Samuel Robinson GILLIS^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

1848 - 1900  (52 years)

• Name	Samuel Robinson GILLIS  [6, 7]
  Alt. Birth	Abt 1842
  Born	8 Apr 1848	, St-Sylvester, Lotbiniere, Quebec, Can   [6, 7]
  Christened	12 Mar 1849	Methodist Church, Leeds, Inverness, Quebec
  Gender	Male
  _UID	6DBC6518D35E47BFB72DF362CDD36E2F5344
  Died	16 Aug 1900	, Inverness, Megantic, Quebec, Can   [6, 7, 8]
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  Buried	19 Aug 1900	Methodist Church of Ireland, Megantic Cty, Quebec
  Person ID	I538020874	tag1
  Last Modified	22 Jun 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   [6, 7, 10, 11]
  	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]
  Family ID	F12	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family ID

  F163

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• Notes

  Samuel R. Gillis was born on April 8, 1848 in  Inverness, Megontic County, Quebec.  He was baptized March 12, 1849 Methodist Church (Ireland). He died August 16, 1900. He was the son of  William  &  Nancy (Robinson) Gillis . Samuel was unmarried and succeeded to the family homestead. He died when he was 52. Samuel shares a gravestone with his father,  William , and mother,  Nancy , in the Boutelles Cemetery where his sister, Nancy , is also buried. !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) 12/03/1849  GILLIS, Samuel Robinson (born) 08/04/1848    William (labourer) & Nancy                       bapt.: Methodist Church (Ireland)" DEATH-BURIAL:  Ibid.; Burials p 44; NOTE: "(bur) 19/08/1900  GILLIS, Samuel Robinson (m) (dec) 16/08/1900    William & Nancy ROBINSON                      John Gillis                      sep.: Methodist Church (Inv.)" Date of death verified per Boutelle Cemetery record; see source note on father WILLIAM John GILLIS. [6, 7]

  
  

• Sources

  [S92] . [S91] . [S112] . [S162] Ancestry Family Trees (Reliability: 3). http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=26120745&pid=1782920057 [S134] . [S2] . [S68] . [S6] (Reliability: 3). Boutelle Cemetery, 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. [S89] . [S202] (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 [S202] (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