Ernest Benjamin Gillis Family History

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Family: William Gillis / Nancy Robinson (F12)

• Father | Male William Gillis

  
  

  Born	20 Aug 1803	Glaslough, Monaghan, Ulster, Ireland
  Christened	4 Sep 1803	Glaslough, Monaghan, Ulster, Ireland
  Died	20 Dec 1889	Inverness, Megantic County, Quebec, Canada (Gillis Corners)
  Buried	1889	Boutelle Cemetery, Inverness, Megantic Co., Quebec
  Married	4 Mar 1833  [1, 2, 3, 4]	Ch. Of England, Leeds, Megantic, Quebec, Can  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Father	Robert Gillis | F13 Group Sheet
  Mother	Catherine McDowell | F13 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Nancy Robinson

  
  

  Born	5 Aug 1815	Armagh, Ireland
  Died	5 Jul 1887	Inverness, Megantic County, Quebec (Boutelle Cemetary)
  Buried	7 Jul 1887	Boutelle Cemetery, Inverness, Megantic Co., Quebec
  Father	Samuel Robinson | F281 Group Sheet
  Mother	Ellen McCammon | F281 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Female Ellen Gillis

  
  

  Born	23 Nov 1833	, Inverness, Megantic, Quebec, Can
  Christened	28 May 1835	Ch. Of England, Leeds, Megantic, Quebec, Can
  Died	28 Jul 1921	, Inverness, Megantic, Quebec, Can
  Buried	30 Jul 1921	Methodist Church of Ireland, Megantic Cty, Quebec
  Spouse	Robert Kean | F1997
  Married	8 Mar 1853	Methodist Church, Leeds, Inverness, Quebec

  
  

  Child 2 | Female Elizabeth Gillis

  
  

  Born	20 Jun 1835
  Died	29 Aug 1875	Inverness, Quebec, Canada
  Buried
  Spouse	James George | F156
  Married	15 Jul 1856	Methodist Church, Ireland T., Megantic, Quebec

  
  

  Child 3 | Male James Gillis

  
  

  Born	26 Feb 1837	, Inverness, Megantic, Quebec, Can
  Christened	21 Mar 1837	Methodist Church, Leeds, Inverness, Quebec
  Died	19 May 1921
  Buried
  Spouse	Ellen Clough | F2067
  Married	1875	Bloomfield, VT

  
  

  Child 4 | Male John Gillis

  
  

  Born	14 Mar 1839	, Inverness, Megantic, Quebec, Can
  Christened	7 May 1839	Methodist Church, Leeds, Inverness, Quebec
  Died	1 May 1911	, Inverness, Megantic, Quebec, Can
  Buried	3 May 1911	Methodist Church of Ireland, Megantic Cty, Quebec

  
  

  Child 5 | Female Hannah Gillis

  
  

  Born	11 May 1841	Inverness, Megantic County, Quebec, Canada (Gillis Corners)
  Christened	28 Feb 1843	Methodist Church of Ireland, Megantic Cty, Quebec
  Died	30 Dec 1874	, Nelson, Megantic, Quebec, Can
  Buried	1 Jan 1875	Boutelle Cemetery, Inverness, Megantic Co., Quebec
  Spouse	Robert Scott | F158
  Married	8 Apr 1862	Wesleyan Meth.Ch, Leeds, Megantic, Quebec, Can

  
  

  Child 6 | Female Martha Gillis

  
  

  Born	7 May 1843	, Inverness, Megantic, Quebec, Can
  Christened	26 Jun 1843	Methodist Church, Leeds, Inverness, Quebec
  Died	28 Feb 1925	, Montreal, , Quebec, Can
  Buried	2 Mar 1925	Boutelle Cemetery, Inverness, Megantic Co., Quebec

  
  

  Child 7 | Male Baby Boy Gillis

  
  

  Born	1845
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 8 | Male Rev. William McNab Gillis

  
  

  Born	20 May 1845	Inverness, Megantic County, Quebec, Canada (Gillis Corners)
  Christened	12 Mar 1849	Methodist Church, Leeds, Inverness, Quebec
  Died	1 Jul 1928	Windom, Cottonwood, Minnesota, USA
  Buried
  Spouse	Mary Elizabeth Codville | F10
  Married	24 Apr 1877	Quebec, , Qu?bec, Canada

  
  

  Child 9 | Male Samuel Robinson Gillis

  
  

  Born	8 Apr 1848	, St-Sylvester, Lotbiniere, Quebec, Can
  Christened	12 Mar 1849	Methodist Church, Leeds, Inverness, Quebec
  Died	16 Aug 1900	, Inverness, Megantic, Quebec, Can
  Buried	19 Aug 1900	Methodist Church of Ireland, Megantic Cty, Quebec
  Spouse	Unmarried | F163
  Married

  
  

  Child 10 | Female Nancy Gillis

  
  

  Born	25 May 1850	, Inverness, Megantic, Quebec, Can
  Christened	4 Mar 1851	Methodist Church, Leeds, Inverness, Quebec
  Died	25 Mar 1867	Inverness, Quebec, Canada
  Buried		Boutelle Cemetery, Inverness, Megantic Co., Quebec

  
  

  Child 11 | Male Robert Brown Gillis

  
  

  Born	11 Jun 1852	, Inverness, Megantic, Quebec, Can
  Christened	30 Aug 1852	Methodist Church, Leeds, Inverness, Quebec
  Died	19 May 1946	Bienfait, Saskatchewan, Canada
  Buried
  Spouse	Elizabeth Enmark | F164
  Married
  Spouse	Lina | F3288
  Married

  
  

  Child 12 | Female Rebecca Gillis

  
  

  Born	17 Jun 1854	, Inverness, Megantic, Quebec, Can
  Christened	23 May 1859	Wesleyan Meth.Ch, Leeds, Megantic, Quebec, Can
  Died	16 Nov 1934	Inverness, Quebec, Canada
  Buried
  Spouse	Rev. John Garvin | F4572
  Married	18 Aug 1881	Presbyterian Ch., Inverness, Megantic, Quebec, Can

  
  

  Child 13 | Male Thomas Scott Gillis

  
  

  Born	11 Jul 1856	Inverness, Megantic County, Quebec, Canada (Gillis Corners)
  Christened	23 May 1859	Wesleyan Meth.Ch, Leeds, Megantic, Quebec, Can
  Died	25 Mar 1947	Ottawa, , Ontario, Canada
  Buried		Beechwood Mausoleum, Ottawa, , Ontario, Canada
  Spouse	Mary Evalina Morgan | F165
  Married

  
  

  Child 14 | Male Rev. Benjamin Cole Gillis

  
  

  Born	19 Mar 1859	Inverness, Megantic County, Quebec, Canada (Gillis Corners)
  Christened	23 May 1859	Wesleyan Meth.Ch, Leeds, Megantic, Quebec, Can
  Died	2 Nov 1932	Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota, USA
  Buried
  Spouse	Mary Lodema Palmerlee | F198
  Married	17 Nov 1897	Asland Township, Minnesota

  
  

  Child 15 | Female Catherine McNabb Gillis

  
  

  Born	6 Dec 1861	Inverness, Megantic County, Quebec, Canada (Gillis Corners)
  Died	12 Mar 1947	Toronto, , Ontario, Canada
  Buried		Woodlawn Cemetery, Cornwall, , Ontario, Canada
  Spouse	Ezra Healy Brown, Phmb | F199
  Married	17 Aug 1887	Cornwall, , Ontario, Canada

  
  

• Photos		Gillis Clan Rochester, MN Front L-R: Rev. Wm. Gillis, Tom Gillis, Rev. Ben Gillis Back L-R: Rebecca "Rae" (Gillis) Garvin, Catherine (Gillis) Brown
  		Gillis Family L-R: Rebecca "Rae" Gillis (?); Ezra Healy Brown, Catherine McNabb (Gillis) Brown; Mary (Parmalee) Gillis w/o Ben Gillis; Rev. Tom Gillis; Rev. Ben Gillis

  
  

• Notes

  Married: It was a very stormy day and the wedding party walked up to their knees in snow from the bride's father's home, Samuel Robinson, on the Dublin Range, to the same place that another couple were also be married that day. There were no roads there in those days so they had to walk. After the wedding, the party walked back to Samuel Robinson's home. They were married at the home of Alexander Learmoth, a Church of England minister, on Grays Road, near the present town of Inverness, Megantic County, Quebec. Note: Repertory of Births, Marriages, and Burials, "The Anglo-Protestants of Megantic County", 1826-1991, from the LDS Family Library, lists William Gillis and Nancy Robinson's marriage date as March 4, 1833; in Church of England, by Leeds, witnesses: Alexander Learmoth and William Stele. [1, 2, 5]

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Jim Marchand Gillis GEDCOM, compiled by F. J. Marchand [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE\,]. [S68] P. Rogers GEDCOM, compiled by Peter Rogers [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE\,]. [S202] Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967, Ancestry.com, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.Original data - Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut G?n?alogique Drouin.Original data: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec,), 1,1091::0. (Reliability: 3). Marriage date: 1833Marriage place: Leeds M?gantic (Church of England), Qu?bec http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=drouinvitals&h=13855866&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt [S202] Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967, Ancestry.com, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.Original data - Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut G?n?alogique Drouin.Original data: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec,), 1,1091::0. (Reliability: 3). Marriage date: 1833Marriage place: Leeds M?gantic (Church of England), Qu?bec http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=drouinvitals&h=6641265&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt [S89] Ernest Benjamin Gillis Family, Fred Marchand, (http://www.ernestbenjamingillis.com/index.html).