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Michael Glemser Gillespie

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Michael Glemser Gillespie

Birth
Germany
Death
24 Sep 1937 (aged 74)
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA GPS-Latitude: 39.1710167, Longitude: -84.5295868
Plot
Garden LN, Section 71, Lot 131, Space 4
Memorial ID
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COD: Stroke. Son of Christiane Paulina "Christina" (Maier) and Christian Gottlieb Glemser, Sr. Widowed twice: widower of Josephine Julia (Moorman) and Julia (Dreher) Glemser Gillespie.

He was christened in Germany under the name of Christian Gottlieb Glemser, Jr. Christian Gottleib Glemser, Jr. was a pugilist who fought under the professional name of Michael "Mike" Gillespie, because the Glemser family did not want him fighting under the family's last name. He sponsored fights and operated a Cincinnati gym after his fighting career ended. Christian is buried at Spring Grove, under the name of Michael Gillespie, with his second wife.
COD: Stroke. Son of Christiane Paulina "Christina" (Maier) and Christian Gottlieb Glemser, Sr. Widowed twice: widower of Josephine Julia (Moorman) and Julia (Dreher) Glemser Gillespie.

He was christened in Germany under the name of Christian Gottlieb Glemser, Jr. Christian Gottleib Glemser, Jr. was a pugilist who fought under the professional name of Michael "Mike" Gillespie, because the Glemser family did not want him fighting under the family's last name. He sponsored fights and operated a Cincinnati gym after his fighting career ended. Christian is buried at Spring Grove, under the name of Michael Gillespie, with his second wife.

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MICHAEL

Gravesite Details

Spring Grove website at http://www.springgrove.org}=118672.tif.pdf. Marker was just his adopted name of Michael.



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