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Family of Sir Rollo GILLESPIE
« on: Thursday 14 July 05 18:37 BST (UK) »
Looking for information on Rollo Gillespie's ancestors and Decendants. Any assistance appreciated

Bernie Quigley
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Re: FAMILY OF SIR ROLLO GILLESPIE
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 14 July 05 18:50 BST (UK) »
Hello Bernie
As you give no age/place of birth, this is just a guess
but could this be him on the 1901 census

Ref: RG13/3398 Folio 188 

Shaw A Gillespie Head 51 b Liverpool, Lancashire    Hide Merchant
Margaret Gillespie Wife 45 b Liverpool
Alice Gillespie Dau 18 b Broad Green, Lancs 
Harold Gillespie Son 17 b Broad Green, Lancs     Hide Merchant
Cuthbert E Gillespie Son 12 b Wavertree, Lancs
Arthur S Gillespie Son 9 b Waterloo, Lancs
Rollo Gillespie Son b 7 b West Derby, Lancs
Catherine Craven Serv 15 b Liverpool                  Kitchenmaid, domestic
5 Queens Rd, Birkenhead, Cheshire   
 
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Re: FAMILY OF SIR ROLLO GILLESPIE
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 14 July 05 19:08 BST (UK) »
Bernie,

I wonder if Sir Robert Rollo Gillespie (1766 - 1814) is the guy about whom you require more information Sir Robert was born in a large house on the square in Comber, Co. Down where his statue now stands. He was also known as "Rollicking Rollo."

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I hope you will not be upset at a comment I feel I must make. If a poster does not post adequate information it does no harm to drop them a PM, or even post a message on the board, asking if they have any more information than that already posted. I hope that some newcomers to the boards will also read this comment. Taking such an action tends to establish a better working relationship with the person who opened the topic and assures them that you are taking a genuine interest in their query rather than making wild guesses. Genealogy should involve step by step research rather than guesswork.

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Re: FAMILY OF SIR ROLLO GILLESPIE
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 14 July 05 20:19 BST (UK) »
Yes he is the same guy . He also has one at St Pauls in London. A book was written about him called "The Bravest Soldier"
My Gillespies are connected somehow and and trying to find that connection it has to be thru James Gillespie from BanBridge:


Descendants of ? Gillespie


Generation No. 1

1.  ?1 GILLESPIE was born in Banff Scotland.
   
Child of ? GILLESPIE is:
2.   i.   JAMES2 GILLESPIE, b. 1680, Banbridge Co. Down; d. 1750, Cork Ireland.


Generation No. 2

2.  JAMES2 GILLESPIE (?1) was born 1680 in Banbridge Co. Down, and died 1750 in Cork Ireland.  He married ELIZABETH SHERIFF.  

More About JAMES GILLESPIE:
Burial: St Nicholas Church Cork
Facts (Facts Pg): Government Inspector of Linen Farms
   
Children of JAMES GILLESPIE and ELIZABETH SHERIFF are:
3.   i.   WILLIAM3 GILLESPIE, b. 1735, Cork Ireland; d. 1790, Cork Ireland.
   ii.   JAMES GILLESPIE.


Generation No. 3

3.  WILLIAM3 GILLESPIE (JAMES2, ?1) was born 1735 in Cork Ireland, and died 1790 in Cork Ireland.  He married ELIZABETH TEULON, daughter of WILLIAM TEULON and H. COSSART.  She was born 1735.

More About WILLIAM GILLESPIE:
Cause of Death: Died of "Whisky"
Facts (Facts Pg): Governor of the Magazine at Cork
Occupation: Governor of the Magazine Cork

More About ELIZABETH TEULON:
Medical Information: Low sized women
   
Children of WILLIAM GILLESPIE and ELIZABETH TEULON are:
4.   i.   WILLIAM STAWELL4 GILLESPIE, b. June 1776, Cork Ireland; d. May 1854, Cork Ireland.
   ii.   DAUGTHER GILLESPIE.

More About DAUGTHER GILLESPIE:
Facts (Facts Pg): ran away with a soldier

5.   iii.   JOHN GILLESPIE, b. Abt. 1790; d. 1826.
6.   iv.   RICHARD GILLESPIE.
   v.   HENRY GILLESPIE, b. 1790; d. 1811.

More About HENRY GILLESPIE:
Cause of Death: Consumption
Facts (Facts Pg): Apparently died unamarried




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Re: FAMILY OF SIR ROLLO GILLESPIE
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 14 July 05 20:52 BST (UK) »
This site shows Robert Rollo Gillespie CB grandson of Sir Rollo Gillespie

http://lightinfantry.org.uk/Regiments/Durham%20LI/durham_commmandofficers.htm

The son of Major General Sir Rollo Gillespie and Annabelle Taylor still needs to be found.

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Re: FAMILY OF SIR ROLLO GILLESPIE
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 01 September 05 13:29 BST (UK) »
The Robert Rollo Gillespie in that weblink is my great grandfather. 
my grandad, dad and brother have the same name.  I've always been told i'm a descendant of the Comber Robert Rollo, but i'm not convinced.

My father knows loads about this stuff, let me know and i can give you his email address.  My mum knew a lot about it too and i would ask her about it but she passed away this year so that's no longer possible.

Hope that is helpful in some way. :)

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Re: FAMILY OF SIR ROLLO GILLESPIE
« Reply #6 on: Friday 02 September 05 10:02 BST (UK) »
Sorry this isn't of much use in your search - there's an old joke around County Down that if you're stopped by the police you give your name as "Robert Gillespie, The Square, Comber"!  ;)
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Re: FAMILY OF SIR ROLLO GILLESPIE
« Reply #7 on: Friday 02 September 05 15:08 BST (UK) »
Morover there's one unknown fact, well almost, that Sir Robert Rollo Gillespie was the godfather of Robert Rollo Light, an old friend of his father's from his Javanese days

http://members.tripod.com/bill_n_margy/light-genrpt.htm

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Re: FAMILY OF SIR ROLLO GILLESPIE
« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 08 November 05 19:48 GMT (UK) »
There was an interesting article about the first Major-General Gillespie in the September 1990 issue of Family Tree magazine which mentions three sons - Robert, George and one unnamed, plus a daughter Selina.

My great-grandmother Margaret Gillespie (1871-1946)was the daughter of Major Thomas Gillespie. Royal Engineers, and we have always been told he was a descendant of the Major-General, but haven't been able to confirm this yet.