John
William
Gillam
Born in Alabama, USA
Ancestors 
Son of Reuben Jackson Gillam
and Margaret (Reagan) Gillam
Brother of
Maggie Clara (Gillam) Smith, Ruben Thomas Gillam, Lillian (Gillam) Ward [half], Cleophas Gillam [half], Howard L. Gillam [half], Olen Gillam [half] and Artie Kathryn (Gillam) Jones [half]
Husband of
Jewel Lester (Lester) Ragsdale
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Minnie Verlaree Gillam, Jason Thelston Gilam, Maggie Lee (Gillam) Wigley, Ruben Elvin Gilam and William Oren Gilam
Died
at age 35
in Ashland, Clay County, Alabama, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Mar 2021
This page has been accessed 69 times.
Biography
John was born in 1894. He was the son of Reuben Gillam and Margaret Reagan. He married Jewel Lester.[1] . He passed away in 1930. [2]
Sources
- ↑ "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:29NP-V24 : 19 February 2021), J W Gillam and Jewel Lester, 13 Dec 1913; citing Clay, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 2,210,184.
- ↑ John William Gillam (1894-1930) on Find A Grave: Memorial #58159674 retrieved 07 March 2021
- "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXZQ-C73 : 31 January 2021), John W Gillam, 1920.
- "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:362C-R6Z : accessed 20 March 2021), John W Gillam, Ashland, Clay, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 8, sheet 7A, line 8, family 127, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 6; FHL microfilm 2,339,741.
Is John your ancestor? Please don't go away!
Login to collaborate or comment, or
contact
the profile manager, or
ask our community of genealogists a question.
Login to collaborate or comment, or contact
the profile manager, or ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
-
~6.25%
~12.50%
Marsha Milstead 
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member shane_milstead73
-
~1.56%
Wanda (Reeder) Horn :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A606368 [compare], Ancestry member whorn125
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B554821
+
MyHeritage DNA
-
~0.78%
Elise Horn :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A028250 [compare], Ancestry member whorn125
-
~0.78%
Scott Horn :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A344546 [compare], Ancestry member whorn125
Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.
Comments
Leave a message for others who see this profile.
There are no comments yet.
Login to post a comment.
Featured National Park champion connections: John is 15 degrees from Theodore Roosevelt, 24 degrees from Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, 18 degrees from George Catlin, 16 degrees from Marjory Douglas, 23 degrees from Sueko Embrey, 18 degrees from George Grinnell, 28 degrees from Anton Kröller, 18 degrees from Stephen Mather, 25 degrees from Kara McKean, 16 degrees from John Muir, 21 degrees from Victoria Hanover and 27 degrees from Charles Young on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.