Ernest Benjamin Gillis Family History

Thomas Alexander Robinson[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Male 1814 - 1917  (102 years)


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  • Name Thomas Alexander Robinson  [6, 7, 8
    Alt. Birth 16 Jun 1812 
    • 1861 census says 1812 but Boutelles record says 1814. 'Memoranda' from Robert and Pat Lowry states 16 Jun 1812 and that he died at age 104 years, 8 mo, 19 days.
    Born 10 Jun 1814  TYRONNE COUNTY, IRELAND Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    • (1861 census says 1812) (Boutelles record says 1814) (One World tree entry shows 16 June 1812 in County Tyrone, IRE) (1901 Census states his birth date is 10 June 1812)
    Gender Male 
    Alt. Birth 10 Jun 1814 
    Alt. Death Millifield, Que Find all individuals with events at this location 
    alt. Marriage Abt Apr 1844 
    _UID 6F958A235A6E4BA9B22B429013748C0F3EB7 
    Died 5 Mar 1917  Inverness, Megantic County, QB Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 9
    Buried 7 Mar 1917  Boutelle Cem., Inverness, Megantic, Quebec, Can Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I866  Ernest Benjamin Gillis
    Last Modified 5 Aug 2019 

    Father Samuel Robinson,   b. 1784, COUNTY TYRONE, IRELAND Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jun 1874, Boutelle Cemetery, Megantic County, Quebec Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Mother Ellen McCammon,   b. Abt 1782, Tyrone, Tyrone, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Apr 1852, Boutelle Cemetery, Megantic County, Quebec Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 70 years) 
    Married Bef 1808  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7
    Family ID F281  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hannah Paddick Wright,   b. 15 Aug 1823, Greensborough, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Feb 1902, , Inverness, Megantic, Quebec, Can Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 25 Dec 1843  Greensborough, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    • One World record says 25 Dec 1843
    Children 
     1. Samuel Crofts W. Robinson,   b. 28 Apr 1845, VERMONT, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jan 1928, PRIMGAR, IOWA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     2. Hannah P. Robinson,   b. 8 May 1847,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. John Robinson,   b. 5 May 1849,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Mary Ann Monson Robinson,   b. 21 Jun 1850, , Inverness, Megantic, Quebec, Can Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Oct 1921, , Inverness, Megantic, Quebec, Can Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     5. Eleanor Robinson,   b. 7 Apr 1852,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Robinson,   b. 15 Jun 1854,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Catherine Wright Robinson,   b. 22 Oct 1855, , Inverness, Megantic, Quebec, Can Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1940  (Age 84 years)
     8. Robinson,   b. 21 Mar 1858,   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Robinson,   b. 16 Apr 1860,   d. Yes, date unknown
     10. Thomas Alexander Wright Robinson,   b. 3 Feb 1862, 5th Range, Inverness, Megantic, Quebec, Can Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Feb 1950, , Keene, , Ontario, Can Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
    Last Modified 26 May 2014 
    Family ID F278  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Thomas Alexander Robinson
    Thomas Alexander Robinson
    From Robert and Pat Lowry

  • Notes 
    • Per Thomas and Catherine Gillis notes, see WILLIAM JOHN GILLIS:

      This Thomas stayed on the 5th range in Inverness and died at age 105 there.

      !BIRTH: Not listed.
      MARRIAGE: Not listed.
      DEATH-BURIAL: 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, Publication Number 5;
      Burials p 121; copy in poss of John W.Wark, Menlo Park, CA; NOTE:
      "(bur) 07/03/1917 ROBINSON, Thomas (m) (farmer)
      (dec) 05/03/1917 sep.: Methodist Church (Inv.)"

      !DEATH-BURIAL: Cemetery Recordings of Megantic County, Quebec, Transcribed by
      M/M W.T.L.Harper; 1838-1993; Unpub.Manus. 1972-; p20, Boutelle Cemetery,
      Inverness, PQ, Canada; Records in poss of Gladys Patton, Lennoxville,Canada;
      (not in)LDS Film 1750756, FHC Menlo Park CA; NOTE: Headstone Inscription.
      "ROBINSON ... Thomas Robinson 1814-1917
      his wife
      Hanna P. Wright died Feb. 16, 1902 age 77 yrs"

      !BIOGRAPHY: Marlita Lamontagne Ouellette, THE PIONEERS OF LOWER IRELAND, P.Q.,
      1818-1980;; Roy et Laliberte Inc., Thetford Mines, Que., June 1980; p 154;
      copy in poss of John W.Wark, Menlo Park, CA; NOTE: "ROBINSON
      1st generation
      Thomas Robinson (1814-1917) married Henrietta Wright. They settled on lot #
      296, 5th range of Inverness. Thomas went blind in later years and his son-in-
      law, Thomas Lowry, took care of him. They would often sit by the fireside,
      reminiscing and smoking a pipe. Thomas and Henrietta's children were:
      2nd generation
      1) Mary-Ann
      2) Katherine
      3) Thomas Alexander
      4) Samuel
      ..."

      !CENSUS: 1871 CAN, PQ, Megantic Co, Inverness Twp; Mar 1871; ED 156, p 57;
      lines 15-19; Public Archives Canada Film C-222; LDS Film 493567, FHC
      Menlo Park, CA; NOTE:
      Robinson Thomas m 56 Ireland W.Meth Irish Farmer md b c1815
      " Hannah f 48 U.S. md unsound mind b c1823
      " Mary Qnn f 20 Q. b c1851
      " Catherine f 16 " b c1855
      " Thomas m 9 " going to school b c1862

      1901 Census of Canada Page Information
      District: QU MGANTIC (#169)
      Subdistrict: Inverness D-1 Page 4
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      Images are from National Archives Web Site
      Details: Schedule 1 Microfilm T-6530
      Transcriber: Dale Wright

      1901 census

      28 41 Robinson Thomas M Father M Jun 10 1812 88

      29 41 Robinson Hannah F Mother M Aug 15 1823 77


      SEE notes under John William Gillis, related by his son Thomas to his daughter Catherine, in 1943.

      Also had:
      - Baby (1) ROBINSON b: 15 JUN 1854
      - Baby (2) ROBINSON b: 21 MAR 1858
      - Baby (3) ROBINSON b: 16 APR 1860 [7]

  • Sources 
    1. [S114] Metcalf: Robinson GEDCOM 2010, compiled by Jim Metcalf.

    2. [S134] McKay GEDCOM 2009, compiled by Scott McKay.

    3. [S91] Wark GEDCOM file, compiled by Marcella Wark [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE\,].

    4. [S92] Marchand GEDCOM 2009, compiled by Frederick J Marchand.

    5. [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=1784906110

    6. [S127] PM1 = Pam Murray.

    7. [S2] Jim Marchand Gillis GEDCOM, compiled by F. J. Marchand [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE\,].

    8. [S49] Aabjerg (Rebecca Gillis Mooney File) by Email April 2001; Mrs. D. Harvey geneal. sheet July 2001; Griffiths, 1860; Desc. Rpt Prov. by D.Mooney 0206.

    9. [S56] Thomas wrote a letter to his sister Katie in 1943 (fr. Aabjerg, Harvey) describing the Gillis & Robinson histories, the Gillis farm, etc.