Gordon Francis Ponceby

14 February 1944

Imported Army Serial Number Merged File entry for Gordon F Ponceby showing military service enrollment on 14 February 1944 at Ft Thomas, Newport, Kentucky, with serial number 15127392 and rank PVT.

1950

Extracted pages from the 1950 BGSU Key yearbook showing G. Ponceby in a Delta Upsilon caption, Gordon Ponceby in a Phi Alpha Chi caption, and a senior listing for PONCEBY, GORDON F. of Cleveland, Ohio, with Delta Upsilon and Phi Alpha Chi affiliations.

1948

Extracted pages from the 1948 BGSU Key yearbook showing Gordon Ponceby in a sophomore group photograph caption and G. Ponceby in a Student Christian Fellowship group photograph caption.

1949

Extracted pages from the 1949 BGSU Key yearbook showing Gordon Ponceby in Phi Alpha Chi and Pi Theta captions, and identifying him as Pi Theta treasurer for the 1948-1949 year.

1 June 1926

1926 Alberta census page for Peace River South showing Donald Edwin Ponceby, wife Catharine McKay, and sons Donald Stuart and Gordon Francis in the same household.

3 April 1950

1950 census page for Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio, showing Gordon Ponceby, age 24, and wife Shirley, age 20, in the same household at house number 105 on 3 April 1950.

9 April 1984

Ohio death certificate for Gorden F. Ponceby, a married car salesman and veteran, who died at St. Lukes Hospital in Maumee, Lucas County, Ohio, on 9 April 1984. The certificate names surviving spouse Shirley Armstrong, father Donald Ponceby, and mother Catherine McKayhorne.

9 April 2026

User identification note linking Catherine Mackie Horne to the 1948 Gordon F Ponceby marriage record entry that records the groom's mother's maiden name as Kathy Horn, and identifying her as Donald Edwin Ponceby's wife and Gordon Francis Ponceby's mother.

24 April 1948

Wood County, Ohio marriage record no. 1035 for Gordon F Ponceby and Shirley Armstrong, with the application sworn on 22 April 1948, the marriage solemnized on 24 April 1948, and the certificate filed on 27 April 1948.

circa 1944

Black-and-white photograph of a young man in WWII-era military uniform standing outdoors beside a humorous lawn sign reading "Do you like to be Stepped on?" Original filename (Gordon_Ponceby_1940.jpg) identifies the subject as Gordon Francis Ponceby; not yet confirmed by any independent documentary source. If confirmed, this is the first photographic record of Gordon Ponceby in the archive.

14 February 1944

NARA digitized roster page from the Fort Thomas reception center, dated 14 February 1944, listing Gordon F. Ponceby, serial number 15127392, on line 19 among aviation cadets in White Company C reporting at the checking station. The image-backed roster corroborates Gordon's presence at Fort Thomas on the same date as the existing Army Serial Number Merged File entry.

19 February 1944

NARA Special Orders Number 42, dated 19 February 1944 at the Fort Thomas Reception Center, list Gordon F. Ponceby, serial number 15127392, among the named enlisted men transferred as Privates Air Corps unassigned to AAF BTC No. 2, Keesler Field, Mississippi. The order directs movement on 21 February 1944 for pre-Aviation Cadet (Air Crew) basic training, with a continuation page documenting transportation and ration logistics for the Keesler group.

18 February 1952

Handwritten naturalization card for Gordon Francis Ponceby, recorded in 1952 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, stating that he was born in Alberta, Canada on 1 January 1926 and was naturalized on 22 November 1950.

25 May 1950-26 January 1959

Naturalization petition file for Gordon Francis Ponceby in the U.S. District Court at Toledo, Ohio, showing his petition in May 1950, oath and certificate issuance on 22 November 1950, and a later INS letter dated 26 January 1959 directing the court to note that he had lost U.S. citizenship after naturalization.

9 April 1984

Imported Ohio death index entry for Gorden F Ponceby reporting a death on 9 April 1984 in Maumee, Lucas County, Ohio, with certificate number 029102 and volume number 25620.

29 April 1948

Page 2 of the 29 April 1948 Risingsun Unique Weekly includes a Wood County "Marriage Licenses" notice listing Gordon F Ponceby, age 22, student, Cleveland, and Shirley Armstrong, age 18, clerk, Bowling Green.

10 April 1984

Toledo Lucas County Public Library obituary-index citation for a The Blade obituary entry headed Gordon F. Ponceby. The index reports death on 9 April 1984, age 58, address Whitehouse, Ohio, newspaper date 10 April 1984, and no photo.

11 April 1984

The Blade death notice for Gordon Ponceby, age 58, of West Street, Whitehouse, reporting that he died Monday in St. Luke's Hospital, that his body was donated to the Medical College of Ohio, that there would be no services, and naming additional survivors.

10 April 1984

The Blade obituary for Gordon F. Ponceby, age 58, of West Street, Whitehouse, reporting that he died 9 April 1984 in St. Luke's Hospital and summarizing his automotive career, Bowling Green State University education, World War II Army Air Force service, survivors, body donation, and memorial-contribution request.

1955

Extracted pages from the 1955 Might's Greater Toronto city directory naming Gordon F. Ponceby in a Metropolitan Motors listing and a street-directory entry.

1956

Extracted pages from the 1956 Might's Greater Toronto city directory naming Gordon F. Ponceby as secretary-treasurer of Metropolitan Motors and listing his Beechwood Avenue residence.

1957

Extracted pages from the 1957 Might's Greater Toronto city directory naming Gordon F. Ponceby and listing his Beechwood Avenue residence.

1958

Extracted pages from the 1958 Might's Greater Toronto city directory naming Gordon F. Ponceby as vice-president of Metropolitan Motors and listing his Beechwood Avenue residence.

1959

Extracted pages from the 1959 Might's Greater Toronto city directory naming Gordon Ponceby as manager of Best Buy Motors and listing Gordon F. Ponceby at 65 Citation Drive, North York.