Ernest Benjamin Gillis Family History
Thomas Alexander Robinson[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
1814 - 1917 (102 years)-
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 [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 alt. Marriage Abt Apr 1844 _UID 6F958A235A6E4BA9B22B429013748C0F3EB7 Died 5 Mar 1917 Inverness, Megantic County, QB [7, 9] Buried 7 Mar 1917 Boutelle Cem., Inverness, Megantic, Quebec, Can Person ID I866 Ernest Benjamin Gillis Last Modified 5 Aug 2019
Father Samuel Robinson, b. 1784, COUNTY TYRONE, IRELAND , d. 14 Jun 1874, Boutelle Cemetery, Megantic County, Quebec (Age 90 years) Mother Ellen McCammon, b. Abt 1782, Tyrone, Tyrone, Ireland , d. 20 Apr 1852, Boutelle Cemetery, Megantic County, Quebec (Age ~ 70 years) Married Bef 1808 Ireland [6, 7] Family ID F281 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Hannah Paddick Wright, b. 15 Aug 1823, Greensborough, Vermont , d. 16 Feb 1902, , Inverness, Megantic, Quebec, Can (Age 78 years) Married 25 Dec 1843 Greensborough, Vermont [7] - One World record says 25 Dec 1843
Children 1. Samuel Crofts W. Robinson, b. 28 Apr 1845, VERMONT, U.S.A. , d. Jan 1928, PRIMGAR, IOWA (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 , d. 3 Oct 1921, , Inverness, Megantic, Quebec, Can (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 , 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 , d. 4 Feb 1950, , Keene, , Ontario, Can (Age 88 years) Last Modified 26 May 2014 Family ID F278 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Photos Thomas Alexander Robinson
From Robert and Pat Lowry
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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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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]
- Per Thomas and Catherine Gillis notes, see WILLIAM JOHN GILLIS:
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Sources - [S114] Metcalf: Robinson GEDCOM 2010, compiled by Jim Metcalf.
- [S134] McKay GEDCOM 2009, compiled by Scott McKay.
- [S91] Wark GEDCOM file, compiled by Marcella Wark [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE\,].
- [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=1784906110 - [S127] PM1 = Pam Murray.
- [S2] Jim Marchand Gillis GEDCOM, compiled by F. J. Marchand [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE\,].
- [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.
- [S56] Thomas wrote a letter to his sister Katie in 1943 (fr. Aabjerg, Harvey) describing the Gillis & Robinson histories, the Gillis farm, etc.
- [S114] Metcalf: Robinson GEDCOM 2010, compiled by Jim Metcalf.