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- 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
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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
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