This is a treasure hunt - "Help me find Jane?"

[deeiluka]

Glad it's been a success for you, Ted!   

I’ve now found the deaths of Peter GILLESPIE’s wife Arabella, and most of their children….

Arabella GILLESPIE aged 69 died in 1926 at IWOOD
Father = Wm HALL & Mother = Elizth Clare LAMBERT
Ref = 14306


John Lambert GILLESPIE aged 66 died in 1948 at IWOOD
Father = Peter GILLESPIE & Mother = Arabella HALL
Ref = 20955

Clare Kaye LONG aged 61 died in 1951 at N BTON
Father = Peter GILLESPIE & Mother = Arabella HALL
Ref = 4164

Hugh Rolston GILLESPIE aged 64 died in 1957 at MORN
Father = Peter & Mother = Arabella  HALL
Ref = 20185

Eleanor Florence CATTO died in 1983 at EMU
Father = Petir GILLESPIE & Mother = Arabella
Ref = 20766

Alan Ellis GILLISPIE aged 62 died in 1950 at MTON
Father = Peter & Mother = Arabella  HALL
Ref = 21401

Wouldn't it be great if a descendant got in touch! 


Dee   

[keinname]

Children of her Gillespie daughter:

ONE
Name:    Elizabeth Clara Hall
Mother:    Jana Isabell Gillespie
Birth:    1882 - Inglewood, Victoria

Name:    Elizabeth Clare Walsh
Mother:    Jane Isabe Gillespie
Father:    Lindsay Hall
Birth:    abt 1882
Death:    1965 - Ferntree Gully, Victoria

TWO
Name:    Isabella Hall
Mother:    Jane Is Gillespie
Birth:    1884 - Ferntree Gully, Victoria

Name:    Isabel Hall
Mother:    Jane Isabella Gillespie
Birth:    abt 1884
Death:    1903 - Kensington, Victoria

THREE
Name:    Jean Hall
Mother:    Jane Isabella Gillespie
Father:      Beevor Lambert Hall
Birth:    1889 - Fernihurst, Victoria

[keinname]

The only other thing that is puzzling me is that if James and Jane had a son on 7 Feb 1849 in Scotland and James died here in Melbourne on 10 May 1850 how did they get here and why did they come?

By ship LOL

But seriously they arrived in Melbourne in the intervening period after a sea voyage of many months. Problem is that not all the indexes for the shipping lists are available on-line.

As the State Library of South Australia states - "Prior to 1852, all Port Philip records are found in NSW rather than Victoria." http://guides.slsa.sa.gov.au/content.php?pid=99525&sid=747059
The library also gives references to books that contain pre-1852 lists that they hold in their collection.

Unfortunately a search of this index in NSW State Records also comes up blank.

[rosball]

Death notice for Alan Ellis Gillespie http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22907881 giving children

cheers,
   Ros
adding and for John Lambert Gillespie giving children
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22685778

[rosball]

Not sure if this is the correct death notice for Clare Long in 1951 
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23050570

It says she is widow of Harold (and that was one of his middle names)

cheers,
   Ros

[rosball]

Death notice for Jane Isabella Hall in 1940 giving children
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11278988

and funeral notice - same page

cheers,
   Ros

[deeiluka]

Very interesting snippet here......
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/8694482

Jane gets a mention, as does Peter Gillespie.....obviously Jane and her husband weren't the only ones to come out from Scotland.


Dee   

[rosball]

Following on from that find Dee  is this obit to a Caleb Anderson who died  in 1893 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8672747

cheers,
   Ros

[keinname]

Caleb Anderson, younger than Jane, must be a son from a second marriage of Jane's father as his mother is listed as Margaret Martin.