Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Alexander Gourley and Margaret C. Gillespie




Husband Alexander Gourley 1 2 3

           Born: 4 Jun 1814 - Ireland 2
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         Father: George Gourley (Abt 1769-1853) 4 5 6 7
         Mother: Rosanna McNeill (Abt 1779-1853) 8


       Marriage: 1 Nov 1838 3

   Other Spouse: Margaret Ann Henry (1832-      ) 1 3 - 26 Mar 1865 3



Wife Margaret C. Gillespie 1 3

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           Died: 16 Jun 1864 3
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Children
1 F Mary Elliott Gourley 3

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2 F Rosanna Jane Gourley 3

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3 F Ellenor Gourley 3

            AKA: Ellen Gourley 9
           Born: Abt 1844
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           Died: Aft 1917
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         Spouse: Thomas S. Mitchell (      -1898) 9


4 M David Gillespie Gourley 3

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5 F Margaret Ann Gourley 3

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6 M John Russell Gourley 3

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7 F Martha Fair Gourley 3

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8 F Charlotte Miller Gourley 3

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9 F Lydia Austress Gourley 3

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10 F Lucinda Crawford Gourley 3

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General Notes: Husband - Alexander Gourley

Whitesville, Jefferson Co, PA - a blacksmith

He came to America when three years of age, first to Nova Scotia, then to Pennsylvania. His parents lived for a time in Huntingdon County, and then moved to Indiana County.

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Sources


1 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 470.

2 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 769.

3 O. S. Marshall, The Marshall Family (Kittanning, PA: Steam Press of Reichert Bros., 1884), Pg 101.

4 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1370.

5 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 693, 769.

6 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 539.

7 O. S. Marshall, The Marshall Family (Kittanning, PA: Steam Press of Reichert Bros., 1884), Pg 144.

8 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 693.

9 Editor, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 290.


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