Ernest Benjamin Gillis Family History

Hannah Gillis[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Female 1841 - 1874  (33 years)


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  • Name Hannah Gillis  [6, 7, 8, 9
    Born 11 May 1841  Inverness, Megantic County, Quebec, Canada (Gillis Corners) Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 9
    Christened 28 Feb 1843  Methodist Church of Ireland, Megantic Cty, Quebec Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 9
    Gender Female 
    Died 30 Dec 1874  , Nelson, Megantic, Quebec, Can Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 9, 10
    • Y
    Buried 1 Jan 1875  Boutelle Cemetery, Inverness, Megantic Co., Quebec Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Alt. Death 28 Dec 1875 
    _UID 01AFD70C132D4F3E8C8C8D48BE51911704D4 
    Person ID I49  Ernest Benjamin Gillis
    Last Modified 22 Jun 2014 

    Father William Gillis,   b. 20 Aug 1803, Glaslough, Monaghan, Ulster, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Dec 1889, Inverness, Megantic County, Quebec, Canada (Gillis Corners) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Mother Nancy Robinson,   b. 5 Aug 1815, Armagh, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jul 1887, Inverness, Megantic County, Quebec (Boutelle Cemetary) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Married 4 Mar 1833  Ch. Of England, Leeds, Megantic, Quebec, Can Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 11, 12
    • 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. [6, 7, 9]
    Gillis Siblings
    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
    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
    Family ID F12  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Robert Scott,   b. Abt 1837, , St.Sylvester, Lotbiniere, Quebec, Can Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Apr 1912, , Nelson, Megantic, Quebec, Can Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 75 years) 
    Married 8 Apr 1862  Wesleyan Meth.Ch, Leeds, Megantic, Quebec, Can Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 9, 13
    Children 
     1. Sarah Ann Scott,   b. Abt 1863, Nelson, Megantic County, Quebec Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Isabella Scott,   b. 5 Nov 1865, Nelson, Megantic County, Quebec Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jan 1963, , , , New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 97 years)
     3. Caroline Rebecca Scott,   b. Abt 1866, Nelson, Megantic County, Quebec Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Apr 1902, , Nelson, Megantic, Quebec, Can Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 36 years)
     4. William Stenson Scott,   b. Abt 1869, Nelson, Megantic County, Quebec Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 25 May 2014 
    Family ID F158  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Hannah was born 5/11/1841, the daughter of William & Nancy
      (Robinson) Gillis . She married Robert Scott . Hannah died
      12/28/1875 at the age of 33.
      Hannah is buried in Boutelles Cemetery but has no stone. The
      burial information is a compilation of church records. Scott,
      Hannah Gillis, d. 28 Dec 1874, age 33y 6m 17d, wife of Robert.

      Boutelle Cemetery record (see footnote for John William Gillis) lists year of death as 1874 but heretofore reportedly was 1875. States she was married to Robert Scott.
      this Robert could have married Hannah GILLIS, then Christiana Cascadden ??
      there are two Roberts about the same age of 1837/8 ???
      Robert 1838 son of Mark Scott and Margaret Little

      !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) 28/02/1843 GILLIS, Hannah
      (born) 11/05/1841 William (fa) & Nancy ROBINSON Inv.
      bapt.: Methodist Church (Ireland)"

      !MARRIAGE: Leeds Wesleyan Methodist Church Register; 1861; M210/3, frame
      001373, National Archives of Quebec; Federation of Quebec Families, Case
      postale 6700, Sillery, QC, G1T 2W2, Canada; NOTE: (from disk)
      "Seventh leaf
      Marriages Robert Scott of the Parish of St Sylvester
      and Hannah Gillis of the Township of Inverness
      were united by me in marriage on the eighth
      of April one thousand eight Hundred and Sixty
      two in presence of subscribing witnesses
      Wm D Brown
      Minister
      Witnesses Parties
      William Gillis Robert Scott
      William Scott Hannah Gillis"

      MARRIAGE: Not listed in Anglo Pro. First marriage for Robert to Hannah GILLIS
      Found in church records.

      MARRIAGE: Ibid.; Marriages p 137;
      NOTE: Second marriage for Robert to Christiana CASCADDEN
      "29/02/1876 SCOTT, Robert Township of Nelson
      CASCADDEN, Christiana St-Margaret
      Methodist Church (Leeds)"

      DEATH-BURIAL: Ibid.; Burials p 126; NOTE:
      "(bur) 01/01/1875 SCOTT, Hannah
      (dec) 30/12/1874 mar Robert SCOTT Nelson
      sep.: Methodist Church (Leeds)"

      !DEATH-BURIAL: Cemetery Recordings of Megantic County, Quebec; 1838-1993;
      Records in poss of Gladys Patton, Lennoxville, QC, Canada; p6, Boutelle
      Cemetery, Inverness, QC, Canada; NOTE: Headstone Inscription "GILLES ...
      Hannah Gillis wife of Robert Scott
      died Dec 28, 1874 age 33 yrs 6 mos 17 days" [6, 7, 9]

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

    2. [S91] Wark GEDCOM file, compiled by Marcella Wark [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE\,].

    3. [S112] Rogers: 2009 Gillis GEDCOM, compiled by Peter Rogers.

    4. [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=1782919963

    5. [S134] McKay GEDCOM 2009, compiled by Scott McKay.

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

    7. [S68] P. Rogers GEDCOM, compiled by Peter Rogers [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE\,].

    8. [S22] Ancestral File Pedigree Chart, 26 Feb 1980. AFN: 1N1T-PK3.

    9. [S89] Ernest Benjamin Gillis Family, Fred Marchand, (http://www.ernestbenjamingillis.com/index.html).

    10. [S6] Boutelle Cemetary, Inverness, Megantic County, Quebec, by Mr/Mrs VTL Harper, 1972; LDS, SLC UT 9/16/98; Roll 17114,item39;QB Fam Hx Soc Ceme/GraveList.

    11. [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

    12. [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

    13. [S23] Ancestral File Pedigree Chart, 26 Feb 1980 AFN: 1N1T-PK3.