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James GILMORE, né GILMOUR Jr.

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Birth	:	24 Dec 1827 County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Death	:	22 Mar 1904 Littleton, Arapahoe County, Colorado, USA
Burial	:	Prospect Hill Cemetery, Elkhorn, Douglas County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.2924995, -96.2577972
Inscription	:	JAMES GILMORE BORN DEC. 24, 1827 DIED MAR. 22, 1904
Description	:	Our sincere appreciation to SRGF for setting up James GILMORE's original memorial; THANK YOU for giving your time to put his headstone information on Find a Grave, for providing a photograph of his headstone, and for transferring his memorial to his family. We are truly thankful to you for all you did which led us to our Seanathair Mhór and helped in the creation of this memorial. ------------------------------------------------------------- Newspaper Source: THE WATERLOO GAZETTE (Waterloo, Douglas County, Nebraska), published Friday, March 25, 1904, page 5, column 1; ABOUT TOWN. James Gilmore, father of Mrs. M. K. Decker [Mrs.... Read More	Our sincere appreciation to SRGF for setting up James GILMORE's original memorial; THANK YOU for giving your time to put his headstone information on Find a Grave, for providing a photograph of his headstone, and for transferring his memorial to his family. We are truly thankful to you for all you did which led us to our Seanathair Mhór and helped in the creation of this memorial. ------------------------------------------------------------- Newspaper Source: THE WATERLOO GAZETTE (Waterloo, Douglas County, Nebraska), published Friday, March 25, 1904, page 5, column 1; ABOUT TOWN. James Gilmore, father of Mrs. M. K. Decker [Mrs. Michael Klebes Decker a.k.a. Mrs. Sarah Ellen Decker, née Gilmore] and Mrs. S. T. Sumner [Mrs. Samuel Thomas Sumner a.k.a. Mrs. Sophronia Ann "Phrona" Sumner, née Gilmore], died in Colorado this week. His remains will be brought to Waterloo for burial in Prospect Hill cemetery. -------------------------------------------------------------- Newspaper Source: THE WATERLOO GAZETTE (Waterloo, Douglas County, Nebraska), published Friday, April 1, 1904, page 8, column 1; ELKHORN NEWS, correspondent Mollie Baldwin. OBITUARY. James Gilmore, whose death was mentioned in last week's issue, was brought from Denver to Elkhorn last Friday [March 25th], being taken to the home of his son-in-law, James Taylor. The remains were accompanied by Mrs. Taylor [sic; article error, correct name: Mrs. James Gilmore, widow; a.k.a. Mrs. Nancy Caroline Gilmore, née Reynolds] and daughter, Mrs. A. Jake [Mrs. Albert Jake a.k.a. Mrs. Iba M. Jake, née Gilmore]. The funeral services were held at the M. E. church that afternoon, Rev. Moses Anderson officiating. Interment was at Prospect Hill cemetery. The floral offerings were very beautiful. Deceased was born in Tyrone county, Ireland, in 1827. Died of apoplexy [archaic term used for cerebral hemorrhage, stroke, heart attack, etc.; death certificate stated arteriosclerosis] at Denver, Colorado [per death certificate, James died at home, which was located in Arapahoe County, about ten miles south of Denver], March 22, 1904, aged 77 years, 2 months and 27 days. He came to the United States when eighteen years old [James declared on his 1857 naturalization record that he emigrated by embarking at Londonderry and arriving at Philadelphia in the month of April 1847. His age during April 1847 would have been nineteen.], settling in Deleware [sic; Delaware]. He was married at Philadelphia in 1846 to Elizabeth McCaska [family records listed James and Elizabeth's marriage date occurring in 1849 with her maiden name as McCaskey], moving from there to Illinois and then to Iowa, where six children were born to them [James and Elizabeth had seven children; the oldest, Thomas, was born in Illinois and his six younger sisters were born in Iowa, the youngest, Emma Elizabeth, died as a child]. The wife of his youth died in 1868 [her headstone shows 1869] and he later married Nancy Reynolds. The family moved to Nebraska in 1878, living many years in Douglas county, and about five years ago went to Denver for his health, living there ever since. Mr. Gilmore united with the Presbyterian church when about 25 years old and after going to Denver united with the M. E. church, being a faithful Christian all these years. Of the seven [eight] children only one {two}, Mrs. Jas. Taylor [and Miss Emma Elizabeth Gilmore], preceded the father to the better world. Those living are: Mrs. M. K. Decker and Mrs. S. T. Sumner of Waterloo; Mrs. Fannie Fitch of Newman's Grove; Thomas Gilmore of Norfolk; Mrs. Mary Hoskinson of Neligh; Mrs. Iba Jake of Denver, Colorado. -------------------------------------------------------------- The James GILMORE Biography below contributed by L. ABRAHAM, 2nd great-grandchild of James and Elizabeth, and great-grandchild of their son-in-law and daughter: Samuel Thomas and Sophronia Ann "Phrona" (née GILMORE) SUMNER. James GILMORE, né GILMOUR Jr. and his younger sister, Ann, arrived in Philadelphia on April 28, 1847 aboard the ship SUPERIOR from northern Ireland. At the time they set sail, their home had been in Beragh village, Clogherny Parish, Omagh Barony, County Tyrone, Ulster Province, Ireland. (NOTE: The island of Ireland was partitioned in 1921 by an act of the British parliament. Six counties in the northeast of the island were designated as Northern Ireland, and the remaining twenty-six counties of Ireland later became the Republic of Ireland. County Tyrone is one of six counties which present-day constitutes Northern Ireland.) They settled in Saint Georges Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware and diligently worked, James as a tenant farm laborer and Ann as a domestic servant a.k.a. live-in housekeeper, for John ALSTON to earn money to send back to their widowed mother, Martha, and their seven younger siblings in Ireland. The money was used by the GILMORE family for living expenses while trying to save enough to eventually buy passage from Ireland to America to join James and Ann. The earliest record found to-date regarding James, his parents, and siblings is a circa 1835 Dromore Presbyterian Church Census. It lists the family as living in Oughill [sic; Oghill] Townland [near Omagh town], Dromore Parish, County Tyrone, Ulster Province, Ireland. The GILMOUR family is listed in House #1 as follows: Head-of-Family James GILMOUR, age not listed; wife Martha, age not listed; son James, age 7; daughter Anne, age 5; son John, age 4; daughter Eliza, age 2; and son William, age 1. NOTE: The precise date when the census was undertaken is not recorded in the record; it is believed to have been circa 1835 based on its position in the Registers. Copies of the census extracts can be found at PRONI under microfilm reference MIC 1P/247a. The patriarch of the GILMORE/GILMOUR family, James GILMOUR Sr., died in County Tyrone, Ireland about 1846. His cause of death is believed to have been due to "the fever" also known as typhus, an illness found most frequently during times of war and/or deprivation (such as a major famine). The years prior to and following the GILMOURs immigration to the United States were the years known as Ireland's "Great Famine" or the "Irish Potato Famine". It was a period of mass starvation and disease. Approximately 1 million people died in Ireland between 1845 and 1851 and about 1 million immigrated to other countries (primarily North America) resulting in the island's population falling by 20% to 25%. The immigration of the GILMOURs to the United States of America, like many Irish immigrants, gave them a chance to overcome restrictions and hardships that had become insurmountable in their homeland of Ireland and opened up opportunities for their family to have a better life. With the money James and Ann sent home to their mother, Martha GILMOUR (a.k.a. Martha or Matilda/Matildah GILMORE, née SMYTH/SMITH), she was able to book passage aboard the ship VERMONT from the Port of Londonderry in northern Ireland to the United States for herself and seven children: John, Eliza, William, Katherine, Isabelle, Fanny, and Thomas. They arrived in Philadelphia on May 4, 1849; the voyage had been treacherous and traumatic due to a violent storm which nearly capsized their ship and delayed their arrival by about one week. James GILMORE, né GILMOUR Jr. and Miss Elizabeth McCASKEY were married on November 14, 1849 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. By no later than 1854, James and Elizabeth had joined his mother and siblings in Illinois. From LaSalle County, Illinois, they moved to Iowa; Martha and several of her children settled in Marshall County, Iowa while James and Elizabeth settled in Appanoose County. James' sister, Eliza GILMORE, remained in Illinois; she and Matthewson Bertrard LOCKWOOD, Jr. had married on February 2, 1854 and they remained throughout their lives in LaSalle County. On Friday, July 24, 1857, James appeared before the United States District Court in Centerville, Appanoose County, Iowa and became a naturalized citizen of the United States of America. He subscribed and swore to the following statement: "Be it Known That on this Twenty fourth day of July A. D. 1857 Personally appeared in the District Court before the Clerk thereof James Gillmore [sic] an alien and reports himself for Naturalization and being duly sworn on Oath declares that he is a native of Ireland aged about Thirty years and was allegiant to Victoria Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Brittain [sic; Britain] that he emigrated there embarking at Londondary [sic; correct spelling: Londonderry] and arriving at Philadelphia in the United States on in the month of April A. D. 1847 and it is his bona fide intention to reside in and become a Citizen of the United States and to renounce Forever all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign Prince Potentate States or Sovereignty whatever and particularly to Victoria Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Brittain and Ireland. [signed] James Gillmore. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 24th day of July 1857. J. F. Stratton Clerk" James and Elizabeth became the parents of seven children: Thomas (married Lillie J. DALE), Mary Matilda (married Joseph Whitten HOSKINSON), Eliza Jane (married James Martin TAYLOR), Sophronia Ann (married Samuel Thomas SUMNER), Sarah Ellen (married Michael Klebes DECKER), Fannie Belle (married John W. FITCH), and Emma Elizabeth (died as a child; possible between 1875-1878). The family established a successful farm in Appanoose County, Iowa near Moravia. Thomas was born in Illinois and his six sisters were all born in Iowa. Elizabeth GILMORE was only 39 years and 6 months old when she died on March 25, 1869. At the time of her death, the ages of James and Elizabeth's children were: Thomas 14, Mary 12, Eliza 9, Sophronia 6, Ellen 3, Fannie 2, and Emma would have been less than a year old (possibly a newborn). Elizabeth was buried at Moravia Cemetery. After Elizabeth's death, James and the children moved to Monroe County, Iowa where he acquired 45 acres of improved land and 119 acres of wooded land. He became a neighbor to the Gordon and Rachel REYNOLDS Family and met their daughter, Nancy. On September 7, 1869, James and Nancy married, and she became a beloved step-mother to James and Elizabeth's seven children. In January of 1876, James and Nancy were blessed with the birth of a daughter, Iba M. During 1879, the GILMORE family moved to Douglas County, Nebraska. About two miles northwest of Elkhorn, James purchased 240 acres and raised cattle and grain. He loved Nebraska -- he felt crops grown there gave better yields than in Illinois or Iowa and that Nebraska was a healthier country for his family. By 1900, James had retired, and he and Nancy joined their daughter Iba and her husband, Albert W. JAKE, in Arapahoe County, Colorado. On March 22, 1904, James died at home in Arapahoe County (near Littleton), about ten miles south of Denver, Colorado, from arteriosclerosis. Accompanied by his widow, Nancy, and daughter, Iba, his body was returned home by train to Nebraska to be buried in Douglas County at the Prospect Hill Cemetery. The cemetery was not far from the homes of several of his children and grandchildren, and near the ranch he had established in Douglas County. NOTES: James and Elizabeth GILMORE's daughter, Eliza Jane TAYLOR, née GILMORE, her husband, James Martin TAYLOR, and their daughter, Dora E. are buried at Prospect Hill Cemetery. James and Elizabeth GILMORE's daughter, Sarah Ellen DECKER, née GILMORE, her husband, Michael Klebes DECKER, and their son, Raymond C. and daughter-in-law Cora Mae DECKER, are buried at Prospect Hill Cemetery.

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James GILMORE, né GILMOUR Jr.'s memorial is located at: Prospect Hill Cemetery, Elkhorn, Douglas County, USA.
When did James GILMORE, né GILMOUR Jr. death?
James GILMORE, né GILMOUR Jr. death on 22 Mar 1904 in Littleton, Arapahoe County, Colorado, USA
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Latitude: 41.2924995
Longitude: -96.2577972

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Elizabeth Mary “Bessie” McCaskey Gilmore

(1829 - 1869)

(unknow - unknow)

Siblings

John Gilmore

(1834 - 1913)

Katherine “Kate” Gilmore Norton

(1838 - 1901)

Frances “Fannie” Gilmore Dunn

(1845 - 1904)

Children

Thomas Gilmore

(1854 - 1935)

Mary Matilda Gilmore Hoskinson

(1856 - 1942)

Eliza Jane “Lyde” Gilmore Taylor

(1858 - 1893)

Sophronia Ann “Phrona” Gilmore Sumner

(1862 - 1936)

Sarah E. Gilmore Decker

(1863 - 1927)

Emma Elizabeth Gilmore

(1869 - 1878)

(unknow - unknow)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Prospect Hill Cemetery
Elkhorn, Douglas County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2924995, -96.2577972

2. Mount Michael High School and Abbey Cemetery
Elkhorn, Douglas County, USA
Coordinate: 41.3157690, -96.2688670

3. Mount Calvary Cemetery
Elkhorn, Douglas County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2668991, -96.2474976

4. Saint Augustine of Canterbury Columbarium
Elkhorn, Douglas County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2582030, -96.2396490

5. Brittin Cemetery
Elkhorn, Douglas County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2291985, -96.2683029

6. Elk City Cemetery
Elk City, Douglas County, USA
Coordinate: 41.3725014, -96.2763977

7. Flower Hill Cemetery
Omaha, Douglas County, USA
Coordinate: 41.3133011, -96.1371994

8. Mount Auburn Cemetery
Omaha, Douglas County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2047005, -96.2050018

9. Sunrise Cemetery
Wahoo Township, Saunders County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2192852, -96.3422492

10. Dowd Memorial Chapel of the Immaculate Conception
Boys Town, Douglas County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2609200, -96.1310400

11. Kobs Pioneer Cemetery
Bennington, Douglas County, USA
Coordinate: 41.3453000, -96.1389000

12. Valley Cemetery
Valley, Douglas County, USA
Coordinate: 41.3446999, -96.3794022

13. Bender Cemetery
Saunders County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2740707, -96.3966904

14. Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Omaha, Douglas County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2558975, -96.1194687

15. Pleasant View Cemetery
Leshara, Saunders County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2994003, -96.4266968

16. Prairie View Cemetery
Washington, Washington County, USA
Coordinate: 41.4225006, -96.2241974

17. Thomas Calvary Cemetery
Gretna, Sarpy County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1586000, -96.2887000

18. Grabow Cemetery
Gretna, Sarpy County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1617889, -96.2059402

19. Hollst-Lawn Cemetery
Yutan, Saunders County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2200012, -96.4116974

20. Pennsylvania Cemetery
Gretna, Sarpy County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1539001, -96.2253036

21. Voss Mohr Cemetery
Chalco, Sarpy County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1903000, -96.1288986

22. Estina Cemetery
Leshara, Saunders County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2922000, -96.4497000

23. LaBorde Cemetery
Gretna, Sarpy County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1464005, -96.2331009

24. All Saints Episcopal Church Columbarium
Omaha, Douglas County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2785000, -96.0579000