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  tag1
    Last Modified 5 Aug 2019 

    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) 
    Family ID F281  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Children 
     1. 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)
     2. Baby ROBINSON,   b. 21 Mar 1858,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Baby ROBINSON,   b. 15 Jun 1854,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Eleanor ROBINSON,   b. 7 Apr 1852,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. John ROBINSON,   b. 5 May 1849,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Hannah P. ROBINSON,   b. 8 May 1847,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. 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)
     8. 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)
     9. Catherine Wright ROBINSON,   b. 22 Oct 1855, , Inverness, Megantic, Quebec, Can Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1940  (Age 84 years)
     10. Baby ROBINSON,   b. 16 Apr 1860,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F278  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • 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]

  • Sources 
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    5. [S162] Ancestry Family Trees (Reliability: 3).
      http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=26120745&pid=1784906110

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