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Myrtle B Gillespie 1898–1989 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 7 December 1898

Birth Location: Lyons, Ionia, Michigan

Death Date: 18 March 1989

Death Location: Ionia, Ionia, Michigan

Father: Rose Whitten

Mother: Frank Gillespie

Spouse(s): Julius KIRBY

Children(s): Dorothy Soules, James Kirby, Ilah Kirby, Fred Kirby, Marie Kirby, Alice Kirby, Louis Kirby, Hilda Kirby, Bonnella Kirby, Ella Kirby, William Kirby, Emma Kirby, Mildred Kirby

Myrtle B Gillespie was born in 1898 in Lyons, Ionia, Michigan, the child of Rose P Whitten And Frank Gillespie. Myrtle B Gillespie married Julius Harold Kirby, and had children including Alice Faye Kirby, Bonnella Lee Kirby, Dorothy L Soules, Ella Mae Kirby, Emma Jean Kirby, Fred James Kirby, Hilda Mae Kirby, Ilah June Kirby, James Weston Kirby, Louis Willis Kirby, Marie Myrtle Kirby, Mildred Kirby, William H Kirby. Myrtle B Gillespie passed away in 1989 in Ionia, Ionia, Michigan.

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Biography

  • Myrtle B Gillespie was born in 1898 in Lyons, Ionia, Michigan, the child of Rose P Whitten And Frank Gillespie.
  • Myrtle B Gillespie married Julius Harold Kirby, and had children including Alice Faye Kirby, Bonnella Lee Kirby, Dorothy L Soules, Ella Mae Kirby, Emma Jean Kirby, Fred James Kirby, Hilda Mae Kirby, Ilah June Kirby, James Weston Kirby, Louis Willis Kirby, Marie Myrtle Kirby, Mildred Kirby, William H Kirby.
  • Myrtle B Gillespie passed away in 1989 in Ionia, Ionia, Michigan.

Immediate Family

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Myrtle Gillespie's Ancestors

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Myrtle Gillespie
1898–1989
Birth Place: Lyons, Ionia, Michigan
Parents
Rose P Whitten
1875–1930
Forder, Michigan
Frank Gillespie
1861–1917
Ohio, USA
Grandparents
Walter (Watson) Whitten
1852–1912
Ohio
Julia (Ann) Sargent
1855–1922
Tower, Cheboygan County, Michigan, USA
Great-Grandparents
Alonzo Whitten
1805–1880
Susan Miller
1813–1899
Myron SARGENT
1824–1910
Catherine Drake
1833–1912
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Archelaus Whitten
1775–1862
Elizabeth Betsey
1787–1867
Timothy Sargent
1794–1857
Susan Brown
1802–1887
Cornelius Drake
1803–1860
Cornelius Drake
1803–1860

Myrtle Gillespie's Descendants

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Myrtle (B) Gillespie (7 December 1898–18 March 1989) m. Julius (Harold) KIRBY (16 Aug 1895–24 Jan 1986)
  1. 1. Dorothy (L) Soules 1917–1984 m. Royal Soules 1913–1964
    1. 1. Judith Soules 1944–2017
    2. 2. Richard (Raymond) Soules 1935–1962
    3. 3. Joanne Soules 1940–2019
    4. 4. Larry (Duane) Soules 1950–2020
  2. 2. James (Weston) Kirby 1940–1979
  3. 3. Ilah (June) Kirby 1935–1935
  4. 4. Fred (James) Kirby 1928–1961
  5. 5. Marie (Myrtle) Kirby 1921–2008
  6. 6. Alice (Faye) Kirby 1939–1939
  7. 7. Louis (Willis) Kirby 1931–1980
  8. 8. Hilda (Mae) Kirby 1918–1975
  9. 9. Bonnella (Lee) Kirby 1922–2014
  10. 10. Ella (Mae) Kirby 1929–2008
  11. 11. William (H) Kirby 1920–1955
  12. 12. Emma (Jean) Kirby 1924–2001
  13. 13. Mildred Kirby 1927–2008

Myrtle Gillespie's Timeline

2 Records

1898
7 December 1898
Birth of Myrtle B Gillespie in Lyons, Ionia, Michigan
Lyons, Ionia, Michigan
1989
18 March 1989
Age 91
Death of Myrtle B Gillespie in Ionia, Ionia, Michigan
Ionia, Ionia, Michigan

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 December 1898
    Event Place: Lyons, Ionia, Michigan

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 March 1989
    Event Place: Ionia, Ionia, Michigan

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