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EARLY MAPS
Government of Canada website
has census for all provinces & territories.
Every 10 years from: 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911, 1921, 1931.
There are even earlier census in some locations, but not linked to one web site. Usually found by individual counties.
The earliest census 1799 for Canada had only one Gillespie on it re William Gillespie in Frontenac County, located in todays Province of Ontario. Gillespies were in Newfoundland in 1600s.
PROVINCIAL RECORDS
WESTERN CANADA – click on name of province to find records. The West was opened up for settlement with the offer of free land of 160 acres around 1870, and many people responded. See Dominion Land Grants on individual Prairie Provinces for the earliest pioneers.
CENTRAL CANADA
THE MARITIMES:
NORTHERN CANADA:
Nunavit (North West Territories)
Elaine Gillespie, died Jan 4, 2006 after a lifelong battle with arthritis. Surviving her are three daughters, Patricia Gillespie, Lynda Loughrey (Doug), and Barbara Gillespie (Daryl), and her grandchildren: Teresa Smith (Teri to Family), Jessica Loughery (Phil), Grant Loughery (Barbara), and her much loved great-grandchild Christina Loughery. Published Yellowknife, NWT.
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Source: Obituary Notices
