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England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
about T*[C_]T[O_]R Popkin Mordecai
Name: T*[C_]T[O_]R Popkin Mordecai
Year of Registration: 1888
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Pontypridd
County: Glamorgan, Mid Glamorgan
Volume: 11a
Page: 431 (click to see others on page)
Source: Certified copy of an Entry of Birth. CM 935040;
Dist. of Pontypridd, 1888 birth in Sub-district Llantrisaint, in
County of Glamorgan;
No. 430; born second April 1888, Brynsaddler, Llantrisaint R.S.D.;
Boy; father: Thomas Mordecai; mother: Mary Mordecai, formerly Teague;
occupation of father: Lime Merchant; Signature, description: Thomas
Mordcai, Father, Brynsaddler, Llantrisaint; when reg. 5th May 1888;
Signature of registrar: Howel Davies Registrar.
1891 Wales Census
Name: Thomas Mordecai
Age: 43
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1848
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: May (sic - should be Mary)
Gender: Male
Where born: Ystradowen, Glamorgan, Wales
Civil Parish: Llantwitfardre
Ecclesiastical parish: Glyntaff
Town: Newtoron
County/Island: Glamorgan
Country: Wales
Registration district: Pontypridd
Sub registration district: Llantrisant
ED, institution, or vessel: 18
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Mordecai 43
May Mordecai 30 (Mary)
Trefor P Mordecai 3
Margaret Teague 23
Catherine Price 17
(Source: Ancestry.com: T.P.Mordecai first entry into USA)
Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1956
about Trevor P Mordecai
Name: Trevor P Mordecai
Arrival Date: 16 Sep 1913
Age: 25
Birth Date: abt 1888
Birth Country: Wales
Gender: Male
Race/Nationality: Welsh
Ship Name: Ionian
Port of Arrival: Quebec, Canada
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
about Trevor Mordecai
Name: Trevor Mordecai
City: Queens
County: Queens
State: New York
Birth Date: 2 Apr 1888
Race: Caucasian (White)
FHL Roll Number: 1818488
DraftBoard: 185
1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Trevor Mordecai
[Trevor Moracai]
Home in 1920: Wilmington Ward 9, New Castle, Delaware
Age: 31
Estimated birth year: abt 1889
Birthplace: Wales
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
[Head]
Spouse's name: Charlotte Mordcai
Father's Birth Place: Wales
Mother's Birth Place: Wales
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Sex: Male
Home owned: Rent
Year of immigration: 1913
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
Trevor Mordcai 31
Charlotte Mordcai 30
UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960
about Mr Trabor Mordecai
Name: Mr Trabor Mordecai
Birth Date: abt 1888
Age: 34
Port of Departure: New York, New York, United States
Arrival Date: 11 Jun 1922
Port of Arrival: Plymouth, England
Ship Name: President Taft
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Shipping line: United States Line
Official Number: 221844
(Sources: Ancestry.com: New York Passenger List)
Name: Trevor P Mordecai
Arrival Date: 31 Jul 1922
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1888
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Southampton, England
Ethnicity/Race/Nationality: English
Ship Name: Saxonia
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Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Nativity: Wales
Line: 13
Microfilm Serial: T715
Microfilm Roll: T715_3150
Birth Location: Wales
Birth Location Other: glen brynsaddln
Page Number: 143
(This must have been when his father died.)
UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960
about Rev Trevor Mordecai
Name: Rev Trevor Mordecai
Birth Date: abt 1888
Age: 37
Port of Departure: New York, New York, United States
Arrival Date: 19 Jun 1925
Port of Arrival: Southampton, England
Ship Name: Majestic
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Shipping line: White Star Line
Official Number: 146555
New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
about Trevor Mordecai
Name: Trevor Mordecai
Arrival Date: 8 Aug 1925
Birth Year: abt 1888
Birth Location: England
Birth Location Other: llantrssnt
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/Race-
/Nationality: English
Port of Departure: Cherbourg, France
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Pittsburgh
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Name: Rev Trevor Mordecai
Gender: Male
Residence Year: 1926
Residence Place: Birmingham, Alabama
Occupation: Pastor
Spouse: Charlotte W Mordecai
Publication Title: Birmingham, Alabama, City Directory, 1926
UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960
about Trevor Mordecai
Name: Trevor Mordecai
Birth Date: abt 1888
Age: 38
Port of Departure: New York, New York, United States
Arrival Date: 14 Aug 1926
Port of Arrival: Southampton, England
Ship Name: Lapland
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Shipping line: Red Star Line
Official Number: 137398
1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Trevar Mardecai
[Trevor Mordecai]
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1888
[abt 1887]
Birthplace: England
Race: White
Home in 1930: Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Charlotte Mardecai
Father's Birthplace: England (Wales)
Mother's Birthplace: England (Wales)
Household Members:
Name Age
Trevar Mardecai 42 [43]
Charlotte Mardecai 40
Muiiel Mardecai 12 (Muriel)
U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Name: Rev Trevor P Mordecai
Gender: Male
Residence Year: 1931
Residence Place: Birmingham, Alabama
Occupation: Pastor
Spouse: Charlotte W Mordecai
Publication Title: Birmingham, Alabama, City Directory, 1931
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Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Nativity: Wales
Line: 11
Microfilm Serial: T715
Name: Trevor P Mordecai
Arrival Date: 20 Apr 1931
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1888
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: London, England
Ethnicity/Race/Nationality: English
Microfilm Roll: T715_4946
Birth Location: Wales
Birth Location Other: llantresaint
Page Number: 221
Alabama, Naturalization Records, 1909-1991
Name: Trevor Popkin Mordecai
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 2 Apr 1888
Birth Place: Brynsaddler, South Wales
Civil Date: 20 Jan 1932
Court City: Birmingham
Court District: U.S. District Court for the Southern (Birmingham) Division of the Northern District of Alabama.
Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1956
about Trevor Mordecai
Name: Trevor Mordecai
Arrival Date: 12 Jul 1934
Port of Arrival: St Albans, Vermont, United States
Ship Name: Empress of Britain
Port of Departure: Southampton, England
Age: 45
Birth Date: abt 1889
Birth Country: Wales
Gender: Male
Race/Nationality: English
Record Type: Manifests
1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Trevor Mardecai Junior (not a Jr.)
[Trevor Mordecai]
Age: 6
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1934
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Florida
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son
Home in 1940: New Smyrna Beach, Volusia, Florida
Map of Home in 1940: View map
Street: Faulkner Street
House Number: 304
Inferred Residence in 1935: New Smyrna Beach, Volusia, Florida
Residence in 1935: Same House
Sheet Number: 4A
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: None
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Trevor Mardecai 51
Charlotte Mardecai 51
Trevor Mardecai 6
Social Security Death Index
Name: Trevor Mordecai
SSN: 419-56-3918
Last Residence:
Born: 2 Apr 1888
Died: Jun 1963
State (Year) SSN issued: Alabama (1959)
Martha, while we are on this Mordecai spree, I’ve had a file sitting on my desktop to send you for a while. It is nothing more than two little tidbits about Grandpa that I got from a “snippet view” of two sources in Google Books. The second one takes a little while to show up. Sadly, I never was able to find the whole thing, in either case, but they offer a tantalizing clue to why Grandpa left the Presbyterian church. It does seem to fit mother’s explanation somewhat that they disapproved of his starting a soup kitchen during the Depression, which drew “riff-raff” into the church. Margaret Colliers’ explanation was that he preached an unpopular sermon again the establishing of the Community Chest because he felt that the Churches were relinquishing their role of caring for the poor. Perhaps that’s what is meant by differences “over the application” or “exemplification of the social gospel.” Interesting.
I’ve attached the “snippets.”
Love,
Sheri
Rev. Scofield of Douglaston Park (sic) and Rev. John Baumeister of Flushing officiated at the first Lord's Supper on October 31, 1915. In November of that year, Rev. Scofield volunteered to preach until a regular preacher could be retained. Trevor P. Mordecai, A Princeton Theological Seminary student, became the part-
time student supply preacher in November, 1916.
The congregation's first social event was a reception in honor of Rev. and Mrs. Scofield on February 9, 1916.
This information was abstracted from the Church's history compiled in 1965. There are no other references to Rev. Scofield in the history. It was noted that he compiled the “Scofield Reference Bible”.
Excerpt from an Article dated June 26, 2005 by Dr. Edwin Gray Hurley:
D. L. Moody, the Billy Graham evangelist of the 19th century in America
had such an experience. He said, “I cannot describe it. I seldom refer
to it. It is almost too sacred an experience to name… I can only say
God revealed himself to me, and I had such an experience of love that
I had to ask him to stay his hand… I would not now be placed back
where I was before that blessed experience, if you should give me all
the world.” Peter Marshall, the great World War 2 era Chaplain of the
United States Senate, while still a young man in Scotland, was
wrestling with God’s call on him to become a preacher. A cousin he had
not seen in 19 years came home from America on business and offered to pay
for his ship passage to immigrate to the United States. Peter
struggled in prayer, finally deciding to come to the United States,
and found himself in New Jersey digging ditches, with no clear
direction that would lead him toward ministry. He writes, “Then came a
letter from Birmingham, Alabama, offering me a position with a
newspaper there. I felt, at once, that this might be the second step
in my guidance. So I made it a matter of prayer. Should I go South?”
Was this the way into the ministry? Within a week I knew it was… I
borrowed money, and made my way to Birmingham. There I found friends.
I met Dr. Trevor Mordecai of the First Presbyterian Church, (of
Birmingham), to whom I owe more than I shall ever be able to repay…
Within the space of a few short weeks, I had joined the First
Presbyterian Church, had been recommended by the Session as a
candidate for the gospel ministry, had spoken at prayer meeting, had
been elected president of the young people’s league, had
become interested in the Boy Scouts of that church, and had been asked
to become the teacher of the Men’s Bible Class. All of this took only
a few short weeks… A man walks on through life- with the external call
ringing in his ears but with no response stirring in his heart, and
then suddenly, without any warning, the Spirit taps him on the
shoulder". (Peter Marshall, Mr. Jones Meets the Master, “The Tap On
the Shoulder”, p. 26-28.)
Rev. Dr. Cyrus Ingerson Scofield
By Joseph Hellmann
January 20, 2002
A plaque in the Community Church of Douglaston on the rear interior wall of the sanctuary (epistle side or right side as you face the rear) is dedicated to Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, 1844-1921, with the inscription “a pioneer in the organization of this Church 1915”.
On April 18, 1915 eleven men met in a private home for the purpose to organizing a church to serve the spiritual needs of the community's Protestants. Rev. Scoffield was not listed among the eleven. The first service was held on May 2nd of that year at the Douglaston Club with Rev. Ulysses Grant Warren of Brooklyn preaching. By the end of that month the congregation leased a store on Main Ave. north of the train station (now 235th Street). The store was to be the church's home for the next four and a half years, until the temporary church building was completed on the site of the present church building in Sept. 1919.
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