mrs.c.
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hello rowlie,thankyou for your update,i do not have very much info on the gillespie family at the moment i am trying to find a connection to robert rollo gillespie for my husband whose g/g grandmother was margaret gillespie.thankyou jan
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rowlie
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As an aside . I gather from my Nepalese contacts that money is available to restore or replace the memorials about the Battle of Khalunga, restoration of the generals grave etc and the creation of gardens associated with the memorials . It includes a reconstruction of the Fort Now I always remember a photo or picture of the fort from my early years ,and Dad tell me what it was, but I don't have the info to access on this side of things.( YES I WAS STITCHED UP OVER INHERITANCE) Now has anyone seen a picture of the fort in contemporary press or later, because the Archaeological service want this information? Anything gratefully received.
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rowlie
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Incidently all the literature still comes back to what my father , G father, ggf, and, gggf have provided. It is very difficult for me to improve on this. You can analyse the information and glean snippets such as he was quite a one for a pretty girl,and sometimes that made work secondary to the job in hand, even if the General was married. "Campaigners Grave and Gay" is a great read. YES ,I still have the texts provided for most of these books but such was the quality provided by my forbears - I can't improve on it. I have been asked questions such as "What was the involvement of the Nepalese people in the campaign". I have difficulty here in that all aspects of describing it can only come from our perspective. I am not explaining this too well but I am sure you know what I mean.
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rowlie
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Yes I read Blood in the Sand. Unfortunately the picture isn't Khalunga Fort. The fort has been flattened. It is a on a small plateau. A few stones can be seen sticking out of the ground in a pleasantly wooded area. Jyoti Thapa's grandfather bought the site in 1880 to preserve it and she still owns it. Jyoti sent me pictures of it Her family is from the area.
Best wishes
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rowlie
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Still looking for the fort information.
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rowlie
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Last December I was asked if I would take a Gillespie Family Tree DNA test and was offered the test paid for by the group. I have accepted it and the first results will be out in a few weeks time.
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mrs.c.
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hi rowlie,what group? let us all know when you get the results.
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rowlie
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It is Yahoo group, Gillespie family tree DNA. I am Group 1. Haplo group l2b1. I am kit No 142370 which you should be able to access via FTDNA. The only way to decide which Gillespie group you belong to is to have the test yourself if you are male or the male who will carry your ancestral dna if you are female.
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wayward
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Hi Gillespie descendants,
I am a descendent of William Gillespie (Born Cork 1735 died 1790?)
and his son William Stawell Gillespie (Born Cork 1776 died 1855)
and his Son Henry Cameron (Born Cork 23/3/1828 died 24/9/1902 Auckland NZ)
and His son Henry Gibbon (Born Thames NZ 1871 died 14/12/1937 Auckland)
and his son John Franklin Rowan (born 1926 Auckland currently living in Australia)
I will be touring around Ireland for a week June10 to 18th 2009.
My Mother (who is very keen on Geneology and my cousin also ) have quite a few family tree records. Mum says there is a statue somewhere in Ireland of Sir Robert Rollo Gillespie I should look up - does anyone know where this is?
I used to have to recite a poem when I was at school about Sir Robert Rollo I remember, does anyone have a copy?
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Kim P
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Help!
I think I'm a descendant of Sir Rollo Gillespie and I'm not sure how to find out. My grandmother, Sylvia (maiden name was Gillespie), always spoke of the statue and I think she said he was an uncle or great uncle of hers (on her father's side). Unfortunately, all of my relatives are deceased who could put the pieces together for me and I was the silly kid who didn't take enough interest in the actual history of our family until it was too late to ask her about it.
My grandmother, Sylvia Gillespie was raised in in Brighton, England but we are not sure if she was born there. Sylvia's mother was Ursula May Shepherd and her father was a doctor. Ursala May had one sister named Dolly. Ursala married a Gillespie, Sylvia's father, but I don't know his name.
Ursala had four children: Rollo, Pam, Sylvia and Barbara.
My grandmother married Stanely Joseph Higgins, who was from Ireland. They moved to Canada over 60 years ago. Sylvia's brother Rollo lived in England his whole life (again, we're unsure of their birthplaces) and was married to Anne. I don't know anything about the other two sisters.
Apparently we still have family in Ireland but I don't know anything about them; I would love to learn more!
If any of this sounds familiar or if you know how I can find out more information I would absolutely love to hear from you!
Thanks!
Kim
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hughrg
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Rowlie
I would very much like to have a chat. I am yet another Rollo Gillespie. I am not descended from the General, though there is a possibility of a collateral link, but I am often asked about his decendants. I understand that RRG had no legitimate children, but that his son by Mlle Pecher, also RRG, died in 1843, having had a son, again RRG, in 1830, who died in 1890. I have met a grand-daughter (Susan) of this third RRG but she is now dead. She must be a cousin or closer relation of yours. If you would like to exchange information, please let me know.
HRG
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