Re: Cousins to McAllisters? Brooklyn/ 1870's
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In reply to:
Re: Cousins to McAllisters? Brooklyn/ 1870's
7/30/01
I don't believe Mary Ellen was a daughter of James or Henry Gillen.James and his wife Johanna O'Brien Gillen had 8 children but only 3 lived to adulthood - all boys: James, Wm, and Joseph.
Henry had a daughter named Mary but she married Augustine Meeker and had two children Henry and Victoria.She died in Brooklyn in 1917.
Have you gotten Mary Ellen Gillen's death certificate?Or one of her siblings?It might say the father's name.
Until I read Mimi's email I did not know that the Gillens and McAllisters were cousins - still can't figure out how.But I'll keep looking around and see what else I come up with.