Hugh Gillespie

1832 - 1890  (58 years)

• Name	Hugh Gillespie  [1, 2]
  Born	26 Feb 1832	Deanston, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	28 Feb 1832	Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland
  Residence	1841	Deanston, Perthshire, Scotland   [3]
  Residence	1851	Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Relationship: Son
  Occupation	1860
  	Engineer, HM Dock Yard, Portsmouth, England
  Residence	1861	Portsea, Hampshire, England   [4]
  Occupation	1867
  	Engine Fitter (noted on daughter's birth certificate)
  Residence	1871	Glasgow St John, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [2]
  	Relation to Head of House: Son In Law
  Occupation	1881
  	Iron Fitter
  Residence	1881	Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland   [5]
  Occupation	1889
  	Sewing Machine Mechanic (noted on daughter's marriage certificate)
  Died	28 Dec 1890	57 Havannah St., Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
  Person ID	I6881	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	John Gillespie, in Deanston,   b. 18 Jul 1807, Bridge Of Turk, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 12 May 1884, Deanston, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Catharine McLaren,   b. Abt 1 Feb 1807, Westwood Lane, Blair Drummond Moss, Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 1843, Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age ~ 35 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	4 Feb 1830	Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F1876	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Janet Shade,   b. Abt 1837, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland ,   d. Between 1871 and 1881, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland  (Age ~ 34 years)
  Married	2 Jan 1860	Deanston, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland
  Children	1. John Gillespie,   b. 28 Dec 1860, 8 Bishop Street, Portsea, Southampton, England ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   2. Mary Gillespie,   b. 1866, 28 Lordship Rd., London, Middlesex, England ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   3. Helen Gillespie,   b. 2 Dec 1867, 5 Union Street, Calton, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland ,   d. 2 Aug 1950, Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia  (Age 82 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024
  Family ID	F1880	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  In 1851, at age 17, Hugh Gillespie was residing at L-2d House in the Divisions in Deanston, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland, with his parents and siblings. He was employed as an apprentice mechanic. On 2 Jan 1860, at age 28. Hugh Gillespie, a dockyard engineer, residing in Portsea, Portsmouth, England, son of John Gillespie, a mechanic at the Deanston Works, and Catherine McLaren (deceased), married in Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland, to Janet Shade, age 22, a dress maker, residing in Deanston, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland, daughter of John Shade, a presser at Deanston Works, and Janet Wardrop. In 1861, at age 28, Hugh Gillespie was residing in Portsea, Hampshire, England, with his wife and newborn son. He was employed as a steam engine fitter. On 30 Jun 1868, Hugh's wife, Janet, was admitted to the Gartnavel Royal Asylum, Lanarkshire, Scotland. In 1871, at age 38, Hugh Gillespie was residing at 668 Gallowgate in Bridgeton, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, without his wife, but with his two daughters. They were residing with his wife's parents John and Helen Shade. Hugh was employed as an Engineer In G Shop. Hugh's wife, Janet, age 32, was residing at Springburn Poorhouse, Lunatic Asylum, and Fever Hospital, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, where she was an inmate and working as a Warehouse Worker. In 1881, at age 48, Hugh Gillespie was residing in Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland with his father, John, and his half-sister, Elizabeth. His children from his first marriage were not with him. His wife, Janet is not found in 1881. In 1889, Hugh Gillespie was employed as a sewing machine mechanic, when his daughter Helen got married. Hugh died a year later in 1890.

  
  

• Sources

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