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451 Per Donagh records provided by Ethne (Mar 2019) GILLIS, Robert (I59)
 
452 Per Donagh records provided by Ethne (Mar 2019) GILLIS, Andrew (I61)
 
453 Per Donagh records provided by Ethne (Mar 2019) RIDLEY, Elizabeth (I593)
 
454 Per Donagh records provided by Ethne (Mar 2019) Gillis, Andrew (I61)
 
455 Per history written by Dr. Edward Jardine:

When England and the United States of America engaged each other in the War of 1812, two young brothers named Henry and George Edwards of Manchester, England joined the British army and came with it to Canada to serve in that war. At its close, in lieu of pay, each of them received from the government one hundred acres of land near the present site of the City of Cannington, Ontario province.

About this time an immigrant by the name of Masterson from Sligo, County Sligo, Ireland came to Canada and entered one hundred acres close to the homes of the Edwards boys. He built a house, cleared some land and sent for his wife and two children.

Mrs. Masterson's maiden name was Elizabeth Munn. Learning of her husband's success in the new country she bade farewell to her home and friends and set sail for Canada, probably not later than 1815.

When she arrived in that wilderness of trees and wild beasts and the still more savage Indians, she found her husband had been killed. It seemed he had been in the woods whe a storm came with rain, thunder, and lightening and that he had taken shelter under a tree. The tree was struck by lightening and a large limb tore off, falling on Mr. Masterson. It was impossible to tell whether he was killed by the blow from the limb or whether the lightening had killed him.

Mrs. Masterson went pluckity to work on the farm her husband had left her, and later became acquainted with and married Henry Edwards. Three children were born to them: Henry, the oldest; Sarah Ann, second; and Elizabeth third. Elizabeth was my mother (writes Edward William Jardine).

Grave marker in All Saints Cemetery:
In Memory of
Henry Edwards
Who died
July 17, 1848
AGE 59 years

This would make Henry born around 1789; in his 20s during the war of 1812.

In Memory of
EDWARD
Son of
Henry & Elizabeth
EDWARDS
Who departed this life Dec. 10, 1844
AGE 13 yrs & 10 mo

The friends that pass by the lonesome grave
And with a sigh move slow along
While gazeing on the spears of grass
With which my grave is overgrown

This would make Edward born around Feb of 1831 - likely the son "killed by the kick of a mule".
(His siblings would have been Sarah, born about 1830; Henry, born 3/1831 (maybe a twin??); Elizabeth, born 8/1832.) 		EDWARDS, Henry (I1272)
 
456 Per history written by Dr. Edward Jardine:

When England and the United States of America engaged each other in the War of 1812, two young brothers named Henry and George Edwards of Manchester, England joined the British army and came with it to Canada to serve in that war. At its close, in lieu of pay, each of them received from the government one hundred acres of land near the present site of the City of Cannington, Ontario province.

About this time an immigrant by the name of Masterson from Sligo, County Sligo, Ireland came to Canada and entered one hundred acres close to the homes of the Edwards boys. He built a house, cleared some land and sent for his wife and two children.

Mrs. Masterson's maiden name was Elizabeth Munn. Learning of her husband's success in the new country she bade farewell to her home and friends and set sail for Canada, probably not later than 1815.

When she arrived in that wilderness of trees and wild beasts and the still more savage Indians, she found her husband had been killed. It seemed he had been in the woods whe a storm came with rain, thunder, and lightening and that he had taken shelter under a tree. The tree was struck by lightening and a large limb tore off, falling on Mr. Masterson. It was impossible to tell whether he was killed by the blow from the limb or whether the lightening had killed him.

Mrs. Masterson went pluckity to work on the farm her husband had left her, and later became acquainted with and married Henry Edwards. Three children were born to them: Henry, the oldest; Sarah Ann, second; and Elizabeth third. Elizabeth was my mother (writes Edward William Jardine).

Grave marker in All Saints Cemetery:
In Memory of
Henry Edwards
Who died
July 17, 1848
AGE 59 years

This would make Henry born around 1789; in his 20s during the war of 1812.

In Memory of
EDWARD
Son of
Henry & Elizabeth
EDWARDS
Who departed this life Dec. 10, 1844
AGE 13 yrs & 10 mo

The friends that pass by the lonesome grave
And with a sigh move slow along
While gazeing on the spears of grass
With which my grave is overgrown

This would make Edward born around Feb of 1831 - likely the son "killed by the kick of a mule".
(His siblings would have been Sarah, born about 1830; Henry, born 3/1831 (maybe a twin??); Elizabeth, born 8/1832.) 		EDWARDS, Henry (I1272)
 
457 Per Robert Gillis, John's brother (sons of Andrew Gillis), in 1910 to B.C. Gillis, John was well educated and employed by gov't as flax growing inspector; SEE notes under William John Gillis, their uncle, provided by Mrs. Shirley Aabjerg in April 2001.

Name JOHN GILLIS
Date of Death 1910
Group Registration ID 5142084
SR District/Reg Area Monaghan
Deceased Age at Death 78

Per the recording of his death, he died between the evening of the 24th of July and the morning of the 25th of July. He was a farmer.

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458 Per Robert Gillis, John's brother (sons of Andrew Gillis), in 1910 to B.C. Gillis, John was well educated and employed by gov't as flax growing inspector; SEE notes under William John Gillis, their uncle, provided by Mrs. Shirley Aabjerg in April 2001. GILLIS, John (I596)
 
459 Per Thomas and Catherine Gillis notes, see WILLIAM JOHN GILLIS:

This Thomas stayed on the 5th range in Inverness and died at age 105 there.

!BIRTH: Not listed.
MARRIAGE: Not listed.
DEATH-BURIAL: Paul Vachon, THE ANGLO-PROTESTANTS OF MEGANTIC COUNTY,Repertory
of Births, Marriages, and Burials; 1826-1991; Societe Genealogigue de la region
de l'Amiante, Thetford Mines, Quebec, Canada, 1992, Publication Number 5;
Burials p 121; copy in poss of John W.Wark, Menlo Park, CA; NOTE:
"(bur) 07/03/1917 ROBINSON, Thomas (m) (farmer)
(dec) 05/03/1917 sep.: Methodist Church (Inv.)"

!DEATH-BURIAL: Cemetery Recordings of Megantic County, Quebec, Transcribed by
M/M W.T.L.Harper; 1838-1993; Unpub.Manus. 1972-; p20, Boutelle Cemetery,
Inverness, PQ, Canada; Records in poss of Gladys Patton, Lennoxville,Canada;
(not in)LDS Film 1750756, FHC Menlo Park CA; NOTE: Headstone Inscription.
"ROBINSON ... Thomas Robinson 1814-1917
his wife
Hanna P. Wright died Feb. 16, 1902 age 77 yrs"

!BIOGRAPHY: Marlita Lamontagne Ouellette, THE PIONEERS OF LOWER IRELAND, P.Q.,
1818-1980;; Roy et Laliberte Inc., Thetford Mines, Que., June 1980; p 154;
copy in poss of John W.Wark, Menlo Park, CA; NOTE: "ROBINSON
1st generation
Thomas Robinson (1814-1917) married Henrietta Wright. They settled on lot #
296, 5th range of Inverness. Thomas went blind in later years and his son-in-
law, Thomas Lowry, took care of him. They would often sit by the fireside,
reminiscing and smoking a pipe. Thomas and Henrietta's children were:
2nd generation
1) Mary-Ann
2) Katherine
3) Thomas Alexander
4) Samuel
..."

!CENSUS: 1871 CAN, PQ, Megantic Co, Inverness Twp; Mar 1871; ED 156, p 57;
lines 15-19; Public Archives Canada Film C-222; LDS Film 493567, FHC
Menlo Park, CA; NOTE:
Robinson Thomas m 56 Ireland W.Meth Irish Farmer md b c1815
" Hannah f 48 U.S. md unsound mind b c1823
" Mary Qnn f 20 Q. b c1851
" Catherine f 16 " b c1855
" Thomas m 9 " going to school b c1862

1901 Census of Canada Page Information
District: QU MGANTIC (#169)
Subdistrict: Inverness D-1 Page 4
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Details: Schedule 1 Microfilm T-6530
Transcriber: Dale Wright

1901 census

28 41 Robinson Thomas M Father M Jun 10 1812 88

29 41 Robinson Hannah F Mother M Aug 15 1823 77


SEE notes under John William Gillis, related by his son Thomas to his daughter Catherine, in 1943.

Also had:
- Baby (1) ROBINSON b: 15 JUN 1854
- Baby (2) ROBINSON b: 21 MAR 1858
- Baby (3) ROBINSON b: 16 APR 1860 		Robinson, Thomas Alexander (I866)
 
460 Per Thomas and Catherine Gillis notes, see WILLIAM JOHN GILLIS:

This Thomas stayed on the 5th range in Inverness and died at age 105 there.

!BIRTH:  Not listed.
MARRIAGE:  Not listed.
DEATH-BURIAL:  Paul Vachon, THE ANGLO-PROTESTANTS OF MEGANTIC COUNTY,Repertory
of Births, Marriages, and Burials; 1826-1991; Societe Genealogigue de la region
de l'Amiante, Thetford Mines, Quebec, Canada, 1992, Publication Number 5;
Burials p 121; copy in poss of John W.Wark, Menlo Park, CA; NOTE:
"(bur) 07/03/1917  ROBINSON, Thomas (m) (farmer)
(dec) 05/03/1917    sep.: Methodist Church (Inv.)"

!DEATH-BURIAL:  Cemetery Recordings of Megantic County, Quebec, Transcribed by
M/M W.T.L.Harper; 1838-1993; Unpub.Manus. 1972-; p20, Boutelle Cemetery,
Inverness, PQ, Canada; Records in poss of Gladys Patton, Lennoxville,Canada;
(not in)LDS Film 1750756, FHC Menlo Park CA; NOTE:  Headstone Inscription.
  "ROBINSON  ...   Thomas Robinson 1814-1917
                       his wife
                   Hanna P. Wright died Feb. 16, 1902  age 77 yrs"

!BIOGRAPHY:  Marlita Lamontagne Ouellette, THE PIONEERS OF LOWER IRELAND, P.Q.,
1818-1980;; Roy et Laliberte Inc., Thetford Mines, Que., June 1980; p 154;
copy in poss of John W.Wark, Menlo Park, CA; NOTE:   "ROBINSON
  1st generation
Thomas Robinson (1814-1917) married Henrietta Wright.  They settled on lot #
296, 5th range of Inverness.  Thomas went blind in later years and his son-in-
law, Thomas Lowry, took care of him.  They would often sit by the fireside,
reminiscing and smoking a pipe.  Thomas and Henrietta's children were:
  2nd generation
1) Mary-Ann
2) Katherine
3) Thomas Alexander
4) Samuel
..."

!CENSUS:  1871 CAN, PQ, Megantic Co, Inverness Twp;  Mar 1871; ED 156, p 57;
lines 15-19; Public Archives Canada Film C-222; LDS Film 493567, FHC
Menlo Park, CA; NOTE:
  Robinson  Thomas  m 56  Ireland   W.Meth   Irish   Farmer  md      b c1815
     "      Hannah  f 48   U.S.                   md unsound mind    b c1823
     "    Mary Qnn  f 20    Q.                                       b c1851
     "   Catherine  f 16    "                                        b c1855
     "   Thomas     m  9    "                       going to school  b c1862

1901 Census of Canada Page Information
District: QU MGANTIC (#169)
Subdistrict: Inverness D-1 Page 4
Image: View the image using a split screen or
new window: large medium small MrSid
Images are from National Archives Web Site
Details: Schedule 1 Microfilm T-6530
Transcriber:   Dale Wright

1901 census

28   41 Robinson Thomas M   Father M Jun 10 1812 88

29   41 Robinson Hannah F   Mother M Aug 15 1823 77


SEE notes under John William Gillis, related by his son Thomas to his daughter Catherine, in 1943.

Also had:
- Baby (1) ROBINSON b: 15 JUN 1854
- Baby (2) ROBINSON b: 21 MAR 1858
- Baby (3) ROBINSON b: 16 APR 1860 		ROBINSON, Thomas Alexander (I866)
 
461 Phyllis moved to Washington State with her mother when the family moved from Minnesota via train to Ernest's home and acreage in Alderwood Manor. She graduated from Edmonds High School and then attended the University of Washington. She worked as a payroll clerk in Seattle. After marrying George Lee, they lived in Maltby, Washington, on several acres, where George always maintained some crops and livestock. Gillis, Phyllis Erma (I31)
 
462 Phyllis moved to Washington State with her mother when the family moved from Minnesota via train to Ernest's home and acreage in Alderwood Manor.  She graduated from Edmonds High School and then attended the University of Washington.  She worked as a payroll clerk in Seattle.  After marrying George Lee, they lived in Maltby, Washington, on several acres, where George always maintained some crops and livestock. GILLIS, Phyllis Erma (I31)
 
463 Plot 6-7-1 and 6-6-6 JARDINE, William Luman (I1254)
 
464 Plot 6-7-1 and 6-6-6 JARDINE, William Luman (I1254)
 
465 Plot A, 0, 1004 JARDINE, John Monroe Sr. (I1257)
 
466 Plot A, 0, 1004 JARDINE, John Monroe Sr. (I1257)
 
467 Practiced in Detroit. BROWN, Dr. Herbert Stanley M.D. (I1499)
 
468 Practiced in Detroit. Brown, Dr. Stanley Herbert M.D. (I1499)
 
469 Presbyterian Brown, Edgar Carlyle Phmb (I112)
 
470 Prior to the battle of Drumbanaher, Robert resided at Tullaree, situated at Glaslough about 1/8 mile from the south end of the village. Tullaree had many public works and factories, in early days having as many as 1,600 inhabitants.

In 1641 Major Robertus Oliver Gillis of English birth and residing in the north of Ireland at Tullaree situated at Glassbough married Olive Rebecca McNab daughter of Fred R. McNab a pro-later or tax collector for the Barony of Trugh - a very important man at that time.

(These statements were related by Mr. Fred McKen (a grandson of Robertus' son Robert) when he (Mr. Fred mcKen) was 84 years old, to Robert gillis of Tandragee, Ireland, who gave it to Ben Gillis, his cousin, whovisited him in 1910.

SEE notes under John William Gillis, prov. in April 2001 by Mrs. Shirley Aabjerg. According to Robert Gillis of Tandragee, Ireland, in 1910 to Benjamin Cole Gillis, "Olive and Fred were the best specimens that he ever had of grafting together. Their offsprings were 3 boys and 1 girl - William, Samuel and Robert - the girl died young. William became a wealthy man by the linen trade. He raised a mill on the Colleen River, Armagh, and made a large fortune. ... Samuel disappeared..."

NOTE: some state he was baptised Lee Saint John, in Northumberland,England, on 30 Jul 1681, but that was 64 years before he was born. 		Gillis, Maj. Robertus Oliver (I64)
 
471 Prior to the battle of Drumbanaher, Robert resided at Tullaree, situated at Glaslough about 1/8 mile from the south end of the village.  Tullaree had many public works and factories, in early days having as many as 1,600 inhabitants.

In 1641 Major Robertus Oliver Gillis of English birth and residing in the north of Ireland at Tullaree situated at Glassbough married Olive Rebecca McNab daughter of Fred R. McNab a pro-later or tax collector for the Barony of Trugh - a very important man at that time.

(These statements were related by Mr. Fred McKen (a grandson of Robertus' son Robert) when he (Mr. Fred mcKen) was 84 years old, to Robert gillis of Tandragee, Ireland, who gave it to Ben Gillis, his cousin, whovisited him in 1910.

SEE notes under John William Gillis, prov. in April 2001 by Mrs. Shirley Aabjerg. According to Robert Gillis of Tandragee, Ireland, in 1910 to Benjamin Cole Gillis, "Olive and Fred were the best specimens that he ever had of grafting together.  Their offsprings were 3 boys and 1 girl - William, Samuel and Robert - the girl died young.  William became a wealthy man by the linen trade.  He raised a mill on the Colleen River, Armagh, and made a large fortune.  ... Samuel disappeared..."

NOTE: some state he was baptised Lee Saint John, in Northumberland,England, on 30 Jul 1681, but that was 64 years before he was born. 		GILLIS, Maj. Robertus Oliver (I64)
 
472 Quebec, Canada but registered in Bloomfield, VT Gillis, Carrie Maud (I5590)
 
473 Rebecca (called Rae, some spelled Rebecka) was born 6/7/1854
(some records show 6/17/1854), the daughter of William & Nancy
(Robinson) Gillis . She was baptised baptized May 23, 1859
Wesleyan Methodist, (Leeds). In the 1881 census of Canada,
Inverness East, Megantic County, Quebec, Rebecka was listed as
unmarried, 24 years old, of Irish origin, born in Quebec,
occupation: school teacher, religion: Methodist Canada. On the
census she was living with her sister, Catherine Gillis , and Agnes
Kean, 16 years old. Rebecka's oldest sister Ellen was married to
Robert Kean - it is possible that Agnes was Rebecka's niece.

Rebecka married John Garvin, a merchant from Quebec, on
8/18/1881 at the Presbyterian Church (Inverness), witnessed by
Benjamin C. Gillis. She and John resided in Montreal, Canada. Rae
died 11/16/1934.

MARRIAGE: Ibid.; Marriages p 50; NOTE:
"18/08/1881 GARVIN, John (merchant) Quebec
GILLIS, Rebecca Inverness
Presbyterian Church (Inverness)
witness: Benjamin C. Gillis 		Gillis, Rebecca (I7357)
 
474 Rebecca (called Rae, some spelled Rebecka) was born 6/7/1854
(some records show 6/17/1854), the daughter of  William  &  Nancy
(Robinson) Gillis . She was baptised baptized May 23, 1859
Wesleyan Methodist, (Leeds). In the 1881 census of Canada,
Inverness East, Megantic County, Quebec, Rebecka was listed as
unmarried, 24 years old, of Irish origin, born in Quebec,
occupation: school teacher, religion: Methodist Canada. On the
census she was living with her sister,  Catherine Gillis , and Agnes
Kean, 16 years old. Rebecka's oldest sister Ellen was married to
Robert Kean - it is possible that Agnes was Rebecka's niece.

Rebecka married John Garvin, a merchant from Quebec, on
8/18/1881 at the Presbyterian Church (Inverness), witnessed by
Benjamin C. Gillis. She and John resided in Montreal, Canada. Rae
died 11/16/1934.

MARRIAGE:  Ibid.; Marriages p 50; NOTE:
"18/08/1881  GARVIN, John (merchant) Quebec
             GILLIS, Rebecca  Inverness
             Presbyterian Church (Inverness)
             witness: Benjamin C. Gillis 		GILLIS, Rebecca (I7357)
 
475 Rebecca was the daughter of Robert Gillis and Catherine McDole Gillis . She eloped with Daniel Mooney (b. Drum Parish, County Monaghan, Ireland; d. Abt. 1820), a Roman Catholic.

NOTES FROM Mrs. Shirley Aaberg APRIL 2001, AS RELATED BY THOMAS GILLIS OF OTTAWA TO HIS SISTER KATIE BROWN (GILLIS) IN 1943:

"Rebecca got going out with Daniel Mooney, a Roman Catholic. Her father opposed this, so they eloped. One child, John was born. Daniel died suddenly - was accidentally killed so we hear. Grandfather Gillis took Rebecca home with her child and a few months later a daughter was born, called Kate. They lived and were brought up at Grandfather Gillis' farm."

Why did the family oppose the marriage to a Catholic? To know at least one reason why, one must re-examine the 'Penal Laws' which were introduced in 1690 after the Catholic supporters of James II were defeated by the Protestant forces of William of Orange. These were laws that banned Catholics from an education, religion, professions, forbade Catholics from possessing arms or owning a horse worth more than ?5 etc. The majority of Irish did not have money to purchase food and were fundamentally human slaves to their landlords.

One child, John , was born in 1818 and shortly thereafter Daniel was accidently killed. Rebecca's father, Robert, took Rebecca, then a young widow of 19, and her son back into the family home. A few months later a daughter Kate was born. They lived and were brought up in their grandfather's home in Ireland.

Rebecca's son John emigrated to Canada in 1835. After spending a year with his uncle William (Rebecca's brother) and some time in Vermont, John returned to Inverness in 1847. John was a progressive young man. He started buying cattle and shipping them to Quebec. As business expanded, he bought in the U.S. and while there, sent for his mother and sister Kate.
Rebecca secured a position with General Butler as nurse to his small duaghter. Later, Kate (who had been working in the mills in Vermont) married John George, of Inverness, Quebec, Canada, and Rebecca went to live with them.

Rebecca Gillis Mooney buried in Boutelles Cemetery in Inverness , Megantic County, Quebec, Canada, where her brother William and his family is buried. The family plot includes her son, John Mooney, his wife Eunice T., Samuel C. his son, & "Rebecca Gillis Mooney, wife of Daniel". Rebecca died in 1876.

NOTES FROM Mrs. Shirley Aaberg APRIL 2001, AS RELATED BY THOMAS GILLIS OF OTTAWA TO HIS SISTER KATIE BROWN (GILLIS) IN 1943:

"John and Kate were brought up in their Grandfather's home in Ireland, and John emigrated later to Canada at about age 25, where he stayed a while with his uncle William. He settled in Inverness, Quebec."

Per Rebecca Gillis file - Desc. Rpt. (GBarry) 3/06: Granted two lots, Mill Range, (Route de Moulin), St. Slylvestre in 1831.

The following text was obtained from the kind generosity of Mrs. Shirley Aaberg (a Rebecca Gillis/Daniel Mooney descendant), 21 April 2001:

--Rebecca's brothers (John, James, Andrew) at one time had a farm known as the Donagh Farm in Ireland. Andrew's son Robert Gillis was born in Glasslough, Ireland, c. 1843, who married Isabel Haire in 1870. Robert (Andrew's son) died in 1923 and is buried at St. Marks Church of Ireland in Tandragee, County Armagh, in the same grave as his brother James. One of Robert and Isabel's grandchildren (dau. of Walter Gillis, their son) is Valerie May Gillis Harvey, who in 1996 was living in Australia.



Q. Is the family farm the original home of all of the Gillis's in Northern Ireland, or were there others of our name in Ireland as far back as 1641?

A. Prior to the Battle of Drumbansher, Robertus Gillis, resided at Tullagee, situated at Glasslough, about 1/8 mi south of the village. It then was 3 times as large as it is now, consisted of many public works and factories. In my early days, there were as many as 1600 inhabitants.

Q. Can you give the first name of our line back to 1641?

A. On the authority of your blood relative, Mr. Fred V C. Mc Kean, or McKay, 84 years of age, hale and active, your great grandfather's name was Robertus, as named by his immediate family, or Major Gillis. He resided a short distance outside the village recognized at that time as a young man of means. He married Olive Rebecca, daughter of Fred K. McNabb, protorater, Fishle or tax collector for the Barony of Trugh. He was a very important man at that time. A Quaker. The young lady's name, our great-grandmother was Rebecca Olive. Mr. McKen says that Olive and the Major were the best specimens that he ever had of grafting together, Their offsprings (sic) were three boys and one girl -- William, Samuel and Robert - the girl died young. William became a very wealthy man, by the linen trade. Raised a mill on the Colleen River, Armagh and made a large fortune. He retired and went by the name of Mc Crumbs, but to this day, that mill, though four times the size is known, goes by the name of Gillis' Spinning Mill. At his death the bulk of this mill went to the McMasters, McKens and Mc Crumbs - people overloaded with wealth. He never married.

Samuel disappeared.

Robert, your grandfather and mine, stayed home dabbling in linen in a small way, his father having got or bought some land in the town of Donagh for accommodation in grass purposes. Our grandfather got married to the only daughter of Alexander McDole, Damask manufacturer. Their offspring were Andrew, John, William (he was Miss Gillis' father, or Rebecca's, who was our great grandmother who married Daniel Mooney) and James. William and James came to Canada. Andrew purchased a small holding. Andrew married Elizabeth Riddle, my mother.

There were five sons and two daughters in our family, sister Anne, a fine young woman and more than good, died early in l877. Brother's John and Thomas got good educations. John was employed by the government as a flax growing inspector. Thomas went to England, rose almost to the top of the ladder. I was neglected always in youth - ploughed and took care of the horses. However I launched out in the world and here I am 77 1/2 years old and never a severe turn of illness that I remember of until l911 and the beginning of l912.

The present occupant is the writer, Robert H. Gillis, his wife was Isabelle Maire of Dublin. Their offspring - Thos. Andrew Oliver Gillis, Robert Walter Ernst Gillis of the Ipswich Times office, Queensland, Australia; Anna Eva Isabella, now Mrs. Jos Anderson, Market St;, Sandragee Park merchant; Sydney Alfred Noble Gillis of Mesent or Moscut in the States, unsettled and I forgot to say that my brother James resides on the Donagh farm and spends the winters with us.

Q. What do you know of the other branch of our family, such as the children of the first occupant of the home farm, and their children?

A. Your grandfather Robert Gillis was the first to reside on it. After his marriage your great grandfather occupied as accommodation to his residence in Tullagree, Glasslough.


Q. I frequently meet people of our name, whose people come from the north of Ireland but we can trace no relationship except that the family names are similar - John, James, William, Andrew etc. and that they come from the same part of Ireland as our people. Any other facts about your own brothers. etc?

A. In Ireland, at the present moment, there are quite a number of our name but no relation to our family who at all times associated only amongst themselves, or near relatives.

(Shirley's comment: "I hope that you enjoyed the above as much as I did. Every time I read it I laugh out loud at some of the wonderful Irish turns of phrase from "associated among ourselves" to "best specimens he?.grafting together" or "as for myself - the ploughman!"
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Continuation of text provided by Mrs. Aabjerg:

--The following was told by Tom Gillis of Ottawa to his sister Katie in l943. I presume this was the above mentioned Katie Brown?SMAa.

Our great grandfather's name was Robertus or Major Gillis. He married Olive Rebecca, daughter of Fred K. McNabb. He was raised at Tullaree, Ireland, situated about an 1/8 mi. south of the village of Glasslough. They had three boys and a girl - the latter died young. Robert, our grandfather, married the only daughter of Alexander McDole, Damask manufacturer, and their children Andrew, John, James, William and Rebecca were born in Glasslough. Andrew remained in Ireland. John, our father used to tell us, was a great sport, ball player, etc. who left home and joined Wellington's army. He marched with the army and would have been in the battle of Waterloo the next day had not Napoleon been defeated on June 1, l815. The group was disbanded and he was sent home, but fell ill and died just 20 miles from his father's home.

Rebecca got going out with Daniel Mooney, a Roman Catholic. Her father opposed this, so they eloped. One child, John was born. Daniel died suddenly - was accidentally killed so we hear. Grandfather Gillis took Rebecca home with her child and a few months later a daughter was born, called Kate. They lived and were brought up at Grandfather Gillis' farm.

William, our father, was born August 15, l806. He came out to Canada on the good ship "Bolivar" which landed at Quebec July 12, l826, after being six weeks and three days at sea. On this ship also came Samuel Robinson, born 1782, and died June 14, l872, age 92. His wife, Ellen McCammon died Apr. 20, l852, age 70 and they had six children- William, who later went to Ohio; Thomas who stayed on the 5th range, Inverness and died March 5, l917 at age 105; James, who went west; Martha who became Mrs. McCammon and our mother Nancy who married William Gillis. Mother was born August 5, l826 after the ship landed in Quebec. William Gillis had intended to go to western Canada but he met some people who told him many people were dying of fever and ague and the country was low and swampy. He stayed four years in Quebec, worked for Bonnom Ray, a tobacco manufacturer.

Our grandfather in Ireland had a farm and several looms and more linen raisers, lots of flax on his farm. That is where our father learned to weave. He moved up from Quebec to Upper Ireland, P Q where he bought 200 acres of land, about six miles from Thetford Asbestos Mines. He built a log house which he gave to his son Robert, who sold it to Ben. Ben sold it to Tom who sold it to Charlie Canning. They then bought the 100 acre farm which was given to John, who sold it to Mr. Granklin.

James Gillis (John Mooney's uncle) came from Ireland about this time and bought the farm we lived on. Before selling this, father had 600 acres and seven sons. Father got all this land for very little money.

William Gillis and Nancy Robinson were married in the home of Alexander Learmouth at Craigs Road, Megantic County by Rev. Alexander, a Church of England minister on March 4, l832 with Mrs. Deraney as bridesmaid. They had 15 children, one dying in infancy. Uncle Andrew, the eldest son had two sons, Robert and Thomas. Robert was the man who trailed and caught Crippen on a boat at Quebec. He was the Inspector of Scotland Yards and either he or Thomas recovered with the "queen's Gold Lace." In l9l9, Edgar (Kate Gillis Brown's son) visited them when on leave at Tandragee. Robert's son Sidney, invalided home, badly wounded. Both Robert and Thomas traveled extensively in Canada and Australia. Robert was in Toronto when it was still called York. His son stayed one winter with Marsha Gillis in Inverness.

After father settled in Inverness, when John Mooney was about fifteen, father sent him money to come to Canada. All John had he packed in one little box. When a short way out, a storm at sea wrecked the boat. Later, father again sent money and John arrived safely. He stayed with my father a year or more.

John Mooney was a progressive young man. He started buying cattle and shipping them to Quebec. As his business extended he bought in the United States and while there, he sent to Ireland for his mother and sister. His mother secured a position with General Butler as nurse to his small daughter, Blanche. Later his sister married John George of Inverness. His mother lived with the George's.

John Mooney met and wanted to marry Eunice Todd Wright, but her father wouldn't allow this until a husband was secured for his older daughter, Hannah. John went to Canada and took Uncle Tom Robinson back with him. Tom married Hannah, so John got his Eunice. They returned to Canada and settled on what has been known as the Mooney homestead.

John Mooney was a very successful man, both as a farmer and as a drover. He and Johnny George were the only two drovers there. There were just four families living there when John put up the Methodist Church in Inverness. The four families were William Lambly, John Mooney, John George and the Gillis family. They decided to build the church. Later William Lowry's family arrived. Some years later, when John Mooney's family was pretty well grown up, a farmer by the name of Johnson from Thetford Mines brought him a sample of asbestos which he had found on his rocky, barren farm near Thetford. Not knowing what it was, John advised him to go to Quebec and show it to Hon. George Irwin, then the MP for Megantic County. Mr. Johnson wanted Mr. Mooney to go with him, but Mr. Mooney said he was too busy haying. Mr. Johnson left to go alone. A few minutes later Mr. Mooney relented and left for the station, arriving there at the same time as Mr. Johnson. Both went to Quebec and interviewed Irwin who advised them to form a company, which they did. This company was composed of the three Johnson brothers - Andrew, John and William, John Mooney and Hon. George Irwin who served as legal advisor to Johnson Asbestos Mining Company.

Andrew Johnson married Maria McCammon and afterwards became MP for Megantic County. This mine is said to produce one half of the worlds asbestos from the largest deposit ever discovered. This mine is still in possession of the original owners and has been working since its inception 60 years ago.
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In l996 Donald Mooney made contact with a descendant of Andrew Gillis (3.1) , Valerie Gillis Harvey (3.1.1.2.1.4) of
Rockhampton, Australia. She submitted the following about her family:

The Gillis Family as I know it:

Robert Gillis married Isabella Haire, who was a milliner, on the 22 Dec. l870 at Navan in the County of Meath, Eire. Isabella (known as Bella) was the daughter of Thomas and Jane Haire. Thomas, a Royal Irish Constabulary member was Head Constable in Navan at the time of the wedding. Thomas Haire died in l874 after a fall from his horse, and is buried, together with a daughter Malda, who died in her teens, in the graveyard of St Mary's Church of Ireland in Navan.

A little time later Jane (nee Noble) whose family were jewellers in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, N.I., took her children Sadie, Emily, Lucy, Minnie, James, Alfred and William to the U S to start a new life. They settled in Maynard, Mass. Two of the boys later moved to Canada - William to Montreal and Alfred to Toronto. Bella, Margaret (known as Maggie) and Joseph stayed in Ireland. Joseph later went to live and work in England.

According to Maggie, our Haire and Noble ancestors came from Ayrshire, Scotland in the 17th century. This ties in with the Plantation of Ulster.
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Descendants of George Mooney and Mabel Grace Jamieson have held a biannual Mooney reunion at Minter Gardens since the mid-nineties. Don Mooney of Brockville discovered that Mabel's descendants, who attend the reunion as well, are related to us through the Gillis side. William Gillis who emigrated to Megantic county in l829 had a daughter Ellen who married Robert Kean. One of their children, Mary, married William Alfred Jamieson and their daughter was George Mooney's wife.

Thomas Gillis, son of William John Gillis, talked in a letter in 1943 about his grandfather Gillis (who married Miss McDole). He describes the Robinson and Gillis families, the Gillis farm in Ireland, the weaving trade, etc. Source: Aabjerg, Harvey, 2001. Mrs. Harvey's address: Mrs. D. Harvey; 6 Smith St., Rockhampton, Queensland 4700, Australia. 		Gillis, Rebecca M. (I63)
 
476 Rebecca was the daughter of  Robert Gillis  and  Catherine
McDole Gillis . She eloped with  Daniel Mooney  (b. Drum
Parish, County Monaghan, Ireland; d. Abt. 1820), a Roman
Catholic. One child,  John , was born in 1818 and shortly
thereafter Daniel was accidently killed. Rebecca's father,  Robert ,
took Rebecca, then a young widow of 19, and her son back into
the family home. A few months later a daughter Kate was born.
They lived and were brought up in their grandfather's home in
Ireland.

Rebecca's son John emigrated to Canada in 1835. After
spending a year with his uncle  William  (Rebecca's brother) and
some time in Vermont, John returned to  Inverness  in 1847. John
was a progressive young man. He started buying cattle and
shipping them to Quebec. As business expanded, he bought in
the U.S. and while there, sent for his mother and sister  Kate .
Rebecca secured a position with General Butler as nurse to his
small duaghter. Later, Kate (who had been working in the mills
in Vermont) married John George, of Inverness, Quebec,
Canada, and Rebecca went to live with them.

Rebecca Gillis Mooney buried in  Boutelles Cemetery  in
Inverness , Megantic County, Quebec, Canada, where her brother
William  and his family is buried. The family plot includes her
son, John Mooney, his wife Eunice T., Samuel C. his son, &
"Rebecca Gillis Mooney, wife of Daniel". Rebecca died in 1876.

NOTES FROM Mrs. Shirley Aaberg APRIL 2001, AS RELATED BY THOMAS GILLIS OF OTTAWA TO HIS SISTER KATIE BROWN (GILLIS) IN 1943:

"Rebecca got going out with Daniel Mooney, a Roman Catholic.  Her father opposed this, so they eloped.  One child, John was born. Daniel died suddenly - was accidentally killed so we hear.  Grandfather Gillis took Rebecca home with her child and a few months later a daughter was born, called Kate. They lived and were brought up at Grandfather Gillis' farm."

John and Kate were brought up in their Grandfather's home in Ireland, and John emigrated later to Canada at about age 25, where he stayed a while with his uncle William.  He settled in Inverness, Quebec.

Per Rebecca Gillis file - Desc. Rpt. (GBarry) 3/06:  Granted two lots, Mill Range, (Route de Moulin), St. Slylvestre in 1831.

The following text was obtained from the kind generosity of Mrs. Shirley Aaberg (a Rebecca Gillis/Daniel Mooney descendant), 21 April 2001:

--Rebecca's brothers (John, James, Andrew) at one time had a farm known as the Donagh Farm in Ireland.  Andrew's son Robert Gillis was born in Glasslough, Ireland, c. 1843, who married Isabel Haire in 1870.  Robert (Andrew's son) died in 1923 and is buried at St. Marks Church of Ireland in Tandragee, County Armagh, in the same grave as his brother James.  One of Robert and Isabel's grandchildren (dau. of Walter Gillis, their son) is Valerie May Gillis Harvey, who in 1996 was living in Australia.



Q.  Is the family farm the original home of all of the Gillis's in Northern Ireland, or were there others of our name in Ireland as far back as 1641?

A.  Prior to the Battle of Drumbansher, Robertus Gillis, resided at Tullagee, situated at Glasslough, about 1/8 mi south of the village.  It then was 3 times as large as it is now, consisted of many public works and factories.  In my early days, there were as many as 1600 inhabitants.

Q.  Can you give the first name of our line back to 1641?

A.  On the authority of your blood relative, Mr. Fred V C. Mc Kean, or McKay, 84 years of age, hale and active, your great grandfather's name was Robertus, as named by his immediate family, or Major Gillis.  He resided a short distance outside the village recognized at that time as a young man of means.  He married Olive Rebecca, daughter of Fred K. McNabb, protorater, Fishle or tax collector for the Barony of Trugh.  He was a very important man at that time.  A Quaker.  The young lady's name, our great-grandmother was Rebecca Olive.  Mr. McKen says that Olive and the Major were the best specimens that he ever had of grafting together, Their offsprings (sic) were three boys and one girl -- William, Samuel and Robert - the girl died young.  William became a very wealthy man, by the linen trade.  Raised a mill on the Colleen River, Armagh and made a large fortune.  He retired and went by the name of Mc Crumbs, but to this day, that mill, though four times the size is known, goes by the name of Gillis' Spinning Mill.  At his death the bulk of this mill went to the McMasters, McKens and Mc Crumbs - people overloaded with wealth.  He never married.

Samuel disappeared.

Robert, your grandfather and mine, stayed home dabbling in linen in a small way, his father having got or bought some land in the town of Donagh for accommodation in grass purposes.  Our grandfather got married to the only daughter of Alexander McDole, Damask manufacturer. Their offspring were Andrew, John,  William (he was Miss Gillis' father, or Rebecca's, who was our great grandmother who married Daniel Mooney) and James.  William and James came to Canada. Andrew purchased a small holding.  Andrew married Elizabeth Riddle, my mother.

There were five sons and two daughters in our family, sister Anne, a fine young woman and more than good, died early in l877.  Brother's John and Thomas got good educations. John was employed by the government as a flax growing inspector.  Thomas went to England, rose almost to the top of the ladder.  I was neglected always in youth - ploughed and took care of the horses.  However I launched out in the world and here I am 77 1/2 years old and never a severe turn of illness that I remember of until l911 and the beginning of l912.

The present occupant is the writer, Robert H. Gillis, his wife was Isabelle Maire of Dublin.  Their offspring -  Thos. Andrew Oliver Gillis, Robert Walter Ernst Gillis of the Ipswich Times office, Queensland, Australia; Anna Eva Isabella, now Mrs. Jos Anderson, Market St;, Sandragee Park merchant; Sydney Alfred Noble Gillis of Mesent or Moscut in the States, unsettled and I forgot to say that my brother James resides on the Donagh farm and spends the winters with us.

Q.   What do you know of the other branch of our family, such as the children of the first occupant of the home farm, and their children?

A.  Your grandfather Robert Gillis was the first to reside on it.  After his marriage your great grandfather occupied as accommodation to his residence in Tullagree, Glasslough.


Q.  I frequently meet people of our name, whose people come from the north of Ireland but we can trace no relationship except that the family names are similar - John, James, William, Andrew etc. and that they come from the same part of Ireland as our people.  Any other facts about your own brothers. etc?

A.  In Ireland, at the present moment, there are quite a number of our name but no relation to our family who at all times associated only amongst themselves, or near relatives.

(Shirley's comment:  "I hope that you enjoyed the above as much as I did.  Every time I read it I laugh out loud at some of the wonderful Irish turns of phrase from "associated among ourselves" to "best specimens he?.grafting together" or "as for myself - the ploughman!"
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Continuation of text provided by Mrs. Aabjerg:

--The following was told by Tom Gillis of Ottawa to his sister Katie in l943. I presume this was the above mentioned Katie Brown?SMAa.

Our great grandfather's name was Robertus or Major Gillis.  He married Olive Rebecca, daughter of Fred K. McNabb. He was raised at Tullaree, Ireland, situated about an 1/8 mi. south of the village of Glasslough.  They had three boys and a girl - the latter died young.  Robert, our grandfather, married the only daughter of Alexander McDole, Damask manufacturer, and their children Andrew, John, James, William and Rebecca were born in Glasslough.  Andrew remained in Ireland.  John, our father used to tell us, was a great sport, ball player, etc. who left home and joined Wellington's army. He marched with the army and would have been in the battle of Waterloo the next day had not Napoleon been defeated on June 1, l815.  The group was disbanded and he was sent home, but fell ill and died just 20 miles from his father's home.

Rebecca got going out with Daniel Mooney, a Roman Catholic.  Her father opposed this, so they eloped.  One child, John was born. Daniel died suddenly - was accidentally killed so we hear.  Grandfather Gillis took Rebecca home with her child and a few months later a daughter was born, called Kate. They lived and were brought up at Grandfather Gillis' farm.

William, our father, was born August 15, l806.  He came out to Canada on the good ship "Bolivar" which landed at Quebec July 12, l826, after being six weeks and three days at sea.  On this ship also came Samuel Robinson, born 1782, and died June 14, l872, age 92.  His wife, Ellen McCammon died Apr. 20, l852, age 70 and they had six children- William, who later went to Ohio; Thomas who stayed on the 5th range, Inverness and died March 5, l917 at age 105;  James, who went west;  Martha who became Mrs. McCammon and our mother Nancy who married William Gillis.  Mother was born August 5, l826 after the ship landed in Quebec.  William Gillis had intended to go to western Canada but he met some people who told him many people were dying of fever and ague and the country was low and swampy.  He stayed four years in Quebec, worked for Bonnom Ray, a tobacco manufacturer.

Our grandfather in Ireland had a farm and several looms and more linen raisers, lots of flax on his farm.  That is where our father learned to weave.  He moved up from Quebec to Upper Ireland, P Q where he bought 200 acres of land, about six miles from Thetford Asbestos Mines.  He built a log house which he gave to his son Robert, who sold it to Ben.  Ben sold it to Tom who sold it to Charlie Canning.  They then bought the 100 acre farm which was given to John, who sold it to Mr. Granklin.

James Gillis (John Mooney's uncle) came from Ireland about this time and bought the farm we lived on.  Before selling this, father had 600 acres and seven sons.  Father got all this land for very little money.

William Gillis and Nancy Robinson were married in the home of Alexander Learmouth at Craigs Road, Megantic County by Rev. Alexander, a Church of England minister on March 4, l832 with Mrs. Deraney as bridesmaid.  They had 15 children, one dying in infancy.  Uncle Andrew, the eldest son had two sons, Robert and Thomas.  Robert was the man who trailed and caught Crippen on a boat at Quebec.    He was the Inspector of Scotland Yards and either he or Thomas recovered with the "queen's Gold Lace."  In l9l9, Edgar (Kate Gillis Brown's son) visited them when on leave at Tandragee. Robert's son Sidney, invalided home, badly wounded.  Both Robert and Thomas traveled extensively in Canada and Australia.  Robert was in Toronto when it was still called York.  His son stayed one winter with Marsha Gillis in Inverness.

After father settled in Inverness, when John Mooney was about fifteen, father sent him money to come to Canada.  All John had he packed in one little box.  When a short way out, a storm at sea wrecked the boat.  Later, father again sent money and John arrived safely.  He stayed with my father a year or more.

John Mooney was a progressive young man.  He started buying cattle and shipping them to Quebec.  As his business extended he bought in the United States and while there, he sent to Ireland for his mother and sister.  His mother secured a position with General Butler as nurse to his small daughter, Blanche.  Later his sister married John George of Inverness.  His mother lived with the George's.

John Mooney met and wanted to marry Eunice Todd Wright, but her father wouldn't allow this until a husband was secured for his older daughter, Hannah.  John went to Canada and took Uncle Tom Robinson back with him.  Tom married Hannah, so John got his Eunice.  They returned to Canada and settled on what has been known as the Mooney homestead.

John Mooney was a very successful man, both as a farmer and as a drover.  He and Johnny George were the only two drovers there.  There were just four families living there when John put up the Methodist Church in Inverness.  The four families were William Lambly, John Mooney, John George and the Gillis family.  They decided to build the church.  Later William Lowry's family arrived.  Some years later, when John Mooney's family was pretty well grown up, a farmer by the name of Johnson from Thetford Mines brought him a sample of asbestos which he had found on his rocky, barren farm near Thetford.  Not knowing what it was, John advised him to go to Quebec and show it to Hon. George Irwin, then the MP for Megantic County.  Mr. Johnson wanted Mr. Mooney to go with him, but Mr. Mooney said he was too busy haying.  Mr. Johnson left to go alone.  A few minutes later Mr. Mooney relented and left for the station, arriving there at the same time as Mr. Johnson.  Both went to Quebec and interviewed Irwin who advised them to form a company, which they did.  This company was composed of the three Johnson brothers - Andrew, John and William, John Mooney and Hon. George Irwin who served as legal advisor to Johnson Asbestos Mining Company.

Andrew Johnson married Maria McCammon and afterwards became MP for Megantic County.   This mine is said to produce one half of the worlds asbestos from the largest deposit ever discovered.  This mine is still in possession of the original owners and has been working since its inception 60 years ago.
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In l996 Donald Mooney made contact with a descendant of Andrew Gillis (3.1)  , Valerie Gillis Harvey (3.1.1.2.1.4) of
Rockhampton, Australia.  She submitted the following about her family:

The Gillis Family as I know it:

Robert Gillis married Isabella Haire, who was a milliner, on the 22 Dec. l870 at Navan in the County of Meath, Eire. Isabella (known as Bella) was the daughter of Thomas and Jane Haire.  Thomas, a Royal Irish Constabulary member was Head Constable in Navan at the time of the wedding.  Thomas Haire died in l874 after a fall from his horse, and is buried, together with a daughter Malda, who died in her teens, in the graveyard of St Mary's Church of Ireland in Navan.

A little time later Jane (nee Noble) whose family were jewellers in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, N.I., took her children Sadie, Emily, Lucy, Minnie, James, Alfred and William to the U S to start a new life. They settled in Maynard, Mass. Two of the boys later moved to Canada - William to Montreal and Alfred to Toronto.  Bella, Margaret (known as Maggie) and Joseph stayed in Ireland.  Joseph later went to live and work in England.

According to Maggie, our Haire and Noble ancestors came from Ayrshire, Scotland in the 17th century. This ties in with the Plantation of Ulster.
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Descendants of George Mooney and Mabel Grace Jamieson have held a biannual Mooney reunion at Minter Gardens since the mid-nineties.  Don Mooney of Brockville discovered that Mabel's descendants, who attend the reunion as well, are related to us through the Gillis side.  William Gillis who emigrated to Megantic county in l829 had a daughter Ellen who married Robert Kean.  One of their children, Mary, married William Alfred Jamieson and their daughter was George Mooney's wife.

Thomas Gillis, son of William John Gillis, talked in a letter in 1943 about his grandfather Gillis (who married Miss McDole).  He describes the Robinson and Gillis families, the Gillis farm in Ireland, the weaving trade, etc.  Source:  Aabjerg, Harvey, 2001. Mrs. Harvey's address:  Mrs. D. Harvey; 6 Smith St., Rockhampton, Queensland 4700, Australia. 		GILLIS, Rebecca M. (I63)
 
477 Regimental number: 343206 with the Canadian Expeditionary Force in W.W. I 5th Battery, 2nd Brigade, 22nd Battalion, 1st Division Brown, Edgar Carlyle Phmb (I112)
 
478 Regimental number: 343206 with the Canadian Expeditionary Force in W.W. I  5th Battery, 2nd Brigade, 22nd Battalion, 1st Division BROWN, Edgar Carlyle Phmb (I112)
 
479 RESIDENCE : INVERNESS,QUE.,PRIMGHAR,IOWA;WINDOM,MINNESOTA(1917).MOVED TO
IOWA WITH FAMILY IN LATE 1870's.
OCCUPATION:SCHOOL JANITOR,CHURCH CARETAKER(METHODIST CHURCH,PRIMGHAR).
SAMUEL AND AGNES ARE BURRIED IN PRIMGHAR CEMETERY,LOT 1110,PRIMGHAR,IOWA. (NO MARKER) 		Robinson, Samuel Crofts W. (I1553)
 
480 RESIDENCE : INVERNESS,QUE.,PRIMGHAR,IOWA;WINDOM,MINNESOTA(1917).MOVED TO
IOWA WITH FAMILY IN LATE 1870's.
OCCUPATION:SCHOOL JANITOR,CHURCH CARETAKER(METHODIST CHURCH,PRIMGHAR).
SAMUEL AND AGNES ARE BURRIED IN PRIMGHAR CEMETERY,LOT 1110,PRIMGHAR,IOWA. (NO MARKER) 		Robinson, Samuel Crofts W. (I1553)
 
481 Robert (Bob) graduated from Balaton High School in 1941and went on to college in Dakota, while serving in the Navy during World War II. At one time he worked on a fruit ranch and in a grocery store. He later moved to Ada, Minnesota, where he had a farm and worked in a bank for many years.

Bob's hobbies included fishing, hunting, and gardening. 		Gillis, Robert Ernest (I29)
 
482 Robert (Bob) graduated from Balaton High School in 1941and went on to college in Dakota, while serving in the Navy during World War II.  At one time he worked on a fruit ranch and in a grocery store.  He later moved to Ada, Minnesota, where he had a farm and worked in a bank for many years.

Bob's hobbies included fishing, hunting, and gardening. 		GILLIS, Robert Ernest (I29)
 
483 Robert stayed at home, dabbling in linen in a small way. He married Miss McDole, only daughter of Alexander McDole, a damask manufacturer. Robert was the first to reside on the farm after his marriage. The birth order of their four children is unsure and there are some records that indicate this family had 4 sons and 1 daughter.

(per notes by B.C. Gillis in 1910 with his cousin Robert Gillis, son of Andrew Gillis) - SEE notes on this under John William Gillis, prov. by Mrs. Shirley Aabjerg in 2001.

Robert had land in Donagh for "accommodation in grass purposes."

According to a 1943 letter provided by Mrs. Aabjerg (Canada) and Mrs. Harvey (Australia) in 2001, Robert had a farm and several looms as well as linen raisers and "a lot of flax" on his farm. On that farm, Thomas Gillis' father (William John Gillis) learned to weave. William moved from Quebec (City?) to Upper Ireland, Quebec, where he bought 200 acres of land about 6 miles from Thetford Asbestos Mines, and built a log house. He gave that house to his son Robert who sold it to Ben; Ben sold it to Tom and Tom sold it to Charles Canning. William then bought a 100-acre farm which was given to John who sold it to Mr. Franklin.

Church (St. Salvatore) burial records cite this Robert Gillis of Donagh was aged 86 at death, therefore fairly certain to be father of Andrew, therefore born c. 1771. Burial: 30 Nov 1857, St. Salvador's Church Register,Glasslough Parish, Donagh Cty, Monoghan.

Name Robert Gillis
Event Type Tax Assessment
Event Place Donagh, Donagh, Monaghan, Ireland
Residence City Donagh
Record Number 5174
Record Number 5174
"Ireland Tithe Applotment Books, 1814-1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXPB-X4Z : 23 February 2021), Robert Gillis, ; citing Donagh, Donagh, Monaghan, Ireland; Public Record Office, Dublin; FHL microfilm 256,598.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXPB-X4Z 		Gillis, Robert (I59)
 
484 Robert stayed at home, dabbling in linen in a small way.  He married Miss McDole, only daughter of Alexander McDole, a damask manufacturer. Robert was the first to reside on the farm after his marriage. The birth order of their four children is unsure and there are some records that indicate this family had 4 sons and 1 daughter.

(per notes by B.C. Gillis in 1910 with his cousin Robert Gillis, son of Andrew Gillis) - SEE notes on this under John William Gillis, prov. by Mrs. Shirley Aabjerg in 2001.

Robert had land in Donagh for "accommodation in grass purposes."

According to a 1943 letter provided by Mrs. Aabjerg (Canada) and Mrs. Harvey (Australia) in 2001, Robert had a farm and several looms as well as linen raisers and "a lot of flax" on his farm.  On that farm, Thomas Gillis' father (William John Gillis) learned to weave.  William moved from Quebec (City?) to Upper Ireland, Quebec, where he bought 200 acres of land about 6 miles from Thetford Asbestos Mines, and built a log house.  He gave that house to his son Robert who sold it to Ben; Ben sold it to Tom and Tom sold it to Charles Canning.  William then bought a 100-acre farm which was given to John who sold it to Mr. Franklin.

Church (St. Salvatore) burial records cite this Robert Gillis of Donagh was aged 86 at death, therefore fairly certain to be father of Andrew, therefore born c. 1771. Burial: 30 Nov 1857, St. Salvador's Church Register,Glasslough Parish, Donagh Cty, Monoghan. 		GILLIS, Robert (I59)
 
485 Robert was born 5/11/1852 in Inverness, Megantic County,
Quebec, Canada, baptized Aug 30, 1852 Methodist Church
(Ireland), the son of  William  &  Nancy (Robinson) Gillis . He
married Elizabeth Enmark (called Lina ?) and lived in Beinfait,
Saskatchewan.

Robert died on May 19, 1946. He is laid to rest at  Beinfait Civic
Cemetery .

!BIRTH-CHRISTENING:  Paul Vachon, THE ANGLO-PROTESTANTS OF MEGANTIC COUNTY,
Repertory of Births, Marriages, and Burials; 1826-1991; Societe Genealogigue
de la region de l'Amiante, Thetford Mines, Quebec, Canada, 1992, Pub. No. 5;
Births p101;US/CAN 971.4575 K2r,Fiche 6125775,LDS FHL Salt Lake City UT; NOTE:
"(bapt) 30/08/1852  GILLIS, Robert Brown
(born) 11/06/1852    William (farmer) & Nancy ROBINSON  Inverness
                      bapt.: Methodist Church (Ireland)"


Acc. to Mrs. Vera Nesbitt, Rbt. Brown Gillis arrived in Canada in 1901, from the U.S., where had famred.  She reports he was born in Ontario and had come to the western U.S. with horses and a covered wagon.  In Saskatchewan, he farmed 1/2 mi. south west of the town of Bienfait on section 24.  He married Elizabeth Enmark, a widow with two children, Albert and Vera (i.e, Mrs. Nesbitt, the author).  They were strict Christian Scientists.  The Canadian Nat'l Railroad built a railway through his property in the 1920s.  He later sold some of his land to the Eastern Mine.  He lived on the farm until he died in May 1946. 		GILLIS, Robert Brown (I7347)
 
486 Robert was born 5/11/1852 in Inverness, Megantic County, Quebec, Canada, baptized Aug 30, 1852 Methodist Church (Ireland), the son of William & Nancy (Robinson) Gillis . He married Elizabeth Enmark (called Lina ?) (nee Elizabeth Charlotte Swanson?) in Bienfait, Coalfields No. 4, Saskatchewan, Canada. He lived in Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan, Canada in 1906 and Assiniboia, Lake of the Rivers No. 72, Saskatchewan, Canada for about 15 years.

Robert died on May 19, 1946. He is laid to rest at Beinfait Civic Cemetery .

!BIRTH-CHRISTENING: Paul Vachon, THE ANGLO-PROTESTANTS OF MEGANTIC COUNTY,
Repertory of Births, Marriages, and Burials; 1826-1991; Societe Genealogigue
de la region de l'Amiante, Thetford Mines, Quebec, Canada, 1992, Pub. No. 5;
Births p101;US/CAN 971.4575 K2r,Fiche 6125775,LDS FHL Salt Lake City UT; NOTE:
"(bapt) 30/08/1852 GILLIS, Robert Brown
(born) 11/06/1852 William (farmer) & Nancy ROBINSON Inverness
bapt.: Methodist Church (Ireland)"


Acc. to Mrs. Vera Nesbitt, Rbt. Brown Gillis arrived in Canada in 1901, from the U.S., where he had farmed. She reports he was born in Ontario and had come to the western U.S. with horses and a covered wagon. In Saskatchewan, he farmed 1/2 mi. south west of the town of Bienfait on section 24. He married Elizabeth Enmark, a widow with two children, Albert and Vera (i.e, Mrs. Nesbitt, the author). They were strict Christian Scientists. The Canadian Nat'l Railroad built a railway through his property in the 1920s. He later sold some of his land to the Eastern Mine. He lived on the farm until he died in May 1946. 		Gillis, Robert Brown (I7347)
 
487 Robert was born Dec. 25, 1830 in Saltcoats,Scotland and died Aug. 31, 1871 in Halifax, P.Q. Canada. He was the son of Elizabeth Russell Kean born Dec.31, 1788 on the Isle of Arron, Scotland and died April 5, 1877 in Halifax P.Q. Canada. Ellen and Robert had 8 children. John,Elizabeth,William,John Russell,Robert,Nancy,Ellen and Mary.

!BIRTH: Not listed in A.P.
MARRIAGE: Ibid.; Marriages p 72; NOTE: 6 children listed, p138.
"08/03/1853 KEAN, Robert (farmer) ([John & Elizabeth Russell] Halifax)
GILLIS, Ellen ([William] & ... ... )
Methodist Church (Ireland)
witness: William Gillis"

for burial, see M210-1-000498 Robert Kane of Halifax, died 31 Aug 1871,
was buried 3 Sep 1871,
aged 42 yrs and 8 mos,
birth calculated abt Dec 1828,
entered in 1871 Inverness Baptist Church Reg.

!DEATH-BURIAL: Paul Vachon,THE ANGLO-PROTESTANTS OF MEGANTIC COUNTY,Repertory
of Births,Marriages, and Burials; 1826-1991; Societe Genealogigue de la region
de l'Amiante, Thetford Mines, Quebec, Canada, 1992, Publication Number 5;
Burials p;US/CAN 971.4575 K2r,Fiche 6125775,LDS FHL Salt Lake City UT;NOTE:
"(bur) 03/09/1871 KANE, Robert (m) 42 y 8 m
(dec) 31/08/1871 sep.: Baptist Church (Inv.)
lived in Halifax"

!CENSUS: 1861 CAN,PQ,Megantic County, Halifax South Township; 1861; ED 3,
p126 lines 24-3p; Public Archives Canada Film C-1295; LDS Film , FHL
Salt Lake City UT; NOTE:

Elisabeth Kean Scotland F.C. 73 Wd b c1788
Robert Kean Farmer Scotland Cong 33 m b c1828
(md Ellen Gillis)
Ellen Kean LCanadaB " 20 m (30?) b c1831
Elisabeth Kean Do Cong 8 b c1853
William Kean Do Cong 3 b c1858
John Kean Do Cong 1 b c1860
? Forbes Laborer Do F Cong 18 b c1843 not fam 		Kean, Robert (I5601)
 
488 Robert was born Dec. 25, 1830  in Saltcoats,Scotland and died Aug. 31, 1871 in Halifax, P.Q. Canada. He was the son of Elizabeth Russell Kean born Dec.31, 1788 on the Isle of Arron, Scotland and died April 5, 1877 in Halifax P.Q. Canada. Ellen and Robert had 8 children. John,Elizabeth,William,John Russell,Robert,Nancy,Ellen and Mary.

!BIRTH:  Not listed in A.P.
MARRIAGE:  Ibid.; Marriages p 72; NOTE:  6 children listed, p138.
"08/03/1853  KEAN, Robert (farmer)  ([John & Elizabeth Russell]  Halifax)
             GILLIS, Ellen  ([William] & ...  ... )
             Methodist Church (Ireland)
             witness: William Gillis"

for burial, see M210-1-000498  Robert Kane of Halifax, died 31 Aug 1871,
                               was buried 3 Sep 1871,
                               aged 42 yrs and 8 mos,
                               birth calculated abt Dec 1828,
                               entered in 1871 Inverness Baptist Church Reg.

!DEATH-BURIAL:  Paul Vachon,THE ANGLO-PROTESTANTS OF MEGANTIC COUNTY,Repertory
of Births,Marriages, and Burials; 1826-1991; Societe Genealogigue de la region
de l'Amiante, Thetford Mines, Quebec, Canada, 1992, Publication Number 5;
Burials p;US/CAN 971.4575 K2r,Fiche 6125775,LDS FHL Salt Lake City UT;NOTE:
"(bur) 03/09/1871  KANE, Robert (m) 42 y 8 m
(dec) 31/08/1871    sep.: Baptist Church (Inv.)
                     lived in Halifax"

!CENSUS:  1861 CAN,PQ,Megantic County, Halifax South Township; 1861; ED 3,
p126 lines 24-3p; Public Archives Canada Film C-1295; LDS Film   , FHL
Salt Lake City UT; NOTE:

  Elisabeth Kean             Scotland  F.C.     73 Wd       b c1788
  Robert    Kean   Farmer    Scotland  Cong     33 m        b c1828
   (md Ellen Gillis)
  Ellen     Kean             LCanadaB   "       20 m (30?)  b c1831
  Elisabeth Kean                Do     Cong      8          b c1853
  William   Kean                Do     Cong      3          b c1858
  John      Kean                Do     Cong      1          b c1860
  ?         Forbes Laborer      Do F   Cong     18          b c1843  not fam 		KEAN, Robert (I5601)
 
489 Samuel disappeared; nothing is known at this time.

SEE Griffith's sheet, 1860 (source - Mrs. D. Harvey, Australia July 2001; in Robert Gillis (Samuel's father) file. 		GILLIS, Samuel (I67)
 
490 Samuel disappeared; nothing is known at this time.

SEE Griffith's sheet, 1860 (source - Mrs. D. Harvey, Australia July 2001; in Robert Gillis (Samuel's father) file. 		Gillis, Samuel (I67)
 
491 Samuel R. Gillis was born on April 8, 1848 in Inverness,
Megontic County, Quebec. He was baptized March 12, 1849
Methodist Church (Ireland). He died August 16, 1900. He was
the son of William & Nancy (Robinson) Gillis . Samuel was
unmarried and succeeded to the family homestead. He died
when he was 52.

Samuel shares a gravestone with his father, William , and
mother, Nancy , in the Boutelles Cemetery where his sister,
Nancy , is also buried.

!BIRTH-CHRISTENING: Paul Vachon, THE ANGLO-PROTESTANTS OF MEGANTIC COUNTY,
Repertory of Births, Marriages, and Burials; 1826-1991; Societe Genealogigue
de la region de l'Amiante, Thetford Mines, Quebec, Canada, 1992, Pub. No. 5;
Births p101;US/CAN 971.4575 K2r,Fiche 6125775,LDS FHL Salt Lake City UT; NOTE:
"(bapt) 12/03/1849 GILLIS, Samuel Robinson
(born) 08/04/1848 William (labourer) & Nancy
bapt.: Methodist Church (Ireland)"

DEATH-BURIAL: Ibid.; Burials p 44; NOTE:
"(bur) 19/08/1900 GILLIS, Samuel Robinson (m)
(dec) 16/08/1900 William & Nancy ROBINSON
John Gillis
sep.: Methodist Church (Inv.)"

Date of death verified per Boutelle Cemetery record; see source note on father WILLIAM John GILLIS. 		Gillis, Samuel Robinson (I538020874)
 
492 Samuel R. Gillis was born on April 8, 1848 in  Inverness,
Megontic County, Quebec.  He was baptized March 12, 1849
Methodist Church (Ireland). He died August 16, 1900. He was
the son of  William  &  Nancy (Robinson) Gillis . Samuel was
unmarried and succeeded to the family homestead. He died
when he was 52.

Samuel shares a gravestone with his father,  William , and
mother,  Nancy , in the Boutelles Cemetery where his sister,
Nancy , is also buried.

!BIRTH-CHRISTENING:  Paul Vachon, THE ANGLO-PROTESTANTS OF MEGANTIC COUNTY,
Repertory of Births, Marriages, and Burials; 1826-1991; Societe Genealogigue
de la region de l'Amiante, Thetford Mines, Quebec, Canada, 1992, Pub. No. 5;
Births p101;US/CAN 971.4575 K2r,Fiche 6125775,LDS FHL Salt Lake City UT; NOTE:
"(bapt) 12/03/1849  GILLIS, Samuel Robinson
(born) 08/04/1848    William (labourer) & Nancy
                      bapt.: Methodist Church (Ireland)"

DEATH-BURIAL:  Ibid.; Burials p 44; NOTE:
"(bur) 19/08/1900  GILLIS, Samuel Robinson (m)
(dec) 16/08/1900    William & Nancy ROBINSON
                     John Gillis
                     sep.: Methodist Church (Inv.)"

Date of death verified per Boutelle Cemetery record; see source note on father WILLIAM John GILLIS. 		GILLIS, Samuel Robinson (I538020874)
 
493 Samuel Robinson was born in 1785 in Glasslough, Monagham, Ireland. Sometime
before 1808, Samuel married Ellen McCammon. They lived in Armagh, Ireland when
his daughter, Nancy, was born in 1814. In 1829, he and his brother James
Robinson came to the Dublin Range in Megantic County near Inverness, Quebec,
Canada. It is believed he immigrated to Canada on the ship Brigham in 1828.

We know that Nancy emigrated to Canada from Ireland in 1828 and went to
Inverness. It is likely that she came with her father and other family members.

Nancy and her husband William Gillis were married at Samuel Robinson's home. In
the 1861 census, Samuel was living with his son Thomas and his family.

Samuel Robinson is buried in Boutelles Cemetery in Inverness, Megantic County,
Quebec, Canada. He died 14 Jun 1874 and is buried next to his
wife Ellen McCammon Robinson who died 20 Apr 1852, at age
70. Since Nancy was born in 1814 or 1815, Samuel would have been 40 or 41 and Ellen about 32 when Nancy was born.

!DEATH-BURIAL:  Cemetery Recordings of Megantic County, Quebec, Transcribed by
M/M W.T.L.Harper; 1838-1993; Unpub.Manus. 1972-; p19, Boutelle Cemetery,
Inverness, PQ, Canada; Records in poss of Gladys Patton, Lennoxville, Canada;
(not in) LDS Film 1750756, FHC Menlo Park CA; NOTE:  Headstone Inscription.
  "ROBINSON  ...   Samuel Robinson died June 14, 1874 age 92 yrs
                   Ellen McCammon his wife died April 20, 1852  age 70 yrs." 		ROBINSON, Samuel (I878)
 
494 Samuel Robinson was born in 1785 in Glasslough, Monagham, Ireland. Sometime before 1808, Samuel married Ellen McCammon. They lived in Armagh, Ireland when his daughter, Nancy, was born in 1814. In 1829, he and his brother James Robinson came to the Dublin Range in Megantic County near Inverness, Quebec, Canada. It is believed he immigrated to Canada on the ship Brigham in 1828.

We know that Nancy emigrated to Canada from Ireland in 1828 and went to Inverness. It is likely that she came with her father and other family members.

Nancy and her husband William Gillis were married at Samuel Robinson's home. In the 1861 census, Samuel was living with his son Thomas and his family.

Samuel Robinson is buried in Boutelles Cemetery in Inverness, Megantic County, Quebec, Canada. He died 14 Jun 1874 and is buried next to his wife Ellen McCammon Robinson who died 20 Apr 1852, at age 70. Since Nancy was born in 1814 or 1815, Samuel would have been 40 or 41 and Ellen about 32 when Nancy was born.

!DEATH-BURIAL: Cemetery Recordings of Megantic County, Quebec, Transcribed by
M/M W.T.L.Harper; 1838-1993; Unpub.Manus. 1972-; p19, Boutelle Cemetery,
Inverness, PQ, Canada; Records in poss of Gladys Patton, Lennoxville, Canada;
(not in) LDS Film 1750756, FHC Menlo Park CA; NOTE: Headstone Inscription.
"ROBINSON ... Samuel Robinson died June 14, 1874 age 92 yrs
Ellen McCammon his wife died April 20, 1852 age 70 yrs." 		Robinson, Samuel (I878)
 
495 School Teacher (per Robar) Gillis, Catherine McNabb (I58)
 
496 School Teacher (per Robar) Gillis, Rebecca (I7357)
 
497 Section 11, Lot 196 Jardine, Agnes M. (I216)
 
498 At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. Living (I305)
 
499 see Doug and Phyllis charts

find 1861 census

!DEATH-BURIAL: Cemetery Recordings of Megantic County, Quebec, Transcribed by
M/M W.T.L.Harper; 1838-1993; Unpub.Manus. 1972-; p19, Boutelle Cemetery,
Inverness, PQ, Canada; Records in poss of Gladys Patton, Lennoxville, Canada;
(not in) LDS Film 1750756, FHC Menlo Park CA; NOTE: Headstone Inscription.
"ROBINSON ... Samuel Robinson died June 14, 1874 age 92 yrs
Ellen McCammon his wife died April 20, 1852 age 70 yrs." 		McCammon, Ellen (I879)
 
500 see Doug and Phyllis charts

find 1861 census

!DEATH-BURIAL:  Cemetery Recordings of Megantic County, Quebec, Transcribed by
M/M W.T.L.Harper; 1838-1993; Unpub.Manus. 1972-; p19, Boutelle Cemetery,
Inverness, PQ, Canada; Records in poss of Gladys Patton, Lennoxville, Canada;
(not in) LDS Film 1750756, FHC Menlo Park CA; NOTE:  Headstone Inscription.
  "ROBINSON  ...   Samuel Robinson died June 14, 1874 age 92 yrs
                   Ellen McCammon his wife died April 20, 1852  age 70 yrs." 		McCAMMON, Ellen (I879)
 

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