Willie Gilmore McNeill1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 16883, (1875 - 1932)
FatherMalcom M. McNeill4,5,6 (14 Oct 1846 - 28 Mar 1917)
MotherEliza M. Burke6,7,8 (30 Jan 1846 - 5 Jun 1880)

Key Events:

Birth: 27 Jun 1875, Garner Station, Mississippi9,10,11
Death: 6 Apr 1932, Manhattan, New York Co., New York12,13
Burial: 9 Apr 1932, Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee14,15
ChartsDescendants of Dr. Davis Green Tuck
Descendants of David Dutt/Toot
AncestryThe Dutt/Toot Family
The Tuck Family

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Narrative:

     Willie Gilmore McNeill was born on 27 Jun 1875 in Garner Station, Mississippi.9,10,11
     She moved to Chicago with her parents about 1876.16
     Her mother died on 5 Jun 1880, when Willie was 4 years old.17,18,19 She appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, in the household of her father, Malcom M. McNeill.4
     There is little evidence that Willie ever adopted the MacNeill spelling of her surname as her father and many siblings did. Only one record has been found of her as an adult with that spelling, except when other family members controlled the spelling.20,21,22,23,24
     Willie moved to Memphis by 1900, where she was a stenographer.25 She appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee, at 636 Poplar, enumerated 1 Jun 1900, boarding with William J. Turner and his wife Dora.26
     Willie moved to Georgia, where her father and step-mother were living, by 1909.27 She appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Atlanta, Fulton Co., Georgia, in the household of her father and stepmother, Willie M. Gilmore.28
     She was a public school teacher in 1910, still there in 1914, when she was teaching at the Buckhead School in Atlanta in 1910.29,30
     She was appointed second grade teacher in Jun 1915 at the Walnut Street School in Vicksburg, Mississippi, for the 1915-1916 term. She was still there in 1918, when she was rooming at 1813 Cherry St..31,32,33
     By 1922 she was living in Richmond, Virginia, when she was living at 1149 West Ave.34
     Willie moved to New York before 1930. She appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of New York, Queens Co., New York, in the household of her sister Stella and her husband, James Garland Cooper.35
     She was she was an insurance technician there.36
     Willie died on 6 Apr 1932 in Manhattan, New York Co., New York, at age 56.12,13 She was buried on 9 Apr 1932 in Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee.14,15

Citations

  1. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 136961996, Willie Gilmore MacNeill, includes tombstone photo showing same.
  2. [S1388] Malcom McNeill household, 1880 U.S. Census, Cook Co., Illinois, shows name as William McNeill, apparently overwritten to Willie, with sex overwritten and unreadable, and relationship apparently son, overwritten to daughter.
  3. [S3372] Anderson, "some facts," e-mail to author, 31 Mar 2008, citing letter from Frank R. MacNeill, shows name as Willie McNeill, and later refers to her as Aunt Willie; and citing Bible located at "HempHill," Christian County, KY. compiled by Margaret Metcalf McNeill Ayers, Memphis, Tennessee, shows name as Willie Gilmore McNeill.
  4. [S1388] Malcom McNeill household, 1880 U.S. Census, Cook Co., Illinois.
  5. [S9138] Malcolm MacNeill obituary, Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle.
  6. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 136961996, Willie Gilmore MacNeill, includes tombstone photo showing her as daughter of Malcolm and Eliza Burke MacNeill.
  7. [S3372] Anderson, "some facts," e-mail to author, 31 Mar 2008, citing letter from Frank R. MacNeill and Bible located at "HempHill," Christian County, KY. compiled by Margaret Metcalf McNeill Ayers, Memphis, Tennessee.
  8. [S2061] Macon, John and Edward Tuck of Halifax County, pg 60.
  9. [S7616] "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," FamilySearch.org, record for Millie G. Mac Neill, citing cert. no. 8651, shows date.
  10. [S3372] Anderson, "some facts," e-mail to author, 31 Mar 2008, citing letter from Frank R. MacNeill, shows date and town; and citing Bible located at "HempHill," Christian County, KY. compiled by Margaret Metcalf McNeill Ayers, Memphis, Tennessee, shows date.
  11. [S1388] Malcom McNeill household, 1880 U.S. Census, Cook Co., Illinois, shows age 5 and state.
  12. [S7616] "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," FamilySearch.org, record for Millie G. Mac Neill, citing cert. no. 8651, shows date, city, county, and state.
  13. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 136961996, Willie Gilmore MacNeill, shows date and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  14. [S7616] "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," FamilySearch.org, record for Millie G. Mac Neill, citing cert. no. 8651, shows date, city, and state.
  15. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 136961996, Willie Gilmore MacNeill, includes tombstone photo.
  16. [S9001] The Lakeside Annual Directory of the City of Chicago, 1876, pg 677.
  17. [S4937] "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1939, 1959-1995," FamilySearch.org, record for Eliza McNeill, shows date, city, county, and state.
  18. [S9029] Graceland Cemetery and Arboretum, online burial records, record for Eliza Mcneill, shows date.
  19. [S8962] Eliza McNeill obituary, The Chicago Tribune, shows date and address.
  20. [S9090] William J. Turner household, 1900 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows name as Willie B. McNeill.
  21. [S9091] Atlanta City Directory, 1914, pg 1247, shows name as Willie G. McNeil.
  22. [S9092] "Teachers' Assignments," Vicksburg Evening Post, 12 Jul 915, shows name as Willie G. McNeill.
  23. [S9093] Polk's Vickburg City Directory, 1918, pg 232, shows name as Willie G. MacNeill.
  24. [S9094] Hill Directory Co.'s Richmond City Directoryry, 1922, pg 739, shows name as Willie G. McNeill.
  25. [S9090] William J. Turner household, 1900 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows occupation as stenographer.
  26. [S9090] William J. Turner household, 1900 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee.
  27. [S9091] Atlanta City Directory, 1909, pg 1102.
  28. [S2066] Malcolm MacNeill household, 1910 U.S. Census, Fulton Co., Georgia.
  29. [S2066] Malcolm MacNeill household, 1910 U.S. Census, Fulton Co., Georgia, shows occupation as public school teacher.
  30. [S9091] Atlanta City Directory, 1914, pg 1247.
  31. [S9092] "Teachers' Assignments," Vicksburg Evening Post, 12 Jul 915.
  32. [S9138] Malcolm MacNeill obituary, Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle, shows her as living in Vickburg, Mississippi.
  33. [S9093] Polk's Vickburg City Directory, 1918, pg 232.
  34. [S9094] Hill Directory Co.'s Richmond City Directoryry, 1922, pg 739.
  35. [S9064] Garland Cooper household, 1930 U.S. Census, Queens Co., New York.
  36. [S9064] Garland Cooper household, 1930 U.S. Census, Queens Co., New York, shows occupation as technician, industry as insurance.