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

1854 - 1934  (80 years)

• Name	Rebecca GILLIS  [6, 7]
  Alt. Birth	7 Jun 1854
  Born	17 Jun 1854	, Inverness, Megantic, Quebec, Can   [6, 7]
  Christened	23 May 1859	Wesleyan Meth.Ch, Leeds, Megantic, Quebec, Can
  Gender	Female
  Fact 1	Abt 1928  [6]
  	Fact 1 Resided in Montreal, Canada
  Name	Rae
  Occupation	School Teacher (per Robar)  [6]
  _UID	75A2E0F753104078BD960B90204AA2C9CC64
  Died	16 Nov 1934	Inverness, Quebec, Canada   [6, 7]
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  Person ID	I7357	tag1
  Last Modified	13 Sep 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, 9, 10]
  	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, 8]
  Family ID	F12	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Melville Stanley GARVIN,   d. 9 Oct 1962   2. Arthur Cleveland GARVIN,   b. 21 Sep 1884,   d. 3 Mar 1954  (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F4572	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Rebecca (called Rae, some spelled Rebecka) was born 6/7/1854 (some records show 6/17/1854), the daughter of  William  &  Nancy (Robinson) Gillis . She was baptised baptized May 23, 1859 Wesleyan Methodist, (Leeds). In the 1881 census of Canada, Inverness East, Megantic County, Quebec, Rebecka was listed as unmarried, 24 years old, of Irish origin, born in Quebec, occupation: school teacher, religion: Methodist Canada. On the census she was living with her sister,  Catherine Gillis , and Agnes Kean, 16 years old. Rebecka's oldest sister Ellen was married to Robert Kean - it is possible that Agnes was Rebecka's niece. Rebecka married John Garvin, a merchant from Quebec, on 8/18/1881 at the Presbyterian Church (Inverness), witnessed by Benjamin C. Gillis. She and John resided in Montreal, Canada. Rae died 11/16/1934. MARRIAGE:  Ibid.; Marriages p 50; NOTE: "18/08/1881  GARVIN, John (merchant) Quebec              GILLIS, Rebecca  Inverness              Presbyterian Church (Inverness)              witness: Benjamin C. Gillis

  
  

• Sources

  [S92] . [S91] . [S112] . [S162] Ancestry Family Trees (Reliability: 3). http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=26120745&pid=1782920142 [S134] . [S2] . [S68] . [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