The gillespie Surname
gillespie Name Meaning and History
Scottish and Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gille
Easbuig (Scottish), Mac Giolla Easpaig (Irish), patronymics
from a byname meaning ‘servant of the bishop’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Family history | Della Gillespie | 3 |
| George Gillespie-TN | Joyce | 3 |
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| Gillespie's from, N.C., KY.,TENN.,VA. | Kenney Gillespie | 12 |
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| WILLIAM OR JACOB/WILLIAM AND JACOB? |
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| Isabel Hazzard (English) and Andrew Gillespie |
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| William Cook Gillespie. Born 1844. Details of Census 1881 Entry | Louise Gillespie | 1 |
| GILLESPIE Robert W Bob 1916-1996 |
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| GILLESPIE Evelyn L 1918-1978 |
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