| [Index] |
| William Ernest GILLESPIE (1886 - 1972) |
| Children | Self + Spouses | Parents | Grandparents | Greatgrandparents |
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Living Lyall GILLESPIE (1919 - ) |
William Ernest GILLESPIE (1886 - 1972) + Lillian Anne REID (1897 - 1987) |
James GILLESPIE (1844 - 1926) | John GILLESPIE (1809 - 1889) | George GILLESPIE |
| Jane GORDON | ||||
| Mary Ann HUTCHINSON (1814 - 1895) | James HUTCHINSON | |||
| Isabella Hay JONES (1861 - 1938) | Thomas JONES (1812 - 1888) | |||
| Isabella DONALDSON ( - 1911) | James DONALDSON | |||
| Margaret GRANT |
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| b. 1886 at Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia |
| m. 1918 Lillian Anne REID (1897 - 1987) |
| d. abt 1972 at Canberra, ACT, Australia aged 86 |
| Cause of Death: |
| effects of ingesting a poisonous spray he was applying to his fruit trees |
| Near Relatives of William Ernest GILLESPIE (1886 - 1972) | ||||||
| Relationship | Person | Born | Birth Place | Died | Death Place | Age |
| Grandfather | John GILLESPIE | 1809 | KIllylea, Co Armagh, Ireland | 15 Jan 1889 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 80 |
| Grandmother | Mary Ann HUTCHINSON | abt 1814 | Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland | 05 Jan 1895 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 81 |
| Grandfather | Thomas JONES | abt 1812 | Westminster, Middlesex, England | 1888 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 76 |
| Grandmother | Isabella DONALDSON | Yass, New South Wales, Australia | 1911 | |||
| Father in Law | Richard REID | 1864 | Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia | 30 Aug 1929 | Spring Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia | 65 |
| Mother in Law | Sarah Margaret RICH | 1870 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 27 Aug 1929 | Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia | 59 |
| Father | James GILLESPIE | Feb 1844 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 10 Jun 1926 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 82 |
| Mother | Isabella Hay JONES | Feb 1861 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 07 Jan 1938 | Canberra, ACT, Australia | 76 |
| Self | William Ernest GILLESPIE | 1886 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | abt 1972 | Canberra, ACT, Australia | 86 |
| Wife | Lillian Anne REID | 1897 | Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia | 1987 | Canberra, ACT, Australia | 90 |
| Son | Living or Recently Deceased | |||||
| Son | Lyall GILLESPIE | 1919 | ||||
| Sister | Eva Lilian GILLESPIE | 1883 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Brother | John James GILLESPIE | 1884 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 1884 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 0 |
| Brother | Harold Oliver GILLESPIE | 1891 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Daughter in Law | Norma Joan BOGG | |||||
| Aunt | Elizabeth Jane GILLESPIE | 1838 | Co Armagh, Northern Ireland | 23 Jan 1872 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 34 |
| Uncle | Peter (Big Pete) SHUMACK | 16 May 1844 | Canberra, ACT, Australia | 14 Feb 1912 | Canberra, ACT, Australia | 67 |
| Uncle | George Randleson Hutchinson GILLESPIE | abt 1840 | Belfast, Co Antrim, Ireland | 21 Jul 1923 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 83 |
| Aunt | Mary Ann BAMBRIDGE | 1848 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 09 Mar 1926 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 78 |
| Uncle | William GILLESPIE | 1846 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 1893 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 47 |
| Uncle | Robert GILLESPIE | 1848 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 1933 | Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia | 85 |
| Aunt | Euphemia (Phoebe) GILLESPIE | 1850 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 12 Dec 1926 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 76 |
| Uncle | John 'Jack' BUTLER | 07 Mar 1855 | Yarralumla, ACT Australia | 15 Apr 1935 | Cremorne, New South Wales, Australia | 80 |
| Uncle | John JONES | 1848 | Brisbane Water, New South Wales, Australia | 1906 | 58 | |
| Uncle | James JONES | 1850 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 08 Oct 1895 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 45 |
| Aunt | Harriet MORRIS | 1851 | Camden, New South Wales, Australia | 05 Jun 1895 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 44 |
| Uncle | William Henry 'Bill' JONES | 1852 | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 1922 | 70 | |
| Aunt | Eva Annie SOUTHWELL | 1869 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | |||
| Aunt | Margaret Ann JONES | 1857 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 1947 | 90 | |
| Uncle | F PETER | |||||
| Uncle | Frederick Thomas JONES | 1865 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 1935 | 70 | |
| Aunt | Hannah Mary JONES | 1867 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | |||
| Uncle | male LUBEY | |||||
| Aunt | Lydia JONES | 1870 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 1904 | 34 | |
| Uncle | A F HELLMUND | |||||
| Cousin | George SHUMACK | 17 Nov 1870 | Canberra, ACT, Australia | 12 Nov 1958 | ACT, Australia | 87 |
| Cousin | Elizabeth Jane SHUMACK | 1872 | Canberra, ACT, Australia | |||
| Cousin | John SHUMACK | 1874 | Canberra, ACT, Australia | 20 Feb 1930 | Canberra, ACT, Australia | 56 |
| Cousin | Margaret SHUMACK | 06 Sep 1875 | Canberra, ACT, Australia | 26 Jul 1945 | 69 | |
| Cousin | Minerva SHUMACK | 1877 | Canberra, ACT, Australia | |||
| Cousin | Frances SHUMACK | 1879 | Canberra, ACT, Australia | 1879 | Canberra, ACT, Australia | 0 |
| Cousin | Clara SHUMACK | 1880 | Canberra, ACT, Australia | 29 Apr 1931 | Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia | 51 |
| Cousin | Alexander SHUMACK | 1882 | Canberra, ACT, Australia | 1956 | Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia | 74 |
| Cousin | Peter SHUMACK | 1883 | Canberra, ACT, Australia | 1883 | Canberra, ACT, Australia | 0 |
| Cousin | Mary SHUMACK | 1884 | Canberra, ACT, Australia | 1935 | Rotorua, New Zealand | 51 |
| Cousin | Ida Ada SHUMACK | 1887 | Canberra, ACT, Australia | |||
| Cousin | Edward SHUMACK | 1888 | Canberra, ACT, Australia | |||
| Cousin | Gladice SHUMACK | 1890 | Canberra, ACT, Australia | |||
| Cousin | Frances SHUMACK | 1894 | Canberra, ACT, Australia | |||
| Cousin | Emma Elizabeth M GILLESPIE | 1875 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Cousin | Florence Lilian A GILLESPIE | 1877 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Cousin | Edith Gorgina E GILLESPIE | 1881 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Cousin | Stanley G H GILLESPIE | 1886 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Cousin | Leslie John Allen GILLESPIE | 1889 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 1912 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 23 |
| Cousin | John Albert BUTLER | 1882 | abt Apr 1927 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 45 | |
| Cousin | William Henry JONES | 1873 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | |||
| Cousin | Thomas John JONES | 1875 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 1892 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 17 |
| Cousin | Mary JONES | 1878 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 1881 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 3 |
| Cousin | Ernest JONES | 1880 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | |||
| Cousin | Lillian Mary JONES | 1882 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | |||
| Cousin | Daisy JONES | abt 1886 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | |||
| Cousin | Florence JONES | 1886 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | |||
| Cousin | Paul JONES | abt 1889 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | |||
| Cousin | Harry James JONES | 1895 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | |||
| Cousin | Victor Leo JONES | 1894 | ||||
| Cousin | Rockleigh Donaldson JONES | 1896 | ||||
| Niece | Amiee POOLEY | 1920 | 2013 | 93 | ||
| Niece | Living or Recently Deceased | |||||
| Sister in Law | Margaret Mary REID | 1892 | Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia | 1973 | Canberra, ACT, Australia | 81 |
| Sister in Law | Amy F REID | 1895 | Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia | 1977 | Canberra, ACT, Australia | 82 |
| Brother in Law | Alfred Thomas REID | 1898 | Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia | 28 Aug 1929 | Spring Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia | 31 |
| Events in William Ernest GILLESPIE (1886 - 1972)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| 1886 | William Ernest GILLESPIE was born | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 32762/1886 | 80 | |
| 1918 | 32 | Married Lillian Anne REID (aged 21) | 80 | ||
| 1919 | 33 | Birth of son Lyall GILLESPIE | 80 | ||
| 10 Jun 1926 | 40 | Death of father James GILLESPIE (aged 82) | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 10085/1926 | 6 |
| 07 Jan 1938 | 52 | Death of mother Isabella Hay JONES (aged 76) | Canberra, ACT, Australia | 6 | |
| abt 1972 | 86 | William Ernest GILLESPIE died | Canberra, ACT, Australia | 80 | |
| 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 (Name, Notes) |
| 18. Type: E-mail Message, Abbr: e-mails general pool, Title: e-mails general pool |
| - Reference = Kristine Howard 27 Nov 2017 (Name, Notes) |
| 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/2148/lyall-gillespie.html (Death) |
| - Reference = https://museum.hall.act.au/display/1939/person/2148/lyall-gillespie.html (Birth) |
| - Reference = https://museum.hall.act.au/display/1939/person/2132/william-ernest-gillespie.html (Marriage) |
| - Reference = https://museum.hall.act.au/display/1939/person/2132/william-ernest-gillespie.html (Name, Notes) |
| - Notes: Born: 1886; Died: 1971; Married: Lilian Reid
William Ernest Gillespie Related Places Elm Grove In 1862 James Gillespie, the son of Mary Ann and John Gillespie of Horse Park, purchased land... Fairy Bower Fairy Bower – a cottage in the village As settlement increased throughout the colony of... William Ernest Gillespie was born at Ginninderra in 1886 to James Gillespie and Isabella Hay Gillespie (nee Jones) of Elm Grove. He married Lilian Reid of Spring Flat, Tallagandra in 1918. He was known affectionately as 'Sonny' within his family, but 'Bill' more broadly. Gillespie attended school at Mulligans Flat until breaking a slate over the teacher's head when wrongly accused of a misdemeanor. He completed his education at Bedellick. Bill Gllespie worked around NSW as a shearer in his youth and as a farmhand at Bywong Station. After his marriage he and Lilian moved into 'Cooee' at Hall briefly, before relocating to Queanbeyan. In these years he carted wood and worked as a landscape gardener. In 1925 Gillespie appears at Well(s) Station as the manager and then in the following year living in one of the old Palmerville cottages. In 1926 they purchased a block in Hall from Richard Southwell (Block 1, Section 4) and built a small two bedroomed cottage which they called Fairy Bower. This was their home until 1939 In the early 1930s, he ran his wife's 150-acre 'Reidsdale' property at Spring Flat. 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. William and Lilian were the parents of prominent Canberran and the first Ginninderra historian, Lyall Gillespie. 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 |