Brief Life History of Margaret Ann
When Margaret Ann Gillespie was born on 17 May 1889, in Iredell, North Carolina, United States, her father, Thomas Pinkney Gillespie, was 51 and her mother, Laura Etta Drye, was 33. She married Samuel Emmett Holton on 31 August 1916. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Cool Springs, Iredell, North Carolina, United States in 1910 and Cool Spring Township, Iredell, North Carolina, United States in 1930. She died on 25 April 1978, in Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Providence Methodist Church Cemetery, Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina, United States.
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Sources (29)
- Margaret G Halton, "United States 1950 Census"
- Margaret Ann Gillespie, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Margaret Ann Gillespie Holton, "North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994"
Spouse and Children
1875–1965 Male
1889–1978 Female
Children (2)
1918–1980 Female
1924–1995 Male
Parents and Siblings
1837–1923 Male
1855–1927 Female
Siblings (3)
1889–1978 Female
1890–1972 Male
1894–1967 Male
World Events (8)
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
Age 1
1897 · First Bill for Women Suffrage
Age 8
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
Age 24
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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