Margaret Gillan

  Noted events in her life were:

• Parents: From her death record. Father: Robert Gillan
Mother: Margaret Carlin

Note: Record states both of her parents were born in Scotland which is believed to be incorrect.

• Immigration: From Family Search org, 1882, New York, New York. Name: Margaret Gillon
Event Type: Immigration
Event Date: 1882
Event Place: New York City, New York, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 18
Birth Year (Estimated): 1864
Birthplace: England
Ship Name: Egypt
Affiliate Publication Number: M237
Affiliate Publication Title: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1897
Affiliate Film Number: 450
GS Film Number: 001027020
Digital Folder Number: 004680530
Image Number: 00018



Citing this Record:
"New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVPN-JNLY : 12 March 2018), Margaret Gillon, 1882; citing NARA microfilm publication M237 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm .

• Residence: From 1900 Census, 1900, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. Name: Margret J Humes
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1900
Event Place: Troy city Ward 10, Rensselaer, New York, United States
District: 95
Gender: Female
Age: 36
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race: W
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Number of Living Children: 0
Years Married: 12
Birth Date: Mar 1864
Birthplace: England
Marriage Year (Estimated): 1888
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: Ireland
Mother's Birthplace: Ireland
Mother of how many children: 0
Sheet Number and Letter: 12A
Household ID: 12
Line Number: 42
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T623
GS Film Number: 1241153
Digital Folder Number: 004114740
Image Number: 00100


Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Thomas Humes Head M 39 Ireland
Margret J Humes Wife F 36 England
Mary E Daley Boarder F 13 New York



Citing this Record:
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSL5-QRW : accessed 9 December 2018), Margret J Humes in household of Thomas Humes, Troy city Ward 10, Rensselaer, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 95, sheet 12A, family 12, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,153.

Note: Her family is listed after her cousin Margaret Cassidy Kelly's family, indicating they live in the same building or next door to each other.

• Residence: From 1930 Census, 1930, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. The census record also states that both of her parents were born in the Irish Free State and that she was born in England.

• Farm: The Times Record, Page 3, 15 Jul 1941, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. THE TIMES RECORD, TROT, N. Y., TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 15, 1941

Mrs. Thomas Humes and daughter, Helen of Troy, spent a few days at their farm on the Stillwater Road recently.

• Death Record, 10 Jun 1946, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. Identifies her father as Robert Gillan and her mother as Margaret Carlin.

Birth year is inconsistent with other US records.

• Gravestone: From Find a Grave, 1946, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. Margaret J. Gillan Humes
Birth: 1870
Death: 1946 (aged 75–76)
Burial: Saint Peter's Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, USA
Memorial #: 85276031
Created by: Alysia (46903070)
Added: 21 Feb 2012

URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85276031/margaret-j_-humes
Citation: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 December 2018), memorial page for Margaret J. Gillan Humes (1870–1946), Find A Grave Memorial no. 85276031, citing Saint Peter's Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Alysia (contributor 46903070) .

Margaret married Thomas J Humes on 18 Oct 1888 in Troy, Rensselaer, New York. (Thomas J Humes was born in Sep 1861 in Ireland and died on 8 Dec 1958 in Troy, Rensselaer, New York.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Anniversary: The Times Record, Page 20, 18 Oct 1945, Troy, Rensselaer, New York. THE TIMES RECORD, TROY, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 18, 1945

Note Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Humes of 449 Tenth Street celebrated their 57th wedding anniversary today. The couple were married at St. Peter's Church, this city.