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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 |
Adelbert O. Gilley
(son of Benjamin G. Gilley Jr. and Almenia T. Murphy)
b. 1851 Maine
m. Julia I. Moore
b. 1863
d. 1922
bur. Mount Height Cemetery Southwest Harborm Kaine
d. 1906
bur. Mount Height Cemetery Southwest Harbor, Maine
Albert W. Gilley
(son of Samuel Gilley and Emily […])
b. 1845 Maine
m. (1) Emily G. […]
b. age 32 y., 6 m., 5 d. at death Maine
d. 15 December 1879
bur. Stanley-Gilley Cemetery Cranberry Isles, Maine
(2) Julia F. […]
b. 1867
d. 1921
bur. Stanley-Gilley Cemetery Cranberry Isles, Maine
d. 1916
bur. Stanley-Gilley Cemetery Cranberry Isles, Maine
children by Emily G. […]:
Hattie Gilley b. age 2 y. as of 1870 census Maine
Maude A. Gilley b. age 7 y. as of 1880 census Maine
child by Julia F. […]
Donald D. Gilley b. age 4 m., 10 d. at death - d. 21 July 1894 - bur. Mount Height Cemetery Southwest Harbor, Maine
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Alfred H. Gilley
(son of Elisha B. Gilley and Hannah M. […])
b. age 44 y., 11 m., 22 d. at death Maine
m. Catherine M. […]
b. 12 April 1833 Maine
d. 26 November 1910
bur. Stanley Cemetery Cranberry Isles, Maine
d. 29 December 1876 Ashtabula, Ohio
bur. Stanley Cemetery Cranberry Isles, Maine
children:
Clara Eugenia Gilley b. age 2 y. as of 1860 census Maine
infant son Gilley [b. and?] d. 2 September 1865 - bur. Stanley Cemetery Cranberry Isles, Maine
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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
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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 37 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
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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
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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
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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
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Elisha B. Gilley
(son or [?])
b. age 43 y. as of 1850 census and 93 y., 10 m., 1[6?] d. at death Maine - bur. Baker Island Cemetery Cranberry Isles, Maine
m. Hannah M. […]
b. age 69 y., 4 m., 15 d. at death Maine
d. 11 May 1880
bur. Baker Island Cemetery Cranberry Isles, Maine
children:
Alfred H. Gilley b. 44 y., 11 m., 22 d. at death Maine - m. Catherine M. […] - d. 29 December 1876 Ashtabula, Ohio - bur. Stanley Cemetery Cranberry Isles, Maine
Nancy Gilley b. age 16 y. as of 1850 census Maine
Hannah Gilley b. age 15 y. as of 1850 census Maine
Clarissa Gilley b. age 12 y. as of 1850 census Maine
Emily Gilley b. age 10 y. as of 1850 census Maine
Almira Gilley b. age 8 y. as of 1850 census Maine
Lucinda Gilley b. age 6 y. as of 1850 census Maine
Elmenia Gilley b. age 3 y. as of 1850 census Maine
Samuel Gilley b. age 7 y. as of 1860 census Maine
[Joseph W. Gilley b. age 21 y. as of 1880 census Maine ?]
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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John Gilley
(son of [?])
b. age 38 y. as of 1860 census Maine
m. Mary J. […]
b. age 24 y. as of 1860 census Maine
child:
Harriet M. Gilley b. age 1 y. as of 1860 census Maine
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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
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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
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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
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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 Maine
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 Maine - m. (1) […] Coulter; (2) […] Taylor - d. 24 January 1930
Matilda Gilley b. age 10 y. as of 1850 census Maine
Phebe J. Gilley b. age 7 y. as of 1850 census Maine
Charles A. Gilley b. 27 November 1847 Maine - d. 24 November 1914 - bur. Baker Island Cemetery Cranberry Isles, Maine
Nancy Gilley b. age 6 y. as of 1860 census Maine
Alice E. Gilley b. 1856 Maine - d. 1938 - bur. Mount Height Cemetery Southwest Harbor, Maine
Joseph W. Gilley b. 13 October 1859 Maine - d. 5 May 1918 - bur. Baker Island Cemetery Cranberry Isles, Maine
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Justus W. Gilley
(son of [?])
b. age 35 y. as of 1850 census Maine
m. Thankful […]
b. 26 February 1815 Maine
d. 19 January 1860
bur. Preble Cemetery Cranberry Isles, Maine
children:
Mary S. Gilley b. age 11 y. as of 1850 census Maine
Henrietta G. Gilley b. age 17 y., 8 m., 5 d. at death Maine - d. 14 November 1857 - bur. Preble Cemetery Cranberry Isles, Maine
Harriet A. Gilley b. age 8 y. as of 1850 census Maine
Lewis W. Gilley b. age 6 y. as of 1850 census Maine
Sarah W. Gilley b. age 4 y. as of 1850 census Maine
[Eben or Ellen?] S. Gilley b. age 2 y. as of 1850 census Maine
Lovinia Gilley b. age 4 m. as of 1850 census Maine
Adelaide V. Gilley b. age 10 y. as of 1860 census Maine
Alice J. Gilley b. age 7 y. as of 1860 census Maine
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Leverett Andrew Gilley
(son of John H. Gilley and […])
b. 1873 Maine
m. 11 y. as of 1910 census
Rhoda E. Mouldin
b. age 32 y. as of 1910 census Maine
d. 1931
bur. Mount Height Cemetery Southwest Harbor, Maine
children:
Lida M. Gilley b. age 6 m. at death - d. 18 September 1901 - bur. Mount Height Cemetery Southwest Harbor, Maine
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
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Lewis Gilley
(son of [?])
b. age 36 y. as of 1880 census Maine
m. Hannah W. Gilley
b. age 34 y. as of 1880 census Maine
children:
Etta S. Gilley b. age 11 y. as of 1880 census Maine
Lewis E. Gilley b. age 9 y. as of 1880 census Maine
Sullivan E. Gilley b. age 4 y. as of 1880 census Maine
Isaac F. Gilley b. age 3 y. as of 1880 census Maine
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Lewis W. Gilley
(son of [?])
b. age 38 y. as of 1850 census Maine
m. Mary […]
b. age 31 y. as of 1880 census Maine
children:
Mary Ann Gilley b. age 11 y. as of 1850 census Maine
Adeline F. Gilley b. age 9 y. as of 1850 census Maine
Caroline Gilley b. age 7 y. as of 1850 census Maine
Lewis A. Gilley b. age 5 y. as of 1850 census Maine
William C. H. Gilley b. age 3 y. as of 1850 census Maine
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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
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Samuel Gilley
(son of [?])
b. age 91 y. at death Maine
m. Emily […]
b. age 73 y., 2 m. at death Maine
d. 7 September 1893
bur Stanley-Gilley Cemetery Cranberry Isles, Maine
d. 27 May 1906
bur. Stanley-Gilley Cemetery Cranberry Isles, Maine
children:
Enoch S. Gilley b. age 22 y., 9 m., 16 d. at death Maine - d. 24 December 1865 - bur. Stanley-Gilley Cemetery Cranberry Isles, Maine
Albert W. Gilley b. 1845 Maine - m. (1) Emily G. […] (d. 1879); (2) Julia F. […] - d. 1916 - bur. Stanley-Gilley Cemetery Cranberry Isles, Maine
George E. Gilley b. 25 March 1848 Maine - d. 25 April 1916 - bur. Stanley-Gilley Cemetery Cranberry Isles, Maine
Emma Jane Gilley b. age 9 y. as of 1860 census Maine
Catherine Gilley b. age 6 y. as of 1860 census Maine
Margaret Gilley b. age 2 y. as of 1860 census Maine
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Samuel B. Gilley
(son of [?])
b. age 70 y. 25 d. at death
m. Harriet E. “Hattie” […]
b. age 51 y., 3 m., 17 d. at death
d. 11 February 1908
bur. Baker Island Cemetery Cranberry Isles, Maine
d. [8?] January 1927
bur. Baker Island Cemetery Cranberry Isles, Maine
child:
Victor Gilley [b. and?] d. 25 October 1884 - bur. Baker Island Cemetery Cranberry Isles, Maine
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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 Dyer Gilley b. 1866 Maine - m. Edith Stanley - d. 1938 - bur. Mount Height Cemetery Southwest Harbor, Maine
documentation and notes
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Verner A. Gilley
(son of [?])
b. 1889
m. Wattie E. […]
b. 1882
d. 1983
bur. Stanley-Gilley Cemetery Cranberry Isles, Maine
d. 1950
bur. Stanley-Gilley Cemetery Cranberry Isles, Maine
child:
infant son Gilley bur. Stanley-Gilley Cemetery Cranberry Isles, Maine
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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
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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
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William Gilley
(son of [?])
b. 8 July 1805 Maine
m. (1) Clarissa […]
b. age 26 y. at death
d. 15 July 1837
bur. Old Burying Ground Southwest Harbor, Maine
(2) Phebe H. […]
b. 5 April 1809 Maine
d. 29 December 1893
bur. Old Burying Ground Southwest Harbor, Maine
d. 6 January 1894
bur. Old Burying Ground Southwest Harbor, Maine
child by Clarissa […]:
Melinda Gilley b. age 17 y. as of 1850 census Maine
children by Phebe H. […]
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. 1848 Maine - d. 1923 - bur. Mount Height Cemetery Southwest Harbor, Maine
Mary M. Gilley b. age 9 y. as of 1860 census Maine
documentation and notes
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William Gilley Jr.
(son of William Gilley and Eunice Bunker)
b. age 90 y. at death Maine
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:
Lucinda Gilley b. age 23 y., 1 m., 18 d. at death - d. 18 February 1843 - bur. Stanley Cemetery Great Cranberry Island, Cranberry Isles, Maine
six sons
six daughters
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