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Gilmour
by Ron Stephens

John Lewis Gilmour¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ ⁹ ¹⁰

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Birth:	13 MAR 1880 in Silverton, Marion County, OR
Death:	27 JUL 1969 in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, WA ¹¹ ¹² ¹³
Sex:	M
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: 1880 in Silverton, Marion County, OR
Census: 1885 in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, WA
Census: 1887 in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, WA
Census: 1889 in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, WA
Attribute: BET 1899 AND 1910 in Played semi-pro baseball
Census: 1900 in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, WA
Census: 1910 in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, WA
Resided: 12 SEP 1918 in 800 East First Street, Ellensburg, Kittitas County, WA
Census: 1920 in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, WA
Census: 1930 in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, WA
Burial: 29 JUL 1969 in IOOF Cemetery, Ellensburg, Kittitas County, WA C-001-05
Attribute: Pioneer Grocer

Spouses & Children

Eva E. Truesdale (Wife) b. 25 JUN 1891 in Grand Junction, Mesa County, CO
Marriage: 3 MAR 1919 in Tacoma, Pierce County, WA
Children:
Robert L. Gilmour b. 22 JUN 1909 in Tacoma, Pierce County, WA

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Title: 1880 US Census Silverton, Marion County, OR
Source Text: JOHN L. GILMOUR [age 3/12 months, born in Oregon] resided with his parents, JOHN T. GILMOUR [age 39, born in Illinois] and VIRGINIA GILMOUR [age 35, born in Oregon] and his siblings, FRANCES I. GILMOUR [age 12, born in Oregon], SILENA {should be HELENA} GILMOUR [age 9, born in Oregon], FREDERICK GILMOUR [age 5, born in Oregon] and MAUD GILMOUR [age 2, born in Oregon] in Silverton, Marion County, Oregon at the time of the 1880 U.S. Census. Listed on page 3, Enumeration District 85 on Silverton, Marion County, Oregon Roll: T9_1082; Family Histiry Film: 1255082; Page: 116.3000; Image: 0570. Please Note: He is listed as being 3/12 months old when the Census was taken on 2 & 3 June 1880.
Confidence: 3
Title: 1910 US Census Ellensburg, Kittitas County, WA
Source Text: JOHN L. GILMOUR [age 29, born in Oregon] resided in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington, Ward 2, with mother, VIRGINIA GILMOUR [age 65, born in Oregon], Aunt, DELILAH [Linebarger] ADAMS [age 69, born in Missouri]and sister MAUD GILMOUR [age 31, born in Oregon] at the time of the 1910 U. S. Census. Listed in Enumeration District 92, sheet 5B.
Confidence: 3
Title: 1900 US Census Ellensburg, Kittitas County, WA
Source Text: JOHN LEWIS GILMOUR [age 20, born in Oregon] resided with parents, JOHN T. and VIRGINIA GILMOUR, and sisters, MAUD GILMOUR [age 22, born in Oregon], ONA GILMOUR [age 16, born in Washington] and GRACE GILMOUR [age 14, born in Washington] in South Ellensburg, Ward 2, Kittitas County, Washington at the time of the 1900 U.S. Census. Listed in Sup. District 286, Enumeration District 33, sheet 5B. [Image 10]
Confidence: 3
Title: 1887 Kittitas County, Washington Territorial Census
Source Text: JOHN GILMOUR [age 7, born in Oregon] resided with parents, J. T. and VIRGINIA GILMOUR and siblings in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington at the time of the 1887 Kittitas County, Washington Territorial Census which was taken on 27 May 1887.
Confidence: 3
Title: 1920 US Census Ellensburg, Kittitas County, WA
Source Text: JOHN L. GILMOUR [age 39, born in Oregon] resided with his spouse, EVA GILMOUR [age 28, born in Colorado] at 607 East Third St. in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington at the time of the 1920 U.S. Census. Listed in Sup.District 4, Enumeration District 74, sheet 1 A.
Confidence: 3
Title: 1930 US Census Ellensburg, Kittitas County, WA
Source Text: JOHN L. GILMOUR resided with spouse, EVA GILMOUR, in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington at the time of the 1930 U.S. Census, Listed in Sup. District 19-8, Enumeration District 8, sheet 2 B.
Confidence: 3
Title: Ellensburg Daily Record, Wed., Jan 10, 1968
Source Text: The following article appeared in the Ellensburg Daily Record on Wednesday, 10 January 1968: "TUCK GILMOUR VIVIDLY REMEMBERS BASEBALL SEASON ---- BACK IN 1896" "Still has Baseballs" " Base ball---real, hard-hitting, do-or-die baseball---exploded into being in Ellensburg with the advent of 'Prof' McCully's Ellensburg High School Nine, the 1896 team of youngsters who rose to glory against teams of men from as far away as Walla Walla. JOHN LEWIS GILMOUR, known to most as 'TUCK', was the pitcher for the notorious Nine. TUCK was the protege of F. M. McCully, who was principal of the high school, organizer of the group and pitcher until he singled out GILMOUR, then 16, and his successor on the mound. McCully taught GILMOUR how to pitch, and from the beginning he had a winning touch. TUCK's debut came when he pitched three innings against Ellensburg Normal School in 1896, and the final score tallied High School 14, Normal School 12. And so the mighty Nine marched through 1897 and "98", and TUCK's memories are glowing. 'In 1897, we played for a Minor's picnic in Roslyn and the purse was $50. To kids like me who had 15 cents in our pockets to buy a cup of coffee and a piece of pie, that was big money. 'We started at three in the morning and drove to Roslyn in a wagon owned by Palmer Bros. My brother, FRED, was on the team and J. B. Fogerty who he worked for loaned us a pair of horses, and with two that belonged to my Dad we made the trip in six hours. We played the Northwest Improvement Store Team which was made up of all colored people. We shut them out seven to nothing. After that we had to play the Town Team and we beat them 13 to three. Then we went home with our $50.' Seventy years ago, according to the pitcher's records, $50 went a long way. Bats were 60 cents a piece, and they generally broke. Spalding balls were purchased for $1.20 and two used by the team are still in good condition, and a treasured possession of Mr. GILMOUR. The Ellensburg Nine set their hats for the $50 purse offered later by the Yakima Hop Picking Fair, and were apparently in sore need of the money for the team could not pony up the train fare south. Ingenuity prevailed, and the Nine secured the use of a box car to Yakima for $4.50. Gilmour recounted the occasion with matter of fact brevity: 'Yakima imported a left-handed pitcher from Tacoma. Batted him out of the box. High School 36, Yakima 13. We had enough money to come home in style.' GILMOUR and the Ellensburg team rode high and with record success against community teams from near and far, never to face another high school team. In 1898, JOHN LEWIS GILMOUR graduated and by July 4, 1899 had sought his fortune in Republic, Washington and in Grand Forks, British Coulmbia. Meanwhile, back in Ellensburg, plans for a gigantic Fourth of July celebration were in the making, and the town was looking for the local team that could take on the challengers, the Walla Walla Association Baseball Team. In Grand Forks where he was working in a smelter for three dollars for a twelve hour day, Tuck Gilmour received a telegram from Abe Kreidel offering him up to $100 to come home and pitch the holiday game. TUCK was on the next train south. That was the Fourth when it snowed 'till the ground was white and the Ellensburg wind blew its wildest. Local citizens cheered their boys on to victory over the stunned Walla Walla contingent, and TUCK recalls the final score as about 13 to 2. Neither snow nor wind could convince GILMOUR that there was a better place to locate than Ellensburg, and in 1967, he retired after 57 years here in the grocery business. He still has the two baseballs to remind him of the glories of escapades on the diamond with the Ellensburg Nine."
Confidence: 3
Title: World War I Draft Card Registration
Source Text: JOHN GILMOUR registered for the World War I Draft on 12 September 1918. He signed his registration: "JOHN LOUIS GILMOUR" and stated that his nearest relative was his sister, "MAUD GILMOUR" of Ellensburg, Washington. His address was 800 E. 1st Street, Ellensburg, WA.
Confidence: 3
Title: 1885 Kittitas County, Washington Territorial Census
Source Text: JOHN L. GILMOUR [age 5, born in Oregon] resided with his parents, J. T. and VIRGINIA GILMOUR and siblings in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington Territory at the time of the 1885 Kittitas County, Washington Territory Census.
Confidence: 3
Title: 1889 Kittitas County, Washinton Territorial Census
Source Text: JOHNNY GILMOUR [age 9, born in Oregon] resided with his parents, J. T. and VIRGINIA GILMOUR and siblings in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington at the time of the 1889 Kittitas County, Washington Census.
Confidence: 3
Title: Ellensburg Daily Record July 28, 1969 [Monday]
Source Text: The published obituary is as follows: "Long time Ellensburg resident and pioneer groceryman JOHN [Tuck] GILMOUR died Saturday. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Grace Episcopal Church with the Rev. Mark C. Brown officiating. GILMOUR who came to Ellensburg as a baby in a covered wagon, was a pioneer groceryman here for nearly 60 years. He was the last of 11 children born to Mr. and Mrs. JOHN T. GILMOUR. His father, a pioneer blacksmith, came west over the old Oregon trail in 1851. The family moved to Ellensburg from Oregon about 1880. The first home was in the Shaser Hotel, corner of Fourth and Pine. The next residence was at Third and Walnut. The senior Gilmour died in 1905. JOHN [Tuck] GILMOUR, a graduate of Ellensburg high school, won considerable fame as a pitcher for the school team. He later played semi-pro ball for several years. In fact, during his short absence from the city, fans became so restive, that he was convinced to move back to pitch for the local team on weekends. For years he also served as night patrolman on the city police force. He was a senior member of Ellensburg Lodge, BPOE, having been initiated about a year after the lodge's inception here. In April 1910, GILMOUR, with his brother FRED, opened a grocery store in the St. Regis Hotel building on Third near Pearl Street. Later, they moved their store to the William Smithson building where they opened their own bakery as well. The partnership continued until Fred's death. He was one of the early members of the Ellensburg Rotary Club. In 1919, he was married to EVA TRUESDALE, who survives him as does his stepson, ROBERT GILMOUR and a step grandson, TERRY GILMOUR. For many years Mrs. GILMOUR was active in the store. He will be buried in the Odd fellows Cemetery where 26 other GILMOURs are interred. Several nephews, nieces, grand nieces and nephews survive him, but he was the last of 11 brothers and sisters."
Confidence: 3
Title: IOOF Cemetery Ellensburg, Kittitas County, WA
Source Text: JOHN LEWIS GILMOUR is buried in the IOOF Cemetery in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington
Confidence: 3
Title: Washington Death Index 1940-1996
Source Text: The Washington Death Index indicates his date of JOHN GILMOURs death as 27July 1969, but his obituary states that he died on Saturday which would have been the 26th of July.
Confidence: 3

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