside (b. 1919 Verdun, Montreal, QC - d. 2012 Toronto, ON), daughter of Frederick Gustave Beurling (b. 1893 Norway) & Hetty Florence Gibbs Beurling (b. 1893 QC; m. 1917 Presby., Verdun, QC).
=Sources=
* EB/TW-Lowe/TW LoG's 1879-2019
* Ancestry.com