Travis Gilmore1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 10366, (1894 - 1977)
FatherWilliam Thomas Gilmore7,6 (May 1859 - 1901)
MotherNannie Frances Fletcher4,5,6 (May 1860 - )

Key Events:

Birth: 14 Aug 1894, Centerville, Leon Co., Texas8,9,10
Marriage: 22 Jun 1924, Mullin, Mills Co., Texas, Ruth Kirkpatrick (26 Jul 1891 - 2 Feb 1964)11,12,13
Death: 31 Aug 1977, 1815 Eleventh St., Brownwood, Brown Co., Texas14
Burial: 1 Sep 1977, Greenleaf Cemetery, Brownwood, Texas14

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Narrative:

     Travis Gilmore was born on 14 Aug 1894 in Centerville, Leon Co., Texas.8,9,10 His formal name was William Travis Gilmore, apparently after his father, but except for a few legal documents, he used his middle name, Travis.15,16,6
     He appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Brownwood, Brown Co., Texas, in the household of his parents, William Thomas Gilmore and Nannie Frances Fletcher.7
     His father died in 1901, when Travis was about 7 years old.17,18 He appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Brownwood, Brown Co., Texas, in the household of his mother.5
     Travis registered for the draft for World War I on 5 Jun 1917, while living at 404 W. Chandler, Brownwood, Texas, reporting he was employed as a drug clerk by Renfro-McMinn Co. of Brownwood.16
     He appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Brownwood, Brown Co., Texas, in the household of his mother.19
     Travis married Ruth Kirkpatrick, daughter of Moses Clark Kirkpatrick and Carrie Imogene Maxwell, on 22 Jun 1924 in Mullin, Mills Co., Texas.11,12,13
     Travis and Ruth appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Brownwood, Brown Co., Texas, at 401 East Depot, enumerated May 1930, reporting that they owned their home, valued at $4,500, and had a radio.20
     Travis and Ruth appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Brownwood, Brown Co., Texas, at 401 East Depot, enumerated 15 Apr 1940, reporting that they owned a home valued at $4,000, and had lived in the same town in 1935. Also listed as living with them were her sister Nellie and Polly Anna Hall, age 25 and a bookkeeper at a candy factory, also listed as a lodger.21
     Travis registered for the draft for World War II on 27 Apr 1942, while living at 401 East Depot, Brownwood, Brown Co., Texas, reporting he was employed by Boldwin & Gilmore, at 1500 Coggin Ave., Brownwood.22
     He was a salesman drug store in 1910, at age15, and a salesman for a garage in 1920. By 1930 was the proprietor of a wholesale grocery business.23,24,25 He was an oil distributor by 1940, when he reported he had worked 72 hours the last week of March, and 52 weeks the year before.26,27
     His wife died on 2 Feb 1964 in Brownwood, Brown Co., Texas.28
     Travis died on 31 Aug 1977 at 1815 Eleventh St., Brownwood, Brown Co., Texas, at age 83.14 He was buried on 1 Sep 1977 in Greenleaf Cemetery, Brownwood, Texas.14

Children:
     There were no children with Ruth Kirkpatrick

Citations

  1. [S2789] William Gilmore household, 1900 U.S. Census, Brown Co., Texas, shows name as Travis Gilmore.
  2. [S2788] Nannie F. Gilmore household, 1920 U.S. Census, Brown Co., Texas, shows name as Travis Gilmore.
  3. [S2771] "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973," FamilySearch, citing FHL#1533476, record for Travis Gilmore and Ruth Kirkpatrick.
  4. [S2789] William Gilmore household, 1900 U.S. Census, Brown Co., Texas, shows the boy as son of Nannie's husband, and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  5. [S2790] Nannie F. Gilmore household, 1910 U.S. Census, Brown Co., Texas.
  6. [S5343] Travis William Gilmore, Certificate of Death.
  7. [S2789] William Gilmore household, 1900 U.S. Census, Brown Co., Texas.
  8. [S3205] William Travis Gilmore, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, shows date, town, as Centerville, and state.
  9. [S5344] William Travis Gilmore, World War II Draft Cards (4th Registration) for the State of Texas, shows date, county, and state.
  10. [S5343] Travis William Gilmore, Certificate of Death, shows date, town, as Normangeo, and state.
  11. [S2290] Eishen, "Descendants of William Bradford", shows date, town, county, and state.
  12. [S2771] "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973," FamilySearch, citing FHL#1533476, record for Travis Gilmore and Ruth Kirkpatrick, shows date, town, and state.
  13. [S2787] Travis Gillmore household, 1930 U.S. Census, Brown Co., Texas, shows married he at age 31 and she at age 32.
  14. [S5343] Travis William Gilmore, Certificate of Death, shows date, address, town, county, and state.
  15. [S2790] Nannie F. Gilmore household, 1910 U.S. Census, Brown Co., Texas, shows name as William T. Gilmore.
  16. [S3205] William Travis Gilmore, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
  17. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 38770922, William Thomas Gilmore, shows date, as 14 Jan 1901, and includes tombstone photo showing year.
  18. [S2790] Nannie F. Gilmore household, 1910 U.S. Census, Brown Co., Texas, shows his wife as widowed.
  19. [S2788] Nannie F. Gilmore household, 1920 U.S. Census, Brown Co., Texas.
  20. [S2787] Travis Gillmore household, 1930 U.S. Census, Brown Co., Texas.
  21. [S5345] Wm. T. Gilmore household, 1940 U.S. Census, Brown Co., Texas.
  22. [S5344] William Travis Gilmore, World War II Draft Cards (4th Registration) for the State of Texas.
  23. [S2790] Nannie F. Gilmore household, 1910 U.S. Census, Brown Co., Texas, shows occupation as salesman, industry as drug store.
  24. [S2788] Nannie F. Gilmore household, 1920 U.S. Census, Brown Co., Texas, shows occupation as salesman, industry as garage.
  25. [S2787] Travis Gillmore household, 1930 U.S. Census, Brown Co., Texas, shows occupation as proprietor, industry as wholesale grocery [the last unclear].
  26. [S5345] Wm. T. Gilmore household, 1940 U.S. Census, Brown Co., Texas, shows occupation as oil jobber, industry as oil industry.
  27. [S5343] Travis William Gilmore, Certificate of Death, shows occupation as distributor, kind of business as oil.
  28. [S2770] Ruth Gilmore, Certificate of Death.