THE GILLESPIE FAMILY

The Gillespie homestead was built on the farm which is now bounded by the first paved road to Borden and the North Carle- ton road. This farm had first been owned by “King” McInnis and the remains of his home are down at the spring at the rear of the farm, and the hill which runs out to the road is still known at King’s Hill.

William Gillespie and his wife Euphemia Campbell landed from Dumfries, Scotland, on the ship “Hector” April 3rd, 1829. They had two sons, William who married Flora Campbell, and they had no children. James, who married Sarah Jane Campbell, and lived in the home at Carleton. They had three sons and three daughters, namely — James Campbell familiary known as “J. C.” who married Eliza Jane Carruthers and lived on the farm which had formerly belonged to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Carruthers. J. C. died at middle age and his widow lives in Char- lottetown, quite active, both physically and mentally.

The second son, William Ewen married his cousin, Bessie Gillespie, from Long River. They lived on the farm, which is now owned by Arnold Murray. They had three children, Sterling who married Verna Weeks of Carleton, and who was manager of the Perfection Dairy at Souris, and is now living in Charlotte- town, where their only child, Ann, is married to Stewart Aitken. Olive, on the staff of the Queen Charlotte High School, who mar- ried Preston Green of Malpeque, and has one daughter, Shirley, married to Art Craig of Middleton, they have a daughter, Janet

Lynn.

Viola, married to Duncan MacPherson of Charlottetown, who has one son, Archie.

Mrs. W. E. Gillespie still lives in Charlottetown.

The youngest son, Thomas Benjamin, married Mamie Lefur- gey of North Bedeque. They had three children, Hazen, who lives on the homestead and works at the Scale House at Borden. He married Verna Gardiner of Cape Traverse and they had one child, Dianne, now married to Wayne Howatt of Cape Traverse, who live with Hazen. They have a girl, Terry, and a baby boy, Ben— jamin Bruce, died of pneumonia at the age of three months, November 1961. The youngest son, Gordon Campbell, attended Prince of Wales College, taught in Carleton School, enlisted in the R.C.A.F. in World War II and served overseas as Flying Of— ficer, completed his tour of operations and received the Distin— guished Flying Crossfor his services. After the war, he at- tended Acadia University, where he met his future wife, Kathyrn Machum, of Wolfville, then obtained his B.A., in Business Admin— istration at Queens University, Kingston, then married and has three daughters, Mary Susan, Janet and Lynn. The live in Mont- real, where he is a Comptroller at Canadair Co. Ltd. T. B.’s only daughter, Doris, married Hazen Mac-Williams of Cape Traverse. For the past five years she has been Principal of Carleton Sid—

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