| [Index] |
| James GILLESPIE (1844 - 1926) |
| selector, farmer, grazier, newspaper correspontent |
| Children | Self + Spouses | Parents | Grandparents | Greatgrandparents |
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Eva Lilian GILLESPIE (1883 - ) John James GILLESPIE (1884 - 1884) William Ernest GILLESPIE (1886 - 1972) Harold Oliver GILLESPIE (1891 - ) |
James GILLESPIE (1844 - 1926) + Isabella Hay JONES (1861 - 1938) |
John GILLESPIE (1809 - 1889) | George GILLESPIE | |
| Jane GORDON | ||||
| Mary Ann HUTCHINSON (1814 - 1895) | James HUTCHINSON | |||
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| b. Feb 1844 at Ginninderra, ACT, Australia |
| m. 1882 Isabella Hay JONES (1861 - 1938) at Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia |
| d. 10 Jun 1926 at Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia aged 82 |
| Near Relatives of James GILLESPIE (1844 - 1926) | ||||||
| Relationship | Person | Born | Birth Place | Died | Death Place | Age |
| Grandfather | George GILLESPIE | |||||
| Grandmother | Jane GORDON | |||||
| Grandfather | James HUTCHINSON | |||||
| Father in Law | Thomas JONES | abt 1812 | Westminster, Middlesex, England | 1888 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 76 |
| Mother in Law | Isabella DONALDSON | Yass, New South Wales, Australia | 1911 | |||
| Father | John GILLESPIE | 1809 | KIllylea, Co Armagh, Ireland | 15 Jan 1889 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 80 |
| Mother | Mary Ann HUTCHINSON | abt 1814 | Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland | 05 Jan 1895 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 81 |
| Self | James GILLESPIE | Feb 1844 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 10 Jun 1926 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 82 |
| Wife | Isabella Hay JONES | Feb 1861 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 07 Jan 1938 | Canberra, ACT, Australia | 76 |
| Daughter | Eva Lilian GILLESPIE | 1883 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Son | John James GILLESPIE | 1884 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 1884 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 0 |
| Son | William Ernest GILLESPIE | 1886 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | abt 1972 | Canberra, ACT, Australia | 86 |
| Son | Harold Oliver GILLESPIE | 1891 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Sister | Elizabeth Jane GILLESPIE | 1838 | Co Armagh, Northern Ireland | 23 Jan 1872 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 34 |
| Brother | George Randleson Hutchinson GILLESPIE | abt 1840 | Belfast, Co Antrim, Ireland | 21 Jul 1923 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 83 |
| Brother | William GILLESPIE | 1846 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 1893 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 47 |
| Brother | Robert GILLESPIE | 1848 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 1933 | Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia | 85 |
| Sister | Euphemia (Phoebe) GILLESPIE | 1850 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 12 Dec 1926 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 76 |
| Daughter in Law | Lillian Anne REID | 1897 | Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia | 1987 | Canberra, ACT, Australia | 90 |
| Grandson | Living or Recently Deceased | |||||
| Grandson | Lyall GILLESPIE | 1919 | ||||
| Nephew | George SHUMACK | 17 Nov 1870 | Canberra, ACT, Australia | 12 Nov 1958 | ACT, Australia | 87 |
| Niece | Elizabeth Jane SHUMACK | 1872 | Canberra, ACT, Australia | |||
| Niece | Emma Elizabeth M GILLESPIE | 1875 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Niece | Florence Lilian A GILLESPIE | 1877 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Niece | Edith Gorgina E GILLESPIE | 1881 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Nephew | Stanley G H GILLESPIE | 1886 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Nephew | Leslie John Allen GILLESPIE | 1889 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 1912 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 23 |
| Nephew | John Albert BUTLER | 1882 | abt Apr 1927 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 45 | |
| Nephew | William Henry JONES | 1873 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | |||
| Nephew | Thomas John JONES | 1875 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 1892 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 17 |
| Niece | Mary JONES | 1878 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 1881 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 3 |
| Nephew | Ernest JONES | 1880 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | |||
| Niece | Lillian Mary JONES | 1882 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | |||
| Niece | Daisy JONES | abt 1886 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | |||
| Niece | Florence JONES | 1886 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | |||
| Nephew | Paul JONES | abt 1889 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | |||
| Nephew | Harry James JONES | 1895 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | |||
| Nephew | Victor Leo JONES | 1894 | ||||
| Niece | Rockleigh Donaldson JONES | 1896 | ||||
| Brother in Law | John JONES | 1848 | Brisbane Water, New South Wales, Australia | 1906 | 58 | |
| Brother in Law | James JONES | 1850 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 08 Oct 1895 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 45 |
| Brother in Law | William Henry 'Bill' JONES | 1852 | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 1922 | 70 | |
| Sister in Law | Margaret Ann JONES | 1857 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 1947 | 90 | |
| Brother in Law | Frederick Thomas JONES | 1865 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 1935 | 70 | |
| Sister in Law | Hannah Mary JONES | 1867 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | |||
| Sister in Law | Lydia JONES | 1870 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 1904 | 34 | |
| Brother in Law | Peter (Big Pete) SHUMACK | 16 May 1844 | Canberra, ACT, Australia | 14 Feb 1912 | Canberra, ACT, Australia | 67 |
| Sister in Law | Mary Ann BAMBRIDGE | 1848 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 09 Mar 1926 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 78 |
| Brother in Law | John 'Jack' BUTLER | 07 Mar 1855 | Yarralumla, ACT Australia | 15 Apr 1935 | Cremorne, New South Wales, Australia | 80 |
| Events in James GILLESPIE (1844 - 1926)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| Feb 1844 | James GILLESPIE was born | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | V18445150 47/1844 | 6 | |
| 1882 | 38 | Married Isabella Hay JONES (aged 21) | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 6360/1882 | 6 |
| 1883 | 39 | Birth of daughter Eva Lilian GILLESPIE | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 29393/1883 | 6 |
| 1884 | 40 | Birth of son John James GILLESPIE | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 30806/1884 | 6 |
| 1884 | 40 | Death of son John James GILLESPIE | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 13141/1884 | 6 |
| 1886 | 42 | Birth of son William Ernest GILLESPIE | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 32762/1886 | 80 |
| 15 Jan 1889 | 44 | Death of father John GILLESPIE (aged 80) | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 13411/1889 | 6 |
| 1891 | 47 | Birth of son Harold Oliver GILLESPIE | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 29460/1891 | 6 |
| 05 Jan 1895 | 50 | Death of mother Mary Ann HUTCHINSON (aged 81) | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 2671/1895 | 6 |
| 10 Jun 1926 | 82 | James GILLESPIE died | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 10085/1926 | 6 |
| Source References: |
| 6. Type: Book, Abbr: Queanbeyan Register, Title: Biographical register of Canberra and Queanbeyan: from the district to the Australian Capital Territory 1820-1930, Auth: Peter Proctor, Publ: The Heraldry & Genealogical Society of Canberra, Date: 2001 |
| - Reference = 116 (Marriage) |
| - Reference = 116 (Death) |
| - Reference = 116 (Name, Notes) |
| - Reference = 116 (Birth) |
| 80. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Hall Museum, Title: Hall School Museum and Heritage Centre, Locn: https://museum.hall.act.au/ |
| - Reference = https://museum.hall.act.au/display/1939/person/2126/james-gillespie.html (Name, Notes) |
| - Notes: Born: 1844; Died: 1926; Married: Isabella Hay Jones
James Gillespie Related Places Elm Grove In 1862 James Gillespie, the son of Mary Ann and John Gillespie of Horse Park, purchased land... Horse Park The Gillespies of Horse Park, John and Mary Ann (nee Hutchinson), arrived in Sydney from Ireland... James Gillespie was born in February 1844 at Klensendorlffe's farmhouse in Canberra. His parents were early Ginninderra free-selectors, John Gillespie and Mary Ann (nee Hutchinson) of Horse Park. He married Isabella Hay Jones (known as 'Belle') in 1882 and they had four children (Eva, John, William, and Harold). They built Elm Grove, where they lived for the rest of their lives. Like his father, James was very active in the district as secretary of a number of sporting organisations and a member of political associations. He is also affectionately remembered as being a regular writer of the 'Ginninderra Notes' for the Goulburn Evening Penny Post as 'The Wizard'. Without his regular reports on life in the district published in the press, Ginninderra's history from this period would be significantly poorer. Samuel Shumack recorded a controversial story in his recollections, which claims that James Gillespie and George Curran were responsible for the accidental drowning of shepherd, Thomas Studley, in 1881 on the Murrumbidgee River at the place now known as 'Dead Man's Hole'. It is said that, as part of a prank, Gillespie threw a rock at Studley in the river and it hit him on the head, causing the poor man to drown, before Curran and Gillespie could save him. James died in 1926 and is buried in St Johns, Reid. Belle died in 1938. References Barrow, G., Canberra's Historic Houses: Dwellings and Ruins of the 19th Century, Hackett, 1998 Gillespie, L. L., Ginninderra: Forerunner to Canberra, Campbell, 1992 Gillespie, N. J., A History of a Pioneer Family of the Limestone Plains: the Gillespie Family, Canberra, 2005 Shumack, S. An Autobiography, or, Tales and Legends of Canberra Pioneers (ed. J. E. and S. Shumack), Canberra, 1967 Smith, L. R., Memories of Hall, Canberra, 1975 Various editions of the Queanbeyan Age and the Goulburn Evening Penny Post |