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only Gilley household in 1790 census of the town of Mount Desert | free white males 16 and upwards | free white males under 16 | free white females |
William Gilley | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Benjamin Gilley (son of William Gilley and Eunice Bunker) b. age 78 y., 2 m., 9 d. at death Maine m. Abigail C. Manchester b. age 82 y., 2 m., 27 d. at death Maine d. 7 August 1881 bur. Gilley Burying Ground Southwest Harbor, Maine d. 9 September 1875 bur. Gilley Burying Ground Southwest Harbor, Maine children: Gilbert Gilley b. age 22 y. as of 1850 census Maine Stephen M. Gilley b. 29 April 1829 Maine - m. Cordelia S. Cousins - d. 28 January 1910 - bur. Gilley Burying Ground Southwest Harbor, Maine Joseph Gilley b. age 19 y. as of 1850 census Maine Comfort Gilley b. age 18 y. as of 1850 census Maine William Gilley b. age 16 y. as of 1850 census Maine Edward P. Gilley b. age 12 y. as of 1850 census Maine - m. Julia F. [...] Charles B. Gilley b. 2 December 1841 Maine - m. (1) Delphina I. [...]; (2) Carrie C. [...] - d. 25 November 1901 - bur. Gilley Burying Ground Southwest Harbor, Maine Mehitable Gilley b. age 10 y. as of 1860 census Maine documentation and notes - - - - - Benjamin Gilley Jr. (son of [...]) b. 1824 Maine m. intentions filed 21 November 1848 certificate issued 5 December 1848 1848 Almenia T. Murphy b. age 38 y., 11 m., 6 d. at death Maine d. 23 December 1863 bur. Murphy-Gilley Burial Ground Tremont, Maine d. 1905 bur. Mount Height Cemetery Southwest Harbor, Maine children: Adelbert O. Gilley b. 1851 Maine - m. Julia I. Moore - d. 1906 - bur. Mount Height Cemetery Southwest Harbor, Maine Herbert Gilley b. age 7 y. as of 1860 census Maine [Anna or Almenia R.?] Gilley b. age 5 y. as of 1860 census Maine Willie E. Gilley b. age 4 m. as of 1860 census Maine documentation and notes - - - - - Carleton Baron Gilley (son of Harvey F. Gilley and Mabel E. Staples) b. 8 February 1921 Southwest Harbor, Maine m. 15 January 1956 Elsie M. Campbell d. 13 May 2001 Southwest Harbor, Maine bur. Mount Height Cemetery Southwest Harbor, Maine children: Mike Gilley m. Sharon [...] Harvey Gilley David Gilley m. Carol [...] Bryan Gilley - - - - - Charles B. Gilley (son of Benjamin Gilley and Abigail C. Manchester) b. 2 December 1841 Maine m. (1) Delphina I. [...] b. age 19 y., 2 m. at death d. 22 February 1861 bur. Gilley Burying Ground Southwest Harbor, Maine (2) Carrie C. [...] b. age 28 y., 3 m. at death d. 3 December 1879 bur. Gilley Burying Ground Southwest Harbor, Maine (3) 10 y. as of 1900 census Alice E. [...] b. August 1855 Maine d. 25 November 1901 bur. Gilley Burying Ground Southwest Harbor, Maine child by Delphina I. [...]: Orin Leslie Gilley b. age 8 m., 12 d. at death - d. 16 August 1861 - bur. Gilley Burying Ground Southwest Harbor, Maine children by Carrie C. [...]: Lina E. Gilley b. age 9 y. as of 1880 census Maine Harry W. Gilley b. age 7 y. as of 1880 census Maine documentation and notes - - - - - Edward P. Gilley (son of Benjamin Gilley and Abigail C. Manchester) b. age 12 y. as of 1850 census Maine m. Julia F. [...] b. age 23 y. as of 1860 census Maine children: Gilbert F. Gilley b. age 8 m. as of 1860 census Maine Geneva Gilley b. age 6 y. as of 1870 census Maine documentation and notes - - - - - Francis Gilley (son of [...]) b. age 49 y. as of 1860 census Maine m. Bathsheba [...] b. age 48 y. as of 1860 census Maine d. before 1880 census children: Hannah Gilley b age 20 y. as of 1860 census Maine Howard M. Gilley b. age 16 y. as of 1860 census Maine Mary E. Gilley b. age 14 y. as of 1860 census Maine George H. Gilley b. 1849 Maine - m. 25 y. as of 1900 census Leona Abbie [...] - d. 1925 - bur. Mount Height Cemetery Southwest Harbor, Maine Abby J. Gilley b. age 14 y. as of 1870 census Maine documentation and notes - - - - - Frank L. Gilley (son of George H. Gilley and Leona Abbie [...]) b. February 1880 Maine m. 28 October 1903 Maud[e?] F. Holmes b. 1883 Maine d. 1954 bur. Mount Height Cemetery Southwest Harbor, Maine d. 1920 bur. Mount Height Cemetery Southwest Harbor, Maine children: Wendell H. Gilley b. 1904 Maine - m. 18 September 1926 Addie Bragdon - d. 24 April 1983 Southwest Harbor, Maine - bur. Mount Height Cemetery Southwest Harbor, Maine Lorna R. Gilley b. age 8 y. as of 1920 census Maine [...?] R. Gilley b. age 1 y., 6 m. as of 1920 census Maine documentation and notes - - - - - George H. Gilley (son of Francis Gilley and Bathsheba [...]) b. 1849 Maine m. 25 y. as of 1900 Leona Abbie [...] b. 1858 Maine d. 1919 bur. Mount Height Cemetery Southwest Harbor, Maine d. 1925 bur. Mount Height Cemetery Southwest Harbor, Maine children: Nellie F. Gilley b. age 4 y. as of 1880 census Maine - m. 2 November 1895 Daniel McEachern Clayton E. Gilley b. 1877 Maine - m. 25 October 1897 Augusta M. Grindle - d. 1934 - bur. Mount Height Cemetery Southwest Harbor, Naine Frank L. Gilley b. February 1880 Maine - m. 28 October 1903 Maud[e?] F. Holmes - d. 1920 - bur. Mount Height Cemetery Southwest Harbor, Maine Flora A. Gilley b. March 1885 Maine Philip F. M. Gilley b. September 1887 Maine - m. 11 June 1921 Eunice C. Palmer - d. 1961 - bur. Mount Height Cemetery Southwest Harbor, Maine Rebecca B. Gilley b. January 1890 Maine - m. 29 May 1912 George E. Dunton Marguerite N. Gilley b. November 1891 Maine - m. 9 April 1917 Frank W. Perkins documentation and notes - - - - - Harvey F. Gilley (son of [...]) b. age 24 y. as of 1920 census Maine m. 17 July 1919 Mabel E. Staples b. age 21 y. as of 1920 census Maine d. 21 September 1982 Southwest Harbor, Maine children: Carleton Baron Gilley b. 8 February 1921 Southwest Harbor, Maine - m. 15 January 1956 Elsie M. Campbell - d. 13 May 2001 Southwest Harbor, Maine Wallace Gilley Edith Gilley m. [...] Alley Charles Gilley Enola Gilley m. [...] Farmer - - - - - Hugh M. Gilley (son of [...]) m. 11 July 1928 Ruth McKay children: Alice Marie Gilley b. 23 December 1930 Otter Creek, Mount Desert, Maine - m. 4 July 1947 Virgil James Walton - d. 12 October 2012 Pelham, New Hampshire Lorraine Gilley Mary Gilley Helen Gilley Marjorie Gilley - - - - - John A. Gilley (son of Leverett Andrew Gilley and Rhoda E. Mouldin) b. 1907 Maine m. 27 October 1927 Ruby B. Lurvey (dau. of Henry V. Lurvey and Grace M. Dolliver) b. age 9 m. as of 1910 census Maine d. 17 April 1979 Southwest Harbor, Maine bur. Mount Height Cemetery Southwest Harbor, Maine d. 10 May 1967 Southwest Harbor, Maine bur. Mount Height Cemetery Southwest Harbor, Maine children: Edward L. Gilley b. age 12 y. as of 1940 census Maine - m. 29 December 1957 Janet E. Staples Norman C. Gilley b. age 10 y. as of 1940 census Maine Eleanor Gilley b. age 6 y. as of 1940 census Maine John A. Gilley Jr. b. age 1 y. as of 1940 census Maine documentation and notes - - - - - John H. Gilley (son of [...]) child: Leverett Andrew Gilley b. age 34 y. as of 1910 census Maine - m. 11 y. as of 1910 census Rhoda E. Mouldin - - - - - John M. Gilley (son of [...]) b. age 45 y. at death m. Mary D. [...] b. age 26 y., 10 m. at death d. 27 December 1844 bur. Wasgatt Cemetery Mount Desert, Maine d. 5 May 1864 ("fell at the battle of the wilderness") bur. Wasgatt Cemetery Mount Desert, Maine child: infant Gilley b. age 3 d. at death - d. 26 November 1844 - bur. Wasgatt Cemetery Mount Desert, Maine - - - - - Joseph Gilley (son of [...]) b. age 81 y., 1 m., 21 d. at death Baker Island, Cranberry Isles, Maine m. Adeline Dolliver b. age 54 y., 8 m. at death d. 27 March 1876 bur. Baker Island Cemetery Cranberry Isles, Maine d. 10 July 1894 bur. Baker Island Cemetery Cranberry Isles, Maine children: Harriet Gilley b. age 92 y. at death - m. (1) [...] Coulter; (2) [...] Taylor - d. 24 January 1930 Matilda Gilley Phoebe Gilley Charles Gilley Nancy Gilley Alice Gilley Joseph Gilley - - - - - Leverett Andrew Gilley (son of John H. Gilley and [...]) b. age 34 y. as of 1910 census Maine m. 11 y. as of 1910 census Rhoda E. Mouldin b. age 32 y. as of 1910 census Maine children: Emma K. Gilley b. age 7 y. as of 1910 census Maine Richard W. Gilley b. 1906 Maine - m. 20 December 1930 Eleanor Hadlock - d. 21 September 1960 Bangor, Maine - bur. Mount Height Cemetery Southwest Harbor, Maine John A. Gilley b. 1907 Maine - m. 27 October 1927 Ruby Lurvey - bur. Mount Height Cemetery Southwest Harbor, Maine Myra M. Gilley b. 27 February 1909 Southwest Harbor, Maine - m. 5 October 1935 Burnham M. Stanley - d. 7 May 2001 Bar Harbor, Maine - bur. Forest Hill Cemetery Mount Desert, Maine George C. Gilley b. 22 February 1913 Southwest Harbor, Maine - m. 11 March 1939 Eunice (Brown) Hall - d. 29 April 2000 Bar Harbor, Maine - bur. Mount Height Cemetery Southwest Harbor, Maine Harvard N. Gilley b. age 4 y. as of 1920 census Maine - m. 3 June 1940 Willa Kinkade documentation and notes - - - - - Richard W. Gilley (son of Leverett Andrew Gilley and Rhoda E. Mouldin) b. 1906 Maine m. 20 December 1930 Eleanor Hadlock (dau. of Ralph D. Hadlock and Florence M. Brown) b. 6 November 1908 Southwest Harbor, Maine d. 11 December 1999 Bar Harbor, Maine bur. Mount Height Cemetery Southwest Harbor, Maine d. 21 December 1960 Bangor, Maine bur. Mount Height Cemetery Southwest Harbor, Maine children: L. Wayne Gilley m. Mary E. [...] Jack H. Giley m. 1 February 1959 Marguerite Ames documentation and notes - - - - - Stephen M. Gilley (son of Benjamin Gilley and Abigail C. Manchester) b. 29 April 1829 Maine m. Cordelia S. Cousins b. 2 December 1833 d. 24 December 1907 bur. Gilley Burying Ground Southwest Harbor, Maine d. 28 January 1910 bur. Gilley Burying Ground Southwest Harbor, Maine children: Jennie F. Gilley b. age 12 y., 4 m., 14 d. at death - d. 17 June 1872 - bur. Gilley Burying Ground Southwest Harbor, Maine Carrie M. Gilley b. age 6 y. as of 1870 census Maine Pedrick D. Gilley b. age 4 y. as of 1870 census Maine documentation and notes - - - - - Wendell H. Gilley (son of Frank L. Gilley and Maud[e] F. Holmes) b. 1904 Maine m. 18 September 1926 Addie Bragdon b. 1905 d. 28 December 1983 Farmington, Maine bur. Mount Height Cemetery Southwest Harbor, Maine d. 24 April 1983 Southwest Harbor, Maine bur. Mount Height Cemetery Southwest Harbor, Maine child: Leonard B. Gilley b. Ellsworth, Maine - - - - - William Gilley (son of [...]) m. Eunice Bunker d. [...] bur. Gilley Burying Ground d. [...] bur. Gilley Burying Ground children: William Gilley Jr. b. age 90 y. at death - m. Hannah Boynton Lurvey - d. 17 September 1872 - bur. Stanley Cemetery Great Cranberry Island, Cranberry Isles, Maine Benjamin Gilley b. age 78 y., 2 mn., 29 d. at death Maine - m. Abigail C. Manchester - d. 9 September 1875 - bur. Gilley Burying Ground Southwest Harbor, Maine - - - - - William Gilley (son of [...]) b. age 45 y. as of 1850 census Maine m. Phebe [...] b. age 45 y. as of 1850 census Maine children: Melinda Gilley b. age 17 y. as of 1850 census Maine Charlotte Gilley b. age 10 y. as of 1850 census Maine Andrew J. Gilley b. age 8 y. as of 1850 census Maine Clarissa Gilley b. age 6 y. as of 1850 census Maine Sarah Elizabeth Gilley b. age 4 y. as of 1850 census Maine John H. Gilley b. age 2 y. as of 1850 census Maine Mary M. Gilley b. age 9 y. as of 1860 census Maine documentation and notes - - - - - William Gilley Jr. (son of William Gilley and Eunice Bunker) b. age 90 y. at death m. 1802 Hannah Boynton Lurvey (dau. of Jacob Lurvey and Hannah Boynton) b. 8 December 1782 Newbury, Massachusetts d. 24 March 1852 bur. Lurvey Burial Ground Southwest Harbor, Maine d. 17 September 1872 bur. Stanley Cemetery Great Cranberry Island, Cranberry Isles, Maine children: six sons six daughters - - - - -