Anna Mae Gillard

Brief Life History of Anna Mae

When Anna Mae Gillard was born on 9 May 1879, in Edwards, Illinois, United States, her father, Henry Gillard, was 41 and her mother, Elizabeth Jane Anderson, was 25. She married John Marshall Allison on 14 August 1907, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 3 January 1942, in Township of Massilon, Wayne, Illinois, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Mckendree Cemetery, Mount Erie, Wayne, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Marshall Allison
1864–1941
Anna Mae Gillard
1879–1942
Marriage: 14 August 1907
Eva Margaret Allison
1908–1981
Samuel Emmette Allison
1909–1984
Bessie Mae Allison
1912–1979
John Marshall Allison II
1913–1999
Mary Mildred Allison
1915–1989
Ina Vivian Allison
1916–1990

Sources (20)

  • Anna Allison in household of John M Allison, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Anna Mae Allison, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
  • Anna Gillard, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"

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Name Meaning

English: from the Middle English personal name Gillard, Jillard, with initial soft g (/dʒ/), a borrowing of Old French Gillard, a pet form of Gille (see Giles and 4 below). Alternatively, from the Middle English personal name Gillard which, with a hard g (/g/), would be from Old French Guilard, corresponding to the Norman form Willard .

English: sometimes perhaps an altered form of Gillett .

English: sometimes perhaps an altered form of Gerard (Middle English Girard) with r/l substitution.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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