Catherine McNabb GILLIS^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

1862 - 1947  (84 years)

• Name	Catherine McNabb GILLIS  [6, 7]
  Alt. Birth	6 Dec 1861
  Born	6 Dec 1862	Inverness, Megantic County, Quebec, Canada (Gillis Corners)   [6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Female
  Died	12 Mar 1947	Toronto, , Ontario, Canada   [6, 7, 9]
  	Y
  Alt. Death	12 Jul 1947
  Name	Catherine McNab
  Name	Kate
  Occupation	School Teacher (per Robar)  [6]
  _UID	4D460EC914D949319ABFD07D7A3B86E3959B
  Buried	Greenwood Cemetery, Cornwall, , Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Person ID	I58	tag1
  Last Modified	31 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	William GILLIS,   b. 20 Aug 1803, Glaslough, Monaghan, Ulster, Ireland ,   d. 20 Dec 1889, Inverness, Megantic County, Quebec, Canada (Gillis Corners)  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Nancy ROBINSON,   b. 5 Aug 1815, Armagh, Ireland ,   d. 5 Jul 1887, Inverness, Megantic County, Quebec (Boutelle Cemetary)  (Age 71 years)
  Married	4 Mar 1833	Ch. Of England, Leeds, Megantic, Quebec, Can   [6, 7, 11, 12]
  	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, 10]
  Family ID	F12	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Catherine was born 12/6/1861, the daughter of  William  &  Nancy (Robinson) Gillis . In the 1881 census of Canada, Inverness East, Megantic County, Quebec, Catherine was listed as unmarried, 19 years old, of Irish origin, born in Quebec, occupation: school teacher, religion: Methodist Canada. On the census she was living with her sister,  Rebecka Gillis , and Agnes Kean, 16 years old. Catherine's oldest sister  Ellen  was married to Robert Kean - it is possible that Agnes was Catherine's niece. Catherine married Ezra H. Brown and resided in Detroit, Michigan. She died 7/12/1947. SEE notes about conversation between Thomas Gillis, Catherine's brother, and herself in 1943, concerning the Gillis family, provided in April 2001 by Mrs. Shirley Aabjerg by email, under John William Gillis NOTES.  Copy of same letter later obtained by mail from Mrs. Harvey of Australia in July 2001. see 1871 census in father's notes [6]

  
  

• Sources

  [S92] . [S91] . [S112] . [S134] . [S162] Ancestry Family Trees (Reliability: 3). http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=26120745&pid=1782920250 [S2] . [S68] . [S70] Page 6 (Reliability: 4). [S78] D234953 (Reliability: 4). [S89] . [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 [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