John (Gilmour) Gilmore Family
Compiled and Edited by Michael R. Reilly
Last Revised 03/03/2005
Descendants of John Gilmore
Generation No. 1
1.JOHN1GILMORE was born Abt. March 31, 1810 in Gallowayshire, Scotland, and died May12, 1894 in Waukesha County, Wisconsin. He married ANNE CHAMBERS February 20,1842 in Penninghame, Wigtownshire, Scotland. She was born Abt. February 20, 1811in Scotland, and died February 20, 1864 in Waukesha County, Wisconsin.
Notes for JOHN GILMORE:
GILMORE, JOHN
Land Office: MILWAUKEE Sequence #: 1
Document Number: 18637 Total Acres: 40
Misc. Doc. Nr.: Signature: Yes
Canceled Document: No Issue Date: March01, 1848
Mineral Rights Reserved: No Metes andBounds:
No
Survey Date: Statutory Reference: 3Stat. 566
Multiple Warantee Names: No Act orTreaty: April
24, 1820
Multiple Patentee Names: No EntryClassification:
Sale-Cash Entries
Legal Land Description:
# Aliquot Parts Block # Base LineFractional Section Township Range Section #
1 SESW 4TH PM – 1831MINNESOTA/WISCONSIN No2 N 18 E 29
More About JOHN GILMORE:
Name 2: 1880 Census has him listed asJohn Gilmour
Burial: Lisbon Central Union Cemetery
Census: 1850, Listed as John Gelmer onpage 408 1850 Federal Census Town of Lisbon
Residence: 1880, Lisbon homestead(Source: 1880 Federal Census, Town of Lisbon, page 12, June 12 & 14, 1880.)
More About ANNE CHAMBERS:
Burial: Lisbon Central Union Cemetery
More About JOHN GILMORE and ANNECHAMBERS:
Marriage: February 20, 1842,Penninghame, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Children of JOHN GILMORE and ANNECHAMBERS are:
2. i. ANNE2 GILMORE, b. April 16, 1835, Penninghame, Wigtownshire, Scotland; d. November 21, 1915, Medford, Taylor, Wisconsin.
3. ii. ELIZABETH GILMORE, b. December 19, 1842, Town of Lisbon, Waukesha, Wisconsin; d. August 14, 1907.
4. iii. JANE GILMORE, b. July 01, 1844, Town of Lisbon, Waukesha, Wisconsin; d. October 09, 1915, Medford, Taylor, Wisconsin.
iv. JOHN GILMORE, b. March 07, 1846, Town of Lisbon, Waukesha, Wisconsin.
More About JOHN GILMORE:
Residence: 1880, Father’s homestead (Source: 1880 Federal Census, Town of Lisbon, page 12, June 12 & 14, 1880.)
v. JAMES GILMORE, b. July 08, 1847; d. August 04, 1896.
More About JAMES GILMORE:
Burial: Lisbon Central Union Cemetery
Residence: 1880, Father’s homestead (Source: 1880 Federal Census, Town of Lisbon, page 12, June 12 & 14, 1880.)
vi. MARY GILMORE, b. 1849, Wisconsin.
More About MARY GILMORE:
Residence: 1880, Father’s homestead (Source: 1880 Federal Census, Town of Lisbon, page 12, June 12 & 14, 1880.)
5. vii. AGNES GILMORE, b. June 08, 1852, Town of Lisbon, Waukesha, Wisconsin; d. April 02, 1916.
Generation No. 2
2.ANNE2GILMORE (JOHN1)was born April 16, 1835 in Penninghame, Wigtownshire, Scotland, and diedNovember 21, 1915 in Medford, Taylor, Wisconsin. She married JAMES PIERCE Aft.1880.
Notes for ANNE GILMORE:
Source: Passengers & Immigrants:New York 1820 – 1850
Ann Gilmore, age 7 Liverpool to NewYork, Ship: Liddons, arrived July 20, 1842 (Source: Genealogy.com)
I did a search on Ann; I assume thatparents were with her. The search doesn’t enable one to view the ship’s manifestunless there is something more I missed.
The 1880 Fed Census for Town of Lisbon,Waukesha, Wisconsin has Ann Gilmore living with a Peter Melville, age 79,farmer, as a Servant. Peter may be father (?) of Alexander. So in 1880 shehasn’t married yet at age 45?
Something I just noticed re the 1880Census; if she wasn’t married, then James Samuel Pierce born March 24, 1872couldn’t be her natural son.
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Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 08:28:58 -0500
Mike,
I will try to explain my Anne GILMOREdilemma, but I am afraid it will cause a relapse of your illness. GGgrandmotherAnne has caused me a lot of research difficulties.
You will note on the 1870 census she issingle and living in Lisbon. It is my understanding that she married a PIERCEman (first name unknown), ended up in Elyria, OH, and gave birth to her sonthere in 1872. She returned to the Lisbon area in 1876. The mysterious PIERCEman she married supposedly owned a “harness shop” in Chicago. He alsowas a lumber man and travelled to work in the woods. This PIERCE man died in theChicago fire, or possibly the Peshtigo fire, while Anne was away visitingrelatives. Anne never heard from him again. So goes the family story that hasbeen passed down. I have yet to determine what portion is true and what portionis false.
If you look at later censuses she islisted as “widowed”, not single, and goes by the name of Anne PIERCE .
James Samuel PIERCE is the legitimateson of Anne GILMORE. I have information that proves it as well as that Anne wasin fact married. However, I have yet to find a birth record for James or amarriage certificate for Anne and Mr. Mystery PIERCE.
Lorrie Schneck
More About ANNE GILMORE:
Occupation: 1880, Servant for PeterMelville, Town of Lisbon (Source: 1880 Federal Census, Town of Lisbon.)
More About JAMES PIERCE and ANNEGILMORE:
Marriage: Aft. 1880
Child of ANNE GILMORE and JAMESPIERCE is:
6. i. JAMES SAMUEL3 PIERCE, b. March 24, 1872, Elyria, Lorain, Ohio; d. August 10, 1958, Gilman, Taylor, Wisconsin; Stepchild.
3.ELIZABETH2GILMORE (JOHN1)was born December 19, 1842 in Town of Lisbon, Waukesha, Wisconsin, and diedAugust 14, 1907. She married ALEXANDER MELVILLE March 17, 1868 in WaukeshaCounty, Wisconsin, son of PETER MELVILLE and EMELIA BRUCE. He was born January28, 1834 in Kilspindie, Perthshire, Scotland, and died December 09, 1906.
More About ELIZABETH GILMORE:
Burial: Lisbon Central Union Cemetery
Notes for ALEXANDER MELVILLE:
Source of undocumented information from”Alexander Melville Family Group Record” and “Hervey AlbertMelville Family Group Record” by Ruth Alice Woodruff and “My GowansLineage.FTW, Date of Import: 2 Apr 2003”, “LDS” and”Waukesha Freeman Obituary of John Melville”.
Any further data found by this editor(Mike Reilly) or others will have in-line source notes.
More About ALEXANDER MELVILLE:
Name 2: 1860 “AlexanderMelvin” (Source: 1860 Federal Census, Town of Lisbon, page 59 June 22,1860, Post Office: Lake Five.)
Burial: Lisbon Central Union Cemetery
More About ALEXANDER MELVILLE andELIZABETH GILMORE:
Marriage: March 17, 1868, WaukeshaCounty, Wisconsin
Children of ELIZABETH GILMORE andALEXANDER MELVILLE are:
i. EDWARD3 MELVILLE, b. Abt. 1862, Wisconsin (Source: 1880 Federal Census, Town of Lisbon, page 13, June 14, 1880.).
ii. AGNES ELIZABETH MELVILLE, b. March 23, 1869; d. July 08, 1895.
7. iii. JOHN ANDERSON MELVILLE, b. September 22, 1871; d. July 10, 1926.
8. iv. JAMES ANDREW MELVILLE, b. April 08, 1873; d. January 20, 1959.
9. v. REV. THOMAS HENRY MELVILLE, b. March 21, 1875.
vi. DAVID HOWARD MELVILLE, b. February 01, 1877.
10. vii. HERVEY ALBERT MELVILLE, b. September 22, 1879, Colgate, Waukesha, Wisconsin; d. December 03, 1963, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
4.JANE2GILMORE (JOHN1)was born July 01, 1844 in Town of Lisbon, Waukesha, Wisconsin, and died October09, 1915 in Medford, Taylor, Wisconsin. She married JAMES MAIDERS GOWANS Abt.1871. He was born Abt. 1844 in Leysmill, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland, and diedMay 02, 1925 in Abbotsford, Clark, Wisconsin.
More About JANE GILMORE:
Burial: Lisbon Central Union Cemetery
More About JAMES MAIDERS GOWANS:
Burial: May 1925, Lisbon Central UnionCemetery
More About JAMES GOWANS and JANEGILMORE:
Marriage: Abt. 1871
Child of JANE GILMORE and JAMESGOWANS is:
11. i. MARGARET ANN3 GOWANS, b. November 22, 1872, Elyria, Lorain, Ohio; d. March 04, 1952, Abbotsford, Clark, Wisconsin.
5.AGNES2GILMORE (JOHN1)was born June 08, 1852 in Town of Lisbon, Waukesha, Wisconsin, and died April02, 1916. She married WILLIAM PHILP GOWANS December 21, 1881 in Waukesha County,Wisconsin. He was born April 22, 1857 in Leysmill, Forfarshire (Angus),Scotland.
More About WILLIAM PHILP GOWANS:
Occupation: 1880, Age 23, farm laborerfor William Small (Source: 1880 Federal Census, Town of Lisbon.)
More About WILLIAM GOWANS andAGNES GILMORE:
Marriage: December 21, 1881, WaukeshaCounty, Wisconsin
Children of AGNES GILMORE andWILLIAM GOWANS are:
12. i. LILLLIE MAY3 GOWANS, b. November 02, 1882.
13. ii. WILLARD JOHN GOWANS, b. June 30, 1884, Waukesha, Waukesha, Wisconsin; d. October 28, 1969, Black Hawk County, IA..
14. iii. JANE (JEAN) ANN GOWANS, b. January 21, 1887, Waukesha County, Wisconsin.
iv. AGNES ELIZABETH GOWANS, b. August 13, 1888, Pewaukee, Waukesha, WI.; d. October 25, 1951, Los Angeles, CA..
v. MARGARET GOWANS, b. October 13, 1889, Pewaukee, Waukesha, WI.; d. October 27, 1889, Pewaukee, Waukesha, WI..
More About MARGARET GOWANS:
Burial: Prairie Home Cemetery, Waukesha, Waukesha, Wisconsin
15. vi. ALEXANDER BROWN GOWANS, b. February 14, 1891, Waukesha County, Wisconsin.
Generation No. 3
6.JAMES SAMUEL3PIERCE (ANNE2GILMORE, JOHN1)was born March 24, 1872 in Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, and died August 10, 1958 inGilman, Taylor, Wisconsin. He married HELEN GOWANS February 24, 1897 in Town ofLisbon, Waukesha County, Wisconsin. She was born April 07, 1873 in Leysmill,Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland, and died April 18, 1912 in Hammel, Taylor,Wisconsin.
More About JAMES SAMUEL PIERCE:
Burial: 1958, Perkinstown, Taylor,Wisconsin
Residence: 1880, Grandson living withGrandfather John Gilmore and going to school. (Source: 1880 Federal Census, Townof Lisbon, page 12, June 12 & 14, 1880.)
More About HELEN GOWANS:
Burial: April 21, 1912, Town of Lisbon,Waukesha, Wisconsin
More About JAMES PIERCE and HELENGOWANS:
Marriage: February 24, 1897, Town ofLisbon, Waukesha County, Wisconsin
Children of JAMES PIERCE andHELEN GOWANS are:
i. FRANK4 PIERCE, b. March 02, 1898.
ii. WILLIAM PIERCE, b. November 07, 1899.
iii. BABY PIERCE, b. January 03, 1902.
iv. ROY PIERCE, b. April 11, 1907.
v. ALLEN JAMES PIERCE, b. September 03, 1903, Town of Lisbon, Waukesha, Wisconsin; d. May 12, 1984, Wausau, Marathon, Wisconsin; m. ELSA JOHANNA KRAUSSE, February 26, 1938, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin; b. May 17, 1905, Wisconsin; d. March 03, 1999, Wausau, Marathon, Wisconsin.
More About ALLEN JAMES PIERCE:
Burial: Perkinstown, Taylor, Wisconsin
More About ELSA JOHANNA KRAUSSE:
Burial: Perkinstown, Taylor, Wisconsin
More About ALLEN PIERCE and ELSA KRAUSSE:
Marriage: February 26, 1938, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
7.JOHN ANDERSON3MELVILLE (ELIZABETH2GILMORE, JOHN1)was born September 22, 1871, and died July 10, 1926. He married NELLIE M. CRAIGNovember 30, 1899 in Nashota, Waukesha, Wisconsin. She died 1964.
More About JOHN MELVILLE andNELLIE CRAIG:
Marriage: November 30, 1899, Nashota,Waukesha, Wisconsin
Children of JOHN MELVILLE andNELLIE CRAIG are:
i. WILLARD L.4 MELVILLE, b. September 09, 1900, Colgate, Waukesha, Wisconsin; m. MARION JANET CHRISTISON, June 27, 1931, Colgate, Waukesha, Wisconsin.
More About WILLARD MELVILLE and MARION CHRISTISON:
Marriage: June 27, 1931, Colgate, Waukesha, Wisconsin
ii. MARION ELIZABETH MELVILLE, b. 1903; d. 1910.
8.JAMES ANDREW3MELVILLE (ELIZABETH2GILMORE, JOHN1)was born April 08, 1873, and died January 20, 1959. He married CATHERINE QUAID1902. She died 1944.
More About JAMES MELVILLE andCATHERINE QUAID:
Marriage: 1902
Children of JAMES MELVILLE andCATHERINE QUAID are:
i. JOSEPH4 MELVILLE.
ii. CLARENCE MELVILLE.
iii. NORBERT MELVILLE.
9.REV. THOMAS HENRY3MELVILLE (ELIZABETH2GILMORE, JOHN1)was born March 21, 1875. He married ETTA MABEL TURNER September 03, 1902.
More About THOMAS MELVILLE andETTA TURNER:
Marriage: September 03, 1902
Children of THOMAS MELVILLE andETTA TURNER are:
i. VIVIANNE4 MELVILLE, Adopted child; m. GEORGE E. PETERSON.
ii. IRENE MELVILLE, m. WILLIAM B. GRAVES, June 19, 1937.
More About WILLIAM GRAVES and IRENE MELVILLE:
Marriage: June 19, 1937
10.HERVEY ALBERT3MELVILLE (ELIZABETH2GILMORE, JOHN1)was born September 22, 1879 in Colgate, Waukesha, Wisconsin, and died December03, 1963 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He married CORA MAE CONNELL January01, 1907 in Colgate, Waukesha, Wisconsin. She was born February 03, 1879 inColgate, Waukesha, Wisconsin, and died January 08, 1952 in Colgate, Waukesha,Wisconsin.
More About HERVEY ALBERTMELVILLE:
Burial: December 05, 1963, LisbonCentral Union Cemetery
More About CORA MAE CONNELL:
Burial: Lisbon Central Union Cemetery
More About HERVEY MELVILLE andCORA CONNELL:
Marriage: January 01, 1907, Colgate,Waukesha, Wisconsin
Children of HERVEY MELVILLE andCORA CONNELL are:
i. HELEN ESTER4 MELVILLE, b. May 28, 1908, Colgate, Waukesha, Wisconsin; d. November 01, 1993, Grayslake, IL.; m. ADOLPH JOHN LEDAIN, November 15, 1933, Colgate, Waukesha, Wisconsin.
More About HELEN ESTER MELVILLE:
Burial: Avon Cemetery, Grayslake, IL
More About ADOLPH LEDAIN and HELEN MELVILLE:
Marriage: November 15, 1933, Colgate, Waukesha, Wisconsin
ii. RALPH CONNELL MELVILLE, b. July 18, 1911, Town of Lisbon, Waukesha, Wisconsin; d. December 12, 1976; m. (1) DOROTHY ANNETTE HOWARD, August 31, 1935, Sussex, Waukesha County, Wisconsin; m. (2) SARAH MARGARET FERGUSON, September 14, 1940, Waukegan Lake, Illinois; m. (3) EDITH STONE, May 12, 1974.
More About RALPH CONNELL MELVILLE:
Burial: December 15, 1978, Prairie Home Cemetery, Waukesha, Waukesha, Wisconsin
More About RALPH MELVILLE and DOROTHY HOWARD:
Marriage: August 31, 1935, Sussex, Waukesha County, Wisconsin
More About RALPH MELVILLE and SARAH FERGUSON:
Marriage: September 14, 1940, Waukegan Lake, Illinois
More About RALPH MELVILLE and EDITH STONE:
Marriage: May 12, 1974
iii. EARL WILSON MELVILLE, b. March 11, 1914, Town of Lisbon, Waukesha, Wisconsin; d. January 18, 1997, Granger, TX; m. ADELINE MARY STIRN, August 02, 1941, Annapolis, Maryland.
More About EARL WILSON MELVILLE:
Burial: January 21, 1997, Brookfield, Waukesha, Wisconsin
More About EARL MELVILLE and ADELINE STIRN:
Marriage: August 02, 1941, Annapolis, Maryland
11.MARGARET ANN3GOWANS (JANE2GILMORE, JOHN1)was born November 22, 1872 in Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, and died March 04, 1952 inAbbotsford, Clark, Wisconsin. She married (1) CRAIG J. FOY Abt. 1896. He wasborn April 30, 1862 in St. Lawrence County, NY, and died December 23, 1923 inAbbotsford, Clark, Wisconsin. She married (2) HARRY BARK Abt. 1924. He died1952.
More About MARGARET ANN GOWANS:
Burial: March 07, 1952, AbbotsfordCemetery, Clark, Wisconsin
More About CRAIG J. FOY:
Burial: December 26, 1923, AbbotsfordCemetery, Clark, Wisconsin
More About CRAIG FOY and MARGARETGOWANS:
Marriage: Abt. 1896
More About HARRY BARK andMARGARET GOWANS:
Marriage: Abt. 1924
Children of MARGARET GOWANS andCRAIG FOY are:
i. JAMES ALEXANDER4 FOY, b. January 01, 1897; d. August 06, 1920.
More About JAMES ALEXANDER FOY:
Burial: Abbotsford Cemetery, Clark, Wisconsin
ii. JENNIE LINN FOY, b. September 14, 1898; d. 1938.
iii. MARY CATHERINE FOY, b. September 02, 1900, Town of Lisbon, Waukesha, Wisconsin; d. March 26, 1973, Chicago, Cook, IL; m. FRED ROSE; b. February 18, 1906; d. March 19, 1972.
More About MARY CATHERINE FOY:
Burial: Rosehill Cemetery, Cook, IL
More About FRED ROSE:
Burial: Rosehill Cemetery, Cook, IL
12.LILLLIE MAY3GOWANS (AGNES2GILMORE, JOHN1)was born November 02, 1882. She married HARRY E. BEGGS. He was born October1879.
Children of LILLLIE GOWANS andHARRY BEGGS are:
i. GILMORE (GIBSON) GOWANS4 BEGGS, b. February 13, 1910, Genessee, Waukesha, Wisconsin; d. Alaska; m. MILDRED HATTIE FOX, February 25, 1933, Eagle, Waukesha, Wisconsin.
More About GILMORE BEGGS and MILDRED FOX:
Marriage: February 25, 1933, Eagle, Waukesha, Wisconsin
ii. MARGARET ISOBEL BEGGS, b. August 21, 1913, Waukesha Township, Waukesha, Wisconsin; m. JAMES WATSON TOLBERT, November 23, 1929, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
More About JAMES TOLBERT and MARGARET BEGGS:
Marriage: November 23, 1929, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
13.WILLARD JOHN3GOWANS (AGNES2GILMORE, JOHN1)was born June 30, 1884 in Waukesha, Waukesha, Wisconsin, and died October 28,1969 in Black Hawk County, IA.. He married KATHERINE NOONAN August 30, 1905. Shewas born 1880 in West Union, IA.
More About WILLARD GOWANS andKATHERINE NOONAN:
Marriage: August 30, 1905
Children of WILLARD GOWANS andKATHERINE NOONAN are:
i. MARY BENNETTA4 GOWANS, b. December 23, 1906.
ii. GENEVIEVE M. GOWANS.
iii. MILDRED L. GOWANS.
iv. AGNES JOHANNA GOWANS, b. April 03, 1911.
v. KATHRYN I. GOWANS, b. July 11, 1916; m. RICHARD P. PETERSON, October 12, 1950.
More About RICHARD PETERSON and KATHRYN GOWANS:
Marriage: October 12, 1950
14.JANE (JEAN) ANN3GOWANS (AGNES2GILMORE, JOHN1)was born January 21, 1887 in Waukesha County, Wisconsin. She married WILLIAM C.PFISTER.
Child of JANE GOWANS and WILLIAMPFISTER is:
i. LORRAINE4 PFISTER, m. RAY BRAEGER.
15.ALEXANDER BROWN3GOWANS (AGNES2GILMORE, JOHN1)was born February 14, 1891 in Waukesha County, Wisconsin. He married ROSE MARIEMAROSE.
More About ALEXANDER BROWN GOWANS:
Burial: Prairie Home Cemetery,Waukesha, Waukesha, Wisconsin
Military service: WWI Veteran
Children of ALEXANDER GOWANS andROSE MAROSE are:
i. MAVENE4 GOWANS, m. DON KOENTOP.
ii. DOROTHY GOWANS, m. THOMAS SINKOVITS.