Ernest Benjamin Gillis Family History

Nancy GILLIS[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Female 1850 - 1867  (16 years)


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  • Name Nancy GILLIS  [6, 7
    Born 25 May 1850  , Inverness, Megantic, Quebec, Can Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7
    Alt. Birth Jun 1850 
    Christened 4 Mar 1851  Methodist Church, Leeds, Inverness, Quebec Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    _UID 1003227B84FE49F08F7F68A6E01B9B8DAADF 
    Died 25 Mar 1867  Inverness, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 8
    • Y
    Buried Boutelle Cemetery, Inverness, Megantic Co., Quebec Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Person ID I53  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  [6, 7, 10, 11
    • 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. [6, 7, 9]
    Family ID F12  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Nancy was born on 5/25/1850, the daughter of  William  &
      Nancy (Robinson) Gillis . She died on 25 Mar 1867 at the age of
      16 years and 10 months. She lived in  Inverness, Megontic
      County, Quebec.

      Nancy is buried with her father,  William , brother,  Samuel , and
      mother,  Nancy , in the Boutelles Cemetery.

      Cemetery record notes "aged 16 yrs 10 mos"

      !BIRTH-CHRISTENING:  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, Pub. No. 5;
      Births p101;US/CAN 971.4575 K2r,Fiche 6125775,LDS FHL Salt Lake City UT; NOTE:
      "(bapt) 04/03/1851  GILLIS, Nancy
      (born) 25/05/1850    William (farmer) & Nancy ROBINSON  Inverness
                            bapt.: Methodist Church (Ireland)" [6, 7]

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    10. [S202] (Reliability: 3).
      Marriage date:  1833Marriage place:  Leeds M?gantic (Church of England), Qu?bec
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    11. [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