Gordon Alfred Mangion (born Ellis)

Born: 23 October 1914, 19 Trinity Road, Weymouth, Dorset, England (Q4 1914, Vol.05A Page 485)
Parents: Harry Frederick Ellis and Nellie Elizabeth Ellis (nee Holmes)
(Henry Frederick and Nellie Elizabeth married Apr-Jun 1903, Portsmouth, Hampshire, Vol.2B, Page 1021)
Adoptive Parents: Spiro Mangion and Nellie Elizabeth Mangion (nee Ellis, nee Holmes)
Siblings:
Address: 77a St Thomas' Street, Weymouth, England (1921)
Emigrated: Mrs Nellie Mangion (aged 41) and Gordon Mangion (aged 7) departed from Southampton, England on 4 November 1921, travelling on the Walmer Castle (Union Castle Steamship Line) to Cape Town, South Africa
Occupation: 1937, 1938: Motor Mechanic
1952: Fitter, South African Air Force
Address: Plumstead, Cape, South Africa (1936)
Married 1: Hilda May Brashaw, 26 August 1936, Wynberg, Cape, South Africa
Children: Gene Gordon Mangion, 1 October 1936
Renet Elizabeth Alice Mangion, 16 August 1938
Address: G Mangion, 7 Timour Villas, Plumstead; phone 7-2927 (1939 Cape Telephone Directory)
Divorced:
Address: Belper Road, Wynberg, Cape, South Africa (1943)
Married 2: Mabel Jane Trezise (born ~1913), 2 January 1943, Wynberg, Cape Town, South Africa (KAB HAWC 1/3/58/1/108 153)
Children: Joan Yvonne Mangion, 20 April 1942
Brian Alfred Mangion, 24 February 1944
Anthony Spiro (Tony) Mangion, 29 November 1951
Address: 1944: 7 Kildare Road, Wynberg (21 Sep 1944, birth certificate of Gerhardus Andreas Albertus Brand)
1984: Robin Vale, Caravan Park, Kommetjie Road, Fish Hoek (1984 Voters Roll)
Married 3: Rita Rochelle Swart, 26 April 1986
Died: 6 June 1992
Maseti File Record, Estate No. 5641/92, Cape Town Master's Office

Gordon was described as being 6'1" tall, of medium complexion, with black hair and brown eyes.

Gordon's father, Harry Frederick Ellis, was a blacksmith in H.M. Dockyard.

Birth certificate for Gordon Ellis (PDF)

Gordon Mangion (born Ellis)
Original birth certificate owned by Joan Mangion. Copy above owned by Gene Mangion.

Gordon Alfred Mangion (born Ellis) family tree

Family tree of Gordon Alfred Mangion (born Ellis) (PDF version)