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  • Name Barnsback, Minna A. 
    Born 12 Nov 1834  Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] 

    •      In many documents, the given names of this woman are reported as Minna A. Barnsback. There are, however, some variations. In a biographical sketch published in 1887 of her brother, Henry C. Barnsback, she was identified as Minna C. Barnsback. This is also the form of her name which appeared on her own marriage license as reported in the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900, an online database of the Illinois State Archives.
           The form of this woman's name as it appears in this genealogical database is an arbitrary choice until a more definitive answer is discovered.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1850  Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 

    •      According to the 1850 U.S. enumeration, Mina C. Barnsback, age 16 and attending school, lived with Julius L. Barnsback (age 50) and Mary Barnsback (age 42). There were three other children in the home: Henry Clay Barnsback, age 12; Julius Barnsback, age 9; and, Mary E. Barnsback, age 5. Also in the household were four male boarders, ages 20 to 42, from Switzerland, Germany and Pennsylvania.
    Died 25 Jan 1888  Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9, 11] 
    Buried Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Address:
    Woodlawn Cemetery 
    • She and family members were buried in Section II, lots 105-106.
    Person ID I6834  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 26 Nov 2017 

    Father Berensbach, Julius Louis Hans,   b. 6 Aug 1800, Lautenthal, Kingdom of Hannover Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Sep 1853  (Age 53 years) 
    Mother Gonterman, Mary Melinda,   b. 29 Mar 1807, Christian County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jan 1903, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years) 
    Married Mar 1827  [12, 13, 14] 
    Census (family) 1850  Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 

    •      According to the 1850 U.S. enumeration, the household consisted of Julius L. Barnsback, a 50 year old merchant born in Germany, with real estate valued at $10,000; Mary Barnsback, age 42, born in Kentucky; and four children: Mina C. Barnsback, age 16; Henry Clay Barnsback, age 12; Julius Barnsback, age 9; and, Mary E. Barnsback, age 5. All of the children were born in Illinois; the three eldest had attended school within the year. Also in the household were four male boarders, ages 20 to 42, from Switzerland, Germany and Pennsylvania.
    Family ID F2571  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Gillespie, David,   b. 30 Sep 1828, Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Aug 1881, Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years) 
    Married 8 Oct 1855  Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21] 
    • According one biographical sketch of David, published in 1899, he and his wife were the parents of six children, four of whom survived him. At this time, this genealogical history has details of only four children.
    Census (family) Jun 1880  Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [22] 

    •      According to the 1880 U.S. enumeration, the household in Ward 2 consisted of David Gillespie, a 51 year old lawyer, his wife, Minna Gillespie, age 45, keeping house, and their four children: Julia Gillespie (age 23); Edwin Gillespie (age 18); Henry Gillespie (age 15), and Mary Gillespie (age 10). There were two single boarders: Carrie Houck (age 23) and Clay H. Lynch (age 32), a grain dealer. Also living in the home were two single servants: Mary Mansfield (age 18), born in Maryland of Irish parents; and William Meek (age 26), a farm laborer, he and his parents were born in Bohemia.
           The next household enumerated in this census consisted of Moses Sherman (age 42, a grain dealer), his wife, Isabella Sherman (age 38) and their daughter, Martha Sherman (age 12). Also living in the household was a servant, Mary Childres (age 16).
           And the dwelling enumerated after the Sherman's was the home of Wesley R. Brink (age 30, a publisher), his wife, Nellie Brink (age 26), and their two daughters, Florence Brink (age 3) and Julia Brink (age 1). Also living in the household was Wesley's mother-in-law, Martha Gillespie (age 64, a widow), and Louisa Bernius (age 20), a servant.
           What the 1880 census does not reveal is the close family ties woven through these three homes and foreshadowing extended family associations. Wesley Brink's mother-in-law, Martha A. (McGrew) (Hynes, or Hinds) Gillespie, the second wife of Matthew Gillespie, would have been the mother of Wesley's wife, Elizabeth Eleanor "Nellie" (Gillespie) Brink. Martha was also the mother of Isabella J. (Gillespie) Sherman and the step-mother of David Gillespie, who was the son of Matthew Gillespie and his first wife, Nancy Gordon.
           In 1882, Julia B. Gillespie, daughter of David and Minna (Barnsback) Gillespie, became the first wife Dr. Edward William Fiegenbaum. Clay Hardin Lynch, one of the boarders living in the Gillespie home in 1880, married one of Dr. Fiegenbaum's sisters, Martha Lizette Fiegenbaum, in 1884.
    Children 
    +1. Gillespie, Julia B.,   b. 1856, Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Mar 1886, Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 30 years)
     2. Gillespie, Mattie C.,   b. 1859, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jun 1866, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 7 years)
     3. Gillespie, Edwin David,   b. 17 Feb 1862, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Apr 1929  (Age 67 years)
     4. Gillespie, Minna A.,   b. Abt 1862–1863, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Oct 1870, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 7 years)
     5. Gillespie, Henry Sherman,   b. Abt 1864–1865, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1926  (Age ~ 61 years)
    +6. Gillespie, Mary E.,   b. 6 Mar 1871, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jan 1942, Santa Clara County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F1327  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1880 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T9, roll 233, page 299A. Illinois, Madison County, Edwardsville, Ward 2, Supervisor’s District 7, Enumeration District 21, census page 17A, enumerated on 7 June 1880; David Gillespie household, dwelling 162, family 188, lines 8-27. Access through Ancestry.com (library edition) in October 2008, March 2012 & November 2017.
           In the household was: 19) Gillespie, Minna; white; female; age 45; wife; born in Illinois; father born in Hanover; mother born in Kentucky.
           By calculation from the information provided, Minna Gillespie would have been born about 1834-1835. For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1880 U.S. census for this person.

    2. [S203] History of Madison County, Illinois; Illustrated; With Biographical Sketches Of Many Prominent Men And Pioneers (Edwardsville, Illinois: W. R. Brink and Company, 1882), page 359.
      "[David Gilespie] was married to Miss Minna A. Barnsback, October 8th, 1855. She was the daughter of the late Julius L. Barnsback."

    3. [S104] Personal communication, Post-em to WorldConnect database from Geli Buchta on 15 November 2003.
      In two notes posted to my genealogical databased available at RootsWeb.com, Geli Buchta reported that on the 1882 marriage license for Edward William Fiegenbaum and Julia B. Gillespie, Julia's mother was identified as Marina Barnsback.
           Working from a photocopy printed from the microfilm version of the marriage record provided by the Illinois Regional Archives Depository at Southern Illinoi University, I believe that the given name of Julia Gillespie's mother is actually "Minna" and not "Marina".

    4. [S270] Portrait and Biographical Album of Coles County, Ill., Containing Full Page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County, Together with.... Reprint edition by the Coles County, Illinois Genealogical Society; 1978? (Chicago, Illinois: Chapman Brothers, 1887), biographical sketch of Henry C. Barnsback; page 209.
      Minna C. Barnsback, child of Julius Louis Hans Barnsback and Mary M. Gonterman, was born on 12 November 1834.

    5. [S272] Funeral notice, for Minna A. Gillespie.
      A digital image of the notice was provided by Thomas G. Allen.
           Minna A. Gillespie died on Wednesday, 25 January 1888 at 9:45 a.m. Her age was 53 years, 2 months, 13 days.
           By calculation from the data provided, her date of birth would be 12 November 1834.

    6. [S110] Illinois State Archives, Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900 [online database] (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases/marriage.html - last confirmed in March 2012), Gillespie-Barnsback marriage.
      Accessed on March 2012. David Gillespie and Minna C. Barnsback were granted a marriage license or were married on 8 October 1855. Madison County, Illinois marriage license 282; volume 6, page 132.

    7. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1850 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm M432, roll 119, page 501A, image 342. Illinois, Madison County, Edwardsville, census page 501A, enumerated on 22 October 1850; Julius L. Barnsback household, dwelling 5, family 5, lines 12-21. Access through Ancestry.com (library edition) in March 2012.
           In the household was: Mina C. Barnsback; age 16; female; born in Illinois; attended school within the year.
           By calculation from the information provided, Mina would have been born about 1833-1834. For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1850 U.S. census for this person.

    8. [S188] Illinois State Archives, Illinois Statewide Death Index, Pre–1916 [online database] (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases/death.html - last confirmed in March 2012), Minna Gillespie.
      Accessed in July 2013. Minna Gillespie, female, aged 53, died in Edwardsville on 25 January 1888. Madison County, Illinois death certificate 1751; volume [not provided], page [not provided]. By calculation from this information, she would have been born about 1834-1835.

    9. [S286] Woodlawn Cemetery, St. Louis St., Edwardsville, IL; An Inventory of the Five Original Sections Recorded by Members of the Madison County Genealogical Society, 1995-1998. Compiled and indexed by Marie Thompson Eberle. (Edwardsville, Illinois: Madison County Genealogical Society, 1999), page 84. Cemetery Section II; lots 105-106.
      Minna A. Gillespie; born 12 November 1834; died 25 January 1888.

    10. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1850 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm M432, roll 119, page 501A, image 342. Illinois, Madison County, Edwardsville, census page 501A, enumerated on 22 October 1850; Julius L. Barnsback household, dwelling 5, family 5, lines 12-21. Access through Ancestry.com (library edition) in March 2012.
           The household consisted of: 12) Julius L. Barnsback; age 50; male; merchant; value of real estate=$10,000; born in Germany. 13) Mary Barnsback; age 42; female; born in Kentucky. 14) Mina C. Barnsback; age 16; female; born in Illinois; attended school within the year. 15) Henry Clay Barnsback; age 12; male; born in Illinois; attended school within the year. 16) Julius Barnsback; age 9; male; born in Illinois; attended school within the year. 17) Mary E. Barnsback; age 5; female; born in Illinois. 18) ---- Cooper; age 42; male; cheese maker; born in Switzerland. 19) Vincent Ferguson; age 20; male; merchant clerk; born in Pennsylvania. 20) George Ginther; age 26; male; Hooper; born in Germany. 21) Henry Kirkman; age 33; male; laborer; born in Germany.

    11. [S272] Funeral notice, for Minna A. Gillespie.
      A digital image of the notice was provided by Thomas G. Allen.
           Minna A. Gillespie died on Wednesday, 25 January 1888 at 9:45 a.m. Her age was 53 years, 2 months, 13 days. A funeral was scheduled to take place from the family residence on St. Louis Street at 10:00 a.m. on Friday.

    12. [S270] Portrait and Biographical Album of Coles County, Ill., Containing Full Page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County, Together with.... Reprint edition by the Coles County, Illinois Genealogical Society; 1978? (Chicago, Illinois: Chapman Brothers, 1887), biographical sketch of Henry C. Barnsback; page 209.
      Julius L. Barnsback and Mary M. Gonterman were married on married in March 1827. They were the parents of seven children.

    13. [S177] Ancestry.com (library edition), Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947. Henry C. Barnsback; 1838-1918.
      (http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2542). Accessed in March 2011. Original data from "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916–1947; Index." FamilySearch: Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010. Family History Library film number 1544187.
           Henry C. Barnsback. Birth date: 17 July 1838. Birth place: Illinois. Death date: 17 January 1918. Death place: Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois. Gender: Male. Father's name: Julius L. Barnsback. Father's birth place: Germany. Mother's name: Mary M. Gonterman. Mother's birth place: Kentucky.

    14. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1850 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm M432, roll 119, page 501A, image 342. Illinois, Madison County, Edwardsville, census page 501A, enumerated on 22 October 1850; Julius L. Barnsback household, dwelling 5, family 5, lines 12-21. Access through Ancestry.com in March 2012.
           In the household was: Julius L. Barnsback; age 50; male; merchant; value of real estate=$10,000; born in Germany; and, Mary Barnsback; age 42; female; born in Kentucky.
           A marriage is implied but not explicitly stated.

    15. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1850 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm M432, roll 119, page 501A, image 342. Illinois, Madison County, Edwardsville, census page 501A, enumerated on 22 October 1850; Julius L. Barnsback household, dwelling 5, family 5, lines 12-21. Access through Ancestry.com in March 2012.
           The household consisted of: 12) Julius L. Barnsback; age 50; male; merchant; value of real estate=$10,000; born in Germany. 13) Mary Barnsback; age 42; female; born in Kentucky. 14) Mina C. Barnsback; age 16; female; born in Illinois; attended school within the year. 15) Henry Clay Barnsback; age 12; male; born in Illinois; attended school within the year. 16) Julius Barnsback; age 9; male; born in Illinois; attended school within the year. 17) Mary E. Barnsback; age 5; female; born in Illinois. 18) ---- Cooper; age 42; male; cheese maker; born in Switzerland. 19) Vincent Ferguson; age 20; male; merchant clerk; born in Pennsylvania. 20) George Ginther; age 26; male; Hooper; born in Germany. 21) Henry Kirkman; age 33; male; laborer; born in Germany.

    16. [S104] Personal communication, Post-em to WorldConnect database from Geli Buchta on 15 November 2003.
      In two notes posted to my genealogical databased available at RootsWeb.com, Geli Buchta reported that on the 1882 marriage license for Edward William Fiegenbaum and Julia B. Gillespie, Julia's mother was identified as Marina Barnsback.

    17. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1880 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T9, roll 233, page 299A. Illinois, Madison County, Edwardsville, Ward 2, Supervisor’s District 7, Enumeration District 21, census page 17A, enumerated on 7 June 1880; David Gillespie household, dwelling 162, family 188, lines 8-27. Access through Ancestry.com (library edition) in October 2008, March 2012 & November 2017.
           In the household was: 18) Gillespie, David; white; male; age 51; [head]; married; and, 19) Gillespie, Minna; white; female; age 45; wife; married.
           For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1880 U.S. census for these individuals.

    18. [S203] History of Madison County, Illinois; Illustrated; With Biographical Sketches Of Many Prominent Men And Pioneers (Edwardsville, Illinois: W. R. Brink and Company, 1882), page 359.
      "[David Gilespie] was married to Miss Minna A. Barnsback, October 8th, 1855. She was the daughter of the late Julius L. Barnsback."

    19. [S270] Portrait and Biographical Album of Coles County, Ill., Containing Full Page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County, Together with.... Reprint edition by the Coles County, Illinois Genealogical Society; 1978? (Chicago, Illinois: Chapman Brothers, 1887), biographical sketch of Henry C. Barnsback; page 209.
      Minna C. Barnsback, child of Julius Louis Hans Barnsback and Mary M. Gonterman, was married on 8 October 1855 to David Gillespie.

    20. [S271] The Bench and Bar of Illinois; Historical and Reminiscent, edited by John M. Palmer (Chicago, Illinois: Lewis Publishing Company, 1899), volume 2, page 697.
      Biographical sketch of David Gillespie by Judge H. S. Baker.
           "David Gillespie was married October 8, 1855, to Miss Minna Barmback, of Madison county, Illinois, by whom he had six children, four of whom, with his widow, survive him."

    21. [S273] Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) System, Marriage record for E. W. Fiegenbaum and Julia B. Gillespie, 1882.
      Southern Illinois University, Morris Library, Carbondale, Illinois. Marriage records for Madison County, Illinois, 1882. Two photocopied images from microfilm. Marriage license 188 was issued on 12 May 1882. The bride was Julia B. Gillespie, a resident of Edwardsville, age 26, white, born at Edwardsville, a child of David Gillespie and Minna Barnsback.

    22. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1880 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T9, roll 233, page 299A. Illinois, Madison County, Edwardsville, Ward 2, Supervisor’s District 7, Enumeration District 21, census page 17A, enumerated on 7 June 1880; David Gillespie household, dwelling 162, family 188, lines 8-27. Access through Ancestry.com (library edition) in October 2008, March 2012 & November 2017.
           The household consisted of: 18) Gillespie, David; white; male; age 51; [head]; married; lawyer; born in Illinois; father born in New York; mother born in Ireland. 19) Gillespie, Minna; white; female; age 45; wife; married; keeping house; born in Illinois; father born in Hanover; mother born in Kentucky. 20) Gillespie, Julia; white; female; age 23; daughter; single; at home; born in Illinois; father born in Illinois; mother born in Illinois. 21) Gillespie, Edwin; white; male; age 18; son; single; goes to school; attended school in the census year; born in Illinois; father born in Illinois; mother born in Illinois. 22) Gillespie, Henry; white; male; age 15; son; single; goes to school; attended school in the census year; born in Illinois; father born in Illinois; mother born in Illinois. 23) Gillespie, Mary; white; female; age 10; daughter; single; goes to school; attended school in the census year; born in Illinois; father born in Illinois; mother born in Illinois. 24) Houck, Carrie; white; female; age 23; boarder; single; at home; born in Illinois; father born in Illinois; mother born in Massachusetts. 25) Lynch, Clay H.; white; male; age 32; boarder; single; grain dealer; born in Illinois; father born in Ireland; mother born in Kentucky. 26) Mansfield, Mary; white; female; age 18; servant; single; domestic servant; born in Maryland; father born in Ireland; mother born in Ireland. 27) Meek, William; white; male; age 26; servant; single; works on farm; born in Bohemia; father born in Bohemia; mother born in Bohemia.


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