Ernest Benjamin Gillis Family History

Robert KEAN[1, 2, 3]

Male 1830 - 1871  (40 years)


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  • Name Robert KEAN  [4, 5
    Born 25 Dec 1830  Saltcoats, , , Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 7
    Gender Male 
    _UID 78280321EA7A475B81AA7E0C041F8DB0DFF3 
    Died 31 Aug 1871  , Halifax, Megantic, Quebec, Can Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 7, 8
    Buried 3 Sep 1871  Baptist Church, Inverness, Megantic, Quebec, Can Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 9
    Person ID I5601  Ernest Benjamin Gillis
    Last Modified 21 Jun 2014 

    Mother Elisabeth RUSSELL,   b. 31 Dec 1788, Arron, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Apr 1877, Halifax P.Q. Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Family ID F2066  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ellen GILLIS,   b. 23 Nov 1833, , Inverness, Megantic, Quebec, Can Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jul 1921, , Inverness, Megantic, Quebec, Can Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 8 Mar 1853  Methodist Church, Leeds, Inverness, Quebec Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 7, 10
    Children 
     1. Child KEAN,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Elisabeth KEAN,   b. Abt 1853, , Halifax South, Megantic, Quebec, Can Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. John KEAN,   b. 6 Jun 1854,   d. 28 Mar 1855  (Age 0 years)
     4. Elizabeth "Lizzie" KEAN,   b. 28 Jan 1856, Inverness, Megantic County, Quebec, Canada (Gillis Corners) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Dec 1938, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     5. William KEAN,   b. 11 Feb 1858, , Halifax, Megantic, Quebec, Can Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Aug 1942  (Age 84 years)
     6. John Rupel KEAN,   b. 22 Feb 1860, , Halifax, Megantic, Quebec, Can Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Dec 1945  (Age 85 years)
     7. Robert KEAN,   b. 19 Apr 1862, , Halifax, Megantic, Quebec, Can Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Nov 1948  (Age 86 years)
     8. Nancy (Agnes) KEAN,   b. 15 Feb 1864, , Halifax, Megantic, Quebec, Can Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Feb 1941  (Age 77 years)
     9. Ellen KEAN,   b. 16 Feb 1864, , Halifax, Megantic, Quebec, Can Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jan 1959  (Age 94 years)
     10. Mary Mcbride KEAN,   b. 6 Jun 1866, , Halifax, Megantic, Quebec, Can Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jul 1963  (Age 97 years)
    Last Modified 25 May 2014 
    Family ID F1997  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Robert was born Dec. 25, 1830  in Saltcoats,Scotland and died Aug. 31, 1871 in Halifax, P.Q. Canada. He was the son of Elizabeth Russell Kean born Dec.31, 1788 on the Isle of Arron, Scotland and died April 5, 1877 in Halifax P.Q. Canada. Ellen and Robert had 8 children. John,Elizabeth,William,John Russell,Robert,Nancy,Ellen and Mary.

      !BIRTH:  Not listed in A.P.
      MARRIAGE:  Ibid.; Marriages p 72; NOTE:  6 children listed, p138.
      "08/03/1853  KEAN, Robert (farmer)  ([John & Elizabeth Russell]  Halifax)
                   GILLIS, Ellen  ([William] & ...  ... )
                   Methodist Church (Ireland)
                   witness: William Gillis"

      for burial, see M210-1-000498  Robert Kane of Halifax, died 31 Aug 1871,
                                     was buried 3 Sep 1871,
                                     aged 42 yrs and 8 mos,
                                     birth calculated abt Dec 1828,
                                     entered in 1871 Inverness Baptist Church Reg.

      !DEATH-BURIAL:  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, Publication Number 5;
      Burials p;US/CAN 971.4575 K2r,Fiche 6125775,LDS FHL Salt Lake City UT;NOTE:
      "(bur) 03/09/1871  KANE, Robert (m) 42 y 8 m
      (dec) 31/08/1871    sep.: Baptist Church (Inv.)
                           lived in Halifax"

      !CENSUS:  1861 CAN,PQ,Megantic County, Halifax South Township; 1861; ED 3,
      p126 lines 24-3p; Public Archives Canada Film C-1295; LDS Film   , FHL
      Salt Lake City UT; NOTE:

        Elisabeth Kean             Scotland  F.C.     73 Wd       b c1788
        Robert    Kean   Farmer    Scotland  Cong     33 m        b c1828
         (md Ellen Gillis)
        Ellen     Kean             LCanadaB   "       20 m (30?)  b c1831
        Elisabeth Kean                Do     Cong      8          b c1853
        William   Kean                Do     Cong      3          b c1858
        John      Kean                Do     Cong      1          b c1860
        ?         Forbes Laborer      Do F   Cong     18          b c1843  not fam [5]

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

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

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

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

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

    6. [S12] Grace Cox: Adderly - Congreg. Cemetery records, Inverness.

    7. [S85] Descendants of Ellen Gillis Kean, Pamela (Moore) Shelden.

    8. [S12] Grace Cox: Adderly - Congreg. Cemetery records, Inverness (Reliability: 3).
      Grace Cox:  Adderly - Congreg. Cemetery records, Inverness; email by Catalina Usina-Morse cites death date of 8/31/1871 poss. in Halifax.

    9. [S90] Cemetery Recordings of Megantic County, Quebec, Mr. & Mrs. W.T.L. Harper, Page 86 and 104 (Reliability: 3).
      Page 86 erroneously calls him Albert Kean, but this is corrected on page 104

    10. [S41] Cataline Usina-Morse, St. Augustine FL email 7/16/2000: usncak@aug.com.