Ernest Benjamin Gillis Family History
Thomas GILLIS[1]
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Name Thomas GILLIS [2, 3] Born Glaslough, Monaghan, Ulster, Ireland
[2] Christened 15 Apr 1842 - Per Donagh records held by Ethne (Mar 2019)
Gender Male _UID C3D80C8CA8994A72AF2930EF55BDBB7C70D4 Died Yes, date unknown Person ID I595 tag1 Last Modified 3 Mar 2019
Mother Elizabeth RIDLEY, b. 1808, Glaslough, Monaghan, Ulster, Ireland
, d. 14 May 1864, Glaslough, Monaghan, Ulster, Ireland
(Age 56 years) Family ID F194 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Thomas reportedly (by his brother Robert to B.C. Gillis in 1910) went to England and "rose almost to the top of the ladder."
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." [2]
- Thomas reportedly (by his brother Robert to B.C. Gillis in 1910) went to England and "rose almost to the top of the ladder."
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