Sarah Gay1

b. 1676, d. 1732
Birth*1676Sarah Gay was born about 1676 in Ireland.1 
Marriage*She married William Campbell.2 
Death*1732She died in 1732 in Virginia at about age 56.1 

Family

William Campbell b. 1674, d. 22 Nov 1759
Child 1.Margaret Gay Campbell+1,3 b. Jan 1725, d. 1785

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Sarah (Gay) Campbell, Memorial# 194810170. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Margaret Gay (Campbell) Gillham, Memorial# 73293451.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Margaret Peggy (Campbell) Gillham, Memorial# 73293451.

Stephen Gay1

b. 5 May 1689
Father*John Gay1 b. 6 May 1651, d. 19 Nov 1731
Mother*Rebecca Bacon1 b. 10 Nov 1658, d. 6 Mar 1731/32
Birth*5 May 1689Stephen Gay was born on 5 May 1689 in Dedham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (New England).1,2 
Marriage*He married Sarah Pond, daughter of Robert Pond and Joanna __?__.3,1 
(Husband) Death11 November 1761Stephen became a widower when Sarah (Pond) Gay died on 11 November 1761.1,4 

Family

Sarah Pond b. 30 Sep 1692, d. 11 Nov 1761

Citations

  1. [S1246] Frederick Lewis Gay, "John Gay, of Dedham, Massachusetts, and some of his Descendants", New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Volume 33, pages 45-57 (January 1879). Hereinafter cited as "John Gay of Dedham, Massachusetts."
  2. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Dedham, Volumes 1 and 2, page 23. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.
  3. [S1293] Edward Doubleday Harris, A Genealogical Record of Daniel Pond, and his descendants, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. (Boston, Massachusetts: William Parsons Lunt, 1873), Robert Pond, pages 13-15. Hereinafter cited as Daniel Pond and his descendants.
  4. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Dedham, Volumes 1 and 2, page 97.

Elizabeth Geckle1,2

b. 4 May 1808, d. 4 June 1878
Name Spellings*A variation of the spelling of the Ackerman surname found in our research was Acerman.3,4,1 
Birth*4 May 1808Elizabeth Geckle was born on 4 May 1808 in Germany.1,2,3 
Marriage*3 May 1827She married first Mathias Gerwig on 3 May 1827 in Wurttemberg, Germany.1,5,2 
Census US 1850*31 August 1850Elizabeth and Mathias Gerwig were enumerated on the 1850 census taken on 31 August 1850 in District 4, Braxton County, Virginia. Mathias was 47 years of age and a farmer, and Elizabeth was age 42. The couple's daughter, Susan, who had married in 1854, was enumerated with her parents in 1850. Susan was 22 years of age and, we suspect, had been widowed.6 
(Wife) Death4 August 1852Elizabeth became a widow when Mathias Gerwig died on 4 August 1852 at age 48.5 
Marriage*She married second, as his second wife, George M. Ackerman.4,1,3 
Census US 1860*3 August 1860Elizabeth and Michael Acerman were enumerated on the 1860 census taken on 3 August 1860 near the Braxton Court House Post Office, Braxton County, Virginia. Michael was 65 years of age and a farmer with real estate valued at $350 and a personal estate valued at $200, and Elizabeth was 52 years of age. Elizabeth's married daughter, Susan Young, and her husband, Jonathan Young, with four children, were enumerated in the Ackerman household in 1860. Elizabeth's daughter, Susan, was 28 years of age and her husband, Jonathan, was 43 years of age with a personal estate valued at $100. Their young daughter, Elizabeth, was 4 years old. Jonathan's three children from his first marriage, twin sons John and William, and daughter, Sabina, were also enumerated in the household. John and William were 16 years old and Sabina was age 12. The family of Lewis Perkins was enumerated in the first previous household on the same census page.3,7 
Death*4 June 1878She died on 4 June 1878 at age 701 
Burial* and was buried in Hudkins Cemetery, Little Otter, Braxton County, West Virginia.1 

Family 1

Mathias Gerwig b. 30 Sep 1803, d. 4 Aug 1852
Child 1.Ann Susan Gerwig+1,8 b. 22 Feb 1832, d. 5 Jun 1914

Family 2

George M. Ackerman b. 27 Dec 1795, d. 10 Jan 1892

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Elizabeth Ackerman, Memorial# 203981854. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S2563] Germany, Select Marriages, 1558-1929, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 3 May 1827 in Evangelisch, Herrenalb, Schwarzwaldkreis, Wuerttemberg, of Matthaeus Gerwig, age 23, born on 30 September 1803 in Neusaz, son of Christoph Adam Gerwig and Regine Jakobine Ruff, married Elisabete Christine Geckle, age 18, born on 24 May 1808 in Kullenmuehl, daughter of Ludwig Friedrich Geckle and Christine Martha Roth, referencing FHL Film# 1056834. Hereinafter cited as Germany, Select Marriages, 1558-1929.
  3. [S18] 1860 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Michael and Elizabeth Acerman, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Braxton, Virginia; Roll: M653_1336; Page: 423; Family History Library Film: 805336. Hereinafter cited as 1860 United States Federal Census.
  4. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, George M Ackerman, Memorial# 203981871.
  5. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Mathias Gerwig, Memorial# 256785873.
  6. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Mathias and Elizabeth Gerwig, (their surname spelled "Garwick" by the census taker), The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: District 4, Braxton, Virginia; Roll: 937; Page: 201a. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.
  7. [S18] 1860 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Lewis and Susan Perkins, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Braxton, Virginia; Roll: M653_1336; Page: 423; Family History Library Film: 805336.
  8. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Susan Ann (Gerwig) Young, Memorial# 203981820.

Eliza Ann Gee1,2

b. 1821
Birth*1821Eliza Ann Gee was born about 1821 in Ohio.3 
Marriage*12 February 1840She married first Jacob A. Calhoun on 12 February 1840 in Gallia County, Ohio. They were married by Jacob Ward, Minister of the Gospel.2 
Relationship Note*We believe that either William DeWitt or Eliza Ann (Gee) Calhoun DeWitt was Joseph DeWitt's biological parent, and that the other was his stepparent. Joseph was born about four years before William and Eliza Ann married. While we have found no evidence that William was married before his marriage to Eliza Ann, that doesn't mean he wasn't. And, although we do know that Eliza Ann was married to Jacob Calhoun in 1840, we don't know if they had any children. Additionally, it was not uncommon for the head of the household's surname to be given, by census takers, to all of the children in his household, whether a child was his biological or step child. We would very much appreciate hearing from anyone who can tell us more about Joseph's parentage, and also what happened to him after his enumeration on the 1850 census.4 
Marriage*31 March 1846She married second William DeWitt on 31 March 1846 in Meigs County, Ohio. They were married by a Justice of the Peace.1,5 
Census US 1850*4 September 1850Ann and William DeWitt were enumerated on the 1850 census taken on 4 September 1850 in Salem, Meigs County, Ohio. William was 42 years of age and a farmer with real estate valued at $600, and Eliza Ann was 30 years of age. Three children were enumerated with them in 1850. Joseph was 8 years old, Nancy was age 3, and baby Eliza was one year old.4 
Census State IA 1856*1856Ann and William DeWitt were listed on the Iowa State census for 1856 in Locust Grove, Jefferson County, Iowa. William was 49 years of age and a farmer, and Eliza was 37 years of age. Five children were listed with the couple in 1856. Nancy J. was 10 years old; Elisha and Francis M. were ages 8 and 6 years, respectively; Phoebe was age 2; and William H. was an infant.6 
Census US 1860*7 July 1860Eliza Ann and William DeWitt were enumerated on the 1860 census taken on 7 July 1860 in Locust Grove, Jefferson County, Ohio. William was 53 years of age and a farmer with real estate valued at $50 and a personal estate valued at $100, and Eliza Ann was 39 years of age. Seven children were enumerated with them in 1860. Nancy J., Clark, Francis and Sibyl were ages 13, 12, 9 and 6 years, respectively, and had all attended school within the census year; Henry and Orlando were ages 4 and 2 years, respectively; and baby Augusta was two months old.3 
Census US 1870*30 June 1870Ann and William DeWitt were enumerated on the 1870 census taken on 30 June 1870 in Batavia, Jefferson County, Iowa. William was 63 years of age, worked as a day laborer and had real estate valued at $200. and Ann was 49 years of age and keeping house. Five children were enumerated with them in 1870. Clark and Francis were ages 21 and 18 years, respectively, and worked as farm laborers; Sibyl was 16 years old and going to school; and Henry and Orlando were ages 14 and 12 years, respectively.7 
(Wife) Deathbefore June 1880Eliza Ann became a widow when William DeWitt died before June 1880, probably in his mid to late 60s or early 70s.8 
Census US 1880*14 June 1880Eliza A. DeWitt was enumerated as the head of her household on the 1880 census taken on 14 June 1880 on 4th Street, Batavia, Jefferson County, Iowa. She was 59 years of age, had been widowed, and was keeping house. Her son, Frank, who was single, 28 years of age and worked as a laborer, was enumerated with her.8 

Family 1

Jacob A. Calhoun

Family 2

William DeWitt b. 1807, d. b Jun 1880
Children 1.Joseph DeWitt4 b. 1842
 2.Nancy J. DeWitt3 b. 1847
 3.Clark DeWitt3 b. 1848
 4.Eliza DeWitt4 b. 1849
 5.Francis M. DeWitt3 b. 1851
 6.Sibyl DeWitt+1 b. Dec 1853, d. 2 May 1936
 7.William H. DeWitt3 b. Feb 1856
 8.Orlando DeWitt3 b. 1858
 9.Augusta DeWitt3 b. 1860

Citations

  1. [S1700] Iowa, U.S., Marriage Records, 1880-1947, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Sibyl Dewitt, age 27, born in Jefferson County, Iowa, daughter of William Dewitt and Eliza Gee, married Francis A Byers, age 33, son of Jacob Byers and Mary Fleming, on 20 July 1880 in Jefferson County, Iowa, USA, referencing Iowa Department of Public Health, Des Moines, Iowa, Series Title: Iowa Marriage Records, 1880–1922. Hereinafter cited as Iowa, U.S., Marriage Records, 1880-1947.
  2. [S1576] Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Eliza Ann Gee and Jacob A. Calhoun on 12 February 1840 in Gallia County, Ohio, USA, referencing FHL Film# 000317652. Hereinafter cited as Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993.
  3. [S18] 1860 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of William and Eliza Ann DeWitt, Year: 1860; Census Place: Locust Grove, Jefferson, Iowa; Roll: M653_328; Page: 264; Family History Library Film: 803328. Hereinafter cited as 1860 United States Federal Census.
  4. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of William and Eliza Ann DeWitt, Year: 1850; Census Place: Salem, Meigs, Ohio; Roll: 710; Page: 12b. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.
  5. [S1576] Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of William Dewitt and Eliza Ann "Calhoon" on 31 March 1846 in Meigs County, Ohio, USA, referencing FHL Film# 000313453.
  6. [S1448] Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925, online at www.ancestry.com, listing for William and Eliza A. DeWitt, 1856, Locust Grove, Jefferson County, Iowa, Ancestry.com. Iowa, U.S., State Census Collection, 1836-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. Hereinafter cited as Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925.
  7. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of William and Ann DeWitt, Year: 1870; Census Place: Batavia, Jefferson, Iowa; Roll: M593_399; Page: 163A. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.
  8. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Eliza A. DeWitt, Year: 1880; Census Place: Batavia, Jefferson, Iowa; Roll: 347; Page: 423D; Enumeration District: 082. Hereinafter cited as 1880 United States Federal Census.

Emeline Gee1

Marriage*She married William Loyd.1 

Family

William Loyd
Child 1.Charity Ann Loyd1 b. Jan 1846, d. 18 Jun 1900

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Charity Ann (Loyd) Wallis, Memorial# 215225494. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.

Joshua Gee1,2

b. circa 1667, d. before 11 March 1722/23
Father*Peter Gee1
Mother*Grace __?__1
Birth*circa 1667Joshua Gee was born circa 1667 in Boston.1 
Marriage*25 September 1688He married first Elizabeth Harris, daughter of John Harris and Elizabeth __?__, on 25 September 1688 in Boston.1 
Occupation*Joshua was a mariner in early life and was held in slavery in Morocco by the Moors for sometime before 20 September 1687. Upon his return to Boston he was a shipwright and owned and operated a shipyard on the southwest side of Prince Street, Boston.1 
(Husband) Deathafter 25 January 1693/94Joshua became a widower when Elizabeth (Harris) Gee died after 25 January 1693/94.1 
Marriage*before 10 September 1696He married second, probably in Boston as her first husband, Elizabeth Thacher, daughter of Judah Thacher and Mary Thornton, before 10 September 1696.1,2 
Will*15 January 1722/23He wrote his will on 15 January 1722/231 
Death*before 11 March 1722/23 and died in Boston before 11 March 1722/23 when the will was probated.1 

Family 1

Elizabeth Harris b. 7 Sep 1669, d. a 25 Jan 1693/94

Family 2

Elizabeth Thacher b. Oct 1667

Citations

  1. [S1213] John R. Totten, Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. (New York, New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1910-1915), pages 144-153. Hereinafter cited as Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy.
  2. [S1208] William Richard Cutter, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts. In 4 volumes, with a surname index in Volume 4; downloaded from Google Books at www.google.com. (New York, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1908), Thacher, Volume IV, pages 1941-1942, reporting his name as Reverend Jonathan Gee. Hereinafter cited as Memoirs of the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts.

Peter Gee1

Marriage*He married, probably not for the first time, Grace __?__.1 
Occupation*Peter was a fisherman in Boston.1 

Family

Grace __?__
Child 1.Joshua Gee1 b. c 1667, d. b 11 Mar 1722/23

Citations

  1. [S1213] John R. Totten, Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. (New York, New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1910-1915), pages 144-153. Hereinafter cited as Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy.

Margaret Geesey1

b. 3 February 1831, d. 1 April 1885
Birth*3 February 1831Margaret Geesey was born on 3 February 1831 in Woodbury, Bedford County, Pennsylvania.1 
Marriage*8 February 1855She married, as his second wife, George Leamer on 8 February 1855 at Wills Creek Charge, Londonderry, Bedford County, Pennsylvania.1,2,3 
Death*1 April 1885She died on 1 April 1885 in Dakota City, Dakota County, Nebraska, at age 541 
Burial* and was buried in Aurora, Lot 4, of Graceland Park Cemetery, Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa.1 

Family

George Leamer b. 27 Nov 1822, d. 14 Nov 1909
Child 1.Jesse Schindler Leamer1,4 b. 1 Mar 1866, d. 8 Apr 1948

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Margaret (Geesey) Leamer, Memorial# 190686324. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, George Leamer, Memorial# 190678906.
  3. [S1847] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, online at www.ancestry.com citing original data from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 546 and Methodist Church Records. Valley Forge, Pennsylvania: Eastern Pennsylvania United Methodist Church Commission on Archives and History; marriage of George Leamer and Margaret Geesy on 8 February 1855 in Londonderry, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA, at Wills Creek Charge, referencing Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records, Reel# 673. Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013.
  4. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Rev Jesse Schindler Leamer, Memorial# 210558838.

Frank Geiger1

Marriage*He married Anna Mader.1 

Family

Anna Mader
Child 1.Henry Geiger1 b. 27 Jul 1892

Citations

  1. [S1566] Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 30 November 1920 in Clark County, Indiana, of Maggie Kinslow of Louisville, Kentucky, age 25, born on 29 November 1895 in Glasgow, Kentucky, daughter of Louis Kinslow and "Cenora" Carter, and Henry Geiger of Louisville, Kentucky, age 28, born on 27 July 1892 in Wisconsin, son of Frank Geiger and Anna Mader, citing page 78 and referencing FHL Film# 001415962. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001.

Henry Geiger1

b. 27 July 1892
Father*Frank Geiger2
Mother*Anna Mader2
Birth*27 July 1892Henry Geiger was born on 27 July 1892 in Wisconsin.2 
Marriage*30 November 1920He married Maggie Kinslow, daughter of Louis Kinslow and Signora P. Carter, on 30 November 1920 in Clark County, Indiana.3,2 
(Friend) Death1 May 1932Oscar George Montgomery, age 46, was murdered in the home of Maggie and Henry Geiger in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, on 1 May 19324 
(Brother-in-Law) Arrest2 May 1932 and on 2 May 1932, Henry's brother-in-law, John Kinslow, was arrested for the murder.4 
(Brother-in-Law) MurderThe murder of Oscar G. Montgomery was a major story in the Louisville newspapers for several months. Henry Geiger and his wife, Maggie (Kinslow) Geiger, both testified at the trial, as did the accused, John Kinslow, and another of his sisters, Lallah G. (Kinslow) Ellis. The front page of The Courier-Journal on Monday, 2 May 1932 shouted news of the killing with a series of cascading headlines over the details of the event. Our transcriptions of that first story, and three later ones, follow:


The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, Monday, 2 May 1932, page 1

Foreman Found Stabbed Fatally

Police Learn of Quarrel; Man Sought

Woman Finds Body in Home, on Bed Beside Her Sleeping Husband

Five Inch Blade Used

Oscar Montgomery, Factory Employee, Killed at House of Fellow Worker


Stabbed twice in the throat with a kitchen knife, Oscar G. Montgomery, 49 years old, 2338 Lansdowne Avenue, a factory foreman, was found dead at 7:30 o’clock Sunday night at the home of Henry Geiger, 1815 South Third Street. Geiger and Montgomery were fellow employees.

After an investigation, detectives flashed teletype orders for the arrest of John Kinslow, Geiger’s brother-in-law. Kinslow, who lives at the Geiger home, was not there when the body was found. The teletype bulletin specified that Kinslow was wanted on a murder charge. He and Montgomery had quarreled, the detectives learned.

Woman Finds Body

Gieger was asleep when Montgomery’s body was found by Mrs. Gieger on her return from a visit in the neighborhood. Her husband was on the bed where the body was lying.

Failing in an attempt to waken Geiger, Mrs. Geiger drove to the home of some friends, Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Perkins, 659 Atwood Street, and asked for help. Mr. Perkins was thought to be at the home of Frank Pousardien, 545 Wainwright Street. Mrs. Perkins went there with Mrs. Geiger. Mr. Perkins was not there, but Mr. and Mrs. Pousardien and Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Phelps, 1013 South Floyd Street, who were visiting the Pousardiens, accompanied Mrs. Geiger to her home.

Mr. Phelps awakened Geiger. Police were told he exclaimed, “My God, what has happened?” and then collapsed. He was soon revived.

Pair Quarreled, Claim

The detectives established that Kinslow had spoken harshly to his sister, Mrs. Maggie (Kinslow) Geiger, Sunday afternoon in the presence of Montgomery who reprimanded him. Geiger told the police he did not attach any importance to the quarrel.

Geiger, who had been in Appleton, Wisconsin settling the estate of his father, and who had returned by motor, was tired and sleepy from the trip, and had gone to sleep, he said. He admitted he had had some liquor. No charge was placed against him.

Montgomery’s widow, Mrs. Anna Montgomery said her husband had taken her and their two sons, Charles Montgomery and Gerald Montgomery, for an automobile drive Sunday afternoon but Mr. Montgomery seemed to have been drinking. Mrs. Montgomery took the children and left the car.

Near Montgomery’s left shoulder was the knife believed to have been used to inflict the wounds. It is a kitchen knife with a blade about five inches long.

Jugular Vein Cut

Dr. Roy L. Carter, Coroner, said one of the stab wounds severed the jugular vein.

Montgomery was a native of Jasper, Indiana. Besides his wife and two sons, he is survived by another son, Edwin Montgomery, and three daughters, Miss Dorothy Montgomery, Miss Esther Montgomery, and Mrs. Mildred Jenne.
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The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, Tuesday, 3 May 1932, page 1

Alleged Knife Killer is Nabbed

Prisoner is Returned to Louisville

Kinslow is Silent After He is Brought Here by Detectives

Accused of Murder

Arrested in Glasgow in Slaying of Oscar Montgomery


John Kinslow, 34 years old, who lives near Glasgow, Kentucky, was arrested on the street in Glasgow at Monday afternoon 4:30 o’clock at the request of Louisville police, who believe he killed Oscar Montgomery, 49-year-old foundry foreman, by cutting his jugular vein with a butcher knife at 1815 South Third Street Sunday. When apprehended, Kinslow refused to say anything, according to W. T. Bransetter, Barren County Deputy Sheriff.

Kinslow was returned to Louisville at 1:00 o’clock Tuesday morning. He was questioned, but would say anything except. “I don’t know” or “I don’t remember.” He was returned in custody of Detective Sergeants Charles Hazel, Charles Brown and Elmer Smith, the latter secretary of the detective department.

A charge of murder was registered against Kinslow. Sergeant Hazel signed the warrant preferring the charge. The detective listed as evidence $2.29 of $4 in Kinslow’s possession. The amount listed as evidence was allegedly taken from the slain man.

The man arrested had left the Geiger home when Mrs. Geiger returned and found Montgomery slain. Her husband was asleep in the same bed. Geiger, who had been to Appleton, Wisconsin to settle the estate of his father, was exhausted from the drive and had been drinking, and efforts of Mrs. Geiger to awaken him were futile. Mrs. Geiger started out to obtain help.

Mrs. Geiger said that Kinslow, who is her brother, was at the residence shortly before Montgomery came in. Geiger was asleep and the other two men talked for a while she said. Montgomery had been drinking and when Kinslow spoke gruffly to Mrs. Geiger, Montgomery rebuked him and an argument followed, the police were told.

When Mrs. Geiger left for the home of Mr. Perkins, 659 Atwood Street, her brother walked out, followed by Montgomery, she related.

It was about two and a half hours later when Mrs. Geiger returned and found Montgomery stabbed.

Funeral services for Montgomery will be held at 8:30 o’clock Wednesday morning at his residence, 2338 Lansdowne Avenue, and at 9 o’clock at St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church. Burial will be in St. Louis Cemetery.
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The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, Tuesday, 27 September 1932, page 3

Kinslow Trial Resumes Today

Sister of Defendant in Fatal Stabbing Testifies for Commonwealth


Trial of John Kinslow, 42 years old, Glasgow, Kentucky, on a charge of murder will be resumed in the Criminal Court Tuesday. The indictment on which he is being charged alleges he stabbed Oscar G. Montgomery, 49, of 2338 Lansdowne Avenue, to death at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Geiger, 1815 South Third Street, May 1.

Testifying for the Commonwealth Monday, the first day of the trial, Mrs. Gieger, who is Kinslow’s sister, said he had been visiting her home for three weeks before the tragedy and had acted so strange she believed his mind was affected. She related that Montgomery came to the house the morning of the stabbing and aroused her brother’s resentment by interceding for her when her brother spoke gruffly to her.

She left home after cautioning her brother not to say anything to Montgomery because Montgomery was drunk, she said, adding that she left the house and when she returned in the afternoon she found Montgomery in bed dead, a butcher knife at his side, and her husband in bed with him asleep.

Kinslow, who had disappeared, was arrested in Glasgow several days later although he denied knowledge of the crime, and said he had been drinking. He is represented by attorneys Frank E. Daugherty and Thomas Gardner.

Mr. Geiger, also a witness for the Commonwealth, gave little information about the stabbing. He said he was drunk at the time and knew of “no trouble between Kinslow and Montgomery.” The prosecution is being handled by Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Charles W. Logan.
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The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, Wednesday, 28 September 1932, pages 1 and 3

John Kinslow Gets Life Term for Slaying of Louisville Man

Knife Murder Jury Out for One Hour; Defense Announces Plan to Appeal


A life sentence in the penitentiary was voted by a jury in the Criminal Court at 5:45 o’clock Tuesday afternoon for John Kinslow, Glasgow, Kentucky, for the murder of Oscar G. Montgomery, 2338 Lansdowne Avenue. The verdict was reached after the jury had deliberated for an hour and five minutes.

Announcing that he was “very much surprised” by the verdict, Frank E. Daugherty, attorney for Kinslow, at once presented an oral motion for a new trial and announced that he will put the motion into writing. If the plea is not granted Mr. Daugherty will appeal the verdict, he announced.

Kinslow was accused of cutting Montgomery’s throat May 1 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Geiger, 1815 South Third Street.

In summarizing the case for the Commonwealth, Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Charles W. Logan reviewed the evidence which he contended proved Kinslow guilty of the killing.

Closing arguments for the defense, presented by Mr. Daugherty, contended that the Commonwealth had failed to connect Kinslow with Montgomery’s death. Mr. Daugherty also pointed to testimony introduced by the defense in an effort to show that Kinslow was of unsound mind.

The testimony regarding Kinslow’s mental condition was given by his sister, Lallah G. (Kinslow) Ellis, identified as Mrs. W. E. Ellis, Dr. M. E. Loftus, Eugene Wooten and Nat Brady, all of Glasgow. Each asserted that Kinslow was irresponsible and subject to wild delusions.

They were preceded on the witness stand by Kinslow, himself, who stated that he couldn’t even remember meeting Montgomery that day. He recalled little of what happened, he said, except that he left the Geiger home about 2 or 3 o’clock in the afternoon and hitch-hiked to Glasgow where he arrived the next day.

His testimony followed Judge Alfred T. Burgevin’s refusal to give preemptory instructions for a verdict of not guilty. Mr. Daugherty argued in favor of the motion approximately fifteen minutes, after testimony for the Commonwealth was completed with statements of Mrs. Elizabeth Perkins, 659 Atwood Street, and Mrs. R. W. Dupree, 1810 South Third Street. They said they saw Kinslow arguing in Geiger’s yard with a man resembling Montgomery May 1, and that they saw him later try to enter the house.

That night Mrs. Geiger found her husband asleep in bed with Montgomery, whose throat had been cut. A butcher knife was at Montgomery’s side
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Family

Maggie Kinslow b. Nov 1888

Citations

  1. [S1444] Indiana, U.S., Marriage Index, 1800-1941, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 30 November 1920 in Clark County, Indiana, of Maggie Kinslow and Henry Geiger, referencing Clark County, Indiana, original record located in the County Clerk's Office, Book 29 November 1895, Page 53. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Marriage Index, 1800-1941.
  2. [S1566] Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 30 November 1920 in Clark County, Indiana, of Maggie Kinslow of Louisville, Kentucky, age 25, born on 29 November 1895 in Glasgow, Kentucky, daughter of Louis Kinslow and "Cenora" Carter, and Henry Geiger of Louisville, Kentucky, age 28, born on 27 July 1892 in Wisconsin, son of Frank Geiger and Anna Mader, citing page 78 and referencing FHL Film# 001415962. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001.
  3. [S1444] Indiana, U.S., Marriage Index, 1800-1941, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 30 November 1920 in Clark County, Indiana, of Maggie Kinslow and Henry Geiger, referencing Clark County, Indiana, original record located in the County Clerk's Office.
  4. [S2226] Newspaper Stories Regarding the 1932 Murder of Oscar G. Montgomery in Louisville, Kentucky, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, Monday, 2 May 1932, page 1; The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, Tuesday, 3 May 1932, page 1; The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, Tuesday, 27 September 1932, page 3; The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, Wednesday, 28 September 1932, pages 1 and 3. Hereinafter cited as Newspaper Stories Regarding the 1932 Murder of Oscar G. Montgomery in Louisville, Kentucky.

Isaac Genery1

Father*Lambert Genery1 b. c 1593, d. 30 Jan 1674/75

Citations

  1. [S1289] Mary Lovering Holman, The Scott Genealogy, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. (Boston, Massachusetts: H.G. Scott, 1919), Ellis, pages 192-194. Hereinafter cited as Scott Genealogy.

John Genery1

b. circa 1634
Father*Lambert Genery1 b. c 1593, d. 30 Jan 1674/75
Birth*circa 1634John Genery was born circa 1634.1 

Citations

  1. [S1289] Mary Lovering Holman, The Scott Genealogy, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. (Boston, Massachusetts: H.G. Scott, 1919), Ellis, pages 192-194. Hereinafter cited as Scott Genealogy.

Lambert Genery1

b. circa 1593, d. 30 January 1674/75
Birth*circa 1593Lambert Genery was born circa 1593 in England.2 
Marriage*before 1633He married first, as her second husband, the Widow Ellice probably before 1633.1,2 
(Husband) Deathbefore May 1658Lambert became a widower when ______ (__?__) Ellice Genery died before May 1658.1 
Marriage*14 May 1658He married second Tamazin Hewes on 14 May 1658 in Dedham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (New England).2,3 
Death*30 January 1674/75He died on 30 January 1674/75 in Dedham.4 

Family 1

Widow Ellice d. b May 1658

Family 2

Children 1.John Genery1 b. c 1634
 2.Isaac Genery1
 3.Mary Genery1 b. 24 Dec 1659

Family 3

Tamazin Hewes

Citations

  1. [S1289] Mary Lovering Holman, The Scott Genealogy, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. (Boston, Massachusetts: H.G. Scott, 1919), Ellis, pages 192-194. Hereinafter cited as Scott Genealogy.
  2. [S413] Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages: Prior to 1700 (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1985 and 1992), page 151, his surname spelled "Chenery" and also "Genery". Hereinafter cited as New England Marriages: Prior to 1700.
  3. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Dedham, Volumes 1 and 2, page 127, his surname recorded as "Genery" and her name as "Thamasen Hews". Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.
  4. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Dedham, Volumes 1 and 2, page 13, his surname recorded as "Chinery."

Mary Genery1

b. 24 December 1659
Father*Lambert Genery1 b. c 1593, d. 30 Jan 1674/75
Birth*24 December 1659Mary Genery was born on 24 December 1659 in Dedham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (New England).1,2 

Citations

  1. [S1289] Mary Lovering Holman, The Scott Genealogy, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. (Boston, Massachusetts: H.G. Scott, 1919), Ellis, pages 192-194. Hereinafter cited as Scott Genealogy.
  2. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Dedham, Volumes 1 and 2, page 7. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.

Albert E. Gent1

b. 8 June 1861, d. 9 December 1932
Father*Andrew Gent2
Mother*Mary Ann Adams2,3
Birth*8 June 1861He was born Albert Edward Gent on 8 June 1861 in Alton, Madison County, Illinois.1,4,5 
Marriage*14 December 1882He married Lilly Morgan, daughter of Henry Morgan and Martha Sanford, on 14 December 1882 in Madison County, Illinois.6,1,4,2 
(Husband) Death1908Albert became a widower when Lilly (Morgan) Gent died in 1908 at about age 43.6 
Death*9 December 1932He died on 9 December 1932 in Brighton, Macoupin County, at age 711,5 
Burial* and was buried in Brighton City Cemetery, Brighton.1,5 

Family

Lillian Morgan b. Jun 1865, d. 1908
Child 1.Warren Dudley Gent1,4 b. 27 Mar 1886, d. 6 Feb 1978

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Albert E. Gent, Memorial# 144796436. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S1701] Illinois, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1800-1940, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Albert Gent and Lillie Morgan on 14 December 1882 in Madison County, his parents Andrew Gent and Mary Adam, her parents Henry Morgan and Martha Sanford, referencing film# 001306458. Hereinafter cited as Illinois, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1800-1940.
  3. [S1751] England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Andrew Gent, son of George Gent, and Mary Ann Adams on 22 June 1846 at St. Mary, Birmingham, Warwick, citing FHL Film Number: 814237, Reference ID: Mar V1 P23 #46. Hereinafter cited as England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973.
  4. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Albert and Lilly A. Gent, Brighton, Macoupin, Illinois; Page: 5; Enumeration District: 0048; FHL microfilm: 1240324. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.
  5. [S1727] Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947, online at www.ancestry.com, death of Albert Edward Gent on 9 December 1932 in Brighton, Macoupin County, born 8 June 1861 in Alton, Illinois, citing FHL Film# 1684561. Hereinafter cited as Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947.
  6. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Lilly M. Gent, Memorial# 144796411.

Andrew Gent1

Marriage*22 June 1846He married Mary Ann Adams on 22 June 1846 in St. Mary, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.1,2 

Family

Mary Ann Adams
Child 1.Albert E. Gent+1 b. 8 Jun 1861, d. 9 Dec 1932

Citations

  1. [S1701] Illinois, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1800-1940, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Albert Gent and Lillie Morgan on 14 December 1882 in Madison County, his parents Andrew Gent and Mary Adam, her parents Henry Morgan and Martha Sanford, referencing film# 001306458. Hereinafter cited as Illinois, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1800-1940.
  2. [S1751] England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Andrew Gent, son of George Gent, and Mary Ann Adams on 22 June 1846 at St. Mary, Birmingham, Warwick, citing FHL Film Number: 814237, Reference ID: Mar V1 P23 #46. Hereinafter cited as England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973.

John Gent1

Marriage*He married Elizabeth __?__.1 

Citations

  1. [S413] Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages: Prior to 1700 (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1985 and 1992), page 695, the record of her marriage to George Spear identified her as the widow of John Gent/Jent. Hereinafter cited as New England Marriages: Prior to 1700.

Warren Dudley Gent1

b. 27 March 1886, d. 6 February 1978
ChartsDescendants of Robert Heaton of Yorkshire, The Immigrant
Father*Albert E. Gent2,3 b. 8 Jun 1861, d. 9 Dec 1932
Mother*Lillian Morgan4,3 b. Jun 1865, d. 1908
Birth*27 March 1886Warren Dudley Gent was born on 27 March 1886 in Illinois.1 
Marriage*He married Rose Gillham, daughter of William Isaac Gillham and Anna M. Merrill.1,5 
(Husband) Death19 December 1977Warren became a widower when Rose (Gillham) Gent died on 19 December 1977 at age 90.5 
Death*6 February 1978He died on 6 February 1978 in San Diego, San Diego County, California, at age 911 
Burial* and was buried with his wife and their parents in the Southern Addition, Block M, Lot 3, of Brighton City Cemetery, Brighton, Macoupin County, Illinois.1,5 

Family

Rose Gillham b. 26 Feb 1887, d. 19 Dec 1977

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Warren Dudley Gent, Memorial# 67872236. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Albert E. Gent, Memorial# 144796436.
  3. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Albert and Lilly A. Gent, Brighton, Macoupin, Illinois; Page: 5; Enumeration District: 0048; FHL microfilm: 1240324. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.
  4. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Lilly M. Gent, Memorial# 144796411.
  5. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Rose (Gillham) Gent, Memorial# 67872210.

Anna Geoppert1,2

b. 21 September 1847, d. 23 May 1901
Birth*21 September 1847Anna Geoppert was born on 21 September 1847 in Germany.2 
Marriage*18 October 1868She married Ezra L. Bonesteel on 18 October 1868 in Summit County, Ohio.1,3,2,4 
(Wife) Death24 August 1878Anna became a widow when Ezra L. Bonesteel died about 24 August 1878 at age 30. His Find a Grave memorial page noted that The Owosso American of 28 August 1878, reported that Ezra was a large athletic man, weighing over 200 pounds, and died in Owosso, Michigan in August 1878, after a confrontation with a man named William Fauth, in and outside the bar room of the Exchange Hotel. Providing the newspaper article was correct, we believe that Ezra's death date of 24 September 1878, reported on his memorial page, was actually the date of his burial.4 
Death*23 May 1901She died on 23 May 1901 in Summit County, Ohio, at age 532 
Burial* and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Cuyahoga Falls, Summit County.2 

Family

Ezra L. Bonesteel b. 12 Feb 1848, d. 24 Aug 1878
Child 1.Frances E. Bonesteel+1 b. Dec 1874

Citations

  1. [S1592] Summit County, Ohio, Marriage Records, 1840-1980, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 6 December 1916 in Summit County, Ohio, USA, of Frances E Williams, age 40, housework, her second marriage, the first ending in divorce, born on 1 December 1876 in Bath Township, Summit County, Ohio, to Ezra Bondsteel and Anna Geoppart, married William McGilson, age 42, decorator, his first marriage, born on 26 August 1874 in Glasgow, Scotland to David McGilson and Julia Ford, citing Summit County Court of Common Pleas - Probate Division. Akron, Ohio, Volume Number or Range of Dates: Volume 27 (pages 508-end)-Volume 29 (pages 1-79, continued), 1916-1918, Roll: 0308S - Roll 19. Hereinafter cited as Summit County, Ohio, Marriage Records, 1840-1980.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Anna (Geoppert) Bonesteel, Memorial# 210918862. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  3. [S1592] Summit County, Ohio, Marriage Records, 1840-1980, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 18 October 1868 in Summit County, Ohio, USA, of Ezra Bonesteel, age 20, born about 1848, and Annie Gibpard, age 18, born about 1850, citing Summit County Court of Common Pleas - Probate Division. Akron, Ohio, Volume Number or Range of Dates: Volumes 1-2 (pages 1-301, continued), 1865-1873, Roll: 0308S - Roll 1.
  4. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Ezra L. Bonesteel, Memorial# 103361107.

Peter George1

d. 1694
Marriage*circa 1642He married, as her second husband, Mary (Rowning) Ray, daughter of John Rowning and Mary Norman, circa 1642 in Braintree, Suffolk County.1,2 
Occupation*He was an oatmeal maker.3 
Land Records*24 August 1660Following a meeting on 24 August 1660 both Peter George and his stepson, Simon Ray, were among the original purchasers of Block Island, Rhode Island, and in addition to receiving lands separately, they together owned Lots 8 and 9 in the northwestern part of the Island.3 
Death*1694He died in 1694 on Block Island, Washington County, Rhode Island.2 

Family

Mary Rowning b. 12 Aug 1613, d. 1694

Citations

  1. [S283] Walter Goodwin Davis, Massachusetts and Maine Families: In the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis (1885-1966): a reprinting, in alphabetical order by surname, of the sixteen multi-ancestor compendia: (plus Thomas Haley of Winter Harbor and his descendants), Volumes 1-3 (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1996) Volume I. Allanson-French; Volume II. Gardner-Moses; Volume III. Neal-Wright. Digitized pages of the books are also available online at www.ancestry.com, Volume I, Deering, pages 418-419. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts and Maine Families.
  2. [S1265] Elizabeth French, "Genealogical Research in England", New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Volume 67, pages 21-28 (January 1915): page 27. Hereinafter cited as "Genealogical Research in England (Rowning Pedigree)."
  3. [S1267] G. Andrews Moriarity, "Early Block Island Families : VII. The Ray Family", New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Volume 86, pages 324-330 (July 1932). Hereinafter cited as "The Ray Family of Block Island."

Susanna George1,2

b. circa 1632, d. 1694
Birth*circa 1632Susanna George was born circa 1632.1 
Marriage*1 October 1648She married Robert Herrington on 1 October 1648 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (New England).3 
Death*1694She died in 1694.1 

Family

Robert Herrington b. 1616, d. 1707
Child 1.Daniel Herrington+4 b. 1 Nov 1657, d. 1729

Citations

  1. [S413] Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages: Prior to 1700 (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1985 and 1992), page 345. Hereinafter cited as New England Marriages: Prior to 1700.
  2. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Watertown Births, Marriages and Deaths, Volume 1, page 19, their surname spelled "Hearington". Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.
  3. [S413] Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages: Prior to 1700, page 345, with a notation regarding the date stating "1 Oct 1649, prob 1648."
  4. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Watertown Births, Marriages and Deaths, Volume 1, page 19.

Agnes Gerrard1

ChartsDescendants of Thomas Gerrard of Gibbstown, County Meath, Ireland and his Brothers
Father*William Gerrard1 d. bt 1789 - 1793
Mother*Mary Glascum1
Birth*Agnes Gerrard was born in Tankardstown, County Meath, Ireland.1 
(Natural Daughter) Will24 December 1788Agnes was identified as the daughter of his housekeeper at Tankardstown when she was mentioned in the will of William Gerrard dated 24 December 1788 at Dormstown, County Meath. The will first appointed trustees, Reverend Singleton Harpur, Robert Waller and James Gibney, and named his three unmarried daughters, Elizabeth, Anne and Catherine, his two natural sons, William and Thomas, his housekeeper at Tankardstown, Mary Glascum, his two married daughters, Rebecca (Gerrard) Hinds and Sarah (Gerrard) Hinds, his granddaughters, Johanna Hinds and Annabella Hinds, his son-in-law, Matthew Hinds, and his three natural daughters, Bridget, Mary and Agnes at Tankardstown.

Our transcription has not altered the content of the abstract, although we have made minimal edits to clarify places with current day spellings and to complete sentences or modify punctuation. Our transcription follows:

I, William Gerrard of Dormstown, County Meath, Gentleman...

     Trustees -- Reverend Singleton Harper of the city of Dublin, Clerk, Robert Waller of Allenstown, County Meath, Esq., and James Gibney of Navan in County Meath, Merchant -- to hold the lands of Dormstown, County Meath, in trust for testator's three daughters, Elizabeth, Anne and Catherine Gerrard, who are to enjoy the house and lands of Dormstown and to receive the rents and profits thereof equally, and if they marry, as they marry, to have £500, and the last of them to marry, or who is unmarried, to have the house and lands of Dormstown. And on her death, whether married or unmarried, said trustees are to allow testator's two natural sons, William and Thomas, sons of testator's housekeeper at Tankardstown, Mary Glascum, to have the house and rents of Dormstown equally between them for life, and then to their issue male, lawfully begotten, and in default of such issue, said lands are to go to testator's daughter Rebecca Hinds, widow, and to her sons, and failing whom to testator's daughters Elizabeth, Anne and Catherine Gerrard, testator's residuary legatees, and the survivor or survivors of them

     Legacy to testator's daughter Sarah Hinds, which is not to be in the control of Matthew Hinds, her present husband, or any after taken husband, and at her death to go to her children

     Legacy to testator's son-in-law Matthew Hinds

     Legacy to testator's two granddaughters Johanna and Annabella Hinds

     Testator leaves his dwelling house and 30 acres of land at Tankardstown, County Meath, to his housekeeper Mary Glascum, and if the lease thereof expires before she dies, then she is to have an annuity of £20

     Legacies to Bridget, Mary and Agnes, three daughters of the said Mary Glascum

     Testator leaves the lands of Tankardstown (subject as aforesaid), Betaghstown, and Castlemartin, all in County Meath, to his daughter Sarah Hinds

     Residue to Testator's three daughters Elizabeth, Anne and Catherine Gerrard

     Executors -- Daughters Rebecca Hinds and Elizabeth, Anne and Catherine Gerrard

Dated 24 December 1788 and witnessed by William Dickson, David Thompson and Michael Gibney.1,2,3 

Citations

  1. [S1725] William Gerrard will (24 December 1788), Abstract of the Will of William Gerrard of Dormstown, County Meath, Ireland Ms. 654, "Abstracts of wills of Thomas and William Gerrard", received with great joy and many thanks from a fellow Gerrard researcher who received them from the National Library of Ireland, Genealogical Office in Dublin. LHB Computer Files, Summerlin, Nevada. Hereinafter cited as Abstract of the 1788 Will of William Gerrard.
  2. [S1620] Betham Genealogical Abstracts, online at Find My Past, www.findmypast.com, William Gerrard, will dated 24 December 1788, probated 11 January 1794. Hereinafter cited as Betham Genealogical Abstracts.
  3. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Transcripts of memorials of deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms. Most are now digitized and available online at www.familysearch.org, LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah: 1814; Film number 545070; Volume 672; Pages 321-323; Deed number 464033. Hereinafter cited as Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929.

Anne Gerrard1

d. 6 May 1818
ChartsDescendants of Thomas Gerrard of Gibbstown, County Meath, Ireland and his Brothers
Father*William Gerrard1 d. bt 1789 - 1793
Mother*Anne Cosby
(Unmarried Daughter) Will24 December 1788Anne was named in the will of her father dated 24 December 1788 at Dormstown, County Meath. Her father appointed trustees, Reverend Singleton Harpur, Robert Waller and James Gibney, and named his three unmarried daughters, Elizabeth, Anne and Catherine, his two natural sons, William and Thomas, his housekeeper at Tankardstown, Mary Glascum, his two married daughters, Rebecca (Gerrard) Hinds and Sarah (Gerrard) Hinds, his granddaughters, Johanna Hinds and Annabella Hinds, his son-in-law, Matthew Hinds, and his three natural daughters, Bridget, Mary and Agnes at Tankardstown.

Our transcription has not altered the content of the abstract, although we have made minimal edits to clarify places with current day spellings and to complete sentences or modify punctuation. Our transcription follows:

I, William Gerrard of Dormstown, County Meath, Gentleman...

     Trustees -- Reverend Singleton Harper of the city of Dublin, Clerk, Robert Waller of Allenstown, County Meath, Esq., and James Gibney of Navan in County Meath, Merchant -- to hold the lands of Dormstown, County Meath, in trust for testator's three daughters, Elizabeth, Anne and Catherine Gerrard, who are to enjoy the house and lands of Dormstown and to receive the rents and profits thereof equally, and if they marry, as they marry, to have £500, and the last of them to marry, or who is unmarried, to have the house and lands of Dormstown. And on her death, whether married or unmarried, said trustees are to allow testator's two natural sons, William and Thomas, sons of testator's housekeeper at Tankardstown, Mary Glascum, to have the house and rents of Dormstown equally between them for life, and then to their issue male, lawfully begotten, and in default of such issue, said lands are to go to testator's daughter Rebecca Hinds, widow, and to her sons, and failing whom to testator's daughters Elizabeth, Anne and Catherine Gerrard, testator's residuary legatees, and the survivor or survivors of them

     Legacy to testator's daughter Sarah Hinds, which is not to be in the control of Matthew Hinds, her present husband, or any after taken husband, and at her death to go to her children

     Legacy to testator's son-in-law Matthew Hinds

     Legacy to testator's two granddaughters Johanna and Annabella Hinds

     Testator leaves his dwelling house and 30 acres of land at Tankardstown, County Meath, to his housekeeper Mary Glascum, and if the lease thereof expires before she dies, then she is to have an annuity of £20

     Legacies to Bridget, Mary and Agnes, three daughters of the said Mary Glascum

     Testator leaves the lands of Tankardstown (subject as aforesaid), Betaghstown, and Castlemartin, all in County Meath, to his daughter Sarah Hinds

     Residue to Testator's three daughters Elizabeth, Anne and Catherine Gerrard

     Executors -- Daughters Rebecca Hinds and Elizabeth, Anne and Catherine Gerrard

Dated 24 December 1788 and witnessed by William Dickson, David Thompson and Michael Gibney.2,3,4 
Marriage*She married Michael Gibney, son of ______ Gibney.1 
(Daughter) Probate11 January 1794Probate was granted on their father's estate on 11 January 1794 to his daughters, Elizabeth Gerrard, Catherine Gerrard and Anne (Gerrard) Gibney, wife of Michael Gibney, saving the right of his eldest daughter, Rebecca (Gerrard) Hinds.2,3 
Marriage Settlement*4 July 1794A memorial of an indented deed of settlement dated 4 July 1794 was made between Michael Gibney of Dormstown, County Meath, gentleman, and Anne Gibney otherwise Gerrard, his wife, of the first part, Thomas Hinds of the city of Dublin, gentleman, attorney-at-law, and John Gibney of Navan in the county of Meath, gentleman, physician, of the second part, and Rebecca (Gerrard) Hinds, widow, Elizabeth Gerrard and Catherine Gerrard, spinsters of the third part.

Whereby reciting among other things that the said Anne was, under the will of her father, William Gerrard, entitled to £5,000, and that a marriage was had between said Michael and Anne Gibney, said deed witnessed that said Michael and Anne Gibney, at the requisition of her sisters, Rebecca Hinds, Elizabeth Gerrard and Catherine Gerrard, executors of their father William Gerrard's estate, and as a previous condition to their paying over said £5,000, and in consideration of 5 shillings apiece to them paid by the said Thomas Hinds and John Gibney, and in order to secure a provision for said Anne and the issue of said marriage, the said Michael and Anne granted, sold, assigned and made over to the said Thomas Hinds and John Gibney and the survivor of them, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns £3,000 secured by the bonds and judgments set forth in a schedule to said deed annexed.

To have, hold, receive and take said £3,000 to said Thomas Hinds and John Gibney and the survivor of them, and the heirs, executors, administrators and assigns of such survivor, with the consent upon trust, to lay or continue the same out at interest or to lay out the same in the purchase of such real freehold or leasehold estates or interests as they, or the survivor of them, or the heirs, executors, administrators or assigns of such survivor, with the consent of said Michael Gibney, should think proper, and that they should suffer said Michael and his assigns during his life to receive such rents, interest, money or produce as same should yield, and after the death of said Michael, to suffer the said Anne during her life to receive such rents, interest or produce, and it was thereby agreed that if there should be more than one child living of said marriage at the death of said Michael, that he might by his will, or by any deed to be duly attested to, devise or dispose of said £3,000, or the rents, issues, interest or produce thereof in such shares among such children if more than one, as he shall appoint, and for want of such appointment to be divided equally, provided such children attain their age of 21 or day of marriage. And if there be but one child of said marriage, such only child, on the death of said Michael and Anne, to take said £3,000 or the produce thereof. And it was thereby agreed that if said Michael should die in the life time of Anne, she was vested with a like power of appointment and that if said Michael or Anne should die in the life time of the other of them, leaving no child or children at his or her decease, then the survivor of them, his or her executors, administrators or assigns, should take to his or their own use and behoof said £3,000 and all interest to be had thereby to be disposed of as he, she or they should think proper.

The execution of the deed and memorial were witnessed by Francis Beatty Whitehead of the city of Dublin, gentleman, and Robert Johnson, servant to Thomas Hinds, and signed and sealed by Michael Gibney. Robert Johnson made an oath that he saw all the parties, Michael Gibney, Anne Gibney, Thomas Hinds, John Gibney, Rebecca Hinds, Elizabeth Gerrard and Catherine Gerrard, respectively, execute the deed and saw Michael Gibney duly execute the memorial. It was registered on 1 Aug 1794.5 
(Wife) Will1 June 1803Anne's husband made his will dated 1 June 1803 at Violet Hill, County Meath, naming his wife Anne (Gerrard) Gibney, Thomas Hinds and his brother John Gibney, his trustees, and William Gerrard and Thomas Gerrard, the two illegitimate sons of his deceased father-in-law William Gerrard, late of Dormstown, County Meath. A transcription of Michael's will reads:

"In the name of God Amen! I Michael Gibney, late of Dormstown now living at Violet Hill in the County of Meath, Grazier and Farmer being of sound mind and disposing mind do make this my last will and testament revoking all others hitherto made first (if acceptable) I give my soul to the Almighty God who gave ___ (undecipherable). I next desire, that my body be interred (if I die in Ireland) with my friends at Ardmulchan, but if I die in any other part of the world it is my will to be buried in the next common place of burial – and whereas – sometime in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety four I did perfect articles of intermarriage settlements on my dearest Ann Gerrard, now Gibney, wherein there is mention of my having handed over securities to the trustee therein names (viz. Thomas Hinds of Dublin Esq. and my brother Doctor Gibney) to the amount of three thousand pounds and whereas from circumstances from which I am at present unable to account, I never handed over to the said trustees, the said sum of three thousand pounds or any part thereof… And I make this particular mention of the circumstances lest my children should at any future period demand from said trustees the said sum of three thousand pounds or any part thereof--

My will and desire is that the award respecting the lands of Dormstown, which is at this moment, in a very unsettled way be carried into effect.

The state of the affair is thus –

William and Thomas Gerrard, natural children to my late father in law William Gerrard being under his will in remainder to said lands have agreed to pay me, all that said property was in my debt, which amounted to something more than sixteen hundred pounds, and also to pay me eight hundred and eighty pounds as a compensation for my interest in said lands, in all about two thousand five hundred pounds. My will and desire is that all my lawful debts be paid as soon as conveniently after my decease.

I will and bequeath to my dearest wife Ann Gerrard, now Gibney, the whole of my freehold in lease hold interests, also all my personal property of what kind so ever it may be, to be by her disposed of among herself and my children by her in whatever manner she may think proper with the condition that if she should choose to marry again that that part belongs to the children be vested in my brother as my trustee for my children, and that she, if she thinks proper may take her dividend of my property to her own sole use, first settling the children’s property.

I appoint my brother John Gibney and Thomas Hinds and Ann Gibney my wife as executors to this my last will and I appoint my said wife Guardian to my children."

His will was signed and sealed by Michael Gibney; and G.W. Forster, Thomas Dickson, and Patt Delany all signed and sealed as witnesses.6 
(Wife) DeathMarch 1804Anne became a widow when Michael Gibney died in March 1804.7 
(Witness to Memorial) Deed Memorial26 March 1804She witnessed a memorial of an indented deed of mortgage dated 26 March 1804 made between William Gerrard and Thomas Gerrard, both of Tankardstown, County Meath gentleman, of the one part, and Thomas Hinds of the city of Dublin, gentleman, attorney-at-law, of the other part.

Reciting as therein is recited, and witnessing that said William and Thomas Gerrard, for the considerations therein mentioned, granted, bargained and sold, remised, released and confirmed to said Thomas Hinds (in his possession then being by virtue of the deed and statute therein mentioned) unto his heirs and assigns all that part of the town and lands of Dormstown in as full and ample a manner as the same were formerly in possession of William Gerrard Esq. deceased. Containing by estimation 86 acres, 2 roods and 26 perches situate in the county of Meath aforesaid. To hold from the first day of May then last for the life and lives of the cestui que vies (the three people whose lives measured the duration of this type of lease or trust) in the lease therein of said deed mentioned, and for the lives of all such other persons as should forever be added to the said lease pursuant to the covenant for renewal therein contained, subject to the renewal fines in said lease reserved.

The deed and memorial were signed and sealed by William and Thomas Gerrard, and witnessed by John Gibney of Navan in the county of Meath, physician, and Anne (Gerrard) Gibney of Violet Hill in said county, widow. They were registered on 7 April 1804 at about half after 11 o'clock in the forenoon.8 
(5th Daughter) Deed Memorial29 April 1814Anne was a participant with others in her extended Gerrard family, on a Memorial deed dated 29 April 1814 that included her niece Eleanora Anne and her husband Thomas Potterton of Ballaghtalion, County Meath, Esq. of the first part, Sarah (Gerrard) Hinds of Trim, County Meath, widow and mother of Eleanora Anne, Martha Hinds of Trim, spinster, daughter of Sarah, and John Hinds of the City of Dublin, gentleman and only son of Sarah of Trim of the second part, Anne (Gerrard) Gibney of Eccles Street in the City of Dublin, widow, John Small of Rutland Square in the City of Dublin, Esq. and Catherine (Gerrard) Small, his wife, and Rebecca (Gerrard) Hinds, widow of the third part, the Reverend Mungo Henry Waller of Allenstown in the County of Meath, clerk of the fourth part, and Thomas Hinds of Newtown in County Kildare, Esq. of the fifth part, made a Memorial of an indentured deed agreement. The deed began with a review of four pertinent events: William Gerrard's 1788 will and subsequent 1790 probate, the death of Matthew Hinds, husband of William's daughter Sarah (Gerrard) Hinds, before or in 1809, and the 1813 marriage settlement agreement for Thomas Potterton and Eleanora Anne Potterton.

Reciting that William Gerrard of Dormstown, County Meath, gentleman, deceased, made his will dated 24 December 1788 and thereby, amongst bequests to his other daughters, bequeathed unto the Reverend Singleton Harpur, Robert Waller and James Gibney, his trustees, an amount of £1200 in trust that they and his survivors and the executors and administrators of such survivors, should place out the same at interest and permit his daughter Sarah Hinds to receive the yearly interest for her separate use. And further, that after the death of his daughter Sarah, the trustees, their executors and administrators, should transfer the £1200 to such of Sarah's children as should be then living, and that by her will she should approve and appoint his daughters Rebecca Hinds, Elizabeth, Anne and Catherine Gerrard executors. Reciting further that William Gerrard died without altering his will and that it was proved in the Court of Prerogative Probate granted to Elizabeth Gerrard, Catherine Gerrard, since married to John Small, and Anne Gibney, three of the executors named and that the £1200 bequeathed by the will to Sarah was secured by the bond of Robert Waller, deceased, then of Ministown in the County of Meath, Esq. bearing date of 22 February 1790 with an attorney's warrant for confession of judgment in the final sum of £2400 conditioned for payment of the principal sum of £1200 under the will of William Gerrard upon which Anne Gibney, Rebecca Hinds, John Small and Catherine his wife did, around 1809, obtain a judgment in the Court of Common Pleas against Robert Waller stating that Matthew Hinds, husband of Sarah, was since dead leaving his widow Sarah and three children, namely Eleanora Anne, Martha and John Hinds, all of whom had attained their respective ages of 21 years. Next the deed explained that, by an indented deed of four parts dated 26 August 1813 and made between Thomas Potterton, Anna Maria Donnelly and Hester Rynd of the first part, Sarah Hinds of the second part, Eleanora Anne, then Hinds, of the third part, and Henry Potterton, gentleman, and Rebecca Hinds of the fourth part, the deed recited that a marriage was intended shortly to be had between Thomas Potterton and Eleanora Anne Hinds, and reciting that £1200 was held in trust for Sarah, mother of Eleanora Anne, and that on the result of the marriage being accomplished, Sarah had agreed that £600 of the £1200 should be payable to Thomas Potterton immediately after Sarah's death; then the agreement witnessed that in consideration of the intended marriage and the £600, Thomas made a provision for Eleanora in case she should outlive him and her issue. The indenture further witnessed a deed in which Sarah, in consideration of the intended marriage, had made provisions for Eleanora Anne and did give, grant and appoint the £600, being one-half of the £1200, to Eleanora Anne, her executors, administrators and assigns to be payable to Eleanora Anne, her executors, administrators or assigns immediately after the death her mother, Sarah. Then it was witnessed that the marriage had taken effect and that Thomas Potterton, by virtue of his marriage settlement deed, was entitled to the £600 upon Sarah's decease and that Thomas desired to sell the £600 and had applied to Reverend Mungo Henry Waller who had agreed to the purchase. Thomas had agreed to accept £400, which Mungo had agreed to pay to him. The other parties to the deed had agreed to ratify and confirm the purchase and to relinquish to Mungo all their right, title and claim in default of an appointment by Sarah, or in case of the decease of any or all of her children in her lifetime, or in case Sarah should execute her power of appointment so as to otherwise disappoint Thomas and Eleanora Anne or their issue of the £600 or of any part thereof. The indenture witnessed that, upon execution of the agreement and in consideration of the £400 paid by Mungo to Thomas Potterton, and of £1 apiece paid to Eleanora Anne Potterton, Sarah (Gerrard) Hinds, Martha Hinds, John Hinds, Rebecca (Gerrard) Hinds, John and Catherine (Gerrard) Small and Anne (Gerrard) Gibney, Thomas and Eleanora Potterton, Sarah, Martha and John Hinds, did grant, bargain and assign, and Rebecca Hinds, John and Catherine Small, and Anne Gibney confirmed unto Mungo H. Waller, his executors, administrators and assigns, the principal sum of £600, and reciting that by deed and Memorial, Rebecca Hinds, John and Catherine Small and Anne Gibney did assign to Thomas Hinds as trustee, his executors, administrators and assigns, a judgment. It was thereby declared that the £600 was invested with Thomas Hinds in trust as to £600 and the interest thereof from the death of Sarah Hinds for Mungo H. Waller and the interest due and to grow due on the fact of the judgment in trust for Sarah Hinds, her executors, administrators and assigns for life. And after her decease, as to the monies secured by the judgment above, £600 for the person or persons whom Sarah should appoint. The deed and Memorial was signed and witnessed by each of the parties involved on various dates, and was registered on 4 May 1814.4 
Will*13 December 1817Anne made her will dated 13 December 1817 naming her deceased husband Michael, their children, William, Mary Anne, Frances Eliza, Eliza and James, and her husband's trustees Thomas Hinds and Michael's brother John Gibney. A transcription of Anne's will read:

"In the name of God Amen! I Anne Gibney, widow of Michael Gibney, late of Dormstown in the County of Meath do make this my last will and testament. Whereas by a certain deed of settlement hearing date the fourth day of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four my said beloved husband did agree to invest the sum of three thousand pounds, part of my fortune therein mentioned in Thomas Hinds and John Gibney, therein mentioned, and the survivor of them, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns to, for and upon such uses, trusts, and purposes as therein mentioned. And by said deed, it is agreed that in case the said Michael should die in my life time, leaving more than one child living of our marriage, that it should be lawful for me to devise said three thousand pounds or the rents, interest or produce thereof to and among such children, in such shares as I should appoint and for want of such appointment to be equally divided among such children. And whereas the said Michael Gibney disposed of said sum of three thousand pounds to such uses as he thought proper, without handing over the same to the said trustees, or either of them. And in order, as far as in him lay, to secure the said sum of three thousand pounds pursuant to the intent of said recited settlement, did by deed, dated the eighth of October, eighteen hundred and three, assign all his interest in and to the lands and premises therein mentioned to said Thomas Hinds and John Gibney, and the survivor of them, his executors, administrators and assigns, for the terms of lives and years by the leases thereof, granted to, and for the uses and purposes therein particularly mentioned. And whereas the said Michael Gibney is since dead, having made and published his last will and testament (all in his own handwriting) and after mentioning therein, that he had not handed over said three thousand pounds to the before named trustees. He after desiring his lawful debts to be paid, devised to me all his freehold and leasehold interests, as also all his personal property, to be disposed of, to and among myself and children as therein mentioned but by said will made no specific appointment of said three thousand pounds.

Now, I therefore, in case of the property so left, and devised shall extend thereto, give and devise onto my eldest son William Gibney M.D. twenty pounds, to purchase some trifle to remind him of me. It is not from want of the greatest affection for him, he ever and always deserved my warmest love and approbation, but he knows, and approves of the disposal of my property amongst the rest of my children. I give and bequest to my beloved Mary Anne Gibney five hundred pounds there out and to my beloved Francis Eliza Gibney, five hundred pounds thereout. And to my beloved Eliza Gibney, five hundred pounds thereout. And to my beloved son James Gibney, three hundred pounds thereout. But, if before I die, he the said James Gibney, should procure (thro: the interest of his Uncle Gibney or other relatives) a permanent situation so as to enable him to do without it, I devise him (like his brother William) to give up all right to what I leave him to his three sisters, Maryanne, Francis Eliza and Eliza Gibney, said respective legacies to be paid my sons and daughters, upon their attaining the age of twenty one years, or days of marriage, which shall first happen, And it is my will and desire that in case the property, wherein of my said husband has died possessed of, shall not extend to the entire sum of three thousand pounds, the share, or proportion of each of my said children, shall bear a proportion of such diminution, thereof as may happen. And it is also my will that in case any of my children shall die before attaining his, her or their respective ages, as aforesaid, or being married, then the share of his, her or them so dying shall go and be divided amongst such survivors and share alike and I do hereby constitute my said three daughters Maryanne, Frances Eliza and Eliza Gibney or the survivors of them as the case may be, residuary legates of all such worldly substance as I shall possessed of. And I do also nominate my brother-in-law John Gibney Esq. M.D. and my son William Gibney Esq. M.D. Executors of this my will. In (page part torn off) witness whereof I set my hand and seal this thirteenth day of December one thousand eight hundred and seventeen."

Her will was signed and sealed by Anne Gibney; and her sister Catherine (Gerrard) Small, her sister's husband John Small, and J. Byrne all signed and sealed as witnesses.6 
Deed Memorial*4 May 1818A memorial of an indented deed of lease dated 4 May 1818 was made between Anne Gibney of Paradise Row, Dublin, widow of the one part and Richard Gore of............. in the county of Kings (now County Offaly) Esq. of the other part.

Whereby the said Anne Gibney for the considerations therein mentioned, devised, granted and set unto the said Richard Gore all that and those the lot of ground situate in the northeast side of Paradise Row in the Lordship of St. Mary’s Abbey in the county of the city of Dublin with the dwelling house built thereon by one James McDermott containing in breadth in the front to said Row 16 feet one inch and a half, in breadth in the rear 21 feet 2 inches and in depth from front to rear 124 feet, be the same more or less, bounded on the southwest by Paradise Row aforesaid, on the northeast by a pasture and stable lane, on the northwest by a house and garden now or lately belonging to Daniel Ryan, and on the southeast by ground belonging to the Right Honorable John Viscount Mountjoy.

To hold said devised premises with the appurtenances to the said Richard Gore, his executors, administrators and assigns from the first day of May just past for and during the term and space of 992 years, from thence forth fully to be completed and ended subject to the rent of £30 sterling payable as therein mentioned, which said deed of lease contains the usual covenants between landlord and tenant.

The deed and memorial were signed by Anne Gibney and witnessed by Samuel P. Barrett of the city of Dublin, attorney-at-law, and William Gibney M.D. of said city, gentleman, eldest son of the said Anne Gibney. It was registered on 5 May 1818 between the hours of one and two o'clock.9,10,11 
Death*6 May 1818She died, probably in Dublin on 6 May 18187 
Burial* and was buried with her husband in the Gibney Family Plot, Ardmulchan, County Meath.7 
Administration*25 August 1826Administration of her estate was granted on 25 August 1826 to her daughter Eliza Gibney.12 

Citations

  1. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Transcripts of memorials of deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms. Most are now digitized and available online at www.familysearch.org, LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah: 1794; Film number 535733; Volume 500; Pages 21-22; Deed number 308065. Hereinafter cited as Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929.
  2. [S1725] William Gerrard will (24 December 1788), Abstract of the Will of William Gerrard of Dormstown, County Meath, Ireland Ms. 654, "Abstracts of wills of Thomas and William Gerrard", received with great joy and many thanks from a fellow Gerrard researcher who received them from the National Library of Ireland, Genealogical Office in Dublin. LHB Computer Files, Summerlin, Nevada. Hereinafter cited as Abstract of the 1788 Will of William Gerrard.
  3. [S1620] Betham Genealogical Abstracts, online at Find My Past, www.findmypast.com, William Gerrard, will dated 24 December 1788, probated 11 January 1794. Hereinafter cited as Betham Genealogical Abstracts.
  4. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1814; Film number 545070; Volume 672; Pages 321-323; Deed number 464033.
  5. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1794; Film number 535733; Volume 500; Pages 21-22; Deed number 308065, images 339-340.
  6. [S1640] Mairéad Crinion of Evergreen Oak Family Research Services at https://www.facebook.com/…, "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research," e-mail messages exchanged on multiple dates, citing the National Archive of Ireland, T/1435+6, and stating that the envelope reads: Michael Gibney, Grazier and Farmer 1803; and also: Gibney, Anne, widow, 1817
    (Jameson – 4 Dec 1935 – possibly solicitors office from where they submitted). Hereinafter cited as "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research."
  7. [S1640] Mairéad Crinion of Evergreen Oak Family Research Services at https://www.facebook.com/…, "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research," e-mail messages exchanged on multiple dates, from email dated 22 February 2018.
  8. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1804; Film# 545032, Volume 562, page 372, Deed Number 374724, image 195.
  9. [S1640] Mairéad Crinion of Evergreen Oak Family Research Services at https://www.facebook.com/…, "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research," e-mail messages exchanged on multiple dates, citing Ireland's Registry of Deeds, 1818, Book 598, page 206, Memorial of Transcript 408245.
  10. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1818; Film# 545061, Volume 598, page 206, Deed Number 408245.
  11. [S1421] FamilySearch: Family History and Genealogy Records, online at www.familysearch.org, Kings County, Ireland was renamed County Offaly in 1920 and it became part of the Republic of Ireland on its formation in 1921. Hereinafter cited as FamilySearch Online.
  12. [S1640] Mairéad Crinion of Evergreen Oak Family Research Services at https://www.facebook.com/…, "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research," e-mail messages exchanged on multiple dates, from email dated 22 February 2018 noting that "Admin with will annexed of Anne Gibney was granted to Miss Eliza Gibney on 25 August 1826" was written in pencil at the end of her will.

Anne Gerrard1,2

b. 1785
ChartsDescendants of William Gerrard of Ardbraccan, County Meath
Father*William Gerrard1 b. 1761
Mother*Jane __?__1 b. 1766
Birth*1785Anne Gerrard was born about 1785 in County Meath, Ireland.1 
(Daughter) Census Ireland 18211821Anne appeared on the 1821 census in the household of her parents in Ardbraccan, County Meath, She was 36 years of age.3 

Citations

  1. [S1552] 1821 - 1851 Ireland Census Record Set, online at Find My Past, www.findmypast.com, household of William Gerrard, 1821, townland of Ardbraccan, parish of Ardbraccan, county of Meath. Hereinafter cited as 1821 - 1851 Ireland Census Record Set.
  2. [S1747] Patricia McCormick, "The Gerrard Family of Ardbraccan, County Meath, Ireland," e-mail messages from e-mail address to LHB, multiple dates, her great grandfather Gerrard's "cousins". Hereinafter cited as "The Gerrard Family of Ardbraccan, County Meath, Ireland."
  3. [S1552] 1821 - 1851 Ireland Census Record Set, online at www.findmypast.com, household of William Gerrard, 1821, townland of Ardbraccan, parish of Ardbraccan, county of Meath; their surname was transcribed as "Genard.'

Anne Gerrard1

b. 1776
Relationship Note*What was the relationship between Anne Gerrard and the Thomas Gerrard who resided in Chamberstown, County Meath, in 1821?1,2 
Birth*1776Anne was born about 1776 in County Meath, Ireland.1 
(Relative) Census Ireland 1821Anne appeared on the census in the household of Catherine and Thomas Gerrard in Chamberstown, County Meath. She was 45 years of age and is believed to have been a relative of Thomas; a sister, a sister-in-law, a cousin or something else.1 

Citations

  1. [S1552] 1821 - 1851 Ireland Census Record Set, online at Find My Past, www.findmypast.com, household of Thomas Gerrard, 1821, townland of Chamberstown, parish of Rathkenny, county of Meath. Hereinafter cited as 1821 - 1851 Ireland Census Record Set.
  2. [S1644] Farrar's Index to Irish Marriages, 1771-1812, online at Find My Past, www.findmypast.com, John Gerrard of Dulane, County Meath and Mary Lyons of the same place, 13 August 1778. Hereinafter cited as Farrar's Index to Irish Marriages, 1771-1812.

Anne Gerrard1

b. 1805
Father*Christopher Gerrard1 b. 1771
Mother*Mary __?__1 b. 1771
Birth*1805Anne Gerrard was born about 1805.1 
(Daughter) Census Ireland 18211821Anne was enumerated on the census taken in 1821 in the household of her parents in Navan, County Meath, Ireland. She was 16 years old.1 

Citations

  1. [S1552] 1821 - 1851 Ireland Census Record Set, online at Find My Past, www.findmypast.com, household of Christopher Gerrard, 1821, townland of Navan, parish of Navan, barony of Lower Navan and county of Meath. Hereinafter cited as 1821 - 1851 Ireland Census Record Set.

Anne Gerrard1

b. 1817
ChartsDescendants of William Gerrard of Ardbraccan, County Meath
Father*Robert Gerrard1 b. 1784
Mother*Bridget __?__1 b. 1794
Birth*1817Anne Gerrard was born about 1817, probably in County Meath, Ireland.1 
(Daughter) Census Ireland 18211821Anne was enumerated on the 1821 census in the household of her parents in Ardbraccan, County Meath, Ireland. She was 4 years old.1 

Citations

  1. [S1552] 1821 - 1851 Ireland Census Record Set, online at Find My Past, www.findmypast.com, 1821, Household of Robert and Bridget "Genard", townland of Ardbraccan, parish of Ardbraccan, county of Meath. Hereinafter cited as 1821 - 1851 Ireland Census Record Set.

Anne Gerrard1,2

b. 1806
ChartsDescendants of William Gerrard of Ardbraccan, County Meath
Father*James Gerrard1,2 b. 1787
Birth*1806Anne Gerrard was born about 1806 in County Meath, Ireland.1,2 
(Daughter) Census Ireland 18211821Anne was enumerated on the 1821 census in the household of her parents in Ardbraccan, County Meath, Ireland. She was 15 years old.2 

Citations

  1. [S1747] Patricia McCormick, "The Gerrard Family of Ardbraccan, County Meath, Ireland," e-mail messages from e-mail address to LHB, multiple dates, her great grandfather Gerrard's "cousins". Hereinafter cited as "The Gerrard Family of Ardbraccan, County Meath, Ireland."
  2. [S1552] 1821 - 1851 Ireland Census Record Set, online at Find My Past, www.findmypast.com, 1821, Household of James and Ellen Gerrard, townland of Ardbraccan, parish of Ardbraccan, county of Meath. Hereinafter cited as 1821 - 1851 Ireland Census Record Set.

Arthur Staples Gerrard1,2

b. 19 October 1847
ChartsDescendants of Thomas Gerrard of Gibbstown, County Meath, Ireland and his Brothers
Father*Samuel Gerrard1 b. 1814, d. 22 Apr 1882
Mother*Hannah Elizabeth Montserrat1
Birth*19 October 1847Arthur Staples Gerrard was born on 19 October 1847 in Clontarf, County Dublin, Ireland,1,3 
Baptism16 December 1847 and was baptized on 16 December 1847 at the Clontarf Parish Church.3 
Occupation*Arthur was an Assistant Engineer for the Board of Public Works of India in Bombay, Maharashtra, India.1 
Marriage*4 December 1873He married Edith Charlotte Chambers, daughter of Charles Chambers of Broomhall Park, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England on 4 December 1873 at the Cathedral, Bombay, Maharashtra, India.1,2 

Citations

  1. [S1662] Belfast, Northern Ireland, The Belfast Newsletter (Birth, Marriage and Death Notices), 1738-1925, online at www.ancestry.com, The Belfast News-Letter, 9 December 1873, page 1. Hereinafter cited as The Belfast Newsletter (Birth, Marriage and Death Notices), 1738-1925.
  2. [S1530] India, Select Marriages, 1792-1948, online at www.ancestry.com, citing FHL Film# 523849. Hereinafter cited as India, Select Marriages, 1792-1948.
  3. [S1659] IrishGenealogy.ie, online at https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/, Church Records, baptism on 16 December 1847 of Arthur Staples Gerrard, born 19 October 1847, son of Samuel Gerrard of Clontarf, gentleman, and his wife Hannah Eliza Gerrard, with the church register page attached. Hereinafter cited as IrishGenealogy.ie.

Bessie Hesilrige Buckby Gerrard1,2

b. 1863, d. 11 June 1930
ChartsDescendants of Thomas Gerrard of Gibbstown, County Meath, Ireland and his Brothers
Father*John Vipont Gerrard1,2 b. 1831, d. 19 Aug 1915
Mother*Elizabeth Hesilrige Buckby Walker1,2 b. 1834, d. 22 Nov 1906
Birth*1863Bessie Hesilrige Buckby Gerrard was born about 1863 in Canada.1,2,3,4 
(Sister) Marriage26 July 1895Bessie signed as a witness to the marriage of her brother Charles Packington Gerrard and Margaret Wilson on 26 July 1895 at the Parish Church of St. Matthew's, Ballyfermot, County Dublin.5,6 
Marriage*10 August 1898She married, by license, Andrew George Sloan of Ballyworkan, Portadown, County Armagh, son of Andrew Sloan and Arabella __?__, on 10 August 1898 in the Parish Church of St. George, Dublin.1,2 
Census Ireland 1901*31 March 1901Bessie H.B. and Andrew George Sloan were enumerated on the 1901 census taken as of the night of 31 March 1901 in 85 Ballyworkan, Portadown Rural, County Armagh, Ireland. Andrew was 43 years of age and a solicitor, and Bessie was 38 years of age, with her birth place recorded as Canada. Their son, Gerrard, was one year old. Andrew's mother, Arabella Sloan, age 74 and widowed, was enumerated with her son's family in 1901. Two others resided in the Sloan household. Margaret Preston, age 25, was a domestic servant, and Agnes Soley, age 19, was a domestic servant and nurse. Everyone in the household could read and write except the baby Gerrard, and all were Presbyterian except Margaret Preston who was Church of Ireland.7,8 
Census Ireland 1911*2 April 1911Bessie Hesilrige Buckby and Andrew George Sloan were enumerated on the 1911 census taken as of the night of 2 April 1911 at 39 Ballyworkan, Portadown Rural, County Armagh, Ireland. Andrew was 53 years of age and a solicitor and land agent, and Bessie was 48 years of age and her place of birth was recorded as Canada. They had been married for twelve years and Bessie had given birth to two children, both of them still living and enumerated with their parents in 1911. Gerrard Andrew was 11 years old and Wolsey Cornwall was 8 years old; both were scholars. The family's religion was Presbyterian. Three other individuals were enumerated in the Sloan household in 1911. Ellen Williamson, age 21, worked as a cook and domestic servant and was Church of Ireland, Elizabeth Robinson Stewart, age 56, and Christine Stewart, age 33, were also both Church of Ireland overnight visitors in the Sloan home when the census was taken. Everyone in the household could read and write.3,4 
(Wife) Death3 February 1929Bessie became a widow when Andrew George Sloan died on 3 February 1929 at about age 71.9,10 
Probate*18 March 1930Bessie Hesilrige Buckby Sloan witnessed the probate of the estate of Bessie Hesilrige Buckby Sloan on 18 March 1930 at Belfast, Counties Antrim and Down, Northern Ireland.11,10 
Death*11 June 1930She died on 11 June 1930 in her home at Ballyworkan House, Portadown, at about age 67.12,13 
Probate*18 March 1932Probate of her estate was granted on 18 March 1932 at Belfast to her son, Wolsey Cornwall Sloan, M.D. Her effects were valued at £2,612 18 2d.12,13 

Family

Andrew George Sloan b. 1858, d. 3 Feb 1929
Children 1.Gerrard Andrew Sloan3,4 b. 1900
 2.Wolsey Cornwall Sloan3,4 b. 1903

Citations

  1. [S1640] Mairéad Crinion of Evergreen Oak Family Research Services at https://www.facebook.com/…, "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research," e-mail messages exchanged on multiple dates, citing the Church Records, www.irishgenealogy.ie, at https://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/…. Hereinafter cited as "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research."
  2. [S1659] IrishGenealogy.ie, online at https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/, Church Records, marriage by licence on 10 August 1898 of Andrew George Sloan of Ballyworken, Portadown, County Armagh, full age, bachelor, solicitor, son of Andrew Sloan, gentleman, and Bessie Hesilrige Buckby Gerrard of 11 Arranmore Avenue, Dublin, full age, spinster, daughter of John Vipont Gerrard, gentleman, at the Parish Church of St. George, Dublin, witnesses J.H. Gerrard and Wilhelmina Carrothers, with the church register page attached. Hereinafter cited as IrishGenealogy.ie.
  3. [S1536] 1911 Ireland Census, online at the National Archives of Ireland, www.census.nationalarchives.ie, household of Andrew George and Bessie Hesilrige Buckby Sloan, 39 Ballyworkan, Portadown Rural, County Armagh. Hereinafter cited as 1911 Ireland Census.
  4. [S1793] Web: Ireland, Census, 1911, Ancestry Transcription Notes, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Andrew George Sloan and Bessie Hesilrige Buckby Sloan as of 2 April 1911, 39 Ballyworkan, Portadown Rural, County Armagh, in the Electoral District of Portadown Rural, citing Ancestry's "Web: Ireland, Census, 1911", Class: RG14. Hereinafter cited as Web: Ireland, Census, 1911, Ancestry Transcription Notes.
  5. [S1640] Mairéad Crinion of Evergreen Oak Family Research Services at https://www.facebook.com/…, "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research," e-mail messages exchanged on multiple dates, citing the Church Records, www.irishgenealogy.ie, at https://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/…
  6. [S1659] IrishGenealogy.ie, online at https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/, Church Records, marriage by licence on 26 July 1895 of Charles P. Gerrard of Rossduff House, Rossduff, County Waterford, full age, bachelor, gentleman, son of John V. Gerrard, Esq., and Margaret B. Wilson of 96 Tritonville Road, full age, spinster, daughter of John Wilson, solicitor, married in Parish Church of St. Matthew, Irishtown, County Dublin, witnesses Samuel Carrothers and Bessie Gerrard, with the church register page attached.
  7. [S1794] Ireland, Census, 1901, Ancestry Transcription Notes, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Andrew George and Bessie H.B. Sloan as of 31 March 1901, 85 Ballyworken, Portadown Rural, Armagh, Ireland, citing Ancestry's "Web: Ireland, Census, 1901", Class: RG14. Hereinafter cited as Ireland, Census, 1901, Ancestry Transcription Notes.
  8. [S1522] 1901 Ireland Census, online at the National Archives of Ireland, www.census.nationalarchives.ie, household of Andrew George and Bessie H.B. Sloan, 85 Ballyworken, Portadown Rural, County Armagh, Ireland. Hereinafter cited as 1901 Ireland Census.
  9. [S2019] PRONI - Search Will Calendars : website of the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, online at https://apps.proni.gov.uk/WillsCalendar_IE/WillsSearch.aspx, probate of Sloan Andrew George of Ballyworkan House, Portadown, County Armagh, Esquire, who died 3 February 1929, was granted at Belfast on 18 March 1930 to Bessie Hesilrige Buckby Sloan, the widow, John Sydney Bright, solicitor, and Robert John Thornton, merchant Justice of the Peace; effects £12803 9s 6d, citing D.B.N. P.R. 11.9.58. Hereinafter cited as PRONI - Search Will Calendars.
  10. [S2020] Northern Ireland, Will Calendar Index, 1858-1965, online at www.ancestry.com, probate of Andrew George Sloan, who died 3 February 1929 in Northern Ireland, granted on 18 March 1930 at Belfast, Northern Ireland. Hereinafter cited as Northern Ireland, Will Calendar Index, 1858-1965.
  11. [S2019] PRONI - Search Will Calendars, online at https://apps.proni.gov.uk/WillsCalendar_IE/WillsSearch.aspx, probate of Sloan Andrew George of Ballyworkan House, Portadown, County Armagh, Esquire, who died 3 February 1929, was granted at Belfast on 18 March 1930 to Bessie Hesilrige Buckby Sloan, the widow, John Sydney Bright, solicitor, and Robert John Thornton, merchant Justice of the Peace; effects £12803 9s. 6d., citing D.B.N. P.R. 11.9.58.
  12. [S2019] PRONI - Search Will Calendars, online at https://apps.proni.gov.uk/WillsCalendar_IE/WillsSearch.aspx, probate of Bessie Hesilrige Buckby Sloan of Ballyworkan House Portadown County Armagh, widow, who died 11 June 1930, was granted at Belfast on 18 March 1932 to Wolsey Cornwall Sloan, M.D.; effects £2,612 18s 2d.
  13. [S2020] Northern Ireland, Will Calendar Index, 1858-1965, online at www.ancestry.com, probate of Bessie Hesilrige Buckby Sloan, who died 11 June 1930 in Northern Ireland, granted on 18 March 1932 at Belfast, Northern Ireland.