Ernest Benjamin Gillis Family History

Robert H. Gillis[1]

Male 1834 - 1923  (88 years)


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  • Name Robert H. Gillis  [2, 3
    Born 28 Jul 1834  Glaslough, Monaghan, Ulster, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Christened 28 Jul 1834  Donagh, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Per Donagh records held by Ethne (Mar 2019)
    Gender Male 
    _UID 936275238063404B91F37E576DEC239060A1 
    Died 14 May 1923  St. Mark's Church of Ireland Churchyard, Tandragee, Armagh, N. Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried 15 May 1923  St. Marks Churchyard, Tandragee, Armagh Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I594  Ernest Benjamin Gillis
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2023 

    Father Andrew Gillis,   b. 1795, Glaslough, Monaghan, Ulster, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Feb 1876, Glaslough, Monaghan, Ulster, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Ridley,   b. 1808, Glaslough, Monaghan, Ulster, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 May 1864, Glaslough, Monaghan, Ulster, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Married 5 Jul 1826  Glaslough, Monaghan, Ulster, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5
    Family ID F194  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • St. Marks Church of Ireland in Tandragee, County Armagh
      Tombstone epitath received from Ballymore Parish:

      Gillis
      erected by his wife Isabella
      in memory of
      Robert Gillis Tandragee
      died 14 May 1923 aged 88 years
      his brother James Gillis
      died 17 September 1923 aged 84 years
      also the above Isabella
      died 25th April 1934 aged 84 years
      Dearly regretted

      Ballymore Parish Office burial book shows:
      Burial book, Robert Gillis age 88 buried 15 May 1923

      The following was told by Tom Gillis of Ottawa to his sister Katie in l943:

      Uncle Andrew, the eldest son of Robert Gillis and Catherine McDole had two sons, Robert and Thomas. Robert was the man who trailed and caught Crippen on a boat at Quebec. He was the Inspector of Scotland Yards and either he or Thomas recovered with the "queen's Gold Lace." In l9l9, Edgar (Kate Gillis Brown's son) visited them when on leave at Tandragee. Robert's son Sidney, invalided home, badly wounded. Both Robert and Thomas traveled extensively in Canada and Australia. Robert was in Toronto when it was still called York. His son stayed one winter with Marsha (Martha?) Gillis in Inverness.

      (Feb. 06): Per D. Mooney Andrew Gillis Desc. Rpt., Robert was a member of the RIC (Royal Irish Constabulary) and was stationed in Belfast at the time of his marriage in 1870. In November 1871, he was transferred to County Armagh. He was pensioned out of the RIC on 11 May 1877, after 21 1/2 years of service, with a pension of 63 Pounds.

      In l996, Donald Mooney contacted a descendant of Andrew Gillis, Valerie Gillis Harvey of Rockhampton, Australia. She submitted the following about her family:

      The Gillis Family as I know it:

      Robert Gillis married Isabella Haire, who was a milliner, on the 22 Dec. l870 at Navan in the County of Meath, Eire. Isabella (known as Bella) was the daughter of Thomas and Jane Haire. [2]
    • (Research):Pam
      Thankyou for the donation received today.
      Looking through the records we have I found the following
      Burial book, Robert Gillis age 88 buried 15 May 1923
      Burial book, James Gillis age 84 buried 6 September 1923
      Burial Book, Isabella Gillis age 84 buried 27 April 1934
      No record of Thomas, Robert or Alfred but Anna Eva Isabel Anderson age 84 buried 2 February 1961
      . The inscription is difficult to read so this is it written out.
      Gillis
      erected by his wife Isabella
      in memory of
      Robert Gillis Tandragee
      died 14 May 1923 aged 88 years
      his brother James Gillis
      died 17 September 1923 aged 84 years
      also the above Isabella
      died 25th April 1934 aged 84 years
      Dearly regretted
      On a separate smaller stone underneath
      Eva Anderson daughter of above
      Robert and Isabella Gillis
      died 31st Jan 1961

      from Ballymore Parish Office 11 Apr 2023

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

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

    3. [S47] S.Aabjerg -Fa's Cousin, Australia-Email April 2001; Mrs. D.Harvey July 2001: Reg. B.D.M. Dublin, Eire; Par. Register; see gen. sheet; D.Mooney Rpt.

    4. [S48] Mrs. D. Harvey genealogical sheet; Griffith Valuation 1860.

    5. [S61] Andrew Gillis Desc. Rpt. by D. Mooney 0206.