Carleton County
in Eastern Ontario, and Ottawa.
May 21, 1840 The son of Thomas Keys, nephew of JAMES GILLESPIE of Russell Twp, aged 14, drowned at Cook's Mills on 29th (Bytown Gazette, Abstracts of Births, Marriages & Deaths, 1836-1845, page 13).
Dec 16, 1841 WILLIAM GILLESPIE of Gloucester Twp, was stabbed by Richard Ashield on 11th (Bytown Gazette, Abstracts of Births, Marriages, Deaths 1836-1845, page 17).
GILESPIE, THOMAS, died October 3, 1876, internment Oct 5th, 1876, number 956 (Burial Record of Beechwood Cemetery, City of Ottawa, 1873-1900, page 52).
Noble Morrison, died Nov 30, 1878, aged 63 yrs. Also his wife JANE GILLISPIE, died Feb 22, 1878, aged 58 years. Edgar Bayliss died Aug 5, 1940, aged 20 yrs. Robert Bayliss died Oct 20, 1952 aged 72 yrs. His wife Georgina Ellen Cox died Jan 9, 1957 aged 57 yrs (Huntley United Church Cemetery, Carleton Co, page 12).
GILLESPIE, JANE ELIZABETH, died Nov 10, 1883, Ottawa (Vital Statistics Death Index, No. 306383).
GILLESPIE, ANTHONY died Dec 21, 1885 (Vital Statistics Death Index No. 287685)
GILLESPIE, MARY 1806-1892. Note: Buried beside spouse John W. Wishart (1790-1874). His second wife, Lucy Jane Sheppard, died Nov 19, 1911, aged 34 yrs, and other family members
David Wishart died July 4, 1908, aged 64 yrs; His wife Elizabeth J. Waddell died Nov 12, 1916, aged 81 yrs; William W. Wishart, aged 7 yrs; Margaret Jane Wishart 1866-1869 (Springhill Presbyterian Cemetery, Lot 30, Con 7, Osgoode Twp, Carleton Co., plot # 136).
GILLESPIE, BARBARA, V.O. died Nov 8, 1974 at her residence 1494 Cyrille Road. Wife of CHARLES GILLESPIE, age 47, dear mother of Mrs. J.E. Huneault (JUDY GILLESPIE); dear sister of Raymond Norton Scharf, and W. R. Bill Scharf both of Ottawa. Daughter of Mrs. Helen Mildred Scharf and the late W.G. Scharf; also survived by two grandchildren. Resting Hulse and Playfair Central Chapel, 315 McLeod St, after 2pm Saturday. Service on Monday at 10 am. Internment Hawthorne Cemetery (Ottawa Citizen report).
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(Records from Other Counties)
Mrs. Margaret Watson, dr of JAMES & FRANCES GILLESPIE, was b. in Co. Tryone, Ireland April 13, 1829. She came to Canada with her parents in 1846, and settled in Osnabruck Twp, (Stormont County), where she lived until here marriage to Henry W. Oct 16, 1849. She died March 12, 1877
(Source: Obituaries of The Ontario Christian Guardian 1883-1880)
Mrs. Letitia Hitchman (nee GILLESPIE) daughter of Mr. & Mrs. T. GILLESPIE, was born in County Tryone, Ireland April 29, 1801, and attended m. class meetings with her father and sister. In 1825 she came to Canada with her parents, and settled in Osnabruck Twp, where she got married in 1827. In 1836 she moved with her husband to Russell Twp, where she raised a large family. She died in Beaverbrook Station, Russell Twp April 29, 1873, saved by her hand.
Obituary from The Christian Guardian 1873-1880, page 215).
Died: Bella Johnston, Lanark. Wednesday, Feb 10, 1931, in her 71st year. She was born on the lot where she died in Lanark, the daughter of the late Hugh Johnston and his wife, MARGARET GILLESPIE, who died in 1895. Her mother was the daughter of one of the pioneers of Lanark Village. An uncle, THOMAS GILLESPIE, was for many years caretaker of the school in Lanark. Her sisters and brothers are: Margaret (Mrs. Jas Rogers, deceased in 1891; John who died in 1909; Ida (formerly Mrs. Frank Deachman and now Mrs. Williamson), of Cadomin, Alberta; and a half brother, Charles Kelly. Burial in Lanark Village. (The Lanark Era, 1895-1911, Vol.2, Births, Marriages & Deaths).
