Background
George Gordon was born to Scottish parents near Alberton, Prince Edward Island in Canada.
George Gordon was born to Scottish parents near Alberton, Prince Edward Island in Canada.
Gordon began his missionary work in Halifax City Mission where he would minister to the poor about the gospel of Christ. He arrived on the coast of Erromango, an island near Vanuatu, in the Pacific Ocean, in June 1857 to evangelize among the natives. Gordon"s younger brother James followed him to Erromango, and was also martyred.