This is the second and third pages of my line Judy October 17, 1793, Cambridge, Washington County, New York. iii. SARAH GILMORE, b. Abt. 1769, Cambridge, Washington County, New York; m. UNKNOWN WATSON. 15. iv. HUGH KELSO GILMORE, b. 1780-1786, Cambridge, Washington County, New York; d. 1831. v. JOHN GILMORE, b. Cambridge, Washington County, New York. vi. UNKNOWN CHILD TWO GILMORE, b. Abt. 1780. 16. vii. ELIZABETH BETSEY GILMORE, b. 1784, Cambridge, Washington County, New York; d. July 23, 1852, Cambridge, Washington County, New York. viii. UNKNOWN CHILD GILMORE, b. Abt. 1778. Child of GEORGE GILMORE and ELIZABETH BLAIR is: ix. ELIZBETH4 GILMORE, b. 1784. 9. ROBERT3 GILMORE (JAMES2, JAMES GILLMORE1) was born 1735 in Colerain, County Londonerry, Ireland, and died 1796 in Cambridge, Washington County, New York. He married DOROTHY GRAY 1765. Children of ROBERT GILMORE and DOROTHY GRAY are: 17. i. ESTHER4 GILMORE, b. 1760; d. Abt. 1811, Auburn, New York ?. ii. MARTHA GILMORE. Generation No. 4 10. MARTHA4 HENRY (ISABELLA3 GILMORE, WILLIAM2, JAMES GILLMORE1) was born July 21, 1780. She married AARON MCKEE. Children of MARTHA HENRY and AARON MCKEE are: i. ELEANOR5 MCKEE. ii. WILLIAM HENRY MCKEE. iii. ROBERT GILMORE MCKEE. iv. ANNA MARIE MCKEE. v. JAMES HENRY MCKEE. vi. CHARLES RUSSELL MCKEE. 11. SAMUEL4 GILMORE (WILLIAM JR.3, WILLIAM2, JAMES GILLMORE1) was born August 17, 1783 in White Creek, Washington Co, New York, and died April 27, 1870. He married HANNAH (MARTHA)POTTER Abt. 1803. Children of SAMUEL GILMORE and HANNAH (MARTHA)POTTER are: i. CHARLES GILLMORE5 GILMORE, b. September 1804, Westmoreland, Oneida County, New York. ii. GILBERT GILLMORE GILMORE, b. July 1806, Westmoreland, Oneida County, New York; m. ELIABETH CHASE, 1849, Syracuse, New York. iii. WILLIAM GILLMORE GILMORE, b. April 1808. iv. BENJAMIN PARKER GILLMORE GILMORE, b. February 23, 1810, Westmoreland, Oneida County, New York. v. ROBERT FRANKLIN GILLMORE GILMORE, b. May 1812, Westmoreland, Oneida County, New York. vi. JOHN GILLMORE GILMORE, b. July 1814, Westmoreland, Oneida County, New York. vii. MARY ANN GILLMORE GILMORE, b. November 1818, Westmoreland, Oneida County, New York. viii. HANNAH MARIA GILLMORE GILMORE, b. March 1821, Westmoreland, Oneida County, New York. ix. EMELENE GILLMORE GILMORE, b. July 14, 1824, Westmoreland, Oneida County, New York. 18. x. HIRAM GILLMORE GILMORE, b. October 22, 1825, Rome, Oneida County, New York; d. July 28, 1907, Point Arena, California. xi. SAMUAL GILLMORE JR. GILMORE, b. December 08, 1826, Westmoreland, Oneida County, New York. xii. PRIEST GILLMORE GILMORE, b. November 1830, Westmoreland, Oneida County, New York. 12. JOHN4 GILMORE (WILLIAM JR.3, WILLIAM2, JAMES GILLMORE1) was born March 04, 1795 in White Creek, Washington Co, New York, and died August 12, 1881 in Chili, Monroe County, New York. He married (1) SARAH SPRAGUE October 15, 1818 in Washington Co, New York. He married (2) JEMIMA WESSON February 03, 1858 in Hoosick Falls, Washington Co. New York. Child of JOHN GILMORE and SARAH SPRAGUE is: i. CORNELIA ANN RICH5 GILMORE, b. October 25, 1823; m. CALVUS ROYCE, June 15, 1846. 13. ARUNAH4 GILMORE (DAVID3, WILLIAM2, JAMES GILLMORE1) was born December 01, 1792, and died August 30, 1855 in Madison, New York. He married (1) ELIZABETH BUSHNESS October 1825 in New York. He married (2) ELIZABETH CHAPMAN January 06, 1841 in New York. He married (3) JUDITH WHITECOMB September 14, 1847 in New York. Children of ARUNAH GILMORE and ELIZABETH BUSHNESS are: i. ELIZABETH5 GILMORE, b. December 22, 1826, Madison, New York. ii. HIRAM GILMORE, b. May 29, 1828, Madison, New York. iii. ALTO AMELIA GILMORE, b. September 23, 1833. Children of ARUNAH GILMORE and ELIZABETH CHAPMAN are: iv. ALELOID5 GILMORE, b. October 02, 1843, Madison, New York. v. AMEDIA GILMORE, b. January 30, 1845. Children of ARUNAH GILMORE and JUDITH WHITECOMB are: vi. SARAH ELIZA5 GILMORE, b. June 21, 1848, Madison, New York. vii. WILLIAM DWIGHT GILMORE, b. February 08, 1851, Madison, New York. viii. GEORGE HENRY GILMORE, b. August 12, 1852, Madison, New York. ix. MARY LUCY GILMORE, b. December 21, 1854, Madison, New York. 14. JAMES4 GILMORE (GEORGE3, JAMES2, JAMES GILLMORE1) was born June 03, 1767, and died January 25, 1831 in Cambridge, New York. He married (1) LYDIA. He married (2) MARTHA SMITH May 25, 1789. Children of JAMES GILMORE and LYDIA are: i. JANE5 GILMORE, b. Aft. 1820, Cambridge, Washington County, New York. ii. MARY GILMORE, b. Aft. 1820, Cambridge, Washington County, New York. iii. EUNICE ABIGAIL GILMORE, b. Aft. 1820, Cambridge, Washington County, New York. iv. DAVID GILMORE, b. 1827, Cambridge, Washington County, New York; d. January 09, 1831, Cambridge, Washington County, New York. v. DANIEL GILMORE ?, b. 1827, Cambridge, Washington County, New York; d. January 09, 1831, Cambridge, Washington County, New York. Children of JAMES GILMORE and MARTHA SMITH are: 19. vi. GEORGE5 GILMORE, b. May 25, 1789, Cambridge, Washington County, New York; d. March 07, 1829, Cambridge, Washington County, New York. 20. vii. SAMUEL GILMORE, b. May 11, 1791, Cambridge, Washington County, New York; d. August 31, 1863, Cambridge, Washington County, New York. 21. viii. ELECTA GILMORE, b. March 05, 1794, Cambridge, Washington County, New York; d. September 17, 1878, Cambridge, Washington County, New York. 22. ix. JAMES GILMORE, b. January 24, 1796, Cambridge, Washington County, New York; d. April 26, 1883, Livingston County, New York. 23. x. ALANSON GILMORE, b. October 05, 1798, Cambridge, Washington County, New York; d. May 05, 1880, York, Livingston Co, Ny. 24. xi. JOHN GILMORE, b. November 22, 1800, Cambridge, Washington County, New York; d. 1882, Livingston County, New York. 25. xii. MARTIN GILMORE, b. April 11, 1803, Cambridge, Washington County, New York; d. July 23, 1886, Cambridge, Washington County, New York. 26. xiii. ELIZABETH "ELIZA" GILMORE, b. April 11, 1805, Cambridge, Washington County, New York; d. January 31, 1891, Coila, Washington Co. New York. xiv. WILLIAM GILMORE, b. June 06, 1808, Cambridge, Washington County, New York. xv. SOPHIA GILMORE, b. May 22, 1810, Cambridge, Washington County, New York; m. DUNCAN CAMERON JR.. 15. HUGH KELSO4 GILMORE (GEORGE3, JAMES2, JAMES GILLMORE1) was born 1780-1786 in uenews wrote: > Judy, > > Thanks for sharing that fascinating story and poem. > > I was also struck by the first line of information: James Gilmore, born in 1685 in Coleraine. This is roughly the time my family probably > moved from Scotland to Ireland; there is a possibility that they moved to the environs of Coleraine and the Bann Valley. A generation was > born there; I am descended from James (son of John and Agnes) who was born 1697 (or thereabouts). Given the naming customs -- sons named > after grandfather and uncles -- I try to be alert to Gilmores named James (or for that matter John) born in the north of Ireland around this > time. I would be very interested to learn anything you might have on the origins of your line. > > Thanks! > > Peter Gilmore > > Judy Kendall wrote: > > > I have a story written by the grandaughter of Cordilia and Hiram Gilmore > > that someone may be interested in. My line is: > > James Gilmore b 1685 Colerain, Ireland m Isabella > > William Gilmore b 1707 Colerain, Ireland m Alice Moore 1736 in Pelham , > > Mass. > > William Jr. Gilmore b 1750 Pelham, Mass d 1847 Cambridge, NY m Anna > > Holms > > Samuel Gilmore b1783 White Creek NY m Hannah Potter > > Hiram Gilmore b 1824 Rome NY m Cordelia Timmerman > > Ellmore Jay DeLoss Gilmore b 1865 Tomalles, Ca. m Margaret Maggie Jakway > > Hall. > > > > FINDING A NEW HOME > > > > A true story as told to me by my mother, Effie Allice > > Gillmore Bishop. > > > > My mother (Effie Alice Gillmore) was born in Iowa in 1857. She came to > > California with her mother Cordelia Timmerman Gillmore, her oldest > > brother Emmett and a tiny baby brother named Penn. She was about six > > years old. Her father Hiram Gillmore had come to California sometime > > before, and was working as a carpenter. > > > > Grandma Gillmore (Cordelia Timmerman Gillmore) and her children come > > down the Mississippi River on a boat and crossed the Gulf of Mexico to > > the Isthmus of Panama where the ship anchored in a small harbor. There > > they met a small train that carried passengers across country to the > > Pacific side. She did not remember the train ride but told me about > > seeing naked native children swimming all around the boat as it > > anchored. They would hold up their hands and beg for pennies. The > > bottoms of their feet and palms of their hands looked very pink, their > > finger nails looked white. They would dive to the bottom to get > > pennies. My Grandma did not have pennies to throw in for them but some > > people did. > > > > At the town where the train stopped on the Pacific side, they > > boarded a boat for the trip to San Francisco. > > > > How brave my Grandma Gillmore was to make a trip like that with three > > small children, very little money , and their few clothes in bags! > > > > Grandpa Gillmore's nephew, Henry Gillmore, used to run a hotel in > > San Francisco called "What Cheer Hotel". That was in 1863. Grandma and > > the children spent two days there waiting for Grandpa to get there and > > take them to Bloomfield by horse and buggy over a trail. I have no idea > > how they got from the ship to the hotel, but he did get there and they > > headed "home". My mama remembered lots of sand hills in San Francisco. > > In later years she told me that the What Cheer Hotel was finally torn > > down and used to help fill in the water front when they were building it > > up! > > > > Grandpa Gillmore was a traveler and restless so they moved on and > > lived at Tomales and later to Bodega. Ge found work but was headed > > north! They finally came up the coast and found a place he really liked > > called Manchester. He built a house there and it was there Effie > > Alice, my mother, attended school. The family grew to be six > > children, Emmett, Everett, Penn, Effie, Elma, and Eva. > > > > My mother attended Napa College for one year when she was about > > eighteen. Grandma Gillmore's brother, George Timmerman, gave her the > > money for schooling. Three other girls from Manchester attended also. > > > > When she came home, she met my father, Elijah Bishop. They were > > married February 22,1882. Her brother Penn and his sweetheart were > > married at a double wedding ceremony with them. His wife was named > > Jennie Andral. They had all been good friends and thought that would be > > nice. Jennie had beautiful curley hair and was very pretty. I have > > pictures of them in a large frame. The ink has faded out and my > > daughter Betty will try to get it restored. My mother was pretty and > > had a lovely wedding gown. It was gray alpaca cloth. Had a high > > collar, and full gathered top sleeves. The front was a panel of satin > > "Shirred" and the top part was called a Basque, the skirt was full. My > > mother was a small girl and weight about 110. She let me dress up in > > her wedding dress once when I was about 10 or 12. I had to be very > > careful and sat like a lady and looked at a book. Her hair was a > > beautiful golden brown and she curled it on a big hair pins so her bangs > > would fluff up! The back was combed down and made into a "pug". > > > > My father Elijah "Lige" as he was called, and my mother lived on the > > old home ranch all their lives and raised six children, (near the Garcia > > River.) My Dad was proud of his "bottom Land" where he raised huge > > carrots, spuds, and corn! > > Austin, my brother, and I are the only ones left of the old family. We > > have children and grandchildren and I am blessed with six great > > grandkids. There are many nieces and nephews and their families and I am > > sure they would not know me now. (all scattered.) My mother passed away > > January 4 1943, just six days before her 86th birthday. My father > > passed away on August 29, 1930. > > > > They were of hardy stock, hard working and wonderful people, loved by > > all who knew them. Just like my Grandfather and Grandmother Gillmore! > > > > I loved having them visit us and telling me the stories of their > > daily living. Grandma knew miles of poems and I got to sleep with her > > in the "spare bedroom" when she came. She would, at 6:OO A>M>, open up > > the window and breathe in the cool air and recite something special as > > she dressed. Her clothes I must tell you about: long under drawers, > > long sleeved under shirt, a cute night cap. Her nightgown was full and > > dragged the floor. She had pretty feet no bumps or sore nails and I > > always had her show me her cute toes. so tiny and perfect. She wore > > long stockings and a garter belt. All the time she dressed she sang or > > recited poetry. I'd be tucked under the covers. we could smell the > > coffee and bacon or sausage cooking downstairs and I's hear my Dad come > > to the bottom of the stairs to awaken my brothers Ase and Austin. He'd > > roar, Time to get up, goin to sleep all day? and bang would go the hall > > door. but, that ment getting out and they did right then. > > > > Oh the wonderful memories. Grandpa Gillmore teased me so I'd whimper > > and he would chuckle and laugh and pull my curles. I almost forgot to > > tell you that I'm the last one named Effie after my mother, (Effie > > Darlene Bishop Johnson,) and am married to a wonderful old buy, Carl, > > who will be 83 August 22, and today , July 7th, I am 80 years old, still > > up and going, tagging after Carl. We plan a trip to Idaho if all goes > > well. later this summer. We have three children, my youngest son was > > born on my birthday so today we will have cake and a feed later. > > Barbeque with all joining in, except Betty who can't make it here from > > Sacramento. > > > > We have been married 58 years good, happy years. We have been > > blessed and thank God for our wonderful long time together. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > I found this in my mom's bible (Ferne Remstedt Hurley) after she passed > > away. Her grandma would have been Maggie Jakway Gillmore and great > > grandmom would have been Cordilia Timmerman Gillmore. > > > > GRANDMA'S POEM > > > > The Lark is up to meet the Sun > > The Bee is on the wing > > The Ant his labor has begin > > The Woods with Music ring > > Should birds and Bees be wise while I my moments waste'n? > > Oh let me with the morning rise and to my duties hasten > > > > Submitted by Judy Kendall > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~