Ernest Benjamin Gillis Family History
Jean Codville, Jr.[1, 2]
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Name Jean Codville [3] Suffix Jr. Born 7 May 1763 St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands Scotland
[3] Gender Male Name John Occupation - Merchant Grocer
_UID 30C7FC2AE7C0471B8A82B5136F2A189843DD Died 27 Aug 1842 Qu?bec, Quebec, Canada
[3] Buried 26 Dec 1842 Wesleyan Methodist Church, Quebec City, QB
[3] Person ID I775 Ernest Benjamin Gillis Last Modified 25 Feb 2021
Father Jean Coteville, d. Yes, date unknown Mother Esther Guille, d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F254 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Marie Hamon, b. 20 Apr 1773, d. 18 Nov 1845, Quebec City, QB
(Age 72 years) Married 11 Apr 1789 Town Church, St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands Scotland
[3] Children 1. Jean Codville, b. 1 Mar 1790, St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands Scotland
, d. 24 Jul 1849, Qu?bec, Quebec, Canada
(Age 59 years)2. James Codville, b. 25 Feb 1795, St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands Scotland
, d. 24 Mar 1872, Qu?bec, Quebec, Canada
(Age 77 years)3. Hilary Codville, b. 6 Jan 1797, St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands, Scotland
, d. 3 Jan 1873, Quebec City, QB - Wesleyan Methodist Church
(Age 75 years)Last Modified 26 May 2014 Family ID F253 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Jean Quetteville was born 5/7/1763 the son of Jean Coteville and Esther Guille on Guernsey in the Channel Islands. He married Marie Hammon on 4/11/1789 in the Town Church at St.
Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands. They had three sons: Jean (b. 1790) and James (b. 1795) and HIlary (b. 1797). Around 1815, Jean, Marie, and their three sons immigrated to Quebec City, QB. In Quebec, John established a grocery business with his sons.
The 1825 Quebec almanac and British American Royal Kalendar under the Quebec Wesleyan Missionary Auxilliary Society lists a John Codville committee member. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=aeu.ark:/13960/t8gf1gw71;view=1up;seq=212
John died 12/23/1842. He is buried at Mount Hermon Cemetery in Quebec City, QB (his body was moved from the Wesleyan burial grounds in 1865). Also buried in the family plot is his wife, Marie and all three sons, Jean , James , and Hilary .
- Jean Quetteville was born 5/7/1763 the son of Jean Coteville and Esther Guille on Guernsey in the Channel Islands. He married Marie Hammon on 4/11/1789 in the Town Church at St.
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Sources - [S92] Marchand GEDCOM 2009, compiled by Frederick J Marchand.
- [S162] Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Trees (Reliability: 3).
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=26120745&pid=1782994874 - [S2] Jim Marchand Gillis GEDCOM, compiled by F. J. Marchand [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE\,].
- [S92] Marchand GEDCOM 2009, compiled by Frederick J Marchand.
