Margaret Eleanor Gilliland

Brief Life History of Margaret Eleanor

When Margaret Eleanor Gilliland was born in August 1832, in Ohio, United States, her father, Jesse Gilliland, was 39 and her mother, Margaret Jane 'Peggy' Douglas, was 35. She married Capt John Jumper on 13 September 1851, in Morgan, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Manchester Township, South Bloomfield Township, Morrow, Ohio, United States in 1850 and Waterford Township, Washington, Ohio, United States for about 40 years. She died on 30 January 1905, in Beverly, Grant, Washington, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Beverly, Washington, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Capt John Jumper
1830–1864
Margaret Eleanor Gilliland
1832–1905
Marriage: 13 September 1851
Elizabeth Jumper
1853–
George H Jumper
1854–1855
Mary M Jumper
1857–1927
Wallace E. Jumper
1858–1928

Sources (16)

  • Eleanor Gilland in household of Jessee Gilland, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Margaret E. Gilliland, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
  • Margaret E. Gilliland Jumper, "Find A Grave Index"

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1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated

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1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War

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Name Meaning

Scottish and Irish (Ulster): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gille Fhaolain (Scottish) or Mac Giolla Fhaoláin (Irish) ‘son of the servant of St. Faolán (Fillan)’. Compare McClellan .

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

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