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Ellen GILLIS[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Female 1833 - 1921  (87 years)


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  • Name Ellen GILLIS  [6, 7] 
    Born 23 Nov 1833  , Inverness, Megantic, Quebec, Can Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 8] 
    Baptism 1835  Church Of England, Leeds, Quebec Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • by Jas Alexander
    Christened 28 May 1835  Ch. Of England, Leeds, Megantic, Quebec, Can Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    _UID 34B9AD4649AB4D7A96E46D7BFAE3CA761AA8 
    Died 28 Jul 1921  , Inverness, Megantic, Quebec, Can Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 8, 9] 
    • Y
    Buried 30 Jul 1921  Methodist Church of Ireland, Megantic Cty, Quebec Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 10] 
    Person ID I5602  tag1
    Last Modified 31 Aug 2018 

    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, 12, 13] 
    • 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, 11]
    Family ID F12  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Children 
     1. John KEAN,   b. 6 Jun 1854,   d. 28 Mar 1855  (Age 0 years)
     2. 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)
     3. 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)
     4. 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)
     5. Elisabeth KEAN,   b. Abt 1853, , Halifax South, Megantic, Quebec, Can Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. 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)
     7. 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)
     8. 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)
     9. 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)
     10. Child KEAN,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F1997  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Ellen was born Nov.23, 1833 in Inverness P.Q. Canada, the daughter of  William  &  Nancy (Robinson) Gillis .

      Ellen was baptized May 28, 1835 Church of England (Leeds). She and Robert Kean were married the 8th of March 1853, Methodist Church (Ireland) by a Methodist minister Mr. Dorey and witnessed by Wm. Gillis.

      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.

      Ellen died July 28, 1921 in Inverness  P.Q. Canada at 88 yrs of age.


      Notes from Gladys Jamison daughter of Mary, to her cousin Dorothy Bach Moore. "My dear grandmother Ellen Gillis Keans. Her husband died and left her with six (actually 7) children. Aunt Lizzie one of the oldest,John,Willie,the twins Auntie Agnes and Aunt Helen, Robert and Mother Mary, who was 5 years old.His mother who was  blind-no dout cateracts,she was 99 lived with them. My heart rejoices when I think of my grandmother, she was such a dear sweet person. We lived while in Halifax,Can.about 1/2mile from grandma.

      !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) 28/05/1835  GILLIS, Ellen
      (born) 23/11/1833    William (fa) & Nancy ROBINSON Inv.
                            bapt.: Church of England (Leeds)"
      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"
      From Descendents of Ellen Gillis Kean (via email from Pam Sheldon [mystuff06420@yahoo.com] 5/10/2009)

      !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) 28/05/1835  GILLIS, Ellen
      (born) 23/11/1833    William (fa) & Nancy ROBINSON Inv.
                            bapt.: Church of England (Leeds)"
      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"

  • Sources 
    1. [S92] .

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    3. [S91] .

    4. [S162] Ancestry Family Trees (Reliability: 3).
      http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=26120745&pid=1782919857

    5. [S134] .

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    9. [S11] .

    10. [S90] Page 86 (Reliability: 3).

    11. [S89] .

    12. [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

    13. [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


 

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