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Gillespie Ernest James

Male 1889 - 1958  (68 years)


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  • Name Gillespie Ernest James  [1
    Born 1 Nov 1889  Victoria Street, Alexandria, NSW,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    • Witness Mrs Hales
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 29 Oct 1913  [4
    Milk carter 
    Residence 12 May 1919  Lucas Road, Burwood, NSW,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Occupation 13 Jun 1920  ,,NSW,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Milk Vendor 
    Residence 1925  Rothschild Avenue, Rosebery, NSW,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 1925 P.O. Dir.
    Occupation 1930  [7
    Milk carter 
    Residence 1930  Aubigny, Rothschild Avenue, Rosebery, NSW,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Residence 2 Jul 1932  75 Rothschild Avenue, Rosebery, NSW,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1936  75 Rothschild Avenue, Rosebery, NSW,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Horse trainer 
    Residence 1936  75 Rothschild Avenue, Rosebery, NSW,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Occupation 20 Sep 1941  [9
    Dairy Farmer 
    Residence 20 Sep 1941  Kangaloon Road, Bowral, NSW,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1943  26 Lang Street, Croydon, NSW,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Residence 11 Jun 1943  26 Lang Street, Croydon, NSW,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1949  40 Gordon Street,Paddington,NSW,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    • Contractor
    Residence 1954  Arcadia Road, Arcadia, NSW,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    • Contractor
    Residence 12 Jul 1958  Arcadia Road, Arcadia, NSW,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Died 18 Jul 1958  Royal North Shore Hospital,St Leonards,NSW,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 14
    Cause: Thrombotic thrombocytopaenia purpura 
    Buried 21 Jul 1958  Northern Suburbs Crematorium,North Ryde,NSW,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [14, 15
    • Cremated
    Probate 6 Oct 1959  ,,NSW,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [16
    Person ID I22  GeniAus Family Tree
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2022 

    Father Gillespie George Archibald,   b. 28 Sep 1861, ,Ballarat East,Victoria,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jun 1932, Lidcombe State Hospital and Home, Lidcombe, NSW,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Hamshere Alice,   b. 3 Feb 1865, Botany Street,Waterloo,NSW,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jan 1952, 187 Victoria Street, Alexandria, NSW,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 30 Sep 1886  Residence Mrs. Edward Adams Pitt Street,Redfern,NSW,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F26  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Gowans Eliza Anne Elms,   b. 15 Feb 1896, 340 Young Street, Annandale, NSW,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Apr 1962, Blue Mountains District Anzac Memorial Hospital,Katoomba, NSW,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Married 29 Oct 1913  188 Albany Road, Petersham, NSW,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6, 17
    • According to the rites of the Presbyterian Church. G. Acheson Gordon officiating Minister
    Divorced 7 Dec 1939  ,,NSW,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 18
    _STAT Divorced 
    Notes 
    • Ern and Lizzie separated [19]
    • GILLESPIE v GILLESPIE.
      Ernest James Gillespie v Eliza Ann Elms Gillespie (formerly Gowans). Marriage, Octo- ber, 1913, at Petersham. Issue, adultery with Arthur Kennedy, who was cited -as co- respondent. Decree nisi. Mr. F. J. Som- mers for petitioner [20]
    Children 
     1. Gillespie Ernest Henry Norman,   b. 15 Nov 1915, Zena 43 Addison Road,Marrickville,NSW,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Apr 1948, St Vincents Hospital,Darlinghurst,NSW,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years)
     2. Gillespie James William Stuart,   b. 18 Apr 1918, ,,NSW,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 May 1994, ,Manly,NSW,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     3. Gillespie Daphne Williamena Edith,   b. 13 Jul 1920, Rothschild Avenue,Rosebery, NSW,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Aug 2007, Neringah Hospital, Wahroonga, NSW,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     4. Gillespie Douglas Alfred,   b. 18 Mar 1923, ,Rosebery, NSW,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Apr 1997, ,,Queensland,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     5. Gillespie Merle Margareta,   b. 27 Jan 1926, ,Waterloo,NSW,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jul 2004, ,,Virginia,USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    Last Modified 15 Mar 2021 
    Family ID F8  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Scott Isabella Taylor,   b. 20 Mar 1905, ,Inveresk,,Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jul 1988, ,,NSW,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 12 Jun 1943  Presbyterian Manse 14 Ian Street, Rose Bay, NSW,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 21
    • Ceremony performed by T. McDougall
    Last Modified 5 Aug 2021 
    Family ID F25  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1 Nov 1889 - Victoria Street, Alexandria, NSW,Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 29 Oct 1913 - 188 Albany Road, Petersham, NSW,Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 12 May 1919 - Lucas Road, Burwood, NSW,Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Milk Vendor - 13 Jun 1920 - ,,NSW,Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1925 - Rothschild Avenue, Rosebery, NSW,Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1930 - Aubigny, Rothschild Avenue, Rosebery, NSW,Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 2 Jul 1932 - 75 Rothschild Avenue, Rosebery, NSW,Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Horse trainer - 1936 - 75 Rothschild Avenue, Rosebery, NSW,Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1936 - 75 Rothschild Avenue, Rosebery, NSW,Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDivorced - 7 Dec 1939 - ,,NSW,Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 20 Sep 1941 - Kangaloon Road, Bowral, NSW,Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1943 - 26 Lang Street, Croydon, NSW,Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 11 Jun 1943 - 26 Lang Street, Croydon, NSW,Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 12 Jun 1943 - Presbyterian Manse 14 Ian Street, Rose Bay, NSW,Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1954 - Arcadia Road, Arcadia, NSW,Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 12 Jul 1958 - Arcadia Road, Arcadia, NSW,Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: Thrombotic thrombocytopaenia purpura - 18 Jul 1958 - Royal North Shore Hospital,St Leonards,NSW,Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProbate - 6 Oct 1959 - ,,NSW,Australia Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Eliza and Ern's Wedding
    Eliza and Ern's Wedding
    Wedding Portrait
    Isa and Ern's Wedding
    Isa and Ern's Wedding
    Aubigny, Rothschild Avenue, Rosebery
    Aubigny, Rothschild Avenue, Rosebery

  • Sources 
    1. [S3087] DNA Match - RJB, Ancestry.

    2. [S52] x NSW BDM Indexes, NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages, 9701/1889 GILLESPIE ERNEST J GEORGE ALICE WATERLOO.
      GILLESPIE ERNEST J GEORGE ALICE WATERLOO

    3. [S23] Birth Certificate.

    4. [S19] Marriage Certificate.

    5. [S2] Sydney Morning Herald, 19 May 1919 W J Gowans Funeral Notice.

    6. [S23] Birth Certificate.
      Daughter Daphne Gillespie


    7. [S48] Ancestry.co.uk, Directories & Member Lists > Australian Electoral Rolls, 1901-1936 > New South Wales > 1930 > Cook > Rosebery > G.

    8. [S48] Ancestry.co.uk, Ancestry.com. Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.

    9. [S48] Ancestry.co.uk, Sydney, Australia, Anglican Parish Registers, 1814-2011 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017.

      Name: • James William Ball
      Gender: • Male
      Marriage Age: • 23
      Record Type: • Marriage
      Birth Date: • abt 1918
      Marriage Date: • 20 Sep 1941
      Marriage Place: • Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
      Parish as it Appears: • Petersham All Saintpollui
      Father: • James Ball
      Mother: • Harriet Ball
      Spouse: • Daphne Williamina Edith Gillespie


    10. [S48] Ancestry.co.uk, Australian Electoral Rolls, 1903-1954 > New South Wales > 1949 > East Sydney > Paddington >.

    11. [S48] Ancestry.co.uk, Australian Electoral Rolls, 1903-1954 > New South Wales > 1954 > Mitchell > Dural >.

    12. [S2] Sydney Morning Herald, July 19 1958.

    13. [S52] x NSW BDM Indexes, NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages, 18457/1958 .
      GILLESPIE ERNEST JAMES GEORGE ALICE CHATSWOOD

    14. [S24] Death Certificate.

    15. [S2] Sydney Morning Herald.

    16. [S2813] SRNSW, http://api.records.nsw.gov.au/items/996979.
      Ernest James Gillespie - Date of Death 18/07/1958, Granted on 06/10/1959
      Item number:
      Series 4-497735
      Date range:
      unknown
      Descriptive note:
      Ernest James Gillespie - Date of Death 18/07/1958, Granted on 06/10/1959
      Access direction:
      359

    17. [S52] x NSW BDM Indexes, NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages, 14220/1913 .
      GILLESPIE ERNEST J GOWANS ELIZA A E PETERSHAM

    18. [S2813] SRNSW, RG Dept 6012/39.

    19. [S26] Daphne Williamena Edith Gillespie.

    20. [S2] Sydney Morning Herald, Friday 26 August 1938.

    21. [S3022] NSW Marriage Index, NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages, 13928 / 1943.
      13928 / 1943 GILLESPIE ERNEST JAMES SCOTT ISABELLA TAYLOR WOOLLAHRA