John Gillespie

  General Notes:

He does not appear to be a brother to Elisabeth Gillespie who married his wife's brother, Livingstone. His parents may be James Gillespie and Agnes Lang and he may have been baptised 1 Oct 1815, especially since their first named son was James.

James and Isobel emigrated to Pennsylvania USA.

At the time of the 1880 USA census John and Isabel are living in the household of their son, John, in Wilkinsburg, Allegheny, Pennsylvania. John, aged 66, is a coalminer, born Scotland and Isabell, 82, a Boarder, born Scotland.

  Noted events in his life were:

• He worked as a Miner at the time of John's birth in 1837 in Hurlet, , Renfrew, Scotland.

John married Isobel Forsyth, daughter of John Forsyth ** and Agnes Isobel Laird **, on 5 Jan 1834 in Shotts Iron Works, Shotts, Lanark, Scotland. (Isobel Forsyth was born on 23 Nov 1799 in Carnwath, Lanark, Scotland, christened on 22 Dec 1799 in Carnwath, Lanark, Scotland and died after 1880 in USA.)