Looking for Anthony Gillespie

[carolwalden]

Hi, could some kind soul look up the birth of Anthony Gillespie.

He was born 1843 in Birmingham according to the 1881 & 1901 census.
He was a sailor then a labourer,  am finding it hard to trace him before the the 1881 census.
He married Jane Waters in Whitby 1866,they had 5 children that i know of.

I have tried the FreeBMD to find his birth but with no luck,also tried the Latter Day Saints site.

Any help much appreciated.

Carol

[ELLinSpain]

Hello

have you had a trapse thro the birth index images (free) on Ancestry - bit eye straining but they are pretty complete

[carolwalden]

Hi,will give that a go.

Thanks.

Carol

[carolwalden]

Couldn't find him on Ancestry 

He is not at home in the 1891 census, as he was a sailor i suspect he was on a vessel somewhere.
Cant locate the family in the 1871 census either.
There is a gap of 6 years between their first and second child, i am assuming they might have had more but they didn't survive, or Anthony was away for a long time at sea.

The family is at 7,Newton St,Middlesbrough in 1881 & 1891, not sure about the address in the 1901 as i ran out of credits.

So it looks like another line of my family is going to be a tough one to locate 

Carol

[jim1]

1901
RG13/4582/17/25
St.John's Middlesborough
51 Melrose st.
Thomas Wolf/30/Head/?? shipyard
Mary A/28
Ellen/5
Mildred L/3
Thomas/1
Anthony Gillespie/56/Boarder/Lab. in iron works/B'ham
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I think this is Emmaline in 1901
Lime st.Middlesborough
Emma/W/42
Harry/21
John/18
Charlotte M/16
Emmaline/15
Ethel/12
Ernest Broomfield Gillespie/8
Robert/7
All chidren born Middlesborough & listed as sons or daughters.
This Emmaline doesn't appear anywhere else.
Regards Jim

[jim1]

1901 wrong family for Emmeline,found them in 1891 as well 

[carolwalden]

Hi Jim, thanks for taking the time to look.
I checked with the Tees Valley Index and there were two Emmeline's born in 1885 mine is the one with the middle name of Maud.
I double checked with the marriage index and i have the right one.
I have had problems locating her in the 1901 census also, she didn't marry until 1910 so must have had a different spelling for her name.
I contacted a lady on another site and she has the other Emmeline.She was the one who gave me Anthony as my gt gt gt grandfather.

The 1901 entry with Anthony as lodger, is actually staying with his daughter and son in law.Also know as WOFF/WOOF in other census returns.

In the 1871 census they had only the one daughter that i know of Sarah Jane R born 1867 Whitby, but i cant even locate her.
Have tried using the various spellings but to no avail. They must have been somewhere

Carol

[jim1]

Hello Carol
Young women quite often went into service as you know but weren't included on the census often due to confusion on who should be on it.I have one or two like that.
I'll have another look around and try and be a bit more inventive with the variations.
Jim

[suzard]

Hi-this won't help finding them in 1871-but think I have sarah J R in 1891/1901
it seems she married twice -both times in the name of Gillespie

FreeBMD marriages
Mar qtr 1884 Middlesborough
on same page
James McAllen
Sarah J ane R Gillespie
9d 895

Sept qtr 1890
Middlesborough
on same page
Sarah jane R Gillespie
John James Porter

1891
28 Spencer St Middlesborough
John James Porter head M 25 Iron Moulder London
Sarah J. R. wife 23 Yorks Whitby
Thomas Edward Porter son 3mths Middlesboro
Jane Mc Allen stepdaughter 5 Middlesborough
RG12 4011 70 43

1901
9 Commonden? Place Poplar London
John J Porter head 35 Iron Moulder Poplar london
Sarah J wife 33 Whitby Yorks
Thomas E son 10 Middlesborough on Tees
Emmaline 4 Tidal basin Essex
John C 1 Poplar London
RG13 354 141 41

Hope this helps to fill in a gap!

Suz