Charles Wallace Gilmore b. 11 Aug 1846 Norwich, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada d. 13 May 1911: Our Family History

1846 - 1911 (64 years)

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Name	Charles Wallace Gilmore [1]
	Seen on his 1904 marriage record as "Wallis C. Gilmor." Probably actually "Wallace," even greater suggestion that the Pratt family could have been related to the Gilmore family, since they had a son named Wallace and were from upstate New York.
Born	11 Aug 1846	Norwich, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada [1, 2, 3]
	The Charles W. Gilmore who married Kate Eva Lovelock stated his birthplace on the marriage record as Brantford, Ontario. Brantford wasn't incorporated until 1847, so it may be presumed that the family lived in the area in 1846. Brant County was not created until 1851, from Wentworth and Oxford, so Brantford was probably formerly in Oxford Co.
Gender	Male
Census	1861	South Norwich, Oxford County, Ontario, USA [4]
	1. Gilmore, Thos., farmer, Ireland, NC Methodist [New Connexions Methodist], 58, male, frame house, 1 story 2. _____, Maria, wife, Ireland, NC Methodist, 56, female 3. _____, Jane A., daughter, Canada W[est], NC Methodist, 16, female 4. _____, Charles, son, C. W., NC Methodist, 15, male, attending school 6. _____, Joseph, son, C. W., NC Methodist, 13, male, attending school 7. _____, Maria, daughter, C. W., NC Methodist, 5, female [5-year-old Maria is the daughter of James Gilmore, who lived with her grandparents; daughter Maria had apparently left home]
Occupation	1871	Saginaw County, Michigan, USA [2]
	On his 1871 marriage record (to Kate Eva Lovelock) Charles' occupation was given as "sawyer."
Census	5 Jun 1880	Lincoln Ave., Saginaw City (First Ward), Saginaw County, Michigan, USA [5]
	1. Gilmore, Charles, white, male, 38, married, filer in saw mill, Canada, [father bp blank], [mother bp blank] 2. _____, Kate, white, female, 23, wife, married, keeping house, Michigan, England, New York 3. _____, Hattie M., white, female, 7, daughter, attending school, Michigan, Canada, Michigan 4. _____, Ora, white, female, 4, daughter, Michigan, Canada, Michigan 5. Duell, Anna, white, female, 18, servant, servant, New York, New York, New York
Directory	1883	318 Saginaw, Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan, USA [6]
	"Gilmore, Charles, filer, res 318 Saginaw"
Census	Jun 1900	Alpena City, Alpena County, Michigan, USA [7]
	1. Gilmore, Chas. W., head, white, male, August 1844, 55, married 8 years, New York , Ireland, Ireland, shingle filer, can read and write, owns home free of mortgage 2. _____, Ester, wife, white, female, June 1849, 50, married 8 years, Canada (Irish), Canada (Irish), Canada (Irish), immigrate 1869, in the U.S. 31 years, can read and write 3. Morrison, Nellie, daughter, white, female, April 1878, 22, married 2 years, 0 children, Canada (Eng), Canada (Engl), Canada (Engl), immigrated 1882, in this country 18 years, housekeeper, can read and write
Directory	1905-1906	Alpena, Alpena County, Michigan, USA [8]
	"Gilmore Charles filer G Masters"
Letter	Jan 1906	132 Prentiss St., Alpena, Alpena County, Michigan, USA
	Letter from Charles to his brother George W., found in George's pension file. Mentions his wife, so they were still together on this date.
Residence	25 Jan 1907	132 Prentiss St., Alpena, Alpena County, Michigan, USA [9]
Affidavit	18 Feb 1907	Alpena, Alpena County, Michigan, USA
	Deposition of Charles Gilmore for pension file of brother George W. Gilmore: "I am sixty years old. I was 60 on the 11th last August. I was born in 1846. I am a saw-filer. I reside at #132 Prentiss St. Alpena Mich. I am a brother of George W. Gilmore who lives at West Plains, Mo. I was out to visit him last Christmas. I visited him a little over three weeks. I left them two or three days. after Christmas. I had not seen him before in 39 or 40 years. For 15 or 16 years I had lost entire track of him. My parents are Thomas and Maria Gilmore born in the north of Ireland. I do not know when my father and mother came to America, but it was before I was born and before George was born. I had one brother and one sister born in Ireland but they are now both dead. There were ten of us children, and George is the oldest living one. I do not remember whether brother Tom or sister Jane Ann Hulburt is most in age to George. Thomas Gilmore gets his mail at Middleton Center Ontario. Here is a recent letter from him showing his address South Middleton, Ontario. He lives in the country on a farm. Mrs. Jane Ann Hulbert, wife of John Hulbert, forman in Stove-foundry, lives at Brantford, Ontario. I think when my parents came to America they settled in Canada, after that they went to some place in N.Y. state near Pekin. I was small when they moved there and small when they moved back. Father was a farmer and moved around a good deal. I do not remember when George was born. He is nearly ten years older than me. There was about two years and four months difference between the ages of us children, and Tom and Jane Ann are born between George and me, and Maria, too. Father died in Norwich tp, Oxford Co. Ontario, three miles from Otterville and he died a good many years ago; and mother died before he did. When George was 16 or 17 years old he left home and went to N.Y. State, and he never came home again but once, soon after the war, and visited us about four weeks. If George says he was born in Canada it must be so. I can?t remember ever living in Toronto but it seems to me that my aunt, Mrs ?? Kidney ? father?s sister used to speak of my father having lived in Toronto. My parents were Episcopalian and good church members, and if George was born in Toronto he must have been christened in an Episcopal church. Afterwards my parents when living at Norrige (not Norrwich) joined the Methodist Church. There was no Episcopal church near them. I last left home in 1869, and have lived in Michigan ever since. From memory I cannot give the date of birth of any of my brothers or sisters; but I am certain George is a good deal older than me. I lived with him a year and a half in Ills. in 1867 and 1868. I have always understood that I was born August 11th 1846; and I can remember seeing my birth set down in the bible. Brother George wrote to me some time ago and wanted to know about his age. He wanted to know if I could make an affidavit as to his age. I told him I couldn?t make and affidavit as to his age but that I would write to Tom and learn what the family said. I wrote to Tom and he sent me a record of all our births written on a bible leaf. I forwarded the leaf to George. I identify that leaf of a bible you hand me as the one I received from brother Tom and then sent to George. I am positive that record of births is in the handwriting of my father. There is no question of its genuineness. I will say that I think my father had another and older bible than this one from which this leaf was taken. It seems to me the older bible was bigger, and I have heard my father tell that it was dropped in salt water, but recovered. I know the cover was all off of it. That may have been a copy my father made for one of his children; and on the other hand, I can?t positively swear that leaf is not the original bible record. But I am absolutely certain the writing on that leaf is my father?s writing. I think my brother Tom can tell whether it is a leaf from the original bible or not; and so can sister Jane. I think tom had the bible this leaf was taken from in his custody after father died. I am not interested. I have heard this deposition read in full and understood your questions and my answers are correctly recorded herein. Sheet 1, line 16 interlined before signing. C. W. Gilmore"
Directory	1908	128 Prentiss, Alpena, Alpena County, Michigan, USA [10]
	"Gilmore Charles W, filer, res 128 Prentiss"
Census	16 Apr 1910	421 McKinley Ave., Alpena, Alpena County, Michigan, USA [11]
	[Census of Charles' wife in 1910] 1. Morrison, Albert, head, male, white, 38, widowed, Michigan, Canada, Canada, cook, marine, worker, can read and write, renting house 2. _____, Norma, daughter, female, white, 9, Michigan, Michigan, Canada, attending school 3. Gilmore, Esther, mother, female, white, 59, first marriage, married ["X" where the number of years should be], 4 children 1 living, Canada, Ireland, Ireland, immigrated 1856, can read and write
Parents	Charles Gilmore's 1904 marriage record names his parents as "Thos. Gilmor" and "Mary Reed." [12]
Died	13 May 1911 [13]
	May have died 13 May 1911 of a prostate abscess, Burton township, Genesee County, Michigan. (See citation.) Supporting: Name, Charles Gillmore (known alternate spelling) Born, Canada Occupation, saw filer (Charles was employed in this profession) Conflicting: Age "about 55"--Charles would have been more like 65, but the informant may not have known him well (he didn't know his parents' names--basically knew only where he was born. Death cert says he was "widowed." Esther Gilmore, his second wife, is found living with her son Albert Morrison in Alpena Co in 1910. While she may have died, they may have simply been separated. Her marital status in 1910 was married, but it indicated a first marriage, when clearly she was married to a man named Morrison previous to her marriage to Charles.
Person ID	I133	Gilmore-Donald
Last Modified	4 Jun 2016

Father	Thomas Gilmore, b. Abt 1800-1803, County Sligo, Ireland , d. 16 Feb 1887, South Norwich, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 84 years)
Mother	Mary Reed, b. About 1808, County Sligo, Ireland , d. 26 May 1885, South Norwich, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 77 years)
Married	1828	Diocese of Killala and Achonry, County Sligo, Ireland [14, 15]
	Note on the transcription website: "From medieval times it was required that notification of intention to marriage be given on three consecutive Sundays in church (called publishing the banns). But, as an alternative, members of the Church of Ireland could take out a Marriage Licence Bond. The parties lodged an amount of money with the Diocese to indemnify the Church against there being an obstacle to the marriage. This marriage by licence provided privacy, and was faster than the time taken to read the banns. It was considered more prestigious than having the banns read. The bonds themselves were destroyed in the Fires of 1922, but the indexes remain in the National Archives of Ireland. After 1845 marriages were registered by the State, and are available to researchers. This diocese is in Co. Mayo and Co. Sligo."
Narrative	George W. Gilmore's pension file states that Thomas and Maria Gilmore had 10 children. When their names and dates were transcribed into the new family Bible, they only transcribed the names of those who were living. Nothing is known of the other three children.
Family ID	F32	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Catherine Eva "Kate" Lovelock, b. 14 Oct 1856, Michigan, USA , d. 8 Oct 1927, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan, USA (Age 70 years)

Married 27 Aug 1871 Saginaw County, Michigan, USA [2]

Divorce Filing 15 Feb 1887 Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan, USA [16]

Newspaper item, Saginaw Evening News:

"Katie E. Lovelock vs. Charles W. Gilmore. Decree of divorce. Extreme cruelty. Custody of children to mother."

Narrative The marriage of Charles W. Gilmore and Kate Eva Lovelock was witnessed by Charles Gilmore and Carrie T. Booth.

The " Charles" (witness) should have been recorded as Joseph Gilmore, his younger brother, who married Carrie Booth.

Children

+	1. Harriet M. Gilmore, b. 2 Aug 1873, Evert, Michigan, USA , d. 23 Apr 1935, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA (Age 61 years)
+	2. Ara Dell Gilmore, b. Jun 1876, Michigan, USA , d. 17 Jul 1942, Plymouth, Wayne County, Michigan, USA (Age ~ 66 years)

Last Modified 20 Oct 2015

Family ID F90 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2	Esther Morrison, b. 1859, Canada
Married	1 Mar 1904	Harrisville, Alcona County, Michigan, USA [12]
Last Modified	5 Oct 2014
Family ID	F45	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Documents		City Directory, Saginaw, Michigan: Joseph Gilmore, Charles Gilmore, Maria Gilmore, Claude T. Gilmore Saginaw Directory, 1891-92 (Detroit, Mich. : R. L. Polk, 1892), 360, for Joseph Gilmore, filer; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 April 2015). Ibid, Charles Gilmore. Ibid, Claude T. Gilmore.
Documents		Death certificate, Charles Wallace Gilmore

Sources

[S1574] Notarized transcription, typescript, of family birth data from the Thomas Gilmore Bible [no full title stated] (George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, London, 1860, "printers to the Queen.
[S209] "Michigan Marriage Records, 1867-1952," Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 22 April 2015, Book 3: 87, no. 1439, Charles Gilmore-Kate Eva Lovelock, 27 August 1871, Saginaw County, Michigan; citing Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952, citing book/roll covering 1871 Jackson-1872 Branch, Michigan Dept. of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing. .
[S371] "An Act to incorporate the Town of Brantford" [28 July 1847], The Provincial Statutes of Canada (S. Derbishire & G. Desbarats, Law Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, 1848), 1543; digital image GoogleBooks (https://books.google.com : accessed 7 September 2015). .
[S1588] "1861 Census of Canada," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 June 2013), provincial census, Norfolk County, Walsingham township, enumeration district [ED] 4, p. 77, line 39, for Thomas Gilmore, age 61, born in Ireland; citing Census Returns for 1861, roll C-1053, Library and Archives Canada, , Ottawa, Ontario. Households are difficult to interpret, but near Thomas Gillmore are his known sons James (age 32, born in Ireland) and Thomas (age 18, born in Upper Canada), as well as the unidentified Emiline Gillmore (age 34, born in Upper Canada) and Mary Gillmore (age 7, born in Upper Canada). The order of the family is odd: Mary (age 7), James, Thomas (elder), [two non-Gillmore men intervene], Thomas Gillmore (younger), and Emiline Gillmore.
[S211] 1880 U. S. census, Saginaw County, Michigan, population schedule, Saginaw City, First Ward, enumeration district (ED) 314, p. 19 (penned), p. 74a (stamped), dwelling 137, family 147, Charles Gilmore household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 22 April 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 602.
[S217] East Saginaw and Saginaw Directory for 1883, (Detroit, Mich.: R. L. Polk, 1873), 205, for Charles Gilmore, filer; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 April 2015).
[S212] 1900 U.S. census, Alpena County, Michigan, population schedule Alpena City, enumeration district (ED) 14, sheet 19B, p. 123b (stamped), dwelling 353, family 366, Chas. W. Gilmore household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 April 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 699.
[S465] Polk's Alpena City and County Directory, 1905-1906 (Detroit, Mich.: R. L. Polk & Co., 1905), 105, Charles Gilmore, filer; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 October 2015).
[S203] Special Examiner, Pension Bureau, 25 January 1907, Springfield, Mo.; George W. Gilmore Civil War pension no. S. C. 602,065, RG 15, NA-Washington.
[S464] Alpena City and County Directory, 1908, (Detroit, Mich.: R. L. Polk & Co., 1908), 114, Charles W. Gilmore (filer), 128 Prentiss: digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 October 2015).
[S462] 1910 U.S. census, Alpena County, Michigan, population schedule, Alpena (421 McKinley Ave.), enumeration district (ED) 11, sheet 3B (penned), p. 59b (stamped), dwelling 45, family 51,Albert Morrison household, for Esther Gilmore, mother; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 October 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 635.
[S68] "Michigan, Marriages, 1822-1995" database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 4 October 2014), for Wallis C. Gilmor-Esther Morrison, 1904, Alpena County; https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FCFX-SR7. .
[S451] Michigan, Division of Vital Statistics, death certificate no. [no stamped no.] (1911), Charles Gillmore, Genesee County; "Death Records, 1921?1947," digital images, Seeking Michigan (http://seekingmichigan.org/ : downloaded 18 October 2015). [Image: http://seekingmichigan.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p129401coll7/id/706860/rec/3].
[S55] Balloonlady_1, “Marr Flood Hussey and Allin,” tree pages, Ancestry.com ((http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 September 2014), for marriage of Thomas Gilmore-Mary Reed, 1828, Sligo, Ireland ; citing Index to Diocese of Killala and Achonry [does not state whether the index was book, microfilm, and does not name a repository].
[S56] Bill McGee, contributor, and Maureen Doane, transcriber, "Index to Diocese of Killala and Achonry: Marriage Bonds Film 100868," database, IrelandGenWeb Project: Sligo County (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlsli/dioceseofachonryandkillala2.html), entry for Thomas Gilmor-Mary Read, 1828; citing National Archives of Ireland, "Index to Diocese of Killala and Achonry, Marriage Bonds," film no. 100868, p. 52.
[S210] "The Courts: Circuit Court," Saginaw Evening News (Saginaw, Mich.), 15 February 1887, p. 3, col. 3, item for Katie E. Gilmore vs. Charles W. Gilmore, divorce; digital image, GenealogyBank (http://www.genealogybank.com/ : downloaded 22 April 2015).