Hi, Mine are fairly close to yours. My earliest was Robert Gillespie b. abt 1799 in Falkirk (they say), he was a widower when he married Jean Melrose in 1842 in Falkirk. This Gillespie line stayed in that area, including Larbert and Loanhead, until about 1905 at which time they came to Hamilton, Ontario and worked in the steel foundry. Most of the family is still there. A few have moved to the Detroit area. One of the original children of this family to move to Hamilton was my grandfather. He was the ONLY one that left that area for So. Calif. He died in 1951, his wife in 1953 and his son, my father, in 1963. I was born in 1952 and through the magic of the internet I located all the Gillespie family in Canada last year and found out that there were over 300 descendants of that original family and I wasn't the "only one left" after all! Its great to have second cousins who can fill in all the blanks! If you would like, you can visit my website. The first page shows the Gillespie family photo just after their immigration to Canada. A widow and her children. My grandfather is in the kilt in the lower left. Thank you, Gayle A RootsWeb Contributor [email protected] Please visit my updated site! http://www.olypen.com/gayle -----Original Message----- From: Jackie Tromble <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 6:26 PM Subject: [GILLESPIE-L] GILLESPIE Scotland Hi, My Gillespie line is from Clackmannanshire and Fife County, Scotland. They went to Ontario around 1900 before ending up in the US. Does anyone out there have an similiar Scottish roots? Jackie (Gillespie) Tromble ==== GILLESPIE Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to [email protected] with the one word, unsubscribe, in the BODY of the message. http://www.efn.org/~dmorgan/