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
  _UID	B998561589F24B26B8F35543B691E0223472
  Died	19 May 1946	Bienfait, Saskatchewan, Canada   [6, 7, 8]
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  Person ID	I7347	tag1
  Last Modified	22 Jun 2014

  
  

  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]
  Family ID	F12	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Vera ENMARK   2. Albert ENMARK
  Family ID	F164	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family ID

  F3288

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• 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 ?) and lived in Beinfait, Saskatchewan. 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 had famred.  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

  [S92] . [S91] . [S112] . [S162] Ancestry Family Trees (Reliability: 3). http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=26120745&pid=1782920093 [S134] . [S2] . [S68] . [S63] . [S89] . [S202] (Reliability: 3). Marriage date:  1833Marriage place:  Leeds M?gantic (Church of England), Qu?bec http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=drouinvitals&h=13855866&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt [S202] (Reliability: 3). Marriage date:  1833Marriage place:  Leeds M?gantic (Church of England), Qu?bec http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=drouinvitals&h=6641265&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt