Ernest Benjamin Gillis Family History

Elizabeth RIDLEY[1, 2]

Female 1808 - 1864  (56 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth RIDLEY  [3, 4, 5
    Born 1808  Glaslough, Monaghan, Ulster, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Gender Female 
    _UID 958BDABDB8E248328D7D2F5DFEE04DF07CC2 
    Died 14 May 1864  Glaslough, Monaghan, Ulster, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    • Y
    Buried 14 May 1864  Glaslough, Monaghan, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Per Donagh records provided by Ethne (Mar 2019)
    Person ID I593  tag1
    Last Modified 3 Mar 2019 

    Children 
     1. David GILLIS,   c. 30 Nov 1844, Donagh, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Elizabeth GILLIS,   b. 11 Mar 1837,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Robert H. GILLIS,   b. 28 Jul 1834, Glaslough, Monaghan, Ulster, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 May 1923, St. Mark's Church of Ireland Churchyard, Tandragee, Armagh, N. Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
     4. Thomas GILLIS,   c. 15 Apr 1842,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. John GILLIS,   c. 13 Mar 1832, Donagh, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 27 Jul 1910  (Age ~ 78 years)
     6. James GILLIS,   c. 27 Oct 1839,   d. 1923, Tandragee, Armagh, N. Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 83 years)
     7. Anne GILLIS,   c. 5 Mar 1830, Dundonagh, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1877  (Age ~ 46 years)
     8. Elizabeth,   c. 1 Jan 1828, Donagh, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F194  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Elizabeth Ridley was born about 1808 and died 14 May 1864.
      On July 5, 1826 she married  Andrew Gillis , St. Salvator's
      Church of Ireland, Donagh Parish. They had five sons and 2
      daughters. They lived on the Donagh Parish-based farmstead
      on which a descendent of Robert Gillis was living on when
      Benjamin Cole Gillis visited Ireland in 1910.

      Elizabeth's maiden last name was Ridley not Riddle as was
      previously thought, per the St. Salvator's Church registry
      baptismal records of the children of Andrew and Elizabeth
      (Ridley) Gillis (Andrew, son of Robert Gillis, brother of
      William John Gillis).

      In Elizabeth's death record, 14 May 1864, St. Salvator's
      Church Register,Glasslough Parish, Donagh Cty, Monoghan
      2006 professional research also showed the same church's burial
      records cite Elizabeth's death age 56, "born around 1808,"
      therefore thought to be Andrew's wife.

      This is the only verifiable marriage of the Gillis sons including
      William/Andrew/Robert in the church registers, acc. to 2006
      research in Belfast. Marriage on 05 Jul 1826, St. Salvator's
      Church of Ireland, Donagh Parish. Witnesses per church
      records: William Watters, William Scott, John Riddle (Ridley).

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