Isabella Jeffrey

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name
Isabella Jeffrey
aka
[Isabella Gillespie]
sex
female
access
public
summary
Born at Foulden, Berwickshire, in 1801, a daughter of William Jeffrey and Mary Lyall as the family accounts have it, she came with her parents to Cobourg, Upper Canada, and married George Gillespie there in 1822. They farmed in Otonabee Township, near Keene, Peterborough County, and had twelve children; she died in 1885. Sister of Mary (Jeffrey) Short.
born
date
29 Oct 1801
place
Foulden, Berwickshire, Scotland
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[online-tree-wikitree-ellingwood-ancestors]
note
WikiTree, citing the Foulden Old Parochial Register for 1801 (not seen here).
died
date
5 Aug 1885
place
Peterborough County, Ontario
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[online-tree-wikitree-ellingwood-ancestors]
note
WikiTree, citing the Peterborough County schedule of deaths, 1885.
residences
date
1851
place
Otonabee Township, Peterborough County, Canada West
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[online-tree-wikitree-ellingwood-ancestors]
note
On the family farm (the 1851 census, as WikiTree has it); she is in the 1861, 1871 and 1881 censuses too.
father
id
william-jeffrey-1772
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[online-tree-wikitree-ellingwood-ancestors]
note
Skinner's compiled Descendants of William Jeffrey, as WikiTree has it. John Graham's account names one of William's daughters as the wife of George Gillespie of Keene, in whose plot William is said to be buried.
mother
id
mary-lyall-1773
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[online-tree-wikitree-ellingwood-ancestors]
spouses
name
George Gillespie
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[online-tree-wikitree-ellingwood-ancestors]
married
date
9 Aug 1822
place
Cobourg, Northumberland County, Upper Canada
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[online-tree-wikitree-ellingwood-ancestors]

Sister of Mary (Jeffrey) Short. Born at Foulden in October 1801, the eldest daughter, she came to Canada with her parents about 1820 and settled at Cobourg, where she married George Gillespie in August 1822. They had twelve children, nine of them named in Ward Skinner's compilation, and farmed in Otonabee Township, Peterborough County, near Keene; the censuses of 1851 to 1881 find her there, as "Isebell Gillispie," "Isabel Gilispie" and "Esabell Gillespie." Her father is said to be buried in her husband's plot in the Keene cemetery. After George died she lived with her son John on the farm, and she died in August 1885 (source).

Her baptism in the Foulden parish register of 1801, which WikiTree cites, is so far the only record of William Jeffrey's family in Scotland that anyone has noted: the same register should hold her brothers' and sisters' baptisms, Mary's of 1809 among them.

Open questions

  • Her husband's dates, and the Foulden baptism entry itself, which should name her parents.
  1. ---
  2. name: Isabella Jeffrey
  3. aka: [Isabella Gillespie]
  4. sex: female
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Born at Foulden, Berwickshire, in 1801, a daughter of William Jeffrey and Mary Lyall as the family
  8. accounts have it, she came with her parents to Cobourg, Upper Canada, and married George Gillespie
  9. there in 1822. They farmed in Otonabee Township, near Keene, Peterborough County, and had twelve
  10. children; she died in 1885. Sister of Mary (Jeffrey) Short.
  11. born:
  12. date: 29 Oct 1801
  13. place: Foulden, Berwickshire, Scotland
  14. basis: compiled
  15. confidence: probable
  16. sources: [online-tree-wikitree-ellingwood-ancestors]
  17. note: WikiTree, citing the Foulden Old Parochial Register for 1801 (not seen here).
  18. died:
  19. date: 5 Aug 1885
  20. place: Peterborough County, Ontario
  21. basis: compiled
  22. confidence: probable
  23. sources: [online-tree-wikitree-ellingwood-ancestors]
  24. note: WikiTree, citing the Peterborough County schedule of deaths, 1885.
  25. residences:
  26. - date: "1851"
  27. place: Otonabee Township, Peterborough County, Canada West
  28. basis: compiled
  29. confidence: probable
  30. sources: [online-tree-wikitree-ellingwood-ancestors]
  31. note: On the family farm (the 1851 census, as WikiTree has it); she is in the 1861, 1871 and 1881 censuses too.
  32. father:
  33. id: william-jeffrey-1772
  34. basis: compiled
  35. confidence: probable
  36. sources: [online-tree-wikitree-ellingwood-ancestors]
  37. note: 'Skinner''s compiled Descendants of William Jeffrey, as WikiTree has it. John Graham''s account names one of William''s daughters as the wife of George Gillespie of Keene, in whose plot William is said to be buried.'
  38. mother:
  39. id: mary-lyall-1773
  40. basis: compiled
  41. confidence: probable
  42. sources: [online-tree-wikitree-ellingwood-ancestors]
  43. spouses:
  44. - name: George Gillespie
  45. basis: compiled
  46. confidence: probable
  47. sources: [online-tree-wikitree-ellingwood-ancestors]
  48. married:
  49. date: 9 Aug 1822
  50. place: Cobourg, Northumberland County, Upper Canada
  51. basis: compiled
  52. confidence: probable
  53. sources: [online-tree-wikitree-ellingwood-ancestors]
  54. ---
  56. Sister of Mary (Jeffrey) Short. Born at Foulden in October 1801, the eldest daughter, she came to
  57. Canada with her parents about 1820 and settled at Cobourg, where she married George Gillespie in August
  58. 1822. They had twelve children, nine of them named in Ward Skinner's compilation, and farmed in
  59. Otonabee Township, Peterborough County, near Keene; the censuses of 1851 to 1881 find her there, as
  60. "Isebell Gillispie," "Isabel Gilispie" and "Esabell Gillespie." Her father is said to be buried in her
  61. husband's plot in the Keene cemetery. After George died she lived with her son John on the farm, and
  62. she died in August 1885 ([source](/files/sources/online-tree-wikitree-ellingwood-ancestors/)).
  64. Her baptism in the Foulden parish register of 1801, which WikiTree cites, is so far the only record of
  65. William Jeffrey's family in Scotland that anyone has noted: the same register should hold her brothers'
  66. and sisters' baptisms, Mary's of 1809 among them.
  68. ## Open questions
  70. - Her husband's dates, and the Foulden baptism entry itself, which should name her parents.
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