Ernest Benjamin Gillis Family History

Elizabeth GILLIS[1, 2, 3, 4]

Female 1835 - 1875  (40 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth GILLIS  [5, 6
    Born 20 Jun 1835  [5, 6
    Gender Female 
    Cause of death Diptheria 
    _UID FB44E6DD854346A0ACCC4E319022AE171EC8 
    Died 29 Aug 1875  Inverness, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
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    Person ID I46  tag1
    Last Modified 22 Jun 2014 

    Father William GILLIS,   b. 20 Aug 1803, Glaslough, Monaghan, Ulster, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Dec 1889, Inverness, Megantic County, Quebec, Canada (Gillis Corners) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Mother Nancy ROBINSON,   b. 5 Aug 1815, Armagh, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jul 1887, Inverness, Megantic County, Quebec (Boutelle Cemetary) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Married 4 Mar 1833  Ch. Of England, Leeds, Megantic, Quebec, Can Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 8, 9
    • It was a very stormy day and the wedding party walked up to their knees in snow from the bride's father's home, Samuel Robinson, on the Dublin Range,
      to the same place that another couple were also be married that day.  There were no roads there in those days so they had to walk.  After the wedding, the party walked back to Samuel Robinson's home.

      They were married at the home of Alexander Learmoth, a Church of England minister, on Grays Road, near the present town of Inverness, Megantic County, Quebec.

      Note:  Repertory of Births, Marriages, and Burials, "The Anglo-Protestants of Megantic County", 1826-1991, from the LDS Family Library, lists William Gillis and Nancy Robinson's marriage date as March 4, 1833; in Church of England, by Leeds, witnesses:  Alexander Learmoth and William Stele. [5, 6, 7]
    Family ID F12  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Elizabeth (called Eliza) was born 6/20/1835, the daughter of
      William  &  Nancy (Robinson) Gillis . She married James George on  the 15th of July 1856, Methodist Church (Ireland) and witnessed by Hannah Wood.

      Elizabeth died August 29, 1875 of diphtheria.

  • Sources 
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    4. [S162] Ancestry Family Trees (Reliability: 3).
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    8. [S202] (Reliability: 3).
      Marriage date:  1833Marriage place:  Leeds M?gantic (Church of England), Qu?bec
      http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=drouinvitals&h=13855866&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    9. [S202] (Reliability: 3).
      Marriage date:  1833Marriage place:  Leeds M?gantic (Church of England), Qu?bec
      http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=drouinvitals&h=6641265&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt