Born about in Ontario, Canada
Daughter of John Anson Benn
and Margaret (Mills) Benn
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Adam Hall Gillespie
— married
26 Nov 1902 in Tweed, Hastings, Ontario, Canada
Descendants 
Mother of
Dorothy Eva (Gillespie) Fisher, Donald Hall Gillespie, Margaret Olive Gillespie, Harold Ross Gillespie and Ola Gillespie
Died about
at about age 78
in Ontario, Canada [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
| Created 5 Mar 2021
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Biography
Ethel was the daughter of John A. Benn and Margaret Mills; she grew up in Tweed.
She and Adam first lived in Tweed and then in Peterborough.
Sources
- Gillespie Genealogy from 1786 to 2018 shared by Elizabeth Mary (Gillespie) Walker. Clan roots are MacPhearson; Gillespie: Scottish for “Servant of the Bishop”.
- 1901 Census of Canada Birth date in Aug. 10, 1889.
- Benn, Mary Ethel, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927 accessed on familysearch.org
- Margaret Olive Gillespie, Ontario Births, 1869-1912 accessed on accessed on familysearch,org
- 1911 Census of Canada
- 1921 Census of Canada
- Mary Ellen Benn Gillespie (1878-Unknown), Find a Grave Memorial #143829226
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