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Margaret Carrie Peggie Orr King Gillespie 1875–1952 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 April 1875

Birth Location: NC

Death Date: 22 Sept. 1952

Death Location: Leicester, Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States of America

Father: James Orr

Mother: Mary Morgan

Spouse(s): E.B. King, Ernest Gillespie

Children(s): Homer Sr

Margaret Carrie Peggie Orr King Gillespie was born in 1875 in NC, the child of James B Jb Orr And Mary Ann Morgan. In 1950, Margaret Carrie Peggie Orr King Gillespie resided in Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, USA. Margaret Carrie Peggie Orr King Gillespie married E B Dyke Van Dyke King, Ernest Gillespie, and had children including Henry Gillespie, Homer Baxter King Sr. Margaret Carrie Peggie Orr King Gillespie passed away in 1952 in Leicester, Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Margaret Carrie Peggie Orr King Gillespie was born in 1875 in NC, the child of James B Jb Orr And Mary Ann Morgan.
  • In 1950, Margaret Carrie Peggie Orr King Gillespie resided in Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, USA.
  • Margaret Carrie Peggie Orr King Gillespie married E B Dyke Van Dyke King, Ernest Gillespie, and had children including Henry Gillespie, Homer Baxter King Sr.
  • Margaret Carrie Peggie Orr King Gillespie passed away in 1952 in Leicester, Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States of America.

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Margaret Gillespie's Ancestors

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Margaret Gillespie
1875–1952
Birth Place: NC
Parents
James B "JB" Orr
1839–1914
North Carolina
Mary (Ann) Morgan
1837–1906
Henderson County, North Carolina, USA
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Gillespie's Descendants

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Margaret (Carrie Peggie Orr King) Gillespie (1 April 1875–22 Sept. 1952) m. E.B. (? Dyke (Van Dyke)) King (Aug 1877–1909) m. Ernest Gillespie (21 January 1883–10 October 1961)
  1. 1. Homer (Baxter King) Sr 1907–1979 m. Edith (Elizabeth Nix) King 1902–1990
    1. 1. Peggy (Merie Harris King Ledford) Murray 1935–2004 m. Everett (Lee Ledford) Jr 1932–1990 m. Grover (Gerald "Jerry") Murray 1943–2005

Margaret Gillespie's Timeline

3 Records

1875
1 April 1875
Birth of Margaret Carrie Peggie Orr King Gillespie in NC
NC
1950
1950
Age 75
Margaret Carrie Peggie Orr King Gillespie resided here in Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, USA
Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, USA
1952
22 Sept. 1952
Age 77
Death of Margaret Carrie Peggie Orr King Gillespie in Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 April 1875
    Event Place: NC
    Record Source:
    [1] 1950 United States Federal Census, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Asheville, Buncombe
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1950
    Event Place: Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Asheville, Buncombe

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Sept. 1952
    Event Place: Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Leicester, Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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