Hi; We may have a link here. Below is a short bit on my Gillespie side and I have more if u think it matches GILLESPIE, Sir ROBERT ROLLO - (1766-1814) major-general. Born of an old Scottish family which acquired property in Downshire early in the 18th century, was the only child of Robert Gillespie of Comber co. Down, where he was born on 21 Jan. 1766. The father was married 3 times 2 without issue. Robert was the child of the third marriage with a sister of James Bailie of Innisharrie, co. Down, member for Hillsbourough in the Irish House of Commons. ----- Original Message ----- From: Gayle Fuson <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 7:28 PM Subject: Re: [GILLESPIE-L] GILLESPIE Scotland > 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/ > > > > > ==== GILLESPIE Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to [email protected] with the one word, unsubscribe, in the BODY of the message. If you are subscribed to the digest, send your unsubscribe message to [email protected] > To post a message for everyone to see, send it to [email protected] > >