| ONTARIO MARRIAGE RECORDS To 1869 |
| Official registration of marriages from 1869 to today is handled by the Registrar General. Confidentiality laws however, restrict the access of the public to the most recent records. Currently Ontario Marriage Records from 1874 to 1920 are available on microfilm at the Archives of Ontario in Toronto, or through interloaning to a public library or LDS, Mormon Family History Centre. Each year another year of records is released to the public, and 1921 marriages will become available during 2003. The index to these Gillespie records is available from the catalogue on this web site. |
| CARLETON COUNTY 1833, Feb 4 GILLESPIE, THOMAS married Bridget Calaghan, Longueuil 1843, Oct 24 PATRICK GILLESPIE, shoemaker, married Winifred McGroarty. 1845, Oct 11 JAMES GILLESPIE married Marguerite Walsh.. (Note: James Gillespie, daylabourer, widower of Margaret Walsh, married 1851 Ann Keeney. Rev. G.H.E. Drolet). 1849, April 17 GILLESPIE, ANTHONY, witnesses (?parents) Anthony & Bridget McCabe married Mary Currigan, witnesses (?parents) Edward & Winnifred Laughran, in Cathedral d'Ottawa 1867, Dec 12 JOHN GILLESPIE married Elizabeth Ann Mulligan (my paternal grandparents) |
| STORMONT/DUNDAS COUNTIES 1834, March 8 THOMAS GILLESPIE, witness at the wedding of Nelson Hitsman and Nancy Rodney 1835, July 30 MARGARET GILLESPIE married Andrew McConnell 1836, Sept 23 JANE GILLESPIE of Cornwall married William Hamilton by licence. Witnesses Thos Gillespie and Wm Cairns. 1843, July 19 MARTHA GILLESPIE married George Casselman, both of Wmsburg. Witnesses John Weaver and Peter Weaver. 1845, Feb 4 WILLIAM GILLESPIE, bachelor of the Township of Lancaster, married Mary McLean. spinster of the Township of Charlottenburg, by license. Present Hugh MacLean and John McLean, at St. John's Presbyterian Church, Cornwall. 1847, July 28 CHARLOTTE GILLESPIE of Osnabruck married Thomas Hilliard of Williamsburg. Witnesses John Adams, John Gillespie, Thomas Gillespie, Francis Kirkpatrick. 1855, Dec 11 DENNIS GILLESPIE, labourer, married Fanny Melton, spinster, Cornwall Twp. Both of the Township of Cornwall. By licence. Present: David MacCracken & Alexander MacCracken. At St. John's Presbyterian Church, Cornwall. 1856 JOHN GILLESPIE married Sarah Maria Wilson by licence. Rev. John Howes, Wesleyan Metholidst Minister. 1858, Feb 23 LYDIA GILLESPIE, age 17, residence Cornwall, Birthplace Cornwall, parents Alexander & Isabel Gillespie, married George Scott, age 24, residence L'Arcadia, place of birth Cornwall, parents Joseph & Margaret. Witnesses: Robert Watson & Alex McDonald. St. John's Presbyterian Church, Cornwall. 1858, Nov 4 THOMAS GILLESPIE, 38, Williamsburg, Ireland, s/o James & F, married Jane Johnson, 35, Williamsburg, Ireland, d/o James & Sarah. 1861, Nov 7 REBECCA GILLESPIE, age 23, residence Cornwall, place of birth Cornwall. Parents Alexander & Sarah married James McDonell, age 24, residence Cornwall, born Aultsville. Parents Ronald & Margaret. Witnesses Oliver Gillespie of Cornwall, & Joseph Walker of Montreal. 1862, March 4 WILLIAM GILLESPIE, 28, Cornwall, Ireland, s/o William & Jane, married Ann Milroy, 21, Cornwall, Cornwall, d/o Robert & Jane. 1869, April 13 JAMES JOHNSTON GILLESPIE, 27, Morrisburg, Ireland, s/o Thomas & Eliza married Sarah Halliday, 22, Wmsburgh, Scotland, d/o Matthew & Elizabeth. Wit. R.R. Chapell. Between 1858-1869 LUSINDA GILLESPIE married R.A. Gibson MARGARET GILLESPIE married Robert Wilson |
| THE BATHURST DISTRICT was created in 1821 (until 1849) and included the counties of Renfrew, Lanark and Carleton. Marriage returns were to be sent to the Clerk of the Peace in Perth. In 1842 a separate register was created for Carleton County, but these records cannot be found and may have been destroyed in the Court House fire in the 1870's. |
| THE OTTAWA DISTRICT was created in 1816, and marriage records for the counties of Prescott and Russell, and some townships of Carleton County had to be sent to the Clerk of the Peace in the District Town of L'Orignal. This district was abolished in 1849, |
| Note: Unknown location marriages on last page |