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Jenny Gillespie 1918 - 1984

Janet (Hughes) Gillespie of 38 Royal Rd, in Bon Beach, Victoria County Australia was born on July 28, 1918 in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire County, Scotland United Kingdom to William Matthew Hughes and Christine (McKinnon) Hughes. She married Peter Gillespie on September 1, 1939, and had children Christina Gillespie and Janet Hughes Gillespie. Janet Gillespie died at age 65 years old on April 3, 1984 in Bon Beach, Victoria Australia, and was buried in Bonbeach, Kingston City County, VIC.

Janet (Hughes) Gillespie

Jenny

38 Royal Rd, in Bon Beach, Victoria County Australia

July 28, 1918

Motherwell, North Lanarkshire County, Scotland, United Kingdom

April 3, 1984

Bon Beach, Victoria, 3195, Australia

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07/28

1918

Birthday

July 28, 1918

Birthdate

Motherwell, North Lanarkshire County, Scotland United Kingdom

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Ethnicity & Family History

Janet McKinnon Hughes was born in 1918 in Motherwell, New Stevenston, Scotland. She was known as Jenny. Her parents were William Matthew Hughes and Christine McKinnon. Jenny married Peter Gillespie on September 1st, 1939. Their daughter Christina Hughes Gillespie was born on March 6th, 1939. (Not a typo) Their daughter Janet Hughes Gillespie was born in Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland on May 26th, 1944. On the 6th of March 1951 the family arrived in Australia on the ship Asturias. Jenny and Peter were housed in Unanderra, NSW, on the Princes Highway. Later, they moved to Barkly St, St Kilda, VIC. They then lived at 4/11 Bluff Ave, St Kilda. Finally, they lived with their daughter Christina and son-in-law Brian in Bonbeach, VIC. Jenny died at 65 years old. She was my beloved Nana.
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1984

Death

April 3, 1984

Death date

Chronic asthma

Cause of death

Bon Beach, Victoria 3195, Australia
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Bonbeach, Kingston City County, VIC 3196, Australia
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Jenny Gillespie lived 7 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 65.

The average age of a Hughes family member is 72.

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In 1918, in the year that Jenny Gillespie was born, federal spending was $12.68 billion, unemployment was 1.4% and the cost of a first-class stamp was 3 cents.

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In 1923, at the age of merely 5 years old, Janet was alive when Harlem's Cotton Club opened in New York City. Owned by a bootlegger and gangster, it was a 700 seat speakeasy that catered to a "white only" clientele. But most of the entertainers were African-American and featured some of the best entertainers of the time such as Lena Horne, the Nicholas Brothers, Ethel Waters, and Cab Calloway.

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