Ernest Benjamin Gillis Family History
Elizabeth EDWARDS[1, 2]
1832 - Bef 1870 (37 years)-
Name Elizabeth EDWARDS [3] Born 10 Aug 1832 Brock Twp, Ontario, Canada 
[3] Gender Female _UID 75D44E7BAEB24A0DBE30DE15BE0423C85755 Died Bef 1870 [3] Person ID I1231 Ernest Benjamin Gillis Last Modified 7 Sep 2018
Father Henry EDWARDS, b. 1789 ?, England , d. 17 Jul 1848 ? Mother Elizabeth MUNSON, b. Co. Sligo (?), Ireland , d. Canada Family ID F421 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family John JARDINE, b. Abt 1831, Dumfries-Shire Scotland , d. 1907, Wisconsin (Age 76 years) Married Bef Nov 1857 Cannington, Ontario, Canada [3] Children 1. Agnes M. Jardine, b. 16 Nov 1857, Hamilton City, Ontario, Canada , d. 28 Nov 1928, Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa (Age 71 years)2. Mary Ann JARDINE, b. 8 Mar 1859, Milwaukee, Wisconsin , d. 23 Jul 1942 (Age 83 years)3. John Henry JARDINE, b. 14 May 1862, Wisconsin , d. 31 Oct 1907, Linkville & IOOF Cemetery, Klamath Falls, OR (Age 45 years)4. Edward William JARDINE, b. 3 Jul 1864, Spring Lake, Wisconsin , d. 30 Mar 1936, Alma, Wisconsin (Age 71 years)5. Genevieve (Jennie) JARDINE, b. 13 Dec 1865, Milwaukee, Wisconsin , d. 30 Apr 1952 (Age 86 years)Last Modified 26 May 2014 Family ID F416 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Elizabeth's courtship with John was strenuously objected to by her parents and an elopement was planned and executed. They left Canada* and came into the state of Michigan where they took up a homestead. This was at the time of the Civil War (1861-1865) was on and in order to avoid the draft law he relinquished his homestead. From that time on [John] was engaged as engineer on lake vessels. The last few years before the death of mother (Elizabeth Edwards Jardine) he was running a tug boat towing vessels in and out of the harbor at Milwaukee, WI. (per son Edward)
*Note: Edward's account leads the reader to believe that John and Elizabeth eloped and went directly to Michigan; however, their oldest daughter Agnes was born in Canada (1857). Their daughter Mary Ann was born in Wisconsin in 1859.
- Elizabeth's courtship with John was strenuously objected to by her parents and an elopement was planned and executed. They left Canada* and came into the state of Michigan where they took up a homestead. This was at the time of the Civil War (1861-1865) was on and in order to avoid the draft law he relinquished his homestead. From that time on [John] was engaged as engineer on lake vessels. The last few years before the death of mother (Elizabeth Edwards Jardine) he was running a tug boat towing vessels in and out of the harbor at Milwaukee, WI. (per son Edward)
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Sources - [S92] Marchand GEDCOM 2009, compiled by Frederick J Marchand.
- [S162] Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Trees (Reliability: 3).
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=26120745&pid=1782853287 - [S2] Jim Marchand Gillis GEDCOM, compiled by F. J. Marchand [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE\,].
- [S92] Marchand GEDCOM 2009, compiled by Frederick J Marchand.