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     Roy was born. Roy died in 1975.¹

     Wilma was born on 25 February 1934.¹ She resided at Tularosa, Otero, New Mexico, USA, on 20 August 2000.¹ Wilma died on 20 August 2000 at New Mexico, USA, at age 66.¹

     Gladys died. Gladys was born. She After Gladys married George Gililland [2263] a son was born: Jim, born in 1938 --Feb 98--Jim died in 1997. He and his wife lived in Carlsbad. I (Alvy II) talked to both of them on the phone but did not get to meet him. Georgia--his 1/2 sister reported that he was a fine young man and after getting over the bitterness of her father's divorce and remarriage, decided that Jim had nothing to do with that--and they became close. She married George Edward Gililland. Evidence is my father's (Alvy (2) Smith) note. See main Text..

     Angel was born at Otero, New Mexico, USA, on 23 September 1901.¹ Angel died.

     Hattie was born at Otero, New Mexico, USA, on 21 September 1902.¹ She married Adna Scott on 2 June 1922. Hattie died in 1991.

     Annie was born at Weed, Otero, New Mexico, USA, on 19 September 1904.^1,2 She married Doyle Scott on 27 May 1923.¹ Annie died on 1 August 1997 at age 92.¹ Her body was interred at Mayhill, Otero, New Mexico, USA, at Mayhill Cemetery.³

     William was born at New Mexico, USA, on 11 August 1906. Snyder gives his name as Franklin William.^1,2,3 He resided at St Thomas, Virgin Islands, USA, in February 1978.² William died in February 1978 at age 71.^1,2 His body was interred at Mayhill, Otero, New Mexico, USA, at Mayhill Cemetery.⁴

     Andrew Jackson Gililland Andrew Jackson G and Bessie Brown had 3 children:
(1)Barbara m. James Lowell Anderson- 3 children:
a. Douglas Lee m. Brenda Lee Willoughby- 1 daughter
2nd wife: Amy Rehage
b. Cathleen Jo m. Michael Wayne Eady- 2 children
James Mitchell Eady and Danielle Paige Eady
c. Gregory Kirk m. Diana Brown--2 children
Brock Adam Anderson and Shanlie Amanda A.
(2)Francis Mae m. Marshall Clay Scott- 2 children
a. Kari Loraine Scott and Marshall Edward Scott
(3)Andrew Edward Gililland m. Loretta Mauer--3 children
a. Clayton Gililland
b. Sheila Gililland
c. Edward Lee Gililland
2nd wife: Connie
Barbara and Francis were born in Carrizozo, NM, Andrew Edward was born in Silver City.
----Andrew Jackson G. worked on ranches for a number of years then worked for Kennecott Copper Corp in Hurley 1948-1974. He died in 1996

Data supplied by Barbara Jean in an email to Alvy Ray Smith III, 23 Jan 1998 and to Alvy Smith (father), 24 Jan 1998.
Andrew was born at Otero, New Mexico, USA, on 10 March 1909.^1,2 He resided at Hurley, Grant, New Mexico, USA, on 24 October 1995.¹ Andrew died on 24 October 1995 at Hurley, Grant, New Mexico, USA, at age 86.¹

     Lillie was born on 3 July 1912.¹ She married Irvin (Irwin) "Dogie" Scott in February 1930. Lillie died on 10 June 2000 at Alamogordo, Otero, New Mexico, USA, at age 87.² Her body was interred on 13 June 2000 at Mayhill, Otero, New Mexico, USA, at Mayhill Cemetery.^3,2

     Georgia Etta Gililland Georgia m. James Sanders in 1938- they had 3 children. He died in 1968 at age of 51. Georgia then married W. H. (Wince) Ellison--1974-as of Feb 1998 they live at 1011 8th St, Alamogordo,NM. Georgia was born at Otero, New Mexico, USA, on 30 April 1919.¹ She married James E. Sanders in 1938. As of 1974,her married name was Ellison.^2,3 She married Winfred H "Wince" Ellison in 1974.^2,3 Georgia Etta Gililland died on 7 March 2002 at Alamogordo, Otero, New Mexico, USA, at age 82; SSDI: Georgia E. Ellison, 525-58-3644, b 30 Apr 1919, d 7 Mar 2002, last residence 88310 Alamogordo, Otero, NM, issued NM before 1951.⁴

     Adna was born at Mayhill, Otero, New Mexico, USA, on 6 July 1900.¹ He married Hattie Rosetta Gililland on 2 June 1922.

     Doyle was born on 8 December 1904.¹ He married Annie Everline Gililland on 27 May 1923.¹ Doyle died on 17 October 1974 at age 69.¹ His body was interred at Mayhill, Otero, New Mexico, USA, at Mayhill Cemetery.²

     Irvin was born on 30 August 1911.¹ He married Lillie Lucinda Gililland in February 1930. Irvin died on 3 December 1984 at age 73.¹ His body was interred at Mayhill, Otero, New Mexico, USA, at Mayhill Cemetery.²

     James was born in 1916.² He married Georgia Etta Gililland in 1938. James died in 1968.

     Art was born. He died circa 1993; died in the early 90s.¹

     Winfred was born on 14 April 1917. He married Georgia Etta Gililland in 1974.^2,3 Winfred H "Wince" Ellison died on 16 April 2002 at Tularosa, Otero, New Mexico, USA, at age 85; SSDI, W H Ellison, 525-30-0919, b 14 Apr 1917, d 16 Apr 2002, last residence 88352 Tularosa, Otero, NM, issued NM before 1951.⁴

     Mary Margaret Wilson Mary Margaret Wilson Slate Smith. She had four children in her first marriage. One was Beckie whose daughter, Virginia Vanlaningham of Cliff, NM (11/93) was the source of information about this branch of the family. Mary was born at Bosque, Texas, USA, on 23 January 1872. She married Samuel Slate on 15 May 1892. She married BENJAMIN BENTON SMITH on 15 March 1909. Pedigree Resource File gives 30 Mar 1892 in Bride's Home, Dona Ana, NM.^1,2,3 Mary died on 19 February 1939 at Cliff, Grant, New Mexico, USA, at age 67. Her body was interred at Gila, Grant, New Mexico, USA, at Mesa Cemetery.⁴

     Samuel died. Samuel was born. He Killed while working on a well rig. He married Mary Margaret Wilson on 15 May 1892.

     Keith died. He Margaret, Lucy and George got Virginia Vanlaningham's phone number in Cliff while they were on a trailer trip. I called her and made contact with Mary (Mae) Elizabeth Wills, Dad's half-sister (by Alvy Smith (2)). Keith was born in 1912.¹ Keith died in 1989.¹

     Benjamin was born at Cliff, Grant, New Mexico, USA, on 15 June 1913.^3,2 He resided at Globe, Gila, Arizona, USA, in 1966.⁴ Benjamin died on 2 June 1990 at Globe, Gila, Arizona, USA, at age 76.²

     Harley was born at Fort Thomas, Graham, Arizona, USA, on 14 March 1902. Harley died on 19 April 1970 at Globe, Gila, Arizona, USA, at age 68.

     Edwin was born at Weatherford, Parker, Texas, USA, on 20 March 1915.¹ Edwin died on 6 April 1995 at age 80. "Where: b. Ft Sam Houston" - might mean buried there?.¹

     ELIZABETH MARY HARRISON See text for husband Jesse R Smith. There is confusion as to her maiden surname. Was it Harrison or Polk? Webb 1993 has it Polk. The MyFamily.com, The Gililland Family forum has this letter from Sherry Thompson, posted 16 Jun 2001 which seems to be definitive:

"... My great great grandfather is Jesse R. Smith and his wife Elizabeth M. Harrison. They were married in Washington Co., Tx. My great grandmother Sophrona or spelled Saphrinia, I'm not sure which is my grandmothers, mother ..."

Melanie Snyder posting 25 Jun 01:

Her name is listed as Mary Elizabeth Harrison on a death record for her daughter Sophronia Parilee Smith d 1935, Pasadena, CA. ELIZABETH was born at Alabama, USA, circa 1829.^3,4,5,6 She married JESSE RICHARD SMITH at Brenham, Washington, Texas, USA, on 15 February 1849.^7,8,9,10 ELIZABETH died on 24 June 1884 at Abilene, Taylor, Texas, USA.^11,12

     Randall Craig Wills Randall Craig Wills. Died in a plane crash in California. Randall was born at Globe, Gila, Arizona, USA, on 30 September 1951. Randall died on 2 June 1980 at California, USA, at age 28.

     Roy Gililland Moody In 1930 Roy had diphtheria and recovered with a damaged heart. Not long after this illness he died. He died Thanksgiving Day. Roy was born at Thatcher, Graham, Arizona, USA, on 19 February 1927.^1,2 Roy died on 26 November 1930 at Thatcher, Graham, Arizona, USA, at age 3.^1,2

     Gracie was born at Glenbar, Graham, Arizona, USA, on 7 November 1928. Snyder: Thatcher, AZ.^1,2 Gracie died on 9 May 1961 at Fruitland, San Juan, New Mexico, USA, at age 32.^1,2

     Freeda Rose Moody Ray Costner is Freeda's husband. Their address (1996) is Box 134, Kirtland, NM 87417. Freeda has furnished quite a bit of the family information. Freeda was born at Thatcher, Graham, Arizona, USA, on 27 January 1933.¹ Freeda died on 3 March 1998 at Winslow, Navajo, Arizona, USA, at age 65.²

     Lorene Olsen From her mother's letter:

"[After her death] Her husband took the children to Mexico etc I did not see them till Shawna looked us up when she was 21 years old. Clarence McGrath is an artist." Lorene was born on 1 July 1938.¹ Lorene was adopted circa 1952. Lorene died on 7 January 1964 at age 25.¹

     Joe Olsen Lillie's letter:

"Joe died in a plane crash 18 Feb 89 - Just in front of Bobs house just below a hill so they saw him go down but not hit. He was killed instantly he had 1 child a girl." Joe was born on 24 September 1945.¹ Joe was adopted circa 1952.¹ Joe died on 18 February 1989 at age 43.¹

     RICHARD HARGREAVES His son Henry's death certificate lists Richard Hargreaves as father. But the principal "evidence" is Henry Wm Hargreaves Family Group Record (by Barry Hargreaves) which lists father as Richard Hargreaves (Joiner) and mother Bridget Whitaker (Washerwoman).

"A joiner is somewhat less skilled than a carpenter, and well below a cabinet-maker." This information provided by Mr David Briggs, 85 Plantation St, Accrington, Lancashire BB5 6RT, in a letter to Alvy Ray Smith dated 7 Apr 1990.

The list of children of Richard and Bridget comes from the Family Tree of Richard Hargreaves as well as from the one in the Hargreaves Book (record of the 1990 Hargreaves reunion in Tumut, NSW, Australia).

The name Hargreaves is not listed in "The Origin of English Surnames'' by P. H. Reaney. However, the names Greaves, Greeves, Greve are listed, derived from Old English "graefe'', meaning 'thicket, grove'. Also, the names Grieve(s) are listed, derived from Old Northumbrian "graefa'', meaning 'governor of a province', or later 'overseer, manager, head workman on a farm, farm bailiff'. The names Grave(s) are listed, derived in Yorkshire from Middle English "greyve'', in turn derived from Old Norse "greifi'', 'steward', 'a person in charge of property'. An alternative derivation to this last is from Old Norse personal name "Greifi'' meaning 'count, earl'. The prefix "har'' is derived in various names in Reaney from 'ear', 'hare', and 'rey' (the latter from Old English "har'').

From the same David Briggs letter cited above:

"Hargreaves is an extremely common name in this area. ... From a book of Lancashire surnames, I have the information that the name derives from a small area of land north of Whalley at Standen, where the name is mentioned in 1323-4. However, there is a farmstead north of Padiham called Hargreave, also. (20th century - 'Hargrove'): this may have been named after the occupier, rather than vice versa. In 13th-14th centuries, the name was concentrated around Whalley-Burnley, and these people were mostly small free tenants, some concerned in cattle raising. By 16th-17th century, it was common in the same area, and spreading to Rossendale to the south. By the end of the 17th century, it had reached Bury and Rochdale.

Whittaker is also very common in the Padiham area. Liversedge will be from the village near Sowerby, just over the Yorkshire border."

The following additional information was provided by Mr John Hargreaves, 32, Portway Close, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 8RF, England, 13 Apr 1990:

"I enclose a copy of notes I made on the origins and distribution of the name, principally culled from "The Surnames of Lancashire" by Richard McKinley, English Surnames Series, Vol. 4, published 1982. The C. M. Bardsley whom he followed was the son of a well-known curate of St. Peter's church, Burnley, who published an internationally known book, "A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames", 1901, reprinted 1981."

"Origins and Distribution of the Surname HARGREAVES.

The recent study of Lancashire surnames by McKinley follows Bardsley who indicated that the name was one of the many in the North of England which were 'locality derived'. He named villages and parishes in the counties of Cheshire, Northamptonshire and Suffolk as possible sources. (Grave = grove, so probably Hargrave = haregrove.) Bardsley suggested that the village near Chester was the likely source.

However, McKinley suggests that, because of the early appearance of the name in Lancashire, it is probable that there may have been an additional source within the county. He states that there was land called 'Haugreves', mentioned in 1323/4, at Standen near Whalley. It was in the district around Whalley and Burnley that occurrences of the surname and by-name Hargreaves are concentrated in the 13th and 14th centuries. The persons who appear with that name in those two centuries seem to have been mostly small free tenants, in some cases concerned with the cattle raising, which was an important aspect of agriculture in the hillier parts of East Lancashire.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, Hargreaves became a common name in some parts of East Lancashire, near to the district where it had earlier appeared.

In Rossendale it was quite a numerous name from the 16th century and very common at Burnley, Padiham and Newchurch. During the 17th century it occurred in places to the south such as Bury and Rochdale parishes. At Colne it was one of the more numerous names in the parish from the end of the 16th century and continued as a common surname in the district around Burnley and Whalley.

Though occasional examples appear in other parts of the county during the 16th and 17th centuries, it did not become really numerous outside the areas just mentioned during that period. At Manchester it remained rare (a single person of that name in the Protestation Returns of the 17th century.)

As late as the 17th century it was still mainly concentrated in and around the area where it first appeared and it had proliferated markedly in some parishes there, while elsewhere it remained scarce or absent.

The surname is found in West Yorkshire from the early 14th century. No Yorkshire placename from which the surname could be derived has been discovered, and it seems probable that the appearance in Yorkshire is due to migration, over a moderate distance, across the county boundary."

Mr Jack Saxon, 7 Rockwell Terrace, Thurso, Caithness, Scotland KW14 7PJ, sent me, on 6 Apr 1990, his transcription of the Parish Register, Padiham St Leonard Chapelry. I quote some of the earliest and latest entries from this transcription to give the flavor of the use of the Hargreaves name in the area where our Richard Hargreaves lived:

"Book 1 Christenings, Marriages & Funerals 1573 to 1652

1573
Richerdus Hargreaves baptizatus fuit die May Anno Praedicto
1575 Helen filia Jacobi Hargreaves baptizatus fuit vicesimo nono die Junii A.P. Ano RR Eliza xviii
Thomas Claiton et Jana Hargreaves matrimonio coniuncti fuere vicesimo actavo die Novembris A.P.
...

Book 2 Christenings, Marriages and Funerals 1653 to 1706

1653
Richard the sonne of Robert and Katherin Hargreaves of Hapton borne the 28th December
...

Book 3 Christenings 1707 to 1765

...
1708
May 30 John son of John Hargreaves of Pendle

...
1763
...
Mar 28 Jane dau of William Hargreaves of Higham
..."

[23 pages of such listings!]

I am missing the information between 1765 and 1789 when Richard was born, so cannot yet make a link to any of this older data. Mr Saxon also provided the following useful analysis of our particular Hargreaves problem:

"In the Burnley-Padiham area there appear to be three distinct branches: one in Padiham - Habergham Eaves, one in Burnley and one in Clinger. Since it is possible to walk from Padiham to Clivnger via Habergham Eaves and Burnley it would be sensible to consider them as co-linear. Some were wealthy landowners - some humble folk. But Hargreaves appears in probably another dozen areas no great distance away. ... Habergham Eaves [which is mentioned prominently among some of our Hargreaves relatives] was linked strongly with Burnley, in fact it appears in some documents as "Burnley cum Habergham Eaves." Burnley won out and Habergham Eaves is now just an area of Burnley. But Habergham Eaves parish adjoins the parish of St Leonard, Padiham."

Note added 28 Sep 2005 after my 10-day walking tour of Yorkshire, led by Dr. George Redmonds, an expert on Yorkshire place names and surnames. Dr. Redmonds supported the notion that Hargreaves was a surname based on a locality just across the Yorkshire-Lancashire boundary in Lancashire, the "greaves" portion referring to a grove of trees. He stated that the "har" portion probably meant "hare" but that this was not definitely established.

As part of this trip, I visited Burnley for a few hours, and found the marriage record for Richard and Bridget in the Burnley Public Library. RICHARD was born at Padiham, Lancashire, England, on 8 March 1789.¹ He married BRIDGET WHITAKER at St. Leonard's Church, Padiham, Whalley Parish, Lancashire, England, on 23 October 1809.⁶ RICHARD died on 16 October 1824 at Padiham, Lancashire, England, at age 35.¹