What's New | Photos | Histories | Sources | Reports | Cemeteries | Headstones | Statistics | Surnames                     Brookhaven - South Haven BLOG Note: Living people and people who may still be living have been "privatized." Only their name appears here.

Family: Michael J. Gillespie/Helena A. Kearney (F4021)
m. Abt 1902

Home    Search    Print    Add Bookmark

• Father | Male Michael J. Gillespie, ^

  
  

  Born	Abt 1875	Ireland
  Died	19 Oct 1950	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY
  Buried	21 Oct 1950	Brookhaven (Oaklawn Cemetery), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY
  Married	Abt 1902  [1, 2]	Ireland  [1, 2]
  Father
  Mother

  
  

  Mother | Female Helena A. Kearney

  
  

  Born	1887	Ireland
  Died	17 Jul 1952	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY
  Buried	21 Jul 1952	Brookhaven (Oaklawn Cemetery), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY
  Father	[f.\] Kearney | F6411 Group Sheet
  Mother	[m.\] [Kearney] | F6411 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Male Edward Gillespie, ^

  
  

  Born	1903	Ireland
  Died	Nov 1971	Patchogue, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY
  Buried		Brookhaven (Oaklawn Cemetery), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY
  Spouse	Edith Hallam, ^ | F6400
  Married

  
  

  Child 2 | Female Marietta Gillespie, ^

  
  

  Born	Abt 1910	Ireland
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried
  Spouse	Clarence White, ^ | F6421
  Married	9 May 1928	Bellport (Mary Immaculate RC Church Rectory), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY

  
  

  Child 3 | Female Annie Gillespie, ^

  
  

  Born	Abt 1913	NY
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried		Lee Co. (Lee Memorial Cemetery), FL
  Spouse	Byford Thomas Lee, Sr. | F6412
  Married

  
  

  Child 4 | Female Eileen Helen Gillespie, ^

  
  

  Born	1914	NY
  Died	1971
  Buried		Brookhaven (Oaklawn Cemetery), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY
  Spouse	James A. Caldwell | F6399
  Married	Aug 1940

  
  

  Child 5 | Male Frederick Joseph Gillespie, ^

  
  

  Born	10 Oct 1916	Tangier (now Shirley), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY
  Died	14 Aug 2009
  Buried		Brookhaven (Oaklawn Cemetery), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY
  Spouse	Yvonne Hamlyn, ^ | F3694
  Married	6 Jan 1950	Elkton, Cecil, MD

  
  

  Child 6 | Female Kathleen Ann Gillespie, ^

  
  

  Born	9 Nov 1920	NY
  Died	10 Oct 2002
  Buried		Brookhaven (Oaklawn Cemetery), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY
  Spouse	James Richard Fucci, Jr. ^ | F6418
  Married

  
  

  Child 7 | Female Living

  
  

  Born
  Died
  Buried

  
  

  Child 8 | Female Ina Pauline Gillespie

  
  

  Born	23 Aug 1926	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY
  Died	18 Dec 1964	East Patchogue (Brookhaven Memorial Hospital), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY
  Buried	21 Dec 1964	Brookhaven (Oaklawn Cemetery), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY
  Spouse	George Wynn Pusins, [ii] ^ | F6404
  Married
  Spouse	Stuart Ellis | F6408
  Married

  
  

  Child 9 | Female Lenora C. Gillespie, ^

  
  

  Born	1922
  Died	6 Feb 1966	Brooklyn (Brooklyn Hospital), Kings, NY
  Buried		Brookhaven (Oaklawn Cemetery), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY
  Spouse	Stephen Donato | F6407
  Married

  
  

• Photos

  Michael and Lena Gillespie and family .. the woman identified as Maney in the picture was known as Nancy or Maney all her life. She did not know that her birth name was Annie until late in her life.

  
  

  Documents

  Ireland mansion and farm .. Michael Gillespie and family farmed the old Ireland estate and lived in the Ireland mansion during the early 20th century.

  
  

  Headstones		#021.024.Gillespie00. Gillespie family plot. .. The Gillespies are a large and well known family in Brookhaven hamlet and environs. Status: Located Plot: 024. Edward Gillespie
  		#021.024.Gillespie10: Michael J. and Helena Kearney Gillespie gravestone .. Michael and Helena were both born in Ireland, and lived in Brookhaven hamlet for some forty years. All who are interred or have memorial monuments in this plot are either their direct descendants or related as in-laws or siblings. Status: Located Plot: 024. Edward Gillespie

  
  

• Notes

  Census: In their household were children Eileen, Frederick, Kathleen, Lenora and Inna (sic). He was a real estate salesman.

  
  

• Sources

  [S657] Photograph: Gillespie Family. [S107] 1920 Census (Heritage), Ancestry.com., Census Place: Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York; Roll T625_1268; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 85; Image: 630..