Mary Ann Gillespie

1828 - 1900  (71 years)

• Name	Mary Ann Gillespie
  Birth	3 Apr 1828	Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
  Gender	Female
  Immigration-Witness	1848	Hanover twp, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States
  	Role: Witness As noted by Margaret J. McCaw in the 1911 census
  Census-Household Member	1850	Hanover twp, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States   [1]
  	USA
  	Role: Household Member Relation to head     Name     Age Head (implied)     James Clark     25 Wife (implied)     Mary Ann Clark     20 Daughter (implied)     Margareth J Clark     3 Daughter (implied)     Rachel Clark     1 James Gilaspy     45 Hugh Clark     21
  		1850 Census Hanover, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, USA James Clark
  Immigration	1852	Brockville (Elizabethtown), Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada
  	From USA. Two numbers are indicated suggesting uncertainty - 1852 and 1862.
  	The family shows up in the 1861 census
  Immigration-Witness	1855	Brockville (Elizabethtown), Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada
  	from USA
  	Role: Witness See Rachel & Margaret Jane in 1911 census
  Census-Household Member	1861	Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Leeds), Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Canada - West ward of the town of Brockville
  	Role: Household Member 17 James     Clarke     Male     34     1827     Ireland     18 Mary A          Clarke Female     32     1829     Ireland     19 James     Clarke     Male     10     1851     U S of A 20 Robert          Clarke     Male     8     1853     U S of A 21 John                 Clarke     Male     6     1855     Upper Canada 22 Mary A         Clarke     Female     3     1858     Upper Canada Neighbours - almost all labourers Glasford, Collins, French, Pierson, Ryan, Gleason, Thommas Bobear; Willson, Bowey, Leech, Singleton, McCoffery, Rev. H. Byrnes,
  		1861 Census Brockville Leeds James Clark
  Census-Household Member	1871	Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Canada
  	Role: Household Member neighbours: Bellamy, Tupper, Lingstone, Godderich, Stone, Stevens, Arnold, Clark, Brown, Stacey, Craig, Esay, Morrison, Sopher, Arnold, Percival
  		1871 Census Kitley Leeds James Clarke
  Census	1881	Kitley Twp, Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Leeds), Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Canada
  		1881 Census Kitley Leeds Maryann Clark
  Burial	1900	St Peter's Anglican (Newboyne) Cemetery, Newboyne, Rideau Lakes Twp, Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Leeds), Ontario, Canada
  Residence	Mar 1900	Frankville, Kitley Twp, Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Leeds), Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Concession 10
  Death	16 Mar 1900	Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Cause: Pneumonia
  	Although the record indicates 1900, the memorial stone and other sources suggest it should have 1903. This document is a transcription and I believe an error may have been made one place or the other.
  		Mary Ann Gillespie Clark death
  Census	1901	Smiths Falls, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Canada
  		1901 Census Smiths Falls Ontario Mary Gillespie Clark
  alt Death	1903	Brockville (Elizabethtown), Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada
  	These were dates for Elizabeth previously identified as the spouse of James.
  Name	Elizabath ?
  _UID	0C2768C6D1B84ACAB91CF2D563E31309FC3E
  Notes	Dad's database had Mary Ann.  Mom's notes, based on Grandma's notes indicate 'Elizabeth' Gillespie, from near Brockville, ON.  It also indicates that they were married in Caleraine, Ireland and later lived in Pennsylvania where Grandma's Grandmother had a large dry goods store.  It was thought they were United Empire Loyalists.  Her Grandfather had been in the American War, and subsequently was in poor health and died at age 49 of lung trouble. name indicated elsewhere as Mary A. Gillespie
  Person ID	I4194	Lanark County Origins | This is my Maternal LIneage, My maternal grandmother's Lineage, My Maternal Great Grandmother's Lineage, My 2 Great Grandmother's Lineage
  Last Modified	31 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	James Gillespie,   b. 9 Jun 1804, Falkirk, Stirling, Scotland d. Aft 1850, Catasauqua, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 46 years)
  Mother	Janet Gillespie "Jane" Lees,   b. 1807, Old Monkland or Coatbridge Parish, Lanark, Scotland d. 20 Oct 1871, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1825
  Family ID	F8652	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	James Clark,   b. 25 Dec 1823, Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland d. 15 Jan 1872, Kitley Twp, Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Leeds), Ontario, Canada (Age 48 years)
  Marriage	4 May 1846	Dunboe, Coleraine Barony, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland   [8]
  	Citation Information Transcript "Ireland Civil Registration, 1845-1913," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGYQ-V7PC : 12 April 2018), James Clark in entry for James Clark and Mary Anne Gillespie, Marriage 4 May 1846, Articlave, County Coleraine, Ireland; citing General Register Office, Dublin; FHL microfilm 101,275. James Clarkmentioned in the record of James Clark and Mary Anne Gillespie Name: James Clark Sex: Male Son: James Clark Other information in the record of James Clark and Mary Anne Gillespiefrom Ireland Civil Registration Name: James Clark Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 4 May 1846 Event Place: Articlave, County Coleraine, Ireland Event Place (Original): Articlave, Coleraine Gender: Male Age: 22 Birth Year (Estimated): 1824 Father's Name: James Clark Spouse's Name: Mary Anne Gillespie Spouse's Gender: Female Spouse's Age: 19 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1827 Spouse's Father's Name: James Gillespie Source Information Title "Ireland Civil Registration, 1845-1913," Note "Ireland Civil Registration, 1845-1913," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGYQ-V7PC : 12 April 2018), James Clark in entry for James Clark and Mary Anne Gillespie, Marriage 4 May 1846, Articlave, County Coleraine, Ireland; citing General Register Office, Dublin; FHL microfilm 101,275. James Clark mentioned in the record of James Clark and Mary Anne Gillespie Name: James Clark Sex: Male Son: James Clark Other information in the record of James Clark and Mary Anne Gillespie from Ireland Civil Registration Name: James Clark Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 4 May 1846 Event Place: Articlave, County Coleraine, Ireland Event Place (Original): Articlave, Coleraine Gender: Male Age: 22 Birth Year (Estimated): 1824 Father's Name: James Clark Spouse's Name: Mary Anne Gillespie Spouse's Gender: Female Spouse's Age: 19 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1827 Spouse's Father's Name: James Gillespie First name(s)     James Last name     Clark Age     - Marital status     - Marriage year     1846 Marriage date     04 May 1846 Marriage place     0123,Dunboe,Londonderry,Ireland Father's first name(s)     - Father's last name     - Mother's first name(s)     - Mother's last name     - Spouse's first name(s)     Mary Anne Spouse's last name     Gillespie Spouse's age     - Spouse's birth place     - Spouse's marital status     - Spouse's father's first name(s)     - Spouse's father's last name     - Spouse's mother's first name(s)     - Spouse's mother's last name     - Residence     - Place     Dunboe County     Londonderry (Derry) Country     Ireland Record set     Ireland Marriages 1619-1898 Category     Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers) Subcategory     Parish Marriages Collections from     Ireland Ireland Marriages 1619-1898 Transcription Index (c) IRI. Used by permission of FamilySearch Intl First name(s)     James Last name     Clark Registration year     1846 Registration quarter     1846 Registration district     Coleraine Volume     4 Page     123 MarriageFinder?L     James Clark married one of these people Margaret Purdy, Mary Anne Gillespie, Margaret Miller, Anne Andrews County     Antrim, Londonderry (Derry) Country     Ireland Record set     Irish Marriages 1845-1958 Category     Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers) Subcategory     Civil Marriage & Divorce Collections from     Ireland copyright Family Search
  Children	1. Margaret Jane Clark,   b. 2 Mar 1847, Ireland d. 28 Sep 1929, Brockville (Elizabethtown), Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada (Age 82 years)   2. Rachel Clark,   b. 17 Mar 1849, Pennsylvania, United States d. 18 Sep 1911, Brockville (Elizabethtown), Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada (Age 62 years)   3. James Clark, Jr.,   b. 28 Nov 1851, Catasauqua, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States d. 20 Jan 1863, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada (Age 11 years) + 4. Robert M. Clark,   b. 26 May 1853, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States d. 26 Apr 1920, Brockville (Elizabethtown), Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada (Age 66 years) + 5. John Robert Clark,   b. 24 Jun 1854, Frankville, Kitley Twp, Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Leeds), Ontario, Canada d. 3 Apr 1925, Frankville, Kitley Twp, Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Leeds), Ontario, Canada (Age 70 years) + 6. Mary Anne Clark,   b. 8 Oct 1858, Brockville (Elizabethtown), Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada d. 26 Feb 1941, Fallbrook, Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 82 years) + 7. Martha Clark,   b. 12 Oct 1862, Frankville, Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Leeds), Ontario, Canada d. 21 Jul 1925, Waterloo Regional Municipality (Waterloo County), Ontario, Canada (Age 62 years)   8. David Clark,   b. 19 Jan 1868, Leeds & Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada d. 20 Mar 1868, Leeds & Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada (Age 0 years) + 9. Maria Emily Clark,   b. 31 Dec 1871, Kitley Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada d. 28 Mar 1962, Coquitlam, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada (Age 90 years)
  Family ID	F1271	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

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  Birth - 3 Apr 1828 - Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland Marriage - 4 May 1846 - Dunboe, Coleraine Barony, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland Immigration-Witness - 1848 - Hanover twp, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States Census-Household Member - USA - 1850 - Hanover twp, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States Immigration - From USA. Two numbers are indicated suggesting uncertainty - 1852 and 1862. - 1852 - Brockville (Elizabethtown), Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada Immigration-Witness - from USA - 1855 - Brockville (Elizabethtown), Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada Census-Household Member - Canada - West ward of the town of Brockville - 1861 - Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Leeds), Ontario, Canada Census-Household Member - Canada - 1871 - Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada Census - Canada - 1881 - Kitley Twp, Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Leeds), Ontario, Canada Burial - 1900 - St Peter's Anglican (Newboyne) Cemetery, Newboyne, Rideau Lakes Twp, Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Leeds), Ontario, Canada Residence - Concession 10 - Mar 1900 - Frankville, Kitley Twp, Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Leeds), Ontario, Canada Death - Cause: Pneumonia - 16 Mar 1900 - Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada Census - Canada - 1901 - Smiths Falls, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada alt Death - 1903 - Brockville (Elizabethtown), Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  1901 Census Smiths Falls Ontario Mary Gillespie Clark

  
  

• Sources

  [S298] USA, 1850 Census Population Schedule, (www.ancestry.ca: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), M432, roll NARA M432, Hanover, Lehigh, p. 341, dwelling 102, family 121, James Clark, accessed 13 Jan 2019 (Reliability: 3). [S58] Public Archives of Canada, Canada, 1861 Census, ((http://ancestry.ca)), accessed 13 Jan 2019), James Clark household; Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1044. (Reliability: 3). [S120] Public Archives of Canada, Canada, 1871 Census, ((http://ancestry.ca)), accessed 13 Jan 2019), James Clark Household; Year: 1871; Census Place: Kitley, Leeds and Grenville North, Ontario; Roll: C-10004; Page: 54; Family No: 212. (Reliability: 3). [S317] Statistics Canada Fonds, Record Group 31-C-1. LAC microfilm C-13162 to C-13286. Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa., Canada, 1881 Census, ((http://ancestry.ca)), accessed 18 Jun 2019), Maryann Clark household; Year: 1881; Census Place: Kitley, Leeds and Grenville North, Ontario; Roll: C_13230; Page: 54; Family No: 267. (Reliability: 3). [S475] Ontario. Lanark., Ontario, Canada, Deaths 1869-1937, Overseas Deaths 1939-1947, Leeds County, 620, Mary Ann Clark, widow; Original data: Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1947 (MS 935, reels 1-694), Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Ontario Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947. MS 944, reels 1-11. (Reliability: 3). [S475] Ontario. Lanark., Ontario, Canada, Deaths 1869-1937, Overseas Deaths 1939-1947, Collection: MS935; Reel: 97; 1899, 620, Mary Ann Clark, 015467. (Reliability: 3). [S139] Government of Canada, Canada, 1901 Census, ((https://www.myheritage.com)), accessed 18 Jun 2019), Mary Clark residence; Year: 1901; Census Place: Smiths Falls (Town/Ville), Leeds & Grenville (north/nord), Ontario; Page: 4; Family No: 39. (Reliability: 3). [S75] Index (c) IRI. Used by permission of FamilySearch Intl, Ireland, Marriages 1619-1898 Transcription, ((Findmypast.com)), accessed 2 Oct 2018), James Clark & Mary Ann Gillespie Marriage. (Reliability: 3).