Martha Gillis^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

1843 - 1925  (81 years)

• Name	Martha Gillis  [6, 7]
  Born	7 May 1843	, Inverness, Megantic, Quebec, Can   [6, 7]
  Alt. Birth	21 May 1843
  Christened	26 Jun 1843	Methodist Church, Leeds, Inverness, Quebec
  Gender	Female
  Alt. Burial	Inverness, Megantic County, Quebec
  	Methodist Church
  Alt. Death	Inverness, Megantic Co., Quebec, Canada
  _STAT	Never Married
  _UID	D68236B452614A83B91FD339A336E62E9370
  Died	28 Feb 1925	, Montreal, , Quebec, Can   [6, 7, 8]
  	Y
  Buried	2 Mar 1925	Boutelle Cemetery, Inverness, Megantic Co., Quebec   [7]
  Person ID	I7343	Ernest Benjamin Gillis
  Last Modified	8 Sep 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, 10, 11]
  	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, 9]
  		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

  
  

• Notes

  Martha is buried in Boutelles Cemetery where her father, William , brother, Samuel , and mother, Nancy are buried. She shares a grave marker with John Gillis, her brother. The 1901 census of Inverness, M?GANTIC, QUEBEC shows these two entries in the same household, both as head of household: John Gillis, head of household, born 4/14/1839, age 61 Martha Gillis, head of household, born 5/21/1823, age 57 It appears these two unmarried siblings lived together all of their lives. They share a gravestone in Boutelles Cemetery. Although the Martha in the census record is shown as born in 1823, her age of 57 indicates that is a mistake, making 1843 as shown on her headstone the correct year of her birth. The online Boutelle Cemetary transcription lists John Gillis as Martha's husband most likely simply an assumption because they share the same headstone and last name and lived during the same period; however they were siblings and neither married. !BIRTH-CHRISTENING: Paul Vachon, THE ANGLO-PROTESTANTS OF MEGANTIC COUNTY, Repertory of Births, Marriages, and Burials; 1826-1991; Societe Genealogigue de la region de l'Amiante, Thetford Mines, Quebec, Canada, 1992, Pub. No. 5; Births p101;US/CAN 971.4575 K2r,Fiche 6125775,LDS FHL Salt Lake City UT; NOTE: "(bapt) 26/06/1843 GILLIS, Martha (born) 07/05/1843 William (fa) & Nancy ROBINSON Inv. bapt.: Methodist Church (Ireland)" DEATH-BURIAL: Ibid.; Burials p 44; NOTE: "(bur) 02/03/1925 GILLIS, Martha (f) (dec) 28/02/1925 X-William & Nancy ROBINSON Inv. sep.: Methodist Church (Inv.) dec.: Montreal" [6, 7]

  
  

• Sources

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