Pat, You certainly haven't offended me and I've been reading your posts with interest. I've never been able to find info on my particular line of Gilmores, specifically Addison Young Gilmore. So please keep posting any information you find of if the lists doesn't agree you can email me direct. Like you, my Gilmore line in the states seems to be limited. I will post the oldest known relative below (along with wife and children), if any of this info rings a bell with you please let me know. Descendants of Addison Young Gilmore Generation No. 1 1. ADDISON YOUNG1 GILMORE was born Feb 09, 1834 in Kentucky, and died Oct 24, 1920 in Howard County, Boonslick Township, Missouri. He married ELIZABETH TRENT born abt. 1840 of Kentucky. Marriage date Unknown Notes for ADDISON YOUNG GILMORE: Occupation: Farmer Possible Brother: Walter Mudd Gilmore, Macon Co., Illinois Known children of ADDISON GILMORE and ELIZABETH TRENT are: i. LAVANIA GERTRUDE2 GILMORE, b. Abt. 1860, Boonslick Township, Howard County, Missouri. 2. ii. OSCAR DAVIS GILMORE, b. May 03, 1861, Boonslick Township, Howard County, Missouri; d. Nov 1935, Boonsboro, Howard County, Missouri. iii. ROBERT P. GILMORE, b. Abt. 1864, Boonslick Township, Howard County, Missouri; d. Bet. 1910 - 1920, Montana. More About ROBERT P. GILMORE: Occupation: Sheriff - MT (Robert is listed as an officer killed in the line of duty and his name appears on the Montana Law Enforcement Memorial in Deer Lodge, Montana http://www.mtech.edu/silvrbow/lawofficers.htm iv. JNO L. GILMORE, b. Abt. 1865. v. MARY ELLA GILMORE, b. Abt. 1866. vi. CHAS. GILMORE, b. Abt. 1867, Boonslick Township, Howard County, Missouri; d. Ames, Iowa; m. MARGARET (?) GILMORE. vii. WILLIE GILMORE, b. Abt. 1868. (female) viii. LEWIS E. (LUTE) GILMORE, b. Sep 1869. ix. HENRY GILMORE, b. Aft. 1870. NOTE: Addison & Elizabeth had a total of 17 Children, 6 boys and 11 girls Generation No. 2 2. OSCAR DAVIS2 GILMORE (ADDISON YOUNG1) was born May 03, 1861 in Boonslick Township, Howard County, Missouri, and died Nov 1935 in Boonsboro, Howard County, Missouri. In 1894 he married DORA BELLE HENDRIX born May 22, 1877 and died Oct 11, 1958. Notes for OSCAR DAVIS GILMORE: Occupation: Farmer Children of OSCAR GILMORE and DORA HENDRIX are: i. IDA MAY3 GILMORE, b. Aug 13, 1895, Fayette, MO in Howard County; d. May 1986, New Franklin, Missouri; m. MR. IVY. ii. ROY DAVIS GILMORE, b. May 13, 1897, Fayette, MO in Howard County; d. Mar 1976, Huntsville, Missouri. iii. CHAS. BOYD GILMORE, b. Jul 07, 1899, Fayette, MO in Howard County; d. Jul 28, 1971, Franklin, Missouri. IV. JAMES FRANKFORT (FRANK) WESLEY GILMORE, b. Apr 28, 1901, Fayette, MO in Howard County. v. HOWARD WAYNE GILMORE, b. Jun 16, 1903, Fayette, MO in Howard County; d. Apr 1976, Kansas City, Missouri. vi. RUTH HAZEL LUCILLE GILMORE, b. Feb 20, 1905, Fayette, MO in Howard County; d. Jul 1971, New Franklin, Missouri; m. MR. ISLE. vii. OPAL OSCAR GILMORE, b. Apr 27, 1907, Fayette, MO in Howard County; d. Nov 1954. 3. viii. TINA MAY GILMORE, b. Apr 17, 1909, Fayette, MO in Howard County; ix. ROBERT LEE GILMORE, b. Sep 17, 1911, Fayette, MO in Howard County; d. May 05, 1977, Glascow, Missouri. x. LEO LAWRENCE GILMORE, b. Feb 20, 1913, Fayette, MO in Howard County; d. Mar 11, 1913, Fayette, MO in Howard County. More About LEO LAWRENCE GILMORE: Cause of Death: Whooping cough xi. CARRIE ROSA PRICE GILMORE, b. Feb 20, 1917, Fayette, MO in Howard County; d. Fresno, California; m. RAMSEY. Generation No. 3 3. TINA MAY3 GILMORE (OSCAR DAVIS2, ADDISON YOUNG1) was born Apr 17, 1909 in Fayette, MO in Howard County, and died in Desoto, Missouri. She married (1st) FRANK KIMBALL IVES Jul 15, 1926 in Sedalia, MO, son of WILLIAM IVES and UNKNOWN (Possibly married a Bradford). There were two children from this marriage. She married (2nd) Jinx Newberry, there were no children born from this marriage. Notes for TINA MAY GILMORE: Tina moved to Ames, Iowa with both her sons for a short time after her divorce from Frank. She lived above a Grocery Store and during the day she left the boys (Leo and John) with her brother Chester's wife, Margaret while Tina cooked and cleaned for a local family with 9 children. Notes for FRANK KIMBALL IVES: 1910 Fed Census lists Frank as living with his sister Fay in a Childrens Home in Campbell Twp, Greene Co, Springfield, MO. This home burned and Frank & Fay were reported in the newspapers as having died in the fire. Both children survived the fire, eventually, as adults, found their father but were never reunited with their mother. Children of TINA GILMORE and FRANK IVES are: 4. i. LEO JEWEL4 IVES, b. Jul 08, 1928, Missouri; d. Nov 22, 1983, Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, MO. 5. ii. JOHN KIMBALL IVES, b. Apr 04, 1930, New Franklin, Missouri; d. May 03, 1995, Victoria, Missouri. On Saturday, January 16, 1999 11:04 AM, PATnGENE@aol.com [SMTP:PATnGENE@aol.com] wrote: > Peter, > In regard to Gilmores from County Galway. I know that my > grandfather Patrick > was born in Dunmore, County Galway. I believe his parents > were John Gilmore > and Julia Ganley Gilmore. He had brothers Tom and Ed and a > sister Mary. I > have visited descendants of his sister Mary in Ireland. > One of them lives on > the farm where Patrick was born; the remains of the old > house is still there. > We haven't done enough research to know how long the > Gilmores were there or > where they may have come from. My grandfather was born > about 1858. Most of my > genealogical research has been on my Father's side > (Byrne), but I am anxious > to do more on the Gilmores. While I have been in regular > contact with the > Gilmore relatives, we haven't dug too deeply. I now have > an e-mail contact > with their family, so that may help speed things along. > My Gilmore line here in the states is quite limited. My > grandfather married > twice and had 3 sons in his first marriage (wife died very > young) and 3 > daughters in the second marriage. My mother was the only > daughter to have > children; one of his sons had onely one child... a son. > All I know about him > is that his mother's maiden name was Smith. That is the > line I would be > interested in tracking down. > Hope I haven't gone on too long with this, or that it was > not appropriate for > the entire list. (All of these e-mail lists are different, > some more tolerant > than others. Anyway, I hope I haven't offended anyone. > > Pat (in MN)