Ernest Benjamin Gillis Family History
Baby Boy Gillis[1, 2]
1845 - Yes, date unknown-
Name Baby Boy Gillis [3] Born 1845 [3] Gender Male _UID 181CA0B9EA3B4651B199F2F6ADE6A5C77A07 Died Yes, date unknown Person ID I51 Ernest Benjamin Gillis Last Modified 26 May 2014
Father William Gillis, b. 20 Aug 1803, Glaslough, Monaghan, Ulster, Ireland , d. 20 Dec 1889, Inverness, Megantic County, Quebec, Canada (Gillis Corners) (Age 86 years) Mother Nancy Robinson, b. 5 Aug 1815, Armagh, Ireland , d. 5 Jul 1887, Inverness, Megantic County, Quebec (Boutelle Cemetary) (Age 71 years) Married 4 Mar 1833 Ch. Of England, Leeds, Megantic, Quebec, Can [3, 5, 6, 7] - 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. [3, 4, 5]
Gillis Clan
Rochester, MN
Front L-R: Rev. Wm. Gillis, Tom Gillis, Rev. Ben Gillis
Back L-R: Rebecca "Rae" (Gillis) Garvin, Catherine (Gillis) BrownGillis 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 GillisFamily ID F12 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- 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,
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http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=26120745&pid=1782920023 - [S2] Jim Marchand Gillis GEDCOM, compiled by F. J. Marchand [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE\,].
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Marriage date: 1833Marriage place: Leeds M?gantic (Church of England), Qu?bec
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Marriage date: 1833Marriage place: Leeds M?gantic (Church of England), Qu?bec
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