Humphrey Gillmore
Humphrey Gilmore was born about 1810 in Sligo Ireland. According to the information about his second marriage, his father was William Gillmor and his second wife's father was Hugh Gillmor, but there wasn't any known family relationship.
In 1836, he was a teacher of 78 students at St John's School. In 1861 he was listed as a clerk and an accountant in 1862.
According to Ralph he married Margaret Allingham about 1833, but since his son John was born around 1826, he was probably married in 1825 or earlier. Margaret must have died before 1862, since he married his second wife Jane Gilmor in July of 1862.
Humphrey died on the 20th of June 1875, and was buried at St John's Church, Sligo, Ireland. According to Ralph he willed his property to his second wife, but asked that he be buried with his first wife, Margaret. Also, that his daughter Rebecca be given ten pounds.
I was fortunate, in 2010 to take a trip with my daughter and one of her friends to Ireland and Scotland. We stayed overnight in Sligo, and found St John's Church, pictured above. It was closed, but some of the church ladies were there cleaning, so the gates were open and we were able to wander around the graveyard, which completely surrounded the church. They let us go inside, as well, and it's a beautiful church.
My daughter's friend somehow spotted Humphrey's gravestone! It's almost completely overgrown and behind a large bush. As you go up the driveway, it's to the right of the drive, about a foot from the wall. It's almost directly in line with the door of the church. Didn't really get any good pictures of the entire stone, but took several and continued on our trip.
After I got home and had time to work on the photos, I realized that this gravestone was for JANE Gillmor and Humphrey, not Margaret. So it appears that Jane didn't even abide by Humphrey's request to be buried by Margaret. I hadn't though to look for Margaret's gravestone.
Jane and Humphrey didn't have any children. Humphrey and Margaret Allingham had about 10 children, all born in Sligo. John was born about 1826, Frank about 1834, Mariah (Maggie'sMom) about 1835, Rebecca Arabella about 1841, Margaret Frances after 1841, Robert Allingham about Oct 1841-42, William, James, and Anne, and one or two unkown, unnamed children.
There seems to be a large break between John (1826) and Frank (1834). Maybe William, James, or Anne were born during those years. The other possibility is that one or more children died during the Cholera outbreak in Sligo in 1832. It might explain as well why George seems to have married so late in life. I don't have any indications of another wife or children, but I wonder if he had married as a younger man, if a wife and children might have died in that epidemic.
I have no information on William, James or Anne, but Marvin has them listed on one of his charts, and in his correspondence seems to believe that he and my grandmother agree that these are children of Humphrey.
©2019 Linda C Robinson
In 1836, he was a teacher of 78 students at St John's School. In 1861 he was listed as a clerk and an accountant in 1862.
According to Ralph he married Margaret Allingham about 1833, but since his son John was born around 1826, he was probably married in 1825 or earlier. Margaret must have died before 1862, since he married his second wife Jane Gilmor in July of 1862.
Humphrey died on the 20th of June 1875, and was buried at St John's Church, Sligo, Ireland. According to Ralph he willed his property to his second wife, but asked that he be buried with his first wife, Margaret. Also, that his daughter Rebecca be given ten pounds.
I was fortunate, in 2010 to take a trip with my daughter and one of her friends to Ireland and Scotland. We stayed overnight in Sligo, and found St John's Church, pictured above. It was closed, but some of the church ladies were there cleaning, so the gates were open and we were able to wander around the graveyard, which completely surrounded the church. They let us go inside, as well, and it's a beautiful church.
My daughter's friend somehow spotted Humphrey's gravestone! It's almost completely overgrown and behind a large bush. As you go up the driveway, it's to the right of the drive, about a foot from the wall. It's almost directly in line with the door of the church. Didn't really get any good pictures of the entire stone, but took several and continued on our trip.
After I got home and had time to work on the photos, I realized that this gravestone was for JANE Gillmor and Humphrey, not Margaret. So it appears that Jane didn't even abide by Humphrey's request to be buried by Margaret. I hadn't though to look for Margaret's gravestone.
Jane and Humphrey didn't have any children. Humphrey and Margaret Allingham had about 10 children, all born in Sligo. John was born about 1826, Frank about 1834, Mariah (Maggie'sMom) about 1835, Rebecca Arabella about 1841, Margaret Frances after 1841, Robert Allingham about Oct 1841-42, William, James, and Anne, and one or two unkown, unnamed children.
There seems to be a large break between John (1826) and Frank (1834). Maybe William, James, or Anne were born during those years. The other possibility is that one or more children died during the Cholera outbreak in Sligo in 1832. It might explain as well why George seems to have married so late in life. I don't have any indications of another wife or children, but I wonder if he had married as a younger man, if a wife and children might have died in that epidemic.
I have no information on William, James or Anne, but Marvin has them listed on one of his charts, and in his correspondence seems to believe that he and my grandmother agree that these are children of Humphrey.
©2019 Linda C Robinson
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