Jean Gilmour (née Dunsmore)

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Jean Gilmour (née Dunsmore)
(1816–1856)
Birth: , Kilmarnock, Ayrshire
Death:
Parents: Robert Dunsmore
Jean Dunsmore (née Kirkland)
    d.1832
Siblings: Jean Gilmour (née Dunsmore)
    1816–1856
Partners: Boyd Gilmour
    ? – ?
Children: Mary Croskery (née Gilmour)
    1843-01-04 – 1899
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Permalink: archives.org.au/JD
Wikitree: Dunsmuir-61
FamilySearch: 96C7-KTX

Jean Dunsmore (also known as Jeanie Dunsmuir) was born on 8 December 1816 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland to Robert Dunsmore and Jean Dunsmore (née Kirkland). She had four siblings: James Dunsmuir (1805–1832), Marian Dunsmuir (1808–1872), Allan Dunsmuir (1847–?), and Mary Dunsmore (1810, died in infancy).

She married Boyd Gilmour on 26 June 1835 [1] in Riccarton, Ayrshire, Scotland[2] and they had eight children: Jean Gilmour (1836–?), Joseph Gilmour (1838, died in infancy) [3], Joseph Gilmour (1840–?)[4], Mary Gilmour, Marion Gilmour (1847–1928), Boyd Gilmour (1849–?), Allan Columbia Gilmour [5](1851–?) and John Gilmour [6](1854–1856).

She already had five children when they left on the Pekin on 19 December 1850 to sail to Vancouver Island, where Boyd had been employed to open up coal mines in the north. Jean gave birth to Allan Columbia as the ship sailed up the Columbia river, and they arrived at Fort Vancouver on June 29 1851 (see Boyd Gilmour article for further details of their time in Canada).

Jean died age 38 from "enteritis, 2 days" on 16 May 1856 soon after her youngest son's death [7], only two years after they returned from Canada, and she is buried in Riccarton Burial Ground, Ayrshire.

References

  1. "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910", FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XT2J-WZ6 : 11 February 2020), Jean Dunsmore in entry for Boyd Gilmour, 1835.
  2. Parish records, Riccarton 1808 (Scotlands People), Ref. no. 611-0010
  3. "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTVT-DRR : 11 February 2020), Jean Dunsmore in entry for Joseph Gilmour.
  4. "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTKX-R2D : 11 February 2020), Jean Dunsmuir in entry for Joseph Gilmour, .
  5. "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTKX-5NP : 11 February 2020), Jean Dunsmuir in entry for Allan Columbia Gilmour, .
  6. "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYQ8-85Z : 11 February 2020), Jean Dunsmuir in entry for John Gilmour, .
  7. Jean Dunsmore's death certificate. Scottish Records office: RD: 597, p.~88.
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