Margaret Gillan

  Noted events in her life were:

• Birth: Based on Census information, Abt 1840, Ireland. Census information suggests a birth year around 1840.
Ship passeger list 1838
1865 Census 1839
1870 Census 1841
1880 Census 1840

• Maiden Name. Listed as Gillian on Margaret's marrage record, Gillan in letter from Rensselaer County Historical Society and on her gravestone. Gillan is assumed to be correct.

From the 1877 Troy City Directory, Page 77

Lists the following sur names: Gibson, Gideney, Gienella, Giersch, Gifford, Gilbert, Gilbraith, Gilbride, Gilcoyne, Gildersleeve, Giles, Gill, Gillan, Gillespie, Gillespy, Gilli, Gillies, Gilligan, Gilliland, Gilling, Gillis, Gillon, Gilman, Gilmour, Gilshelly, Gilson, Gimble, Gimson, Giniac, Giniven, Ginnity, Giser, Gittings, Givens, Givney, Glass, Glasson, Glavin, Gleason, Gledhill, Glendinning, Glenn, Glenney, Glenny

• Immigration: From Family Search org, 22 Jun 1860, New York, New York. Name: Margaret Cassidy
Event Type: Immigration
Event Date: 1860
Event Place: New York City, New York, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 22
Nationality: Ireland
Birth Year (Estimated): 1838
Birthplace: Ireland
Ship Name: Columbia
Occupation: Wife

Note: Entry above is for Mark Cassidy, Age 24, Occupation: Laborer

Affiliate Publication Number: M237
Affiliate Publication Title: Passenger Lists of vessels arriving at New York, 1820-1897
Affiliate Film Number: 202
GS Film Number: 000175558
Digital Folder Number: 004679870
Image Number: 00106

Citing this Record
"New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV33-QM2C : 12 March 2018), Margaret Cassidy, 1860; citing Immigration, New York City, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication M237 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 175,558.

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Name: Miss Cassidy
Event Type: Immigration
Event Date: 17 May 1860
Event Place: New York City, New York, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Nationality: Ireland
Birth Year (Estimated): 1841
Birthplace: Ireland
Ship Name: Isaac Webb
Occupation: Servant

Note: Entry above her is Mr. Cassidy, Age: 21, Occupation: Farmer

Affiliate Publication Number: M237
Affiliate Publication Title: Passenger Lists of vessels arriving at New York, 1820-1897
Affiliate Film Number: 201
GS Film Number: 000175557
Digital Folder Number: 004679869
Image Number: 00111

Citing this Record
"New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV33-3HLQ : 12 March 2018), Cassidy, 1860; citing Immigration, New York City, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication M237 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 175,557.

• Lawsuit: Troy Daily Times, Wednesday Afternoon, 21 Mar 1888, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. Civil Cases in County Court.

In county court this morning, Judge Fursman presiding, a jury was taken in cause No. 16, James E. Kimball & Son* vs. Margaret Cassidy, an action on an account of $408.75. William E. Kisselburgh appeared as attorney for the plaintiff and James H. Ryan for the defendant.

At 12 25 o'clock the case was given to the jury, and case No. 17, Prefontaine vs. Richards et at., was taken up. The suit is brought on two undertakings entered into by the defendants in a former action, where Richards was the plaintiff. Richards discontinued that action, and Dr. Prefontaine now sues on the two undertakings, each for $350, which Richards entered into in the prosecution of the prior action. At 12:45 o'clock the court took a recess until 2 o'clock. At 3:40 o'clock the court directed a dismissal of the complaint in the case of Prefontaine vs. Richards.

The case of Lewis Traver vs. Barton H. Dennison was then called and a jury taken. The action was brought to recover damages for alleged breach of warranty in the sale of a horse. The jury in the Kimball-Cassidy case was still out at 4 o'clock.

******************************************************** * James E. Kimbal & Son were wholesale flour, feed and grain traders in Troy.

From Genealogical and Family History of New York, Page 612
Obtained at Fulton History com

James Edward, only son of Edmund (2) and Betsey Maria (Warner) Kimball, was born in Albany, New York, May 5, 1828, died in Troy, December 28, 1896. He was educated in the public schools and IMadison, now Colgate University, Hamilton, New York. He began business life as a clerk in the firm of Bates & Griffin, where he remained until 1858. In that year he formed a partnership with J. M. Bradley, and as Kimball & Bradley successfully engaged in the wholesale flour, feed and grain trade at Troy. In 1868 John P. Wright was admitted to the firm, the firm name changing to James E. Kimball & Company. Mr. Wright retired in 1876, and the business was continued by James E. Kimball and his son, Charles P., under the firm name of James E. Kimball & Son. James E. Kimball was one of the organizers and a director of the National Bank of Troy, and a man held in the highest regard in business and social circles.

• Lawsuit: Troy Daily Times, Tuesday Afternoon, 26 Oct 1888, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. The case of James E. Kimball & Son against Margaret Cassidy was then taken up. The action was brought to recover on a judgment of more than $400, for goods sold to Mark Cassidy, the husband of the defendant, who subsequently, in 1886, made an assignment to his wife. This is the second trial, the jury on a former trial having disagreed. The case was given to the jury shortly after 12 o'clock. W. E. Kisselburgh appeared for the plaintiffs and James H. Ryan for the defense.

• Death Certificate: City Clerk Record, 20 Nov 1910, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. Identifies her father as Robert Gillan and her mother as Margaret Gillan.

Gives her birthdate as 1 May 1841.

• Death: From St. Mary's Cemetery, 21 Nov 1910, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. Section 8, Lot 410, Deed 797, purchased on Aug 30, 1875.

Note: Unable to find census records for 1900 US or 1910 US.

• Cemetery: From Find a Grave, 1910, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. Margaret Gillan Cassidy

Birth: unknown
Death: unknown
Burial:
Saint Marys Cemetery Troy
Rensselaer County
New York, USA
Plot: Section 8
Created by: Alysia
Record added: Apr 13, 2013
Find A Grave Memorial# 108435908

• Anniversary Mass: The Troy Daily Times, 14 Jan 1920, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. In the Church of St. Paul the Apostle at 7:3- o'clock this morning an anniversary mass for the repose of the soul of Mrs. Margaret Cassidy was celebrated by Rev. T. A. Early.

Margaret married Mark Cassidy about 1860 in Ireland. (Mark Cassidy was born about 1839 in Ireland, died on 16 Mar 1911 in Troy, Rensselaer, New York and was buried on 18 Mar 1911 in Troy, Rensselaer, New York.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage: Ship records show they were married before coming to the US. Arrived June 22, 1860.

Ship: Columbia
Departed: Liverpool, England
Arrived: New York, New York

Mark Cassidy b. 1836, Laborer
Margaret Cassidy b 1838, Wife

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Note: Ages are not in agreement with later information, but not by much.