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  • Re: List of Australian, Kiwi, British or South African international pl

    From max.it@21:1/5 to rashidman10@gmail.com on Sun Dec 3 18:41:36 2023
    On Fri, 1 Dec 2023 21:16:56 -0800 (PST), Ahsanur R
    <rashidman10@gmail.com> wrote:

    Jason Gillespie - Greece

    How did he manage to have an Irish, or Ulster / Scots name?


    max.it

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  • From John Hall@21:1/5 to max@tea.time on Sun Dec 3 21:22:27 2023
    In message <bsipmihdrtl836aiphika64697tf9kn370@4ax.com>, max. it
    <max@tea.time> writes
    On Fri, 1 Dec 2023 21:16:56 -0800 (PST), Ahsanur R
    <rashidman10@gmail.com> wrote:

    Jason Gillespie - Greece

    How did he manage to have an Irish, or Ulster / Scots name?


    max.it

    According to Wikipedia:

    "Jason Gillespie is a descendant on his father's side of the Kamilaroi
    people of Indigenous Australians, and is the first acknowledged
    Aboriginal male to become a Test cricketer. His mother has Greek
    heritage and Jason is the eldest of the three children."

    Which doesn't clear up the surname "Gillespie". I imagine that at some
    point a few generations back, Australian bureaucrats probably decided
    that all of the aboriginal people must have a surname and, whether by
    the person's choice or at the whim of one of those bureaucrats, his
    ancestor acquired the name "Gillespie".
    --
    John Hall
    "Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people
    from coughing."
    Sir Ralph Richardson (1902-83)

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  • From max.it@21:1/5 to All on Sun Dec 3 23:14:50 2023
    On Sun, 3 Dec 2023 21:22:27 +0000, John Hall <john_nospam@jhall.co.uk>
    wrote:

    In message <bsipmihdrtl836aiphika64697tf9kn370@4ax.com>, max. it ><max@tea.time> writes
    On Fri, 1 Dec 2023 21:16:56 -0800 (PST), Ahsanur R
    <rashidman10@gmail.com> wrote:

    Jason Gillespie - Greece

    How did he manage to have an Irish, or Ulster / Scots name?


    max.it

    According to Wikipedia:

    "Jason Gillespie is a descendant on his father's side of the Kamilaroi
    people of Indigenous Australians, and is the first acknowledged
    Aboriginal male to become a Test cricketer. His mother has Greek
    heritage and Jason is the eldest of the three children."

    Which doesn't clear up the surname "Gillespie". I imagine that at some
    point a few generations back, Australian bureaucrats probably decided
    that all of the aboriginal people must have a surname and, whether by
    the person's choice or at the whim of one of those bureaucrats, his
    ancestor acquired the name "Gillespie".

    It's a very common name around here. I think it means servant of a
    priest or bishop or something.
    It's been claimed that McAnespie means son of the bishop but more
    likely means son of the servant of the bishop.

    max.it

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