Many early vital statistic records for births, marriages and deaths are found under India when the British Empire controlled the region.
Births:
At Khyouk Phyoo in Aracan on Sunday January 5, 1851 the wife of Assistant Apothecary D Gillespie of the 28th Regiment Madras Native Infantry of a son and heir. Reported in the Bombay Times.
Death Records:
Anthony Gillespie born Dec 25, 1941 Burma. Died April 24, 2024 peacefully at home in New Zealand. See NZ for fuller obit.
Harry Tantrum Gilhespy, death Jan 2, 1945. Burial Taukkyan War Cemetery, Htauk Kyant, Yangon Region, Burma
John Gilhespie, death Oct 12, 1943. Remembered on Rangoon Memorial, Yangon Region, Myanmar (Burma)
(Note: spelling of name as given in record)
Total Records: 4
Source of Records: Find A Grave Index. British India Society website.