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Gilmour
by Ron Stephens

Frances Irene Gilmour¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸

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Birth:	31 JUL 1868 in Lebanon, Linn County, OR
Death:	4 DEC 1954 in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, WA ⁹ ¹⁰ ¹¹
Sex:	F
Father:	John Thomas Gilmour b. 5 NOV 1840 in La Harpe, Hancock County, IL
Mother:	Virginia Linebarger b. 29 APR 1845 in Washington County, OR

Census: 1870 in Sand Ridge Precinct, Linn County, OR
Arrival: 13 OCT 1880 in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, WA from Linn County, OR
Census: 1880 in Silverton, Marion County, OR
Census: 1885 in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, WA
Census: 1887 in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, WA
Census: 1900 in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, WA
Census: 1910 in South Ellensburg, Kittitas County, WA
Census: 1920 in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, WA
Census: 1930 in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, WA
Burial: 7 DEC 1954 in IOOF Cemetery, Ellensburg, Kittitas County, WA D-178-02
Religion: Episcopalian

Spouses & Children

John "'Kidd" Lothrop (Husband) b. SEP 1856 in Wisconsin
Marriage: ABT 1885 in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, WA
Children:
Bessie S. Lothrop b. OCT 1886 in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, WA Frankie Virginia Lothrop b. 21 JUL 1889 in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, WA Hazel Lothrop b. NOV 1891 in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, WA John Fred Lothrop b. 25 JUL 1897 in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, WA Marjorie L. Lothrop b. MAR 1900 in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, WA Helen Lothrop b. 10 DEC 1902 in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, WA Maud Lothrop b. 24 FEB 1905 in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, WA Ralph Lothrop b. 1 NOV 1907 in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, WA

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Title: 1870 US Census Sand Ridge, Linn County, OR
Source Text: FRANCIS I. GILMOUR [age 1, born in Oregon] resided with parents, JOHN T. GILMOUR [age 29, born in Illinois; occupation: Blacksmith] and VIRGINIA GILMOUR [age 25, born in Oregon], brother, JEFFERSON D. GILMOUR [age 4, born in Oregon] and her cousin, JOHN L. GILMOUR [age 7, born in California] in the Sand Ridge Precinct of Linn County, Oregon at the time of the 1870 U.S. Census. Her age is cited as "1". Listed on page 2 of the Census report. PLEASE NOTE: the GILMOUR last name was spelled incorrectly as Gilmore in this Census Report, bit all other information appears to be correct. Living next door were her grandparents, JOHN W. GILMOUR [age 56, born in Kentucky; occupation: Blacksmith] and JANE A. GILMOUR [age 60, born in Kentucky] and their family which included JAMES GILMOUR [age 28, born in Illinois]; occupation: Blacksmith], NANCY GILMOUR [age 25, born in Illinois]; ROBERT GILMOUR [age 22, born in Illinois (should be GEORGE ROBERT); works on farm] and SARAH GILMOUR [age 17, born in Oregon].
Confidence: 3
Title: 1880 US Census Silverton, Marion County, OR
Source Text: FRANCES I. GILMOUR [age 12, born in Oregon] resided with her parents, JOHN T. GILMOUR [age 39, born in Illinois] and VIRGINIA GILMOUR [age 35, born in Oregon] and siblings: SILENA GILMOUR [should be HELENA, age 9 , born in Oregon], FREDERICK GILMOUR [age 5, born in Oregon], MAUD GILMOUR [age 3, born in Oregon] and JOHN L. GILMOUR [age 3/ 12 months, born in Oregon] in Silverton, Marion County, Oregon at the time of the 1880 U.S. Census which was taken on 2 & 3 June 1880. Listed on page 3, Enumeration District 85 on Silverton, Marion County, Oregon Roll: T9_1082; Family History Film: 1255082; Page 116.3000; Image: 0570.
Confidence: 3
Title: 1900 US Census Ellensburg, Kittitas County, WA
Source Text: FRANCES LOTHROP [age 31, born in Oregon] resided with husband, KIDD LOTHROP [age 43, born in Wisconsin] and children: BESSIE LOTHROP [age 13, born in Washington], FRANKIE LOTHROP [age 10, born in Washington], HAZEL LOTHROP [age 8, born in Washington], FRED LOTHROP [age 1, born in Washington and BABY LOTHROP {this was MARJORIE} [ age 2/12 months, born in Washington] in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington at the time of the 1900 U.S. Census. Listed in Sup. District 2, Enumeration District 32, sheet 5B. The unnamed daughter was MARJORIE who was born in 1900 in Ellensburg.
Confidence: 3
Title: 1920 US Census Ellensburg, Kittitas County, WA
Source Text: FRANCES LOTHROP [age 52, born in Oregon] resided with children, JOHN [age 22, born in Washington], MARJORIE LOTHROP [age 19 and listed incorrectly as Margaret, born in Washington], HELEN LOTHROP [age 17, born in Washington], MAUDE LOTHROP [age 14, born in Washington] and RALPH LOTHROP [age 12, born in Washington] in North Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington at the time of the 1920 U.S. Census. Listed as "head" of the family here in Sup. District 4, Enumeration District 79, sheet 7 A.
Confidence: 3
Title: 1930 US Census Ellensburg, Kittitas County, WA
Source Text: FRANCIS I. LOTHROP [age 62, born in Oregon] resided in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington at time of the 1930 U.S. Census. Cited as "head" of the family which included daughter, FRANKIE SIMPSON [age 40, born in Washington], daughter MARJORIE CLODIUS [age 30, born in Washington], son-in-law, EDWARD CLODIUS [age 32, born in Washington], daughter, HELEN MAGERS [age 26, born in Washington] and her sons, EUGENE L. MAGERS [age 8, born in Washington] and WALTER F. MAGERS [age 7, born in Washington] at the time of the 1930 U.S. Census. Listed in Sup. District 8, Enumeration District 19-7, sheet 5 B.
Confidence: 3
Title: 1910 US Census Ellensburg, Kittitas County, WA
Source Text: FRANCES I. LOTHROP [age 41, born in Oregon] resided with husband, KIDD [age 51, born in Wisconsin] and children: BESSIE S. LOTHROP [age 23, born in Washington], FRANKIE V. LOTHROP [age 20, born in Washington], JOHN F. LOTHROP [age 12, born in Washington], MARJORIE L. LOTHROP [age 10, born in Washington], HELEN LOTHROP [age 7, born in Washington], MAUDE LOTHROP [age 5, born in Washington] and RALPH LOTHROP [age 2 and 6/12 months, born in Washington] in South Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington at the time of the 1910 U.S. Census. Listed in Sup. District 3, Enumeration District 93, page 7 B of the Census report.
Confidence: 3
Title: 1885 Kittitas County, Washington Territorial Census
Source Text: Mrs. F. LOTHROP [age 17, born in Oregon] resided with her husband, KIDD LOTHROP [age 28, born in Wisconsin] in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington at the time of the 1885 Kittitas County, Washington Territorial Census.
Confidence: 3
Title: 1887 Kittitas County, Washington Territorial Census
Source Text: F. I. LOTHROP [age 19, born in Oregon] resided with husband, KIDD LOTHROP [age 30, born in Wisconsin] and daughter [which would have been FRANKIE, age 1, born in Washington] in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington at the time of the 1887 Kittitas County, Washington Territorial Census.
Confidence: 3
Title: IOOF Cemetery Ellensburg, WA Registry
Source Text: FRANCES IRENE LOTHROP is buried in the IOOF Cemetery in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington in Plot D-178-02
Confidence: 3
Title: Ellensburg Daily Record "Passing of the Pioneers" 4 December 1954
Source Text: Leta May Smith write the following article: "Mrs. FRANCIS LOTHROP, a pioneer...died here this morning. From the Record, December 1954. A pioneer daughter of pioneers who came to Kittitas in a covered wagon. The GILMOUR family are truly pioneers of the Pacific Northwest. Many of has smiled at the picture of the little girl who has brought her doll with the broken head to the village blacksmith and hoped that he can mend it for her. Once I said to an old timer when he was smiling at the little picture, 'any pionheer blacksmith would have tried to fix the broken doll head, and would have at least, done his best to comfort the child.' Said the old timer, 'if she's taken her busted doll head to old JOHN GILMOUR, by golly, he'd have fixed it'. And so he would have. Nine years before the Civil War, JOHN W. GILMOUR left his home in Illinois, and with his family and all their possessions in the heavy wagons, the plodding oxen followed the well-traveled trail across the plains to the Oregon country, the lodestone for so many of the pioneers. All that summer, through the dust, the burning sun, scanty grass, poison water, the wagon train went slowly but surely westward. The father strode by the side of his straining oxen with his eyes seeking the far horizon, to the mountains with the straight black pines and the fragrant cedar, the cozy valleys sheltered by the high walls, where the wild grasses grew and thrived in the friendly sun. When we read the stories of these pioneers, one seldom reads of a wagon train that had a good blacksmith among the members that ever experienced the misfortunes of the trail that one associates with crossing the plains. And JOHN W. GILMOUR was the blacksmith and skilled wheelwright with his company; even beyond the authority of the wagon master. The trail was traveled only when he said the wagons were in order. His son, JOHN THOMAS GILMOUR, was 11 years old, quite enough to assume many of the camp chores and assist his father as he mended wagons and tightened wheels. GILMOUR never meded what he called a "done-out wheel". He carried extra spokes in a neat bundle tied at the end of his wagon, all ready to be set and tightened into the rim of a new wheel. Thus the GILMOUR sons learned the fathers trade and acquired his skill. The GILMOUR family built the western home in Lynn County, Oregon. JOHN THOMAS went to school, helped his father, did any and everything that fell to the lot of a pioneer boy. In 1852, he and VIRGINIA LINEBARGER were married and made their home on a claim near Albany. There JOHN had his own blacksmith shop. Life in Oregon was pleasant, but tales were being told of the wonderful valleys, grassy plains and free land in Central Washington. Also the weather was lauded, and that was an attraction to those who never had liked the fog and rain in Oregon. So it was in 1879, that the JOHN THOMAS GILMOUR Gilmour family came to Kittitas over the Satus trail. It was Oct. 13 when they arrived, a cold frosty day in the autumn of what the pioneers called 'an early fall' and the 'beginning of a hard winter'. The GILMOURs were not dismayed at the stories of cold and snow; one of the things that brought them to Kittitas were the reputed '51 days of sleighing every winter, clear and cold and sunshine every day'. They liked Ellensburg. The Ellensburg of 1879 was not the village of 1871 with its log huts and leaning shacks. According to Mckenney's Pacific Coast Directory there were more than a dozen places of business, and to them was soon added the GILMOUR Brothers Blacksmith shop; for with JOHN T. had come his brother, JAMES, who became his partner in the shop, located on the southwest corner of Second and Pearl. The first GILMOUR home in Ellensburg was the Shaser Hotel, the little boarding house built by George Shaser on the corner of Pine and Fourth where the Safeway parking lot is now. The Shaser family had left Ellensburg the previous year and now the GILMOURs purchased the little so-called hotel. One of the partners of JOHN GILMOUR was Willis Thorp. After six months, Thorp sold out to Mr. GILMOUR and James Farrell, the first of the Farrell brothers to come to Ellensburg, became a partner. Others who worked in the GILMOUR shop were Jack Ware and Sam Gonigle. ..." [PLEASE NOTE: There are several paragraphs about JOHN T. GILMOUR's blacksmithing which are omitted here, but which can be read in the full article which appears on the page for the father of FRANCES IRENE [GILMOUR] LOTHROP, JOHN THOMAS GILMOUR.] "JOHN T. GILMOUR was interested in ranching. . . . no one farmed in 1880 -- and he acquired the ranch later known as the Bloomquits place on the Nanum. Then he owned the Ploeger place and then the Sliger farm on the Vantage highway, now owned by Marion Omstead. He purchased several lots just west of Craig's Hill, on the corner of Walnut and Third, and this was the GILMOUR home for many years. Despite his ranching venture, Mr. GILMOUR was always more interested in the blacksmith shop. An advertisement in a newspaper reads thus: "J. T. GILMOUR and George Johnson, Blacksmiths"; Corner of Second and Main Sts. Ellensburg, W. T. ; Wagon Work and repairing on short notice. Horseshoeing a specialty; Promptness in meeting orders; Our Motto: Low prices for Cash" It will be 50 years, Jan 5, 1955 since JOHN GILMOUR died. There are few old timers around who knew and remembered this pioneer blacksmith. But the GILMOUR name long will be remembered in the pioneer history of Ellensburg. Forty-five years ago, his sons, JOHN and FRED, opened the GILMOUR & GILMOUR Grocery which is also an interesting story."
Confidence: 3
Title: Ellensburg Daily Record Obituary 4 December 1954
Source Text: The Obituary reads as follows: "Mrs. FRANCES I. LOTHROP, a pioneer who came to the Kittitas Valley by covered wagon in 1880, died here this morning, after a three month illness. She was born in Lebanon, Ore., July 31, 1868, and had lived in Ellensburg since she was 12 years old. She leaves a son, JOHN of Ellensburg; three daughters, Mrs. FRANKIE SHARP and Mrs. MAUD DECHAMPLAIN of Seattle and Mrs. HELEN MAGERS of Ellensburg; three grandsons, EUGENE and FRANCIS MAGERS and ROGER DECHAMPLAIN; one granddaughter and five great grandsons. She is survived also by a brother, JOHN GILMOUR of Ellensburg, and three sisters, Miss MAUD GILMOUR, Mrs. ONA HARE and Mrs. LENA PARKINSON, all of Los Angeles. One brother, FRED, died Nov. 17, 1928, and a son and daughter preceded her in death as did her husband. Mrs. LOTHROP was a life-long member of the Episcopal church and services will be conducted for her at Grace Episcopal Church at 2 p.m., Tuesday Dec 7. The family requests no flowers and urges that anyone wishing to contribute as a memorial do so to an organization of his own choice."
Confidence: 3

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