George C. Gillmor b. Abt 1816-1819 Killery Parish, County Sligo, Ireland d. 15 Oct 1900 Nevada, Story County, Iowa, USA: Our Family History

Abt 1819 - 1900 (~ 81 years)

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Name	George C. Gillmor
Born	Abt 1816-1819	Killery Parish, County Sligo, Ireland [1, 2]
	Image of cemetery stone on FindAGrave says he was born "in fall of 1816."
Gender	Male
Census	1856	Franklin township, Story County, Iowa, USA [3]
	1. Gilmore, George, 37, male, married, resident 1 year, Ireland, farmer 2. _____, Magery, 33, female, married, resident 1 year, Ireland 3. _____, William J., 5, male, resident 1 year, New York
Census	26 Jun 1860	Milford township, Story County, Iowa, USA [4]
	1. Gillmor, George, 45, male, farmer, real estate $1000, personal $600, Ireland 2. _____, Margery, 37, female, Ireland 3. _____, Wm. J., 9, male, New York, attended school this year 4. _____, Mariah J., 3, female, Iowa 5. Campbell, Robert, 56, male, farm labour, Ireland
Census	23 Aug 1870	Milford township, Story County, Iowa, USA [5]
	1. Gilmore, Geo, 52, male, white, farmer, real estate $2800, personal $3600, Ireland, mother and father of foreign birth 2. _____, Mordery [Margery], 43, female, white, keeping house, Ireland 3. _____, Wm. J., 19, male, white, at home, New York, mother and father of foreign birth 4. Larson, Erasmus, 18, male, white, labor, mother and father of foreign birth, Denmark 5. Burr, C., 45, male, white, labor, Ireland, mother and father of foreign birth 7. Sykes, A., 12, male, white, labor, Illinois
Census	14 Jun 1880	Milford township, Story County, Iowa, USA [6]
	1. Gilmore, George, white, male, 62, married, farmer, can read and write, Ireland, Ireland, Ireland 2. _____, Marger [Margery], white female, 55, wife, married, keeping house, can read and write, Ireland, Ireland, Ireland 1. Gilmore, William, white male, 29, son, married, farmer, can read and write, New York, Ireland, Ireland 2. _____, Urallee [Urattee?], white, female, 8m daughter, attending school, can read and write, Iowa, New York, Iowa, 3. _____, Marie, white, female, daughter, Iowa, New York, Iowa 4. _____, Charlie, white, male, 2 months, born in April, son, Iowa, New York, Iowa 5. Hanson, August, white, male, 18m farm laborer, can read and write, Germany, Germany, Germany
Narrative	From Desmond Gillmor's paper on his Iowa Gillmor family: "Prior to the discovery that my great grandparents had been in Iowa, I had found that there were two Gillmor families from County Sligo in Iowa in the 1850s. It seems quite likely that both were related to my family but this has not been proved. One Gillmor emigrated from Emlafad Parish, Ballymote and there is a belief in both our Irish families that they are related. The other had lived just across the Leitrim/Sligo border and only a mile from the residence of my earliest known Gillmor ancestors. I have been in contact with descendants of both former Iowa families. No evidence of locational influences or even contacts between these families, either before or when they were in Iowa, has emerged but it would seem that these must have been possibilities. A Stewart Gillmor, who was almost certainly a native of Ballymote, arrived in Scott County, near Davenport on the Mississippi, in 1847 with his wife Rebecca and their children. In a biography of his eldest son Stewart (1832-1902), it was stated that the name Gillmor was an old and familiar one in Scott County, the family having been associated with the agricultural life of eastern Iowa from pioneer times22. In 1859 Stewart married Mary A. Connor, whose family had come to Scott County from Ontario, Canada in 1846, but her parents had been born in Ireland. They had seven children. Stewart was an extensive farmer and stock-raiser, the Gillmor farm having expanded from an original 40 acres to 337 acres of prairie and 40 acres of timber land23. Although Stewart was described as modest and retiring, he exerted a considerable influence on the community and political life of Scott County and he was known for his integrity and generosity. It was largely through his effort and financial help that a House of God place of worship was erected on his farm. The Gillmor family had been in Allen?s Grove Township from 1857 and gravestones relating to five members of the family were in the Allen?s Grove Cemetery when we visited it. They included that for Stewart, born in Sligo, and his wife Mary. A George Gillmor was one of six children of a Thomas Gillmor who lived in Killery Parish, between the Sligo village of Ballintogher and the Leitrim border24. He married Maria McConnell in Dromahair in 1845. They sailed to New Orleans, where she and a baby girl died of cholera in 1846. George then went to New York, where he married Belfast-born Margery Campbell in 1850. They migrated with their son to Story County, central Iowa in 1854. They farmed in Milford Township but George also worked as an expert stone mason. One indication of life at that time was the threat of Native American raids. The couple were very successful in the development of their farm and the accumulation of wealth and they were highly respected in the community because of their hard work and integrity. They were committed members of the Ames Baptist Church but contributed generously to the building of other denominations? churches. Only their son lived to maturity, two daughters dying in childhood. Mary died in 1892 and George in 1900."
State Census	1885	Story County, Iowa, USA [7]
	1. Gillmore, George, township 84, range 23, section 29, NW, age 70, male, married, farmer, born in Ireland, father and mother of foreign birth, entitled to vote 2. _____, Margery, 58, female, married, Ireland, mother and father of foreign birth 1. Gillmore, Wm J., township 84, range 23, section 29, NE, 36, male, married, farmer, New York, mother and father of foreign birth, subject to military, entitled to vote 2. _____, Jerusha, 28, female, married, born in Marshall County, Iowa, father native, mother foreign 3. _____, Uretta J., 12, female, born Story County, Iowa, parents native 4. _____, Marietta J., 9, female, born Story County, Iowa, parents native 5. _____, Maines, 6, male, born Story County, Iowa, parents native 6. _____, Charles, 5, male, born Story County, Iowa, parents native 7. _____, George, 4, male, born Story County, Iowa, parents native 8. _____, Wm, 1, male, born Story County, Iowa, parents native
State Census	1895	Story County, Iowa, USA
	1. Gilmor, William J., 41, male, married, New York, farmer, Christian, subject to military, eligible to vote 2. _____, Jerusha, 39, female, married, Marshall Co, Iowa, Christian 3. _____, Maries [Maines], 16, male, single, Story Co Iowa, Christian 4. _____, Maria, 18,, female, single, Story Co Iowa, Christian 5. _____, Charlie, 14, male, Story Co Iowa, Christian 6. _____, George, 12, male, Story Co Iowa, Christian 7. _____, William, 8, male, Story Co Iowa, Christian 8. _____, Earl, 6, male, Story Co Iowa, Christian 9. _____, Eva, 4, female, Story Co Iowa, Christian 10. _____, Ella, 3, female, Story Co Iowa, Christian 11. _____, George, 76, male, widowed, Ireland, retired, Baptist
Died	15 Oct 1900	Nevada, Story County, Iowa, USA [2]
Buried	Nevada Municipal Cemetery, Nevada, Story County, Iowa, USA [2]
Person ID	I1219	Gilmore-Donald
Last Modified	6 Mar 2020

Family Margery Campbell, b. April 1819-Nov 1820, Derrylee, County Armagh, Northern Ireland , d. 1 Feb 1892, Story County, Iowa, USA (Age ~ 72 years)

Married 7 Mar 1849 New York, USA [8]

Children

+	1. William James Gilmore, b. 25 Dec 1850, Bronx, Bronx County, New York, USA , d. 29 Apr 1934, Palo Alto County, Iowa, USA (Age 83 years)
	2. Maria J. Gilmore, b. 1 Aug 1856, d. 1 Apr 1863, Story County, Iowa, USA (Age 6 years)
	3. Uretta C. Gillmor, b. 30 Apr 1860, Story County, Iowa, USA , d. 28 Oct 1860, Story County, Iowa, USA (Age 0 years)

Last Modified 2 Mar 2020

Family ID F468 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Sources

[S1253] Gillmor, Desmond, article on Gilmores.
[S1254] Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 2 March 2020), memorial 73014814, George C. Gilmore (1816-1900), citing Nevada Municipal Cemetery (Nevada, Story County, Iowa, USA). Image of marker and some unsourced biographical data.
[S1257] 1856 Iowa State census, Story County, population schedule, Franklin township, pp. 142 (stamped, recto), dwelling 55, family 60, George Gilmore household' "Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 March 2020.
[S1260] 1860 U.S. census, Story County, Iowa, population schedule, Milford township (Nevada post office), p. 40 (penned, recto), p. 738 (dark pen, recto), dwelling 311, family 275, George Gillmor household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 March 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 339.
[S1261] 1870 U.S. census, Story County, Iowa, population schedule, Milford township, p. 10 (penned, recto), p. 112 (stamped, verso), dwelling 65, family 65, Geo Gillmore household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 March 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 420.
[S1258] 1880 U. S. census, Story County, Iowa, population schedule, Milford township, enumeration district (ED) 203, p. 11 (penned), p. 275 (stamped, recto), dwelling 99, family 104, IGeorge Gilmore household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 March 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 365.
[S1275] 1885 Iowa State Census, Story County, population schedule, Milford township, p. 1 (penned), p. 286 (stamped, top right), line 1, dwelling 3, family 3, George Gillmore household; "Iowa State Census, 1885," digital images, FamilySearch.org (https://familysearch.org : accessed 6 March 2020); citing original, Iowa State Historical Society, Des Moines. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-63R9-CKM.
[S1255] Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 2 March 2020), memorial 75559146, Margery Campbell Gilmore (1820-1892), citing Nevada Municipal Cemetery (Nevada, Story County, Iowa, USA). Image of marker and some unsourced biographical data.