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

1852 - 1946  (93 years)

• Name	Robert Brown Gillis  [6, 7]
  Alt. Birth	11 May 1852
  Born	11 Jun 1852	, Inverness, Megantic, Quebec, Can   [6, 7]
  Christened	30 Aug 1852	Methodist Church, Leeds, Inverness, Quebec
  Gender	Male
  Fact 1	Abt 1928  [6]
  	Fact 1 Resided in Beinfeit, Saskatchawaan
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	85506825
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/ 85506825
  _UID	B998561589F24B26B8F35543B691E0223472
  Died	19 May 1946	Bienfait, Saskatchewan, Canada   [6, 7, 8]
  	Y
  Person ID	I7347	Ernest Benjamin Gillis
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2021

  
  

  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

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth Enmark,   b. 1852,   d. 8 Mar 1936, Bienfait, Saskatchewan, Canada  (Age 84 years)
  Children	1. Vera Enmark   2. Albert Enmark
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2013
  Family ID	F164	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Lina
  Last Modified	23 May 2014
  Family ID	F3288	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Robert was born 5/11/1852 in Inverness, Megantic County, Quebec, Canada, baptized Aug 30, 1852 Methodist Church (Ireland), the son of William & Nancy (Robinson) Gillis . He married Elizabeth Enmark (called Lina ?) (nee Elizabeth Charlotte Swanson?) in Bienfait, Coalfields No. 4, Saskatchewan, Canada. He lived in Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan, Canada in 1906 and Assiniboia, Lake of the Rivers No. 72, Saskatchewan, Canada for about 15 years. Robert died on May 19, 1946. He is laid to rest at Beinfait Civic Cemetery . !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) 30/08/1852 GILLIS, Robert Brown (born) 11/06/1852 William (farmer) & Nancy ROBINSON Inverness bapt.: Methodist Church (Ireland)" Acc. to Mrs. Vera Nesbitt, Rbt. Brown Gillis arrived in Canada in 1901, from the U.S., where he had farmed. She reports he was born in Ontario and had come to the western U.S. with horses and a covered wagon. In Saskatchewan, he farmed 1/2 mi. south west of the town of Bienfait on section 24. He married Elizabeth Enmark, a widow with two children, Albert and Vera (i.e, Mrs. Nesbitt, the author). They were strict Christian Scientists. The Canadian Nat'l Railroad built a railway through his property in the 1920s. He later sold some of his land to the Eastern Mine. He lived on the farm until he died in May 1946. [6]

  
  

• Sources

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