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: 29
- South Africa
ASIA: 2
China:
- UK Gillespie firm won international competition in China.
- Publication: Legal Reforms in China & Vietnam
AUSTRALIA: 415
Deaths: 415
- ACT 6
- Miscellaneous: 31
- NSW: 248
- Queensland: 16
- Southern Australia: 12
- Victoria 90
- Western Aust. 12
CANADA: 204
Births: 3
- Ontario 2
- Nova Scotia 1
Marriages: 2
- Quebec: 1
- Newfoundland: 1
Obituaries: 195
- Alberta: 109
- British Columbia: 32
- Manitoba 5
- New Brunswick 12
- Newfoundland 3
- Nova Scotia 2
- Ontario: 20
- Prince Edward Island 3
- Quebec 1
- Saskatchewan 7
- 1926 census: 1
- 1931 census: 8
CARIBBEAN: not yet
CENTRAL AMERICA: 1
Deaths: Mexico
ENGLAND: 3
Births: 1
Deaths: 2
EUROPE: not yet
IMMIGRATION: not yet
IRELAND: 236
Marriages: 5
- Co Down: 2
- Dublin: 3
Deaths: 231
- Belfast 1
- Co Antrim: 2
- Co Armagh 1
- Co Cork 2
- Co Donegal 111
- Co Down: 2
- Dublin 2
- Co Fermanagh 1
- Co Galway 7
- Co Londonderry 2
- 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: 2
Civil War – 1 Confederate soldier
WWII USA: 1 soldier
Adding Attestation record for Coe Hill Area Soldiers – physical exam and swearing in signing.
MUSIC – lovely, uplifting songs to enjoy
NEW ZEALAND: 108
Births: 2
Deaths: 106
CONGRATULATIONS: 50,000th record added to this website was a New Zealand death on Feb 28, 2015 at 11:20am EST Canada
OCEANIA: not yet
SCOTLAND: 105
Births:
- Glasgow 1
- Stirlingshire 2
Marriages:
- Aberdeenshire 1
- Edinburgh 1
Deaths:
- Edinburgh 33
- Glasgow 64
SOUTH AMERICA: 8
- Argentina: 5
- Guyana Birth: 1
- British Guiana Marriage 1
- Ecuador 1
USA: 260
- Alabama: (possible soldier of World War I)
- California: early immigration records: 19
Births: 95
- Georgia 1
- Illinois: 1
- Kansas: 1
- Kentucky 1
- Missouri 1
- New York 1
- North Carolina 8
- Pennsylvania 1
- Tennessee 1
- Virginia 2
- West Virginia 77
Marriages: 9
- California: 1
- Connecticut 1
- Maryland 1
- North Carolina 3
- West Virginia 3
Obituaries: 136
- Alabama 1
- Arizona: 1
- California 3
- Colorado 1
- Connecticut: 1
- Delaware 2
- Florida 6
- Georgia: 1
- Illinois: 32
- Indiana 1
- Kansas 1
- Kentucky 1
- Louisiana 1
- Maine 1
- Maryland 23
- Massachusetts 2
- Michigan: 1
- Mississippi: 4
- Missouri 1
- Montana: 1
- Nebraska 1
- Nevada 1
- New Hampshire: 1
- New Jersey 1
- New York 1
- North Carolina: 16
- Ohio: 4
- Oklahoma 1
- Pennsylvania 4
- South Carolina 6
- Tennessee 3
- Texas 2
- Virginia 4
- Washington 2
- West Virginia 3
- Wisconsin 1
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 95 50, 324
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 | +29 | 681 |
| 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 | +1273 = | 50,221 |
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
