Catherine McNabb GILLIS^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

1862 - 1947  (84 years)

• Name	Catherine McNabb GILLIS  [6, 7]
  Alt. Birth	6 Dec 1861
  Born	6 Dec 1862	Inverness, Megantic County, Quebec, Canada (Gillis Corners)   [6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Female
  Died	12 Mar 1947	Toronto, , Ontario, Canada   [6, 7, 9]
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  Alt. Death	12 Jul 1947
  Name	Catherine McNab
  Name	Kate
  Occupation	School Teacher (per Robar)  [6]
  _UID	4D460EC914D949319ABFD07D7A3B86E3959B
  Buried	Greenwood Cemetery, Cornwall, , Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Person ID	I58	Ernest Benjamin Gillis
  Last Modified	31 Aug 2018

  
  

  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, 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, 10]
  		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 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	Ezra Healy BROWN, Phmb,   b. 21 Jun 1858, Cornwall, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Apr 1923, Cornwall, , Ontario, Canada  (Age 64 years)
  Married	17 Aug 1887	Cornwall, , Ontario, Canada   [7, 13]
  Children	1. Harold Wesley BROWN, Phm.B.,   b. 9 Jan 1889, Cornwall, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Sep 1961  (Age 72 years)   2. Frederick Forest BROWN,   b. 16 Oct 1883, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Mar 1929, London, London, England  (Age 45 years)   3. Lillian Ray BROWN,   b. 8 Jan 1891, Cornwall, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Nov 1961  (Age 70 years)   4. Dr. Herbert Stanley BROWN, M.D.,   b. 20 Nov 1894, Cornwall, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Jun 1980, Lake Worth, Palm Beach, Florida, United States  (Age 85 years)   5. Edgar Carlyle BROWN, Phmb,   b. 24 Aug 1896, Cornwall, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Sep 1978, Arnprior, , Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)
  Last Modified	26 May 2014
  Family ID	F199	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Catherine McNabb (Gillis) Brown
  		Death Certificate Brown, Catherine McNab, died March 12, 1947, Toronto Certificate # D234953 Reg.#1947-05-007213

  
  

• Notes

  Catherine was born 12/6/1861, the daughter of  William  &  Nancy (Robinson) Gillis . In the 1881 census of Canada, Inverness East, Megantic County, Quebec, Catherine was listed as unmarried, 19 years old, of Irish origin, born in Quebec, occupation: school teacher, religion: Methodist Canada. On the census she was living with her sister,  Rebecka Gillis , and Agnes Kean, 16 years old. Catherine's oldest sister  Ellen  was married to Robert Kean - it is possible that Agnes was Catherine's niece. Catherine married Ezra H. Brown and resided in Detroit, Michigan. She died 7/12/1947. SEE notes about conversation between Thomas Gillis, Catherine's brother, and herself in 1943, concerning the Gillis family, provided in April 2001 by Mrs. Shirley Aabjerg by email, under John William Gillis NOTES.  Copy of same letter later obtained by mail from Mrs. Harvey of Australia in July 2001. see 1871 census in father's notes [6]

  
  

• Sources

  [S92] Marchand GEDCOM 2009, compiled by Frederick J Marchand. [S91] Wark GEDCOM file, compiled by Marcella Wark [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE\,]. [S112] Rogers: 2009 Gillis GEDCOM, compiled by Peter Rogers. [S134] McKay GEDCOM 2009, compiled by Scott McKay. [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=1782920250 [S2] Jim Marchand Gillis GEDCOM, compiled by F. J. Marchand [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE\,]. [S68] P. Rogers GEDCOM, compiled by Peter Rogers [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE\,]. [S70] Census 1901 - Stormont Co., Ontario, Fourth Census of Canada 1901, (Town of Cornwall, Stormont County, District 53, Subdistrict "a", Polling Division 6, Province of Ontario, Fourth Census of Canada, 1901. Enumerator: James McFarlane), Page 6 (Reliability: 4). [S78] Death Certificate - Catherine McNab Brown, Province of Ontario, (Registration Number 1947-05-007213), D234953 (Reliability: 4). [S89] Ernest Benjamin Gillis Family, Fred Marchand, (http://www.ernestbenjamingillis.com/index.html). [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 [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 [S75] Marriage Certificate - Ezra Healy Brown & Catherine McNab Gillis, Ontario Registration # 011639 (Reliability: 4).