May Gertrude GILLIS^{[1, 2, 3]}

1879 - 1980  (100 years)

• Name	May Gertrude GILLIS  [4, 5, 6, 7]
  Born	20 Sep 1879	Landgrove Town Center, Bennington, Vermont, USA   [4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1900	Pine Island Village, Goodhue, Minnesota   [6]
  _UID	AE5334A1A05B4A21A3A94257BA373A83CFB2
  Died	12 Feb 1980	Windom, Cottonwood, Minnesota, USA   [4, 5]
  Person ID	I37	tag1
  Last Modified	5 Sep 2018

  
  

  Father	Rev. William McNab GILLIS,   b. 20 May 1845, Inverness, Megantic County, Quebec, Canada (Gillis Corners) ,   d. 1 Jul 1928, Windom, Cottonwood, Minnesota, USA  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Mary Elizabeth CODVILLE,   b. 11 Sep 1849, Quebec, , Qu?bec, Canada ,   d. 22 Apr 1940, Windom, Cottonwood, Minnesota, USA  (Age 90 years)
  Married	24 Apr 1877	Quebec, , Qu?bec, Canada   [4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11]
  	The couple married April 24, 1877 at 3pm in the afternoon in the home of her brother, in Quebec City.  The service was performed by the Rev. H. E. Blaud. Their honeymoon consisted of a trip to Rutland, Vermont, where William was ordained as a minister and received his first appointment to the Methodist-Episcopal Church at Landgrove, Vermont. [4, 5]
  Family ID	F10	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  May, the daughter of William McNab Gillis and Mary Elizabeth Codville Gillis, was born 9/20/1879 in Langrove, VT. She graduated  Valdictorian from Pine Island High School  in 1897, delivering an oration at the ceremony titled "The Mission of the Beautiful". Attending Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota, May graduated with a four year degree in teaching. Following her formal education, May taught for seven years at Marshall, Minnesota and also taught at Preston and Sauk Center, Minnesota. Later she was employed at several dry goods stores. At the age of 50, May was united in marriage to Herbert E. Hakes, a widower with three sons. The wedding took place Tuesday, July 16, 1929 at the home of the bride's mother. The  Rev. B. C. Gillis , uncle of the bride, performed the ceremony and various vocal selections were performed during the ceremony by brothers and sisters of the bride. A three-course wedding dinner was served by neices of the bride, after which May and Herbert left for a trip to Duluth and down through the Great Lakes. Following their marriage May and Herbert traveled quite extensively. They visited every state in the union as well as Mexico with their camper trailer. In 1941 they journeyed to Alaska, an area Herbert had always wanted to visit. After Herbert's death in Sept of 1942, May continued to live in Windom, Minnesota. In January of 1967 she gave up housekeeping and became a resident of a rest home in Windom. When she turned 100 years old, the rest home gave her special recognition May was musically very talented. In college, she was a member of the Hamline Trio and continued to play the piano until just a few years before her death. May's health was always remarkably well for a woman of her age, but on February 12, 1980, May passed away at the age of 100 years, 4 months, and 22 days. At the time of her death, she held the distinction of being the oldest known living graduate of Hamline University. [4, 5, 12]

  
  

• Sources

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