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John Gillespie 1900 - 1979

John Gillespie of Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida was born on May 14, 1900, and died at age 78 years old in March 1979.
John Gillespie
Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida 33707
May 14, 1900
March 1979
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    1900

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    May 14, 1900
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    1979

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    March 1979
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    John Gillespie lived 5 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 78.
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In 1900, in the year that John Gillespie was born, when Floradora opened on Broadway. A huge success in London - opening in 1899 and running for 455 performances - the musical was even more successful in New York - running for 552 performances. The "Floradora girls" were the hit of the show - a "sextette of tall, gorgeous damsels, clad in pink walking costumes, black picture hats and carrying frilly parasols who swished onto the stage and captivated New York for no other reason than they were utterly stunning" ("tall and gorgeous" translated to 5'4"). A sensation, each Floradora girl was said to have married a millionaire.
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In 1914, John was merely 14 years old when President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating Mother's Day, the second Sunday in May, as a national holiday to honor mothers. Anna Jarvis had championed a Mother's Day for years but Congress had joked a few years earlier that then they would have to proclaim a "Mother-in-law's Day" as well. The President who championed a woman's right to vote also created a day in their honor.
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