• John and some members of his family crossed the Atlantic on the ship Constitution in 1868 and John's name appears in the P. E. F. records for that year.  In the 1869 Salt Lake City Directory he and two of his sons (David and James) are listed at the same Salt Lake City address.  In the 1870 Utah census John and his wife Elizabeth appear in the household of their son-in-law "Archy Frim" (Archibald Frame).

John Gillespie Company (1868)

• Age at Departure: 66
• Head of Household

Sources

• 1861 Scotland Census.
• 1870 Utah Census.
• Captain John Gillespie, memorandum book (2), 1868.
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger D, p. 196.
• Sloan, E. L., "The Salt Lake City Directory and Business Guide, for 1869."
• Utah Death Registers, 1847-1966.