This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CHIDLEY, EPWORTH, GILLESPIE, PAISLEY, MAUNDER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CiY.2ACEB/1299.2.1 Message Board Post: Heather, I'd be very interested in your Ontario Gillespies. I'm searching for information on my Uncle Alec and Aunt Linda Gillespie, their children and their descendants. What I have is: Alexander GILLESPIE b.abt 1880 m. Ethelinda (Linda) CHIDLEY b.Oakwood Ontario, 1881 - Margaret GILLESPIE - Albert GILLESPIE - Hazel GILLESPIE - Howard GILLESPIE - (?) GILLESPIE Children probably born during 1920s Now, it's been probably 40 - 50 years so my memory is dim. Uncle Alec GILLESPIE may have been a barber in Toronto. Aunt Linda (Chidley) GILLESPIE though only 7 yrs older, was my Grandmother, Aleta (Chidley) EPWORTH's, aunt. I suspect, that this is my Alec Gillespie. (still to be proven) 1881 Canadian Census Place Thorah, Ontario North, Ontario Dist. 133 Sub-dist. F Div. 1 Pg. 33 House # 145 FHL film 1375881 NA film C-13245 Name Marital Status Gender Ethnic Origin Age Birthplace Occupation Religion John GILLESPIE M Male Scottish 39 Ontario Farmer Presbyterian b.1842 Mary GILLESPIE M Female Irish 38 Ireland Presbyterian b.1843 Ellen GILLESPIE Female Scottish 17 Ontario Presbyterian b.1864 Ann GILLESPIE Female Scottish 15 Ontario Presbyterian b.1866 Mary GILLESPIE Female Scottish 13 Ontario Presbyterian b.1868 Margaret GILLESPIE Female Scottish 11 Ontario Presbyterian b.1870 John GILLESPIE Male Scottish 9 Ontario Presbyterian b.1872 Alexander GILLESPIE Male Scottish 7 Ontario Presbyterian b.1874 George GILLESPIE Male Scottish 4 Ontario Presbyterian b.1877 Charles and Aleta Epworth and Alec and Linda Gillespie had cottages at Island Lake, on the Paisley farm north of Stouffville. (Paisleys are also relatives.) See attached photo circa 1940. Sure hope we can make a connection. Noreen noreens@sympatico.ca http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~epworth/