Clifton Emerson Gilmore

Brief Life History of Clifton Emerson

When Clifton Emerson Gilmore was born on 6 October 1894, in Marion, Alabama, United States, his father, Henry Dee Lewis Gilmore, was 43 and his mother, Louisa Jane Smith, was 40. He married Lena Woods on 14 November 1911, in Morris, Texas, United States. He lived in United States in 1949 and Fannin, Texas, United States in 1950. He died on 3 March 1960, in Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Daingerfield Cemetery, Daingerfield, Morris, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Clifton Emerson Gilmore
1894–1960
Ethel Nora Boules
1898–1983
Marriage: 4 July 1918
Roy Wayne Gilmore
1921–1992
Margaret Maxine Gilmore
1924–1985
Wilma Fay Gilmore
1927–
Wanda Gilmore
1932–
Bobby Ray Gilmore
1933–1989
Shirley Jean Gilmore
1936–1991
Doris Gilmore
1940–

Sources (13)

  • C E Gilmore, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Clifton E Gilmore, "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960"
  • C E Gilmore in entry for Gilmore, "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935"

World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1901 · Spindletop Oilfield Discovered

Spindletop, located south of Beaumont, becomes the first major oil well to be discovered in Texas. Other fields were discovered in shortly after, which ultimately led to the highly impactful "oil boom".

1912 · The Girl Scouts

Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.

Name Meaning

Scottish and Irish (Ulster and Galway): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gille Mhoire (Scots), Mac Giolla Mhuire (Irish), patronymics from personal names meaning ‘servant (i.e. devotee) of (the Virgin) Mary’.

Irish: in Sligo, shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Mhir ‘son of the spirited lad’.

English: habitational name from Gillamoor in Rydale (North Yorkshire), from Old English Gedling (‘place called after Gētla’, from the Old English personal name Gētla + the connective particle -ing) + mōr ‘moor’.

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

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