Ernest Benjamin Gillis Family History
Colonel Robertus Oliver Gillis[1]
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Name Robertus Oliver Gillis [2] Prefix Colonel Born England
[2] Gender Male Immigrated 1641 - from England to Ireland
Residence 1688 - The Battle at Drumbanagher Hill in 1688 was waged by John Mc Kenna, a member of the powerful McKenna clan. In fact, when McKenna and his Catholic army were defeated here by Anketell and the Protestants, it signaled the end of the McKenna power in the Glaslough and Emyvale region. McKenna was beheaded during the battle, and his severed head was taken to his wife at their home in Minmurray.
Tullaree, at Glasslough (in N. Ireland) prior to the Battle of Drumbanagher
_UID 1654525B6D0C4A868021D5DD020BD2D46678 Died Ireland
Person ID I876 Ernest Benjamin Gillis Last Modified 26 Mar 2023
Children 1. Maj. Robertus Oliver Gillis, b. 1745, Glaslough, Monaghan, Ulster, Ireland
, d. 1836, Ireland
(Age 91 years)Last Modified 29 Jan 2013 Family ID F280 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - The following text was obtained from the kind generosity of Mrs. Shirley Aaberg (a Rebecca Gillis/Daniel Mooney descendant), 21 April 2001:
--Colonel Robertus Gillis emigrated to Ireland from England in 1641.
Note he cannot be the father of Robertus Oliver Gillis who was born in 1745... [2]
- The following text was obtained from the kind generosity of Mrs. Shirley Aaberg (a Rebecca Gillis/Daniel Mooney descendant), 21 April 2001:
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