Margaret Ann Gillespie

Female17 May 1889–25 April 1978

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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Family Time Line

Samuel Emmett Holton
1875–1965
Margaret Ann Gillespie
1889–1978
Marriage: 31 August 1916
Margaret Odell Holton
1918–1980
Don Holton
1924–1995

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

  • Marriage
    31 August 1916
  • Children (2)

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    Siblings (3)

    World Events (8)

    1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

    Age 1

    This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

    1897 · First Bill for Women Suffrage

    Age 8

    In 1897, Senator J.L. Hyatt introduced the woman suffrage bill in North Carolina. The bill did not make it past the committee.

    1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment

    Age 24

    The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.

    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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