Brief Life History of James J
When James J Gillespie Reverend was born on 15 July 1923, in Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John Gillespie, was 45 and his mother, Sarah Unknown, was 39. He lived in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. He died on 30 October 1985, in Drexel Hill, Upper Darby Township, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Yeadon, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- James Gillespie in household of John Gillespie, "United States Census, 1930"
- James Gillespie in household of John Gillespie, "United States Census, 1940"
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World Events (8)
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
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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