[Index]
John GILLESPIE (1809 - 1889)
shepherd, farmer, grazier
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Elizabeth Jane GILLESPIE (1838 - 1872)
George Randleson Hutchinson GILLESPIE (1840 - 1923)
James GILLESPIE (1844 - 1926)
William GILLESPIE (1846 - 1893)
Robert GILLESPIE (1848 - 1933)
Euphemia (Phoebe) GILLESPIE (1850 - 1926)
John GILLESPIE (1809 - 1889)

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Mary Ann HUTCHINSON (1814 - 1895)
George GILLESPIE











Jane GORDON












b. 1809 at KIllylea, Co Armagh, Ireland
m. abt 1836 Mary Ann HUTCHINSON (1814 - 1895) at Ireland
d. 15 Jan 1889 at Ginninderra, ACT, Australia aged 80
Near Relatives of John GILLESPIE (1809 - 1889)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Father in Law James HUTCHINSON

Father George GILLESPIE
Mother Jane GORDON

Self John GILLESPIE 1809 KIllylea, Co Armagh, Ireland 15 Jan 1889 Ginninderra, ACT, Australia 80

Wife Mary Ann HUTCHINSON abt 1814 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 05 Jan 1895 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 81

Daughter Elizabeth Jane GILLESPIE 1838 Co Armagh, Northern Ireland 23 Jan 1872 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 34
Son George Randleson Hutchinson GILLESPIE abt 1840 Belfast, Co Antrim, Ireland 21 Jul 1923 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 83
Son James GILLESPIE Feb 1844 Ginninderra, ACT, Australia 10 Jun 1926 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 82
Son William GILLESPIE 1846 Ginninderra, ACT, Australia 1893 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 47
Son Robert GILLESPIE 1848 Ginninderra, ACT, Australia 1933 Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia 85
Daughter Euphemia (Phoebe) GILLESPIE 1850 Ginninderra, ACT, Australia 12 Dec 1926 Ginninderra, ACT, Australia 76

Son in Law Peter (Big Pete) SHUMACK 16 May 1844 Canberra, ACT, Australia 14 Feb 1912 Canberra, ACT, Australia 67
Daughter in Law Mary Ann BAMBRIDGE 1848 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 09 Mar 1926 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 78
Daughter in Law Isabella Hay JONES Feb 1861 Ginninderra, ACT, Australia 07 Jan 1938 Canberra, ACT, Australia 76
Son in Law John 'Jack' BUTLER 07 Mar 1855 Yarralumla, ACT Australia 15 Apr 1935 Cremorne, New South Wales, Australia 80

Grandson George SHUMACK 17 Nov 1870 Canberra, ACT, Australia 12 Nov 1958 ACT, Australia 87
Granddaughter Elizabeth Jane SHUMACK 1872 Canberra, ACT, Australia
Granddaughter Emma Elizabeth M GILLESPIE 1875 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Florence Lilian A GILLESPIE 1877 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Edith Gorgina E GILLESPIE 1881 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Stanley G H GILLESPIE 1886 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Leslie John Allen GILLESPIE 1889 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1912 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 23
Granddaughter Eva Lilian GILLESPIE 1883 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson John James GILLESPIE 1884 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1884 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 0
Grandson William Ernest GILLESPIE 1886 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia abt 1972 Canberra, ACT, Australia 86
Grandson Harold Oliver GILLESPIE 1891 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson John Albert BUTLER 1882 abt Apr 1927 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 45

Events in John GILLESPIE (1809 - 1889)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1809 John GILLESPIE was born KIllylea, Co Armagh, Ireland 6
abt 1836 27 Married Mary Ann HUTCHINSON (aged 22) Ireland 6
1838 29 Birth of daughter Elizabeth Jane GILLESPIE Co Armagh, Northern Ireland 6
abt 1840 31 Birth of son George Randleson Hutchinson GILLESPIE Belfast, Co Antrim, Ireland 6
11 Nov 1841 32 Immigration Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Note 1 6
Feb 1844 35 Birth of son James GILLESPIE Ginninderra, ACT, Australia V18445150 47/1844 6
1846 37 Birth of son William GILLESPIE Ginninderra, ACT, Australia 6
1848 39 Birth of son Robert GILLESPIE Ginninderra, ACT, Australia V18481237 50/1848 6
1850 41 Birth of daughter Euphemia (Phoebe) GILLESPIE Ginninderra, ACT, Australia V18501238 50/1850 6
23 Jan 1872 63 Death of daughter Elizabeth Jane GILLESPIE (aged 34) Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 6297/1872 6
15 Jan 1889 80 John GILLESPIE died Ginninderra, ACT, Australia 13411/1889 6
Note 1: per 'Lascar' as Bounty Immigrant
Personal Notes:
Introduced horse-drawn wagons to district
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 (Birth)
- Reference = 116 (Name, Notes)
- Reference = 116 (Immigration)
- Reference = 116 (Death)
- Reference = 116 (Marriage)
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/2098/john-gillespie.html (Name, Notes)
- Notes: Born: 1809; Died: 1889; Married: Mary Ann Hutchinson

Related Places
Horse Park
The Gillespies of Horse Park, John and Mary Ann (nee Hutchinson), arrived in Sydney from Ireland...

John Gillespie was born at Killylea in Ireland in 1809, the son of George Gillespie and Jane (nee Gordon). He married Mary Ann Hutchinson around 1832.

The Gillespies arrived in Sydney on assisted passage in 1841 on the Lascar with his wife and children, Elizabeth and George. This ship also carried other Ginninderra settler families: the Shumacks and Currans.

John was soon employed by William Klensendorlffe of Canberra and lived at their farmhouse. It was also here that in 1844 the Gillespies' second son, James, was born.

John and Mary Ann chose a site at Dead Horse Gully near 'Giningininderry'. They had two more sons (William and Robert) and a daughter (Euphemia). The family then settled on land at the headwaters of Ginninderra Creek. In 1852 he purchased the land and built a stone cottage and other structures.

John continued to purchase additional blocks of land. In later years his sons also added to the land holdings. The property was later named 'Horse Park'. John died there in 1889. Mary Ann lived on there with her son, William, until her death in 1895.

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
Maher, B., Planting the Celtic Cross: Foundation of the Catholic Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn, Canberra, 1997
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

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