EARLY RECORDS: MAP #1 Property of William Gillespie, Thomas Clifford and Saml Gillespie in Carleton Co, Ontario, and John Mulligan Nepean Co. Prior to 1858.
Immigration
| Name: | Saml. Gillespie |
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| Arrival year: | 1829 |
| Arrival Place: | Ottawa |
| Primary Immigrant: | Gillespie, Saml |
| Source Publication Code: | 1824.15 |
| Annotation: | Date and place where petition was signed recommending poor families to whom the British government could advance passage money enabling them to immigrate to Upper Canada. Extracted from microfilm reel B-945, Colonial Office series 384, at the National Arc |
Here is 1851 census Canada West
| Name: | Saml Galespie | ||||
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| Gender: | Male | ||||
| Age: | 40 | ||||
| Estimated birth year: | abt 1812 | ||||
| Birthplace: | Ireland | ||||
| Province: | Canada West (Ontario) | ||||
| District: | Carleton County | ||||
| District Number: | 4 | ||||
| Sub-District: | Gloucester | ||||
| Sub-District Number: | 25 | ||||
| Household Members: |
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MAP #2 Saml Gillespie Sr sells his land and disappears around 1861 with William’s widow, Eliza (nee Atkinson) in her late 40s. Samuel would have been about 51 ys of age. No death record found for any of them. I hunted and hunted for them back in Ireland, across Ontario and down in the States, to no avail. John, took over the family farm of his father, William, as a single man, living with a sister, who left for Ottawa when John married.
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1871 census of Gloucester, Carleton Co, Ontario
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There was a terrible event when fire swept across the Ottawa Valley around 1871, and John and Elizabeth lost their barn, if not more buildings. They rebuilt and stayed on that farm to the end of their lives.
1881 census Gloucester Twp, Carleton Co, Ontario
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Missing are Elizil, who died age 2, a few months after my father was born. The first girl after so many boys. Nathen is still alive here, but he also died a bit later, plus another little girl, Bertha, who died age five. No reasons found. A busy mother who endured terrible heartache and grief.
Marriage 2: (Ancestry.com)
| Name: | John Gillespie |
|---|---|
| Birth Place: | Gloucester |
| Marriage Date: | 19 Jun 1901 |
| Marriage Place: | Carleton, Ontario, Canada |
| Father: | William Gillespie |
| Mother: | Elizabeth Atkinson |
| Spouse: | Mary Clifford |
EARLY OBITUARIES
DEATH NOTICE: Gillespie, Mrs Elizabeth Ann, age 57, of Ireland, wife of John Gillespie of Gloucester (Ottawa Journal Jan 4, 1898, p 7) She was born in Ireland about 1842. d/o John Mulligan and Eliza Boyd.
DEATH: “John Gillespie, age 76, May 5th (year uncertain) buried in an unmarked grave in a small cemetery on Metcalf Road about five miles south of the area where he lived. There was a Jewish cemetery beside it and deep woods nearby.” His daughter, Ruth Amy Gillespie (later Mrs Talmidge), was 12 years old when he died, meaning 1904 + 12= 1916. John was born May 4, 1840 from census records. Interview notes of Ruth Amy’s conversation. Ruth was John’s daughter with Mrs Mary Clifford, whom he married after Betsy Ann died.
DEATH ” 1935, Mary Clifford Gillespie died, buried in the same cemetery as John. Her children by William Clifford produced:
- Edith Clifford married Herb Bailey. Their children were: Harry, Mildred, Laura, Bessie (seen in family photo)
- Earnest Clifford was killed overseas at age 19. See his military record at bottom of page.
- Davis Clifford – not found in military records
- Alice Clifford: history not known
My Father’s Siblings & Family Members
Children of John Gillespie & Elizabeth Ann Mulligan
- WILLIAM GILLESPIE
MARRIAGE: William Gillespie, age 25 residence Nepean, born Gloucester, bachelor, a lock man, Rideau Canal, s/o John and Betsy, married Lena Shore, age 22, residence and birth Goulburn, d/o James Shore and Martha. Married Oct 24, 1893 in Ottawa. Witnesses Thomas Shore of Goulburn and Lizzie Donaldson, Ottawa. Presbyterian. Re Wm Moore. License. (Reel 77, MS 932).
| Name: | William Gillespie |
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| Marriage Date: | 24 Oct 1893 |
| Marriage Place: | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Spouse: | Lena Shore |
| Name: | William Gillespie |
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| Age: | 25 |
| Birth Year: | abt 1868 |
| Birth Place: | Gloucester Twp |
| Marriage Date: | 24 Oct 1893 |
| Marriage Place: | Carleton, Ontario, Canada |
| Father: | John Gillespie |
| Mother: | Betsy Gillespie |
| Spouse: | Lena Shore |
| Name: | William Gillespie |
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| Gender: | Male |
| Age: | 74 |
| Birth Date: | 5 Sep 1868 |
| Birth Place: | Ontario |
| Death Date: | 23 Feb 1943 |
| Death Place: | Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada |
| Father: | John Gillespie |
| Mother: | Mary Gillespie (error). |
| Spouse: | Bulah Sheply Gillespie |
In later years, William and wife Lena separated. Beulah became his housekeeper for many years. Lena’s death record follows below.
William & Lena’s children:
BIRTH: Gillespie, Gordon Harold, born Ottawa, 1894, Dec 30 Microfilm 204977-95 His death August 11, 1899 age 4
BIRTH: Gillespie, Douglas Shore born Nepean Twp, 1896, Dec 26, Microfilm 027014-96 Military Record World War I
BIRTH: Gillespie, M. Ann Wiltena born Nepean Twp 1900, Aug 27 (known as Miriam), whom I interviewed in her senior years..
BIRTH: Horace Maynord Gillespie born Nepean Twp March 10, 1902 (Microfilm: 311748-02)
MARRIAGE:
| Name: | Miriam Gillespie |
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| Age: | 20 |
| Birth Year: | abt 1901 |
| Birth Place: | Hazaldean, Ontario |
| Marriage Date: | 29 Jun 1921 |
| Marriage Place: | Carleton, Ontario, Canada |
| Father: | William Gillespie |
| Mother: | Lena Shore |
| Spouse: | Harold Scharf |
| Name: | Horace Maynard Gillespie |
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| Gender: | Male |
| Age: | 30 |
| Birth Year: | abt 1902 |
| Birth Place: | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Marriage Date: | 16 Apr 1932 |
| Marriage Place: | Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada |
| Father: | William Gillespie |
| Mother: | Lena Gillespie |
| Spouse: | Florence Gertrude Sybil Blakemore |
I corresponded briefly with both men, and one was not in agreement about some details of our history. Never able to discuss what I had found with either men and how I proved the links back to William Gillespie through John Gillespie’s 2nd marriage certificate in which he lists his parents’ names. The family used to argue if they were Irish or Scottish. Very appreciative of some older photos of the Gillespie farm and people sent to me. Both men are long gone now.
Many, many Scots were sent to northern Ireland in the late 1680s. I believe from deeper research our family is Ulster Scots, although living in Ireland when William sailed for Canada. In studying the earliest records for that immigration scheme, there seems to be a strong possibility that our family came from either Ayrshire, or Stirlingshire in Scotland in that move across to northern Ireland.
My Dad’s marriage to Minnie Gillespie, whose grandfather, James Gordon Gillespie, was a merchant living fairly close to Carleton Co, and who came from Aberdeen, Scotland, might well have been involved in transactions with our early family. A James Gillespie is considered sire of the family line by some others, which I do not concur because John Gillespie declared the names of his parents on his marriage record with Mary Clifford. I have traced every William Gillespie anywhere near the Ottawa valley and in a circle outward all across Ontario from there and now across the world.
CENSUS 1901 Nepean, Carleton County, District 52. Microfilm T-6462:
- William Gillespie, head, married born Sept 5, 1868, age 32
- Lena Gillespie, wife, married, born April 30, 1871, age 29
- Douglas S. Gillespie, son, single, born Dec 26, 1896, age 4
- Myra Gillespie, daughter, single born Aug 27, 1900, age 7/12
- Catherine Buckingham, domestic, single, born March 22, 1835, age 66
BIRTH: Dorothy Mildred Gillespie
| Name: | Dorothy Mildred Gillespie |
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| Gender: | Female |
| Age: | 25 |
| Birth Year: | abt 1911 |
| Marriage Date: | 22 Aug 1936 |
| Marriage Place: | Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada |
| Father: | William Gillespie |
| Mother: | Lena Gillespie |
| Spouse: | Edward Leslie Corman |
CENSUS 1911 Goulburn
- Gillespie, William, head, married, b Sept 1868, age 42
- Gillespie, Lena, wife, married, bon April 1871, age 40
- Gillespie, Douglas I. Gillespie, son, single, born Dec 1896, age 14
- Gillespie, Marrion, daughter, single, born April 1900, age 10
- Gillespie, Morry?, son, single, born March 1902, age 9
- Gillespie, Dorthy M?, daughter, single, born June 1911, age 12/365
MARRIAGE RECORD: Miriam Gillespie married Bells Corners 1921, June 29, Microfilm 008514-21 Newspaper Announcement as follows:
(Hazaldean) On June 29 Miss Mariam Gillespie to Harold Scharf of March (June 19, 1921, p 5, Col 2)
LOYALIST LINEAGES OF CANADA, page 269
Edward Leslie CORMAN, b 6 July 1912, Stoney Creek, ON, m 22 Aug 1926, Hamilton, ON. Dorothy Mildred Gillespie, b 13 June 1911 Stittsville. Issue Barbara Leslie (Mildred lived at 16 Lydia Street, Hamilton, when I interviewed her).
Barbara Leslie CORMAN, b 28 Nov 1936 Hamilton, ON m1 14 June 1958 Hamilton, ON Edward Michael JAMES. m2 7 June 1963 Hamilton, ON Hubert Lloyd HEWITT, b 30 May 1923. Grenfall, SA. Issue Michael Edward Truman, b 22 Sept 1960. Kevin David Truman b 9 April 1962
CEMETERY RECORD, Hazaldean Maple Grove Cemetery, Plot 5
- In Memory of:
- Gordon Harold Gillespie died Aug 11, 1899, aged 4 years, 11 months.
- William Buckingham died Dec 15, 1913, age 79
- His wife, Catherine Buckingham died Jan 1, 1923, age 89.
Also in cemetery: Wm Thomas Shore 1864-1943. His wife F Etta Bradley 1875-1952. Their daughter Lyla Marjorie Shore 1907-1909.
DEATH: Mrs. William Gillespie at Windsor formerly of Stittsville, on Friday, nee LENA SHORE. Lvs, husband, 2 sons, 2 daughters, 3 sisters. Int. Windsor. (Published November 24, 1938, page 1, col 2 & Dec 8, 1938, p 8, col 3) Note: Buried Green Lawn Cemetery, Windsor.
William Gillespie is buried in Ameliasburg, outside Windsor.
2. JOHN GILLESPIE
MARRIAGE: John Gillespie, age 22, of Nepean, born Gloucester, bachelor, farmer, s/o John Gillespie and Betsy Ann Mulligan, married Elizabeth COOKE, 22, of Nepean, Ontario born Ottawa, spinster, d/o John Cooke and Ellen Halfpenny. Sept 24, 1892 Ottawa. Witnesses Wm Gillespie, Nepean, Letitia Mulligan. Presbyterian. Rev Wm Moore. License. (MS 932, Reel 74, ID 102268-4)
BIRTH: Ethel Gillespie, Ottawa, born 1893, Aug 25
BIRTH: Hilda Muriel Gillespie, born Ottawa 1895, July 12 (Microfilm 005466-95)
DEATH: Muriel Hilda Gillespie, infant daughter of John, age 3, of Ottawa (Ottawa Journal Feb 3, 1899, p3)
CENSUS 1901, Wellington Ward, Ottawa City, District 100, Microfilm T-6488
- Gillespie, John, head, married, age 30, born Jan 22, 1871
- Gillespie, Elizabeth, wife, married, age 30, born Sept 1, 1870
- Gillespie, Ethel M. daughter, single, age 7, born Aug 25, 1893.
CENSUS 1911, Ottawa, Capital Ward
- Gillespie, John age 38, married. born Jan 1873
- Gillespie, Elizabeth, age 35, wife, married, born Sept 1875
- Gillespie, Ethel, age 19, daughter, single, born Aug 1891
MARRIAGE: Gillespie, Ethel married Ottawa 1911, Dec 8. (microfilm 002802-11)
Most buried in Pinecrest Cemetery, Nepean Twp
3. JAMES GILLESPIE
| Name: | James Gillespie |
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| Age: | 28 |
| Birth Year: | abt 1873 |
| Birth Place: | Billings Bridge |
| Marriage Date: | 3 Sep 1901 |
| Marriage Place: | Carleton, Ontario, Canada |
| Father: | John Gillespie |
| Mother: | Elizabeth Mulligan |
| Spouse: | Ella Cummings |
MARRIAGE: James Gillespie, age 28, residence married Ottawa, place of birth Billings Bridge, bachelor, occupation fireman and carpenter. Parents John Gillespie and Elizabeth Mulligan, Witnesses Manuel Bradley, residence Hazaldean, married at St Paul’s Church, Hazaldean 15 May 1902, by Rev J. A. Shaw. License. Bridge Ella CUMMINGS, age 26, residence Hazaldean, born Hazaldean, spinster, daughter of John Cummings and Eliza Parker.
PHOTO of James Gillespie & others with The Hazaldean Reception Committee celebrating his return from Boer War, January 11, 1901.
BIRTH: William Edward Gillespie born Ottawa 1902, April 26 (Microfilm: 010827-02)
BIRTH: Wm Edward Gillespie, April 1902, s/o James Gillespie, fireman and Eliza Ella Cummings, 215 Strathmond
BIRTH: Phyllis Graham Gillespie, born Ottawa 1904, July 26 (Microfilm 0014310-04)
CENSUS: 1911 Ottawa
- Gillespie, James, head, married born Nov 1872, age 38
- Gillespie, Ella, wife, married, born July 1875, age 35
- Gillespie, William, son, single, age 9, born April 1902
- Gillespie, Philip, son, single, age 6, born July 1904 (?Phyllis)
- Gillespie, Eric, son, single, age 2, born May 1909 (died of TB in 1943) Wife Phoebe from Carls Bad Springs. Son Barrie.
Ella was a great sewer, a very dainty person. She died a clot in her jugular vein
James died of stomach cancer in the early 1970s. Buried Pinecrest Cemetery with other family members, Nepean Twp.
4 . MARTHA GILLESPIE
| Name: | Martha Gillespie |
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| Age: | 22 |
| Birth Year: | abt 1877 |
| Birth Place: | Gloucester |
| Marriage Date: | 11 Jul 1899 |
| Marriage Place: | Carleton, Ontario, Canada |
| Father: | John Gillespie |
| Mother: | Elizabeth Ann Mulligan Gillespie |
| Spouse: | John Shore |
MARRIAGE: Martha Gillespie married Billings Bridge 1899, July 11 (Microfilm 003819)
MARRIAGE: Martha Gillespie, age 22, of Gloucester, born Gloucester, spinster, Presbyterian, d/o John Gillespie and Elizabeth Ann Mulligan, married John Shore, age 31, of Ottawa, born Stittsville, (?widower), carpenter, Church of England, s/o James Shore and Martha Buckingham, 1899, July 11. Witnesses James Gillespie, Ottawa, Martha Shore Stittsville. By Rev J. D. Morrison, Nepean, License. Burial Pinecrest Cemetery, Nepean Twp
CENSUS 1901 Wellington Ward, Ottawa, District 100. Microfilm T-6488
- Shore, John, head, married, age 33, born Dec 27, 1869
- Shore, Martha G., wife, married, age 24, born March 11, 1877
- Shore, Edna M. daughter, single, age 1, born Oct 26, 1899
- Shore, Richard, brother, age 32, single, born April 10, 1868
- Shore, George, single, boarder, age 22, born Oct 7, 1878
- Shore, Martha, sister, single, age 28, born Feb 14, 1873
CENSUS 1911, Nepean Twp, Carleton Co.
- Shore, John, head, married, age 44, born Dec 1866
- Shore, Martha, wife, married, age 34, born March 1877
- Shore, Edna, daughter, single, age 11, born Oct 1899
- Shore, Mina, daughter, single, age 9, born June 1907
- Shore, Madelaine, daughter, age 4, single, born Jan 1907
- Shore, Bessie, daughter, age 1, single, born Aug 1909
Pinecrest Cemetery, Nepean Twp for most burials
5. SAMUEL GILLESPIE – MY FATHER – his records found in other locations such as Ontario Deaths, Ontario Marriages.
| Name: | Samuel Gillespie |
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| Age: | 28 |
| Birth Year: | abt 1875 |
| Birth Place: | Billings Bridge Co Carleton |
| Marriage Date: | 23 Dec 1903 |
| Marriage Place: | Stormont, Dundas, Glengarry, Ontario, Canada |
| Father: | John Gillespie |
| Mother: | Elizabeth Ann Mulligan Gillespie |
| Spouse: | Amy Jane Hyndman (2nd marriage) |
Samuel Gillespie married Minnie Gillespie of Morewood in Erie, Pennsylvania in 1918 , d/o William Gillespie & Lucy Beach. (This link is a copy of the marriage records in PA.) His four marriages are listed under Ontario Marriages.
Clifford Gillespie was her brother. Old Photo Album of Sam Gillespie in care of his daughter, Norma. Here is Minnie’s brother, Clifford Gillespie’s record.
| Name: | Clifford Beach Beach Gillespie [Clifford Beach Gillespie] |
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| Age: | 25 |
| Birth Year: | abt 1892 |
| Birth Place: | Morewood, Ontario |
| Marriage Date: | 6 Oct 1917 |
| Marriage Place: | Carleton, Ontario, Canada |
| Father: | William Gillespie |
| Mother: | Lucy Emmeline Beach Gillespie |
| Spouse: | Florence Beatrice Lemoine |
| Name: | Samuel Gillespie |
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| Gender: | Male |
| Age: | 59 |
| Birth Year: | abt 1875 |
| Birth Place: | Billings Bridge Ontario |
| Residence: | 151 Gillard Ave. Toronto |
| Marriage Date: | 29 Sep 1934 |
| Marriage Place: | Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada |
| Father: | John Gillespie |
| Mother: | Elizabeth Ann Gillespie |
| Spouse: | Maude Evelyn Locke (Sam’s 4th marriage) |
See Samuel’s obituary on Ontario Deaths.
Note: some of Sam’s family records are kept private for living persons.
6. GEORGE GILLESPIE
| Name: | George Gillespie |
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| Age: | 23 |
| Birth Year: | abt 1879 |
| Birth Place: | Gloucester, Ontario |
| Marriage Date: | 15 Apr 1902 |
| Marriage Place: | Carleton, Ontario, Canada |
| Father: | John Gillespie |
| Mother: | Elizabeth Anne Mulligan Gillespie |
| Spouse: | Martha Shore |
CENSUS 1901 – George is missing from Ontario census. George died in Oct 1968 (note we were corresponding and he gave me a listing of his siblings) Did not mention those that died. It would appear his daughters never married, and I only spoke with one of them personally. The family moved to Toronto for awhile.
George’s children included:
BIRTH: Owen Verral Gillespie born Toronto 1906, May 26 (Microfilm 006218-06)
CENSUS 1911: Ottawa
- Galespie, George, head, married, age 32, born Oct 1878
- Galespie, Martha, wife, married, age 38, born Feb 1873
- Galespie, Edrie, son, single, age 8, born Jan 1903
- Galespie, Lola, daughter, single, age 6, born July 1904
- Galespie, Verril, son, single, age 5, born April 1906
- Galespie, Elwood, Son, Single, age 2, born Aug 1908 (moved to Florida)
- Galespie, Kathline, daughter, single, age 11/12 born July 1900? (error, should read b 1910)
FAMILY TOMBSTONE, Nepean Twp & Cemetery records as follows::
Tombstone GILLESPIE:
- George 1878-1968, Oct 22 Martha 1872-1951, March 31
SHORE, Richard, Pvt. Canadian Infantry 102nd. Bn. Reg. No. 703055. Born April 10, 1869 son of James & Martha Shore of Stittsville, brother of William T. Shore, RR#1. 1881 & 1901 Cdn. Census, Goulbourn. Attestation December 14, 1915 Victoria, B.C. Died of cancer at clearing station, 47 years, October 27, 1916. Buried Contay British Cemetery, Somme, France. Sources Census. CWGC, CVWM. (Memorial plaque in Stittsville 2020)
Ernest Clifford, born April 19, 1894, became a soldier in the Canadian army in World War I, enlisting March 30, 1916 at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He stated he was a farmer, aged 21 years, 11 months. He was 5 ft 8 inches tall with dark complexion, grey eyes and dark brown hair. He was living in Warwan, Saskatchewan, and listed his mother Mary Gillespie of Billings Bridge, Ontario as his next of kin. His military ID was 871756 and he was initially assigned to the 183rd Battalion based in Manitoba.
The Canadian forces sailed for England in October 1916. Ernest was fighting with the 8th Battalion in the Somme, France two years later when he was killed in action on Sept 27th, 1918, age 24 years. He is buried in Haynescourt British Cemetery, Grave 11.D.17. He is remembered on the Canadian Virtual War Memorial. (Ernest was the son of Mary Clifford, nee Davis, who married my grandfather, John Gillespie in Billings Bridge, Gloucester Twp, Carleton Co Ontario) From personal family history notes kept private.
