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Lillian Anne REID (1897 - 1987)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Living Lyall GILLESPIE (1919 - )	Lillian Anne REID (1897 - 1987) + William Ernest GILLESPIE (1886 - 1972)	Richard REID (1864 - 1929)	George REID (1828 - 1907)	Joseph READ (1799 - 1857)
				Maria WATTS (1800 - 1853)
			Mary Coriline CASEY (1835 - 1910)	John CASEY (1794 - 1882)
				Mary Caroline PURCELL (1812 - 1889)
		Sarah Margaret RICH (1870 - 1929)	Alfred Mainwaring RICH (1823 - 1893)	Charles Lewis Henry Pye RICH (1784 - 1840)
				Maria Anne TIPPET (1787 - 1859)
			Margaret PHILLIPS (1840 - 1880)	Thomas PHILLIPS (1806 - 1847)
				Sarah REYNOLDS ( - 1841)

b. 1897 at Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia

m. 1918 William Ernest GILLESPIE (1886 - 1972)

d. 1987 at Canberra, ACT, Australia aged 90

Near Relatives of Lillian Anne REID (1897 - 1987)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	George REID	abt 1828	Tintinhull, Somerset, England	07 Sep 1907	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	79
Grandmother	Mary Coriline CASEY	1835	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	27 Oct 1910	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	75
Grandfather	Alfred Mainwaring RICH	03 Mar 1823	Shinfield, Berkshire, England	1893	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia	70
Grandmother	Margaret PHILLIPS	1840	Leeds, Yorkshire, England	1880	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	40
Father in Law	James GILLESPIE	Feb 1844	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	10 Jun 1926	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	82
Mother in Law	Isabella Hay JONES	Feb 1861	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	07 Jan 1938	Canberra, ACT, Australia	76
Father	Richard REID	1864	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	30 Aug 1929	Spring Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia	65
Mother	Sarah Margaret RICH	1870	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	27 Aug 1929	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	59
Self	Lillian Anne REID	1897	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	1987	Canberra, ACT, Australia	90
Husband	William Ernest GILLESPIE	1886	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	abt 1972	Canberra, ACT, Australia	86
Son	Living or Recently Deceased
Son	Lyall GILLESPIE	1919
Sister	Margaret Mary REID	1892	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	1973	Canberra, ACT, Australia	81
Sister	Amy F REID	1895	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	1977	Canberra, ACT, Australia	82
Brother	Alfred Thomas REID	1898	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	28 Aug 1929	Spring Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia	31
Daughter in Law	Norma Joan BOGG
Uncle	Joseph REID	1855	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	07 Nov 1942	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	87
Aunt	Bridget Ann DAVOREN	1859	Collector, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia	20 Sep 1949	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	90
Uncle	Thomas Cornelius REID	18 Aug 1856	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	17 Feb 1895	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	38
Aunt	Elizabeth Caroline LUCAS	1861		1944		83
Aunt	Caroline REID	1858	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	05 Feb 1933	Bingara, New South Wales, Australia	75
Uncle	Daniel Thomas (David) CHARTERS	09 Aug 1855	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	01 Dec 1922	Bingara, New South Wales, Australia	67
Aunt	Agnes REID	1861	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	1937		76
Uncle	Peter CARROLL	1853		1934		81
Aunt	Anorah Honorah REID	1862	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	1935		73
Uncle	John Richard CARTWRIGHT	1861	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1946		85
Aunt	Anne REID	1866	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	1943		77
Uncle	John Joseph KELLY
Uncle	Hugh REID	1868	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	1954		86
Aunt	Catherine TOOHEY	1873		1944		71
Aunt	Elizabeth REID	1871	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	1951		80
Uncle	Henry Maxwell MURPHY	1860	Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia	12 Jun 1925	Petersham, New South Wales, Australia	65
Uncle	John James REID	1873	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	1963		90
Aunt	Sarah Ann LEES	1872	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1926		54
Uncle	George REID	1875		1963		88
Aunt	Rose Anna JOBBINS	1873	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1958		85
Cousin	Patrick John REID	1878	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	05 Sep 1958	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	80
Cousin	Mary Agnes REID	1880	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	1949		69
Cousin	Ambrose Joseph REID	1883	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	1971		88
Cousin	George William REID	1885	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	1956		71
Cousin	Bridget Jane REID	1887	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	1965		78
Cousin	Frederick Stanley REID	1888	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	1968		80
Cousin	Thomas James REID	1890	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	1949		59
Cousin	Alberta Josephine REID	1892	Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia	1943		51
Cousin	Rebecca Anne REID	1894	Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia	1899	Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia	5
Cousin	Amelia May REID	1897	Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia	1974		77
Cousin	Dolores Lilian REID	1899	Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia	1978		79
Cousin	Roy Timothy REID	1903	Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia	1975		72
Cousin	Rosie REID	1887		1951		64
Cousin	Elizabeth Mary REID	1888		1965		77
Cousin	Henry Cecil REID	1892	Jeir, New South Wales, Australia	22 Jan 1952	Lewisham, New South Wales, Australia	60
Cousin	Daniel Thomas CHARTERS	1878	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1953	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia	75
Cousin	George Arthur CHARTERS	1879	Coonamble, New South Wales, Australia	1959		80
Cousin	Sophia Ann CHARTERS	1881	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1961		80
Cousin	Robert William CHARTERS	1883	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1941	Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia	58
Cousin	Florence CHARTERS	1885	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1967		82
Cousin	Frederick Albert CHARTERS	1887	Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia	1969	Hamilton, New South Wales, Australia	82
Cousin	Mary CHARTERS	1891	Bingara, New South Wales, Australia	1960		69
Cousin	Amy CHARTERS	1893	Bingara, New South Wales, Australia	09 Aug 1980		87
Cousin	Priscilla CHARTERS	1895	Bingara, New South Wales, Australia	1895	Bingara, New South Wales, Australia	0
Cousin	Ernest Allen CHARTERS	1896	Bingara, New South Wales, Australia	1971	Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia	75
Cousin	Victor Charles CHARTERS	1898	Bingara, New South Wales, Australia	1973	Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia	75
Cousin	Bute Albert CHARTERS	1899	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	31 Oct 1917	Beersheba, Palestine	18
Cousin	Herbert John CHARTERS	1900	Bingara, New South Wales, Australia	1949	Barraba, New South Wales, Australia	49
Cousin	Vida CHARTERS	1903	Bingara, New South Wales, Australia	1982		79
Cousin	Mary J CARROLL	1887		1950		63
Cousin	Maria Ann CARROLL	1888		1981		93
Cousin	Elizabeth CARROLL	1891		1966		75
Cousin	George Richard CARROLL	1893		1948		55
Cousin	Rachel Agnes CARROLL	1896		1976		80
Cousin	Catherine Honora CARROLL	1902		1959		57
Cousin	Eliza Mary CARTWRIGHT	abt 1883		19 Oct 1968	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	85
Cousin	May Maria CARTWRIGHT	1885		1970		85
Cousin	Anorah Gertrude CARTWRIGHT	1887	Sutton, New South Wales, Australia	26 Jun 1967	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	80
Cousin	Margaret CARTWRIGHT	1887		1974		87
Cousin	Caroline Amy CARTWRIGHT	1890		1959		69
Cousin	Rose Ella CARTWRIGHT	1892		1971		79
Cousin	Stella Minnie CARTWRIGHT	1892		1984		92
Cousin	Rene Jane CARTWRIGHT	1897		1982		85
Cousin	George Thomas CARTWRIGHT	1901		1970		69
Cousin	Hugh John Patrick REID	1906		1924		18
Cousin	Martin Francis REID	1908		1912		4
Cousin	Muriel M REID	1911
Cousin	Martin Francis REID	1913
Cousin	Francis Christopher MURPHY	1895	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1957		62
Cousin	Mary C MURPHY	1897	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Annie L MURPHY	1899	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Doris E MURPHY	1904
Cousin	Vera Ellen MURPHY	1907		1972		65
Cousin	Kathleen A MURPHY	1908	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Johanas Jacob REID	1896		19 Mar 1917	France	21
Cousin	John Arthur REID	1898		1928		30
Cousin	George Albert REID	1901
Cousin	Lyla Ann REID	1903		1963		60
Cousin	Ivy M REID	1906		1908		2
Cousin	Doris E REID	1908
Cousin	Charles T REID	1911
Cousin	Peter Lawrence REID	1896		1975		79
Cousin	Hannah M REID	1899
Cousin	Caroline L REID	1901
Cousin	Clarence Leslie REID	1903
Cousin	George Stanley REID	1909
Cousin	Edna REID	1910
Cousin	Francis William REID	1911		1981		70
Niece	Amiee POOLEY	1920		2013		93
Niece	Living or Recently Deceased
Sister in Law	Eva Lilian GILLESPIE	1883	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Brother in Law	John James GILLESPIE	1884	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1884	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	0
Brother in Law	Harold Oliver GILLESPIE	1891	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Brother in Law	Philip Sydney POOLEY			1954	Canberra, ACT, Australia
Brother in Law	Henry Everard 'Babe' CURRAN	1896	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	Oct 1964		68
Sister in Law	Ruby Margaret Ann KEIR

Events in Lillian Anne REID (1897 - 1987)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1897		Lillian Anne REID was born	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia		6
1918	21	Married William Ernest GILLESPIE (aged 32)			80
1919	22	Birth of son Lyall GILLESPIE			80
27 Aug 1929	32	Death of mother Sarah Margaret RICH (aged 59)	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia		6
30 Aug 1929	32	Death of father Richard REID (aged 65)	Spring Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia		6
abt 1972	75	Death of husband William Ernest GILLESPIE (aged 86)	Canberra, ACT, Australia		80
1987	90	Lillian Anne REID died	Canberra, ACT, Australia		18

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 = 265 (Name, Notes)

- Reference = 265 (Birth)

18. Type: E-mail Message, Abbr: e-mails general pool, Title: e-mails general pool

- Reference = Kristine Howard 27 Nov 2017 (Death)

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/2132/william-ernest-gillespie.html (Marriage)

- Reference = https://museum.hall.act.au/display/1939/person/2133/lilian-anne-reid.html (Name, Notes)

- Notes: Lilian Anne Reid Born: 1897; Died: 1987; Married: William Gillespie Lilian Anne Reid Related Places Fairy Bower Fairy Bower – a cottage in the village As settlement increased throughout the colony of... Lilian Anne Reid was the third daughter of Richard Reid of Spring Flat, Tallagandra and Sarah (nee Rich) who was the daughter of Alfred Mainwaring Rich. In 1918 she married William Gillespie of Elm Grove. They had two children: Lyall and Jack. Lilian's early years were spent in the slab hut built by her father at Spring Flat, until he contracted a more commodious weatherboard home. In the unusually bleak winter of 1929, Lilian's younger brother Tom and her parents all died of pneumonic flu within a few days of each other. The shock of this tragedy was said to have turned her into a semi-recluse; only seeking the company of close family members. She and William moved into 'Cooee' at Hall briefly, before relocating to Queanbeyan. By 1925 they were at Well(s) Station (where William was the manager) and then in the following year they were living in one of the two old Palmerville cottages. Her sister, Amy Curran, was residing with her family in the other one. In the early 1930s, William ran her 150-acre 'Reidsdale' property at Spring Flat which she had inherited after the 1929 tragedy. In 1939, the Gillespies finally settled down into a more permanent arrangement, moving to Turner in Canberra. William found employment with the parks and gardens department, Canberra High and eventually with ANU as a groundsman. Tragically, he died in 1972 from the effects of ingesting a poisonous spray he was applying to his fruit trees. Lilian died in 1987. William and Lilian were the parents of prominent Canberran and the first Ginninderra historian, Lyall Gillespie Related Photos Lilian Gillespie ⧉ William Gillespie and Lilian Reid, 1918 ⧉ Reid and Gillespie Group, Spring Flat, Tallagandra ⧉ William Gillespie and bride Lillian Reid ⧉ Fairy Bower, Hall ⧉ References Gillespie, L. L., A Pictorial History of the Read/Reid Family in Australia, 1849-1979, Canberra, 1979 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 Lea-Scarlett, E., Gundaroo, Canberra, 1972 Smith, L. R., Memories of Hall, Canberra, 1975

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