William’s death certificate says he died 10 February 1893 in Alexander Maine; that his place of birth was Mirimichi, B.B.; That his father name was James Gillespie born Prince Edward Island; and his mother’s name was Elizabeth Leach born at Rhode? Island, N.Y. The 1851 census records James Gillespie as being born in Irleand and arrviving in 1805. It could be they confused Elizabeth’s father who was from Prince Edward Island.