Janet Jessie Lowe Winton and John Gillespie

Janet Jessie Lowe Winton (b. 17th May 1851) was the second child of Alexander Winton and Helen Fea. While born in Glasgow, she moved with the family to Grangemouth as a young child.

Janet married John Gillespie (b. 23rd January 1853, Glasgow) in Glasgow on 20th October 1876. John was the son of Alexander Gillespie and Margaret Vallance.

Their five children were born in Glasgow where John was an ironmonger and blacksmith.

The family were at 44 Kelvingrove St in 1881, moving to 41 Sandyford Rd by 1891 and 3 Sandyford Pl by 1901. In 1891, John's occupation is given as ironmonger and in 1901 as hardware manufacturer's agent.

The family emigrated to the US in 1904 and lived in Cuyahoga County, Ohio where other siblings of Janet, including elder sister Catherine Winton and younger brother Alexander Winton, had already settled.

Janet was at Rockport, Cuyahoga in 1910 and Lakewood, Cuyahoga in 1930. She died at Rocky River, Cuyahoga, Ohio on 27th October 1935.