Ernest Benjamin Gillis Family History

Elizabeth EDWARDS[1, 2]

Female 1832 - Bef 1870  (37 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth EDWARDS  [3
    Born 10 Aug 1832  Brock Twp, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jul 1848 ? 
    Mother Elizabeth MUNSON,   b. Co. Sligo (?), Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F421  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John JARDINE,   b. Abt 1831, Dumfries-Shire Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1907, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 76 years) 
    Married Bef Nov 1857  Cannington, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Children 
     1. Agnes M. Jardine,   b. 16 Nov 1857, Hamilton City, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Nov 1928, Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     2. Mary Ann JARDINE,   b. 8 Mar 1859, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jul 1942  (Age 83 years)
     3. John Henry JARDINE,   b. 14 May 1862, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Oct 1907, Linkville & IOOF Cemetery, Klamath Falls, OR Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years)
     4. Edward William JARDINE,   b. 3 Jul 1864, Spring Lake, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Mar 1936, Alma, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     5. Genevieve (Jennie) JARDINE,   b. 13 Dec 1865, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Apr 1952  (Age 86 years)
    Last Modified 26 May 2014 
    Family ID F416  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • 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.

  • Sources 
    1. [S92] Marchand GEDCOM 2009, compiled by Frederick J Marchand.

    2. [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

    3. [S2] Jim Marchand Gillis GEDCOM, compiled by F. J. Marchand [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE\,].