James Robert Gillespie

Brief Life History of James Robert

When James Robert Gillespie was born on 9 March 1916, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, his father, Sharp Claud Gillespie, was 22 and his mother, Eva Petrea Giles, was 20. He married Wilma Wiscombe on 4 June 1941, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He immigrated to World in 1939 and lived in United States in 1949 and Utah, Utah, United States in 1950. He died on 26 May 1998, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Robert Gillespie
1916–1998
Wilma Wiscombe
1921–1997
Marriage: 4 June 1941
Petrea Ann Gillespie
1942–2015
Robert Wiscombe Gillespie
1943–2021
Paul Alan Gillespie
1945–2018
William Sharp Gillespie
1952–2018

Sources (22)

  • James R Gillespie, "United States 1950 Census"
  • James Robert Gillespie, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"
  • James Robert Gillespie, "BillionGraves Index"

World Events (8)

1917

U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.

1917 · Women Given the Right to Vote in New York

Voters in New York approve a bill giving women the right to vote. This is passed three years prior to the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution which allowed women to vote nationwide.

1941

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

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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