This Thomas was the father of Thomas Milton Jordan, my great grandfather, so this makes him my second great - grandfather. He was born on December 22, 1860 in what was Torbolton Township, Ontario to Thomas 'Tommy' Jordan and Bridget Casey. He was the youngest boy in a family of 10 children. Jane (1848), William (1850), John (1853), Elizabeth (1855), Robert (1856), Matthew (1857), Edward (1860), Maryann (1862) and Charlotte (1865) were all born in Torbolton Township. If you notice that Edward was also born in 1860, then you might wonder if they were twins. Further research shows that Edward was born April 6, 1860 and Thomas followed just over 8 months later. Wow!
On May 15, 1888 he married Joan Elizabeth (Lizzie) Campbell at the hous eof Mr George McBain located at Clearwater Pilot Mound Parish, Manitoba. He had moved to Manitoba in 1882 to homestead. By 1909 they left the farm and moved to Saskatoon where he went into real estate with his brother Matthew. On March 23, 1916 he enlisted in the 242nd Forestry Battallion at Saskatoon and served overseas as a private in England, Scotland and in France as far as the Spanish border, building log cabins. He also built huts for the troops and cribbed trenches. He had learned all his wood working skills having worked in the Ottawa River valley cutting wood with his father and brothers for the steamers. He returned to his family in 1919, unharmed. I am pretty sure I would not have wanted to enlist in the military at the age of 56. Mind you, when you lie on your attestation papers, you can be any age you want to be. He died at Kinistino on August 3, 1937.
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