In loving memory of my father, Sam Gillespie (1875-1954). In the search for his grave, I found a mystery that took me on a journey over a life-time that led to this collection of records. Who was the woman buried beside my father? Answer at bottom.
Read down as Gillespie records are added over the year. Counts are updated for each country as new records added. Summary at bottom of page. Current work indicated by red arrow
AFRICA: 44
South Africa:
- Births: 1
- Marriages 33
- Deaths 9
- Family Histories: 1
- (see also Immigration & Passenger Lists)
ASIA: 72
China:
- UK Gillespie firm won international competition in China.
- Publication: Legal Reforms in China & Vietnam
- Births: 2
- Probate Records 1
- China Navigation Company Staff Report 1
- WWII Internees from Chinese Prisoner Camps released 4
India:
- Births & Baptisms 8
- Marriages 2
- Deaths 3
- Wills 2
- Passengers Lists 1820 to 1830; 1840 to 1851 (14)
- Bengal Orphans 2
- Medical Officers 2
- Bombay and Bengal Officers in Army 6
- Civil Servants 1
- Cadets 8
- Volunteer Rifles 2
- Miscellaneous Records: 11
Mynamar: (BURMA)
1 birth record
AUSTRALIA: 415
Deaths: 415
- ACT 6
- Miscellaneous: 31
- NSW: 248
- Queensland: 16
- Southern Australia: 12
- Victoria 90
- Western Aust. 12
CANADA: 280
Births: 4
Marriages: 23
Obituaries: 241
Other: 12
CARIBBEAN: 2
Barbados Burials 2
CENTRAL AMERICA: 1
Deaths: Mexico
ENGLAND: 167
Births: 1
Marriages: 164
Deaths: 2
EUROPE: not yet
IMMIGRATION & PASSENGER LISTS: 17
- South Africa 1850-1859 = 1
- South Africa 1870-1879 = 1
- South Africa 1880-1899 = 11
- South Africa 1890-1899 = 2
- South Africa 1900-1909 = 2
IRELAND: 240
Marriages: 5
- Co Down: 2
- Dublin: 3
Deaths: 235
- Belfast 3
- Co Antrim: 3
- Co Armagh 1
- Co Cork 2
- Co Donegal 111
- Co Down: 2
- Dublin 2
- Co Fermanagh 1
- Co Galway 7
- Co Londonderry 3
- Co Louth 6
- Londonderry: 3
- Co Mayo 62
- Co Monaghan 1
- Co Sligo 8
- Co Tyrone 10
- Co Westmeath 3
- Co Wicklow 3
MIDDLE EAST: not yet
MILITARY: 17
Civil War – 1 Confederate soldier
World War I: 8 new Gillespie burials in France, Belgium & on Memorials. Created a new page for World War I: Belgium burials.
WWII: 7
- Australia 7 soldiers found (rechecked Australian Memorial)
- USA: 1 soldier
(See Asia for World War II internees released from Chinese Prisoner Camps; Also, see India for early military records added)
Korean War: updating history and added total of 33 records from obituaries. (not included in count)
Vietnam War: updating 32 histories of these soldiers from obituaries .(not included in count)
MUSIC
Lovely, uplifting songs to enjoy. Some piano teaching & Gillespie musicians.
NEW ZEALAND: 109
Births: 2
Deaths: 107
CONGRATULATIONS: 50,000th record added to this website was a New Zealand death on Feb 28, 2025 at 11:20am EST Canada
OCEANIA: not yet
SCOTLAND: 105
Births: 3
Marriages: 2
Deaths: 100
SOUTH AMERICA: 8
- Argentina: 5
- Guyana Birth: 1
- British Guiana Marriage 1
- Ecuador 1
USA: 750
- Alabama: (possible soldier of World War I)
- California: early immigration records: 19
Births: 95
Marriages: 9
Obituaries: 621
Other: 5
WALES: not yet
PERSONAL: My Family History (left menu bar)
Note: All Ontario Death Records have been separated into individual country pages for easier reading.
Monthly Summary
January 1 Beginning Balance 48, 948 Gillespie records
January 96 49, 044
February 973 50, 017
March 131 50, 148
April 81 50, 229
May 155 50, 384
June 791 51, 175
This website began Dec 6, 2016
WEBSITE RECORDS SUMMARY
Record totals will change over the year, but gives a glimpse at total records in each major database.
| LOCATION | JAN 1, 2025 | AS OF MAY 1 | TOTAL RECORDS |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFRICA | 652 | +37 | 689 |
| ASIA | 526 | +2 | 528 |
| AUSTRALIA | 2,840 | +381 | 3,221 |
| CANADA | 10,906 | +138 | 11, 044 |
| CENTRAL AMERICA | 40 | +1 | 41 |
| ENGLAND | 1,368 | +3 | 1,371 |
| EUROPE | 138 | 0 | 138 |
| IMMIGRATION | 1,383 | 0 | 1,383 |
| IRELAND | 8,573 | +236 | 8,809 |
| MIDDLE EAST | 26 | 0 | 26 |
| MILITARY | 4,837 | +2 | 4,839 |
| MUSIC | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| NEW ZEALAND | 625 | 108 | 733 |
| OCEANIA | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| SCOTLAND | 5,385 | +105 | 5,490 |
| SOUTH AMERICA | 68 | +8 | 76 |
| USA | 11,454 | +260 | 11,714 |
| WALES | 121 | 0 | 121 |
| TOTALS | 48,948 | +1281 = | 50,229 |
Quiz answer: The love of Sam’s life, Minnie Elizabeth Gillespie (1876-1933) his third wife (m June 3, 1918 in Erie, PA) of Morewood, Dundas County, d/o William Gillespie & Lucy Beach, granddaughter of James Gillespie & Margaret Cameron formerly of Aberdeen, Scotland, who lived nearby in Chesterville. Family history of James and Margaret and also & his parents in Scotland from link
