{"id":1653,"date":"2022-08-14T11:55:48","date_gmt":"2022-08-13T23:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/?page_id=1653"},"modified":"2026-07-07T07:34:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T19:34:58","slug":"mary-rae-gillespie","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/brown\/john-brown\/mary-rae-gillespie\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Rae Gillespie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This represents the second attempt to find Mary and her family. The first attempt made little sense as the purported arrival and marriage dates did not match up. However, new data has come to the fore, namely her arrival at Dunedin at an earlier time with her parents and siblings. This data is still under scrutiny and her arrival in the colonies is unclear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mary Rae Gillespie is shown arriving on the ‘Silistria’. The ‘Silistria’ departed Glasgow on the 30 December 1862 and arrived at Port Chalmers\/Dunedin on the 17 April 1863<\/strong>. The following family is recorded on the manifest:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Gillespie<\/strong> (Age 42) \u2013 Head of Household \/ Listed as a Ploughman & Agricultural Labourer<\/em>
Marion Gillespie (n\u00e9e Rae)<\/strong> (Age 40) \u2013 Wife \/ Domestic Duties<\/em>
Mary Rae Gillespie<\/strong> (Age 17) \u2013 Daughter (My great-great-grandmother, who later married John Brown)<\/em>
John Gillespie Jr.<\/strong> (Age 15) \u2013 Son<\/em>
Marion Gillespie<\/strong> (Age 13) \u2013 Daughter<\/em>
James Gillespie<\/strong> (Age 9) \u2013 Son<\/em>
Jane Gillespie<\/strong> (Age 6) \u2013 Daughter<\/em>
Agnes Gillespie<\/strong> (Age 2) \u2013 Daughter<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I do suspect though, that Mary Rae’s parents and perhaps some of her siblings, might have subsequently moved to Australia. This needs confirmation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first attempt at a family lineage found a record on the ‘Robert Henderson’, 1870, given on the link below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/gazette.howison.co.nz\/otago\/1870\/issue\/706\/page\/531<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the timing is not there. They were married weeks after she arrived and the first child was already born. This indicates this Mary Rae is possibly our Mary Rae.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This represents the second attempt to find Mary and her family. The first attempt made little sense as the purported arrival and marriage dates did not match up. However, new data has come to the fore, namely her arrival at Dunedin at an earlier time with her parents and siblings. This data is still under … <\/p>\n

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