The Gillispie surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,791 people carried this name — #6,995 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 61,700 people counted. That is up 2% from 4,678 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

120 families named Gillispie, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 635 people lived in those households, 5.3 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 30 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Pennsylvania 28
North Carolina 25
Virginia 19
South Carolina 19
New York 16
Maryland 11
Massachusetts 2

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 242 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Gillispie in American newspapers,
1920–1930.

Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Gillispie
The Washington Times 1930-05-07
Newspaper page from The Starkville News carrying the name Gillispie
The Starkville News 1920-02-20
Newspaper page from Torrington Telegram carrying the name Gillispie
Torrington Telegram 1926-09-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,251 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Gillispie in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1960s.

454 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Gillispie. The most, 75, date from the 1920s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in South Australia, at 2.0 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 120
South Australia 109
Victoria 99
Queensland 69
Western Australia 40
Tasmania 14
ACT (Canberra) 3

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Gillispie.

Who carried it

People named Gillispie,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Murray Gillispie 1908–1942 · baseball player
  • Charles Coulston Gillispie 1918–2015 · historian

Wikidata (CC0) · 4 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Gillispie,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States544 records

544 records of the Gillispie name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 198
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 165
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 79
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 57
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 30
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 8
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Norris O. Gillispie

    Born 1919 in West Virginia. Enlisted 1941 at Clarksburg; driver from Upshur County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Sunset Hills Memorial Gardens, Canton, Ohio.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Leroy Gillispie

    Born 1931; from Ft Gibson, Oklahoma. U.S. Marine Corps; killed in action 1950 in Korea. Buried at Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Oklahoma.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Agnes Gillispie

    Arrived at New York in 1867 aboard the Harvest Queen from Liverpool, aged 24; servant. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 544 records for Gillispie in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia61 records

61 records of the Gillispie name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 44
  • Tasmanian Names Index 8
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 6
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 2
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Helen Gillispie

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Navarino, sailing from London in 1840. Native of Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jas Gillispie

    Arrived in Victoria in 1859 aboard the Morning Light, aged 20; Irish.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Eric Michael Gillispie

    Plumber of Cobram, Victoria; died 1975.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 61 records for Gillispie in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada15 records

15 records of the Gillispie name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 10
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 3
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 2
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Thomas James Gillispie

    Died 1967 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Donald Gillispie

    Buried in 1958 at Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Mary Gillispie

    Died 1934; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.

Showing 3 of 15 records for Gillispie in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

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