No, Roger GILLESPIE/GILLISPIE is definitely in census info 1841 1851 1861 as GILLISPIE not GILLESPIE. The 'i' is easy to read and is dotted each time.
If there are two Roger GILLESPIE, then they both resided at Woodbridge, which would be a heck of a coincidence if they were different men. Bear with me.
Roger GILLESPIE's discharge papers clearly state that he enlisted Jan 1805, was born at Drumbo, served 15 years + 212 days (i.e. finished up in 1820) and that he got 2 years added to his service record because of his service at Waterloo, so the Drumbo man was at Waterloo all right.
And we have a Roger GILLESPIE listed in a small detachment as part of Whinyates' Rocket Troop, part of a list of all who took part at Waterloo. My reading of the list says that Roger enlisted 4 Nov 1804.
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Ancestry.com
UK, Military Campaign Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1949
Muster Roll of the Officers, Non Commissioned Officers and Privates of the Royal Horse and Foot Artillery under the command of Colonel Sir Geo. Adam Wood who served in the Battle of Waterloo or in the Actions which immediately preceeded it.
...Royal Horse Artillery.
...Sub Unit: Major Whinyates (Rocket) Troop
...Troop: Detachment Rl Horse Artillery
Rank, Names, Dates of Enlistment.
Gunner, Wm A??den, 1 May 1804
Gunner, Roger GILLESPIE, 4 Nov 180[4?]
Gunner, William TICHNER, 25 Augt 180[5]?
Gunner, Henry EDWARDS, 26 Novr 180[5]?
Gunner, John HELM?, 21 Aug 1809
Driver, ? S MADDISON, 2 Oct 1811.
The census information of the man living at Woodbridge, wife Fanny in 1841 and Frances in 1851, clearly states that he was a Chelsea pensioner with service in the Royal Horse Artillery, and we have the fantastic obituary in the Ipswich newspaper that lists where he fought and says that he lived at Woodbridge.
1841 "Army P"
1851 "Pensioner R. H. Artillery Chelsea"
1861 "Pensioner R. H. Artillery.
This man died age 84 late in 1870 indicating birth circa 1886.
The man who was born at Drumbo enlisted at age 18 in 1805, indicating birth approximately 1787, or 1786 if he hadn't yet had his birthday for the year in which he enlisted.
It is so hard to believe that the man born at Drumbo and the man born at Glasgow are not the same man, although the differing enlistment dates don't help either.
The discharge papers for the man born Drumbo # H2254 say Roger was discharged 31 July 1820 and admitted on the pension list on 1 Aug 1920 at 1s per day.
Ancestry.com has a list of Horse Artillery Chelsea pensioners. Includes Roger GILLESPIE # 2254H admitted 1 Aug 1820 at 1s per day, residence Woodbridge. Says he died 27/11/71 which is the right day but out by a year which probably doesn't matter in that it seems to be merely a simple mistake. The report in the Ipswich journal is dated 3/12/70 (a Saturday) and says he was to be buried that afternoon.
Surely the above confirms the man born at Drumbo in the discharge papers as the man at Woodbridge who gave his birthplace as Scotland in census data.
An easy explanation is that Roger was born at Drumbo but brought up Glasgow way in Scotland which is what he remembered. Or born Scotland but raised at Drumbo which is what he at first remembered until finding out he was actually born in Scotland. Maybe his father was also a military man and could have served in Ireland.. Who knows.
A complication is that in the 1861 census Roger is listed as a widower.
07 Apr 1861 Census of England & Wales
@Mile Hill Lane, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Roger GILLISPIE, Head, Widr, 74 Pensioner, R.H. Artillery b. Renfrewshire, Scotland
Yet in researchers' databases they have his wife deceased 1869 as follows.
FreeBMD
http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.plDeaths 4Q 1869, GILLESPIE Frances, 82, Woodbridge 4a, 421
I can't find any GILLESPIE or GILLISPIE at FreeBMD died Suffolk between 1851 and 1861. The only ones who died Suffolk between 1861 and 1871 are Frances 1869 age 82, Roger 1870 age 84, and Elizabeth 1871 age 43.
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