Brief Life History of Nancy Ann
When Nancy Ann Gillespie was born in October 1842, in Illinois, United States, her father, John Gillespie, was 39 and her mother, Mary A. "Polly" Powers, was 35. She married Samuel Norman on 3 March 1859, in Clinton, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. She lived in Sutter, Sutter, California, United States in 1910 and Carlyle Township, Clinton, Illinois, United States in 1930. She died on 22 June 1930, in Irishtown Township, Clinton, Illinois, United States, at the age of 87.
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- Nancy A Norman in household of Paul P Norman, "United States Census, 1910"
- Nancy Ann Norman, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Nancy A. Gillespie, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1847: Clinton, Illinois, United States [Spreads across Clinton and Bond counties]
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
Scottish and Irish (Donegal): shortened Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Easbuig, borrowed into Irish as Mac Giolla Easpaig, a patronymic from a personal name meaning ‘servant of the bishop’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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