Born in German Township, Richland, Illinois, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of George William Gillespie
and Sarah (Peebles) Gillespie
Sister of
Martha Melina (Gillespie) Herrington, Telitha Ann (Gillespie) Stoltz, Susan Ellen (Gillespie) Stoltz, Samuel Gillespie, William Henry Gillespie, Willis Gillespie, Lewis M. Gillespie, John J. Gillespie, David A. Gillespie, Ynithia Ameilia Mills Gillespie [half], George P. Gillespie [half], James E. Gillespie [half], Sarrah E. Gillespie [half], Larura Gillespie [half] and Harvey Gillespie [half]
Wife of
George Washington Holmes
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Nora Della (Holmes) Welton
Died
at age 74
in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Apr 2015
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Biography
Mary Jane (Gillespie) Holmes was born in 1845. She passed away in 1920.[1]
Sources
- ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to Anonymous Sisney.
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M85M-FZZ : 12 April 2016), George W Gillespy, Richland county, Richland, Illinois, United States; citing family 1314, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXHF-DG4 : 30 September 2017), G W Gillespie, 1860.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
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~6.25%
~12.50%
Anonymous Sisney 
:
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Anonymous Carrico :
AncestryDNA, yourDNAportal LUC8df459eb
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, yourDNAportal LUC8df459eb, FTDNA kit #894795
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Michael Palumbo :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch GB3609026 [compare]
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~0.78%
Bobbie (Spurgin) Greene :
AncestryDNA
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Anonymous Howland :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #861275
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Anonymous Sisney
Gillespie-2546 and Gillaspie-319 appear to represent the same person because: same person
posted
on Gillaspie-319 (merged)
by Anonymous Sisney
Rejected matches › Mary Jane (Gillespie) Stephenson (1838-1919) › Mary (Dunlevy) Gillespie (1840-abt.1910)
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