Joseph Albert Gill (1862 - 1943)

Born 10 Dec 1862 in Barnston, Coaticook, Quebec, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Susan Alice Laura Lee (Jones) Gill — married 13 Dec 1888 in Coaticook, Quebec, Canada

Descendants

Died 21 Jul 1943 at age 80 in Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Birth

Joseph Albert Gill was born the 10th of December 1862 in Barnston, Quebec, Canada. He was the son of George Gill (1824-1911) and Mary (Mayhew) Gill (1839-1920).

Marriage

On the 13th of December 1888 in Coaticook, Quebec, Joseph married Susan Alice Laura Lee (Jones) Gill (1869-1905) (Alice), born in September 1869 in California, daughter of William Jones of England. They had two children:

1. Jesse Brethart Gill (1892-1979).
2. Gardner George Gill (1894-1981).^[1][2]

In the 1900 US census, he was living with his wife Alice of 11 years, son Jesse and son Gardner. They immigrated in 1893 and he was working as a Carpenter.^[3]

He petitioned to become a naturalized US citizen on October 13, 1902.^[4] Alice passed away the 19th of April 1905 at the age of thirty-five.^[5]

In the 1910 US census, he was widowed, still living in Lowell, Massachusetts with his 18yrs old son Jesse.^[6]

Death

Joseph passed away the 21st of July 1943 in Lowell, Massachusetts at the age of eighty.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, database, FamilySearch (FamilySearch link: 11 March 2018), Joseph Gill in entry for Gardner George Gill, 11 Feb 1894; citing , item 1 p 129; FHL microfilm 2,257,032.
2. ↑ Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920, database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch link: 13 March 2018), Joseph A Gill in entry for Gardner George Gill and Ethel May Smith, 1919.
3. ↑ United States Census, 1900, database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch link: accessed 1 May 2018), Joseph A Gill, Lowell city Ward 8, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 818, sheet 9A, family 169, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,661.
4. ↑ United States, New England Petitions for Naturalization Index, 1791-1906, database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch link: 11 March 2018), Joseph Albert Gill, 1902; citing Massachusetts, NARA microfilm publication M1299 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 71; FHL microfilm 1,429,741.
5. ↑ Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch link: 11 March 2018), Joseph A. Gill in entry for Alice L. Jones Gill, 19 Apr 1905; citing Lowell, Massachusetts, v 57 cn 62, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,070,884.
6. ↑ United States Census, 1910, database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch link: accessed 1 May 2018), Joseph A Gill, Lowell Ward 8, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 872, sheet 6A, family 150, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 601; FHL microfilm 1,374,614.
7. ↑ BillionGraves Index, database, FamilySearch (FamilySearch link: 24 June 2015), JOSEPH A. GILL, died 21 Jul 1943; citing BillionGraves (link: 2012), Burial at Edson Cemetery, Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

• Canada Census, 1871, database, FamilySearch (FamilySearch link: 9 March 2018), Joseph Gill in household of Mary Gill, Barnston, Stanstead, Quebec, Canada; citing p. 50, line 5; Library and Archives Canada film number C-10090, Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,229,052.
• Canada Census, 1881, database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch link: 11 March 2018), Barnston, Stanstead, Quebec, Canada; citing p. 21; Library and Archives Canada film number C-13199, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 1,375,835.