Susan Jane (Laity) Gillis (1870 - 1942)

Born 1870 in Perranuthnoe, Cornwall, England

Ancestors

Wife of John Gillis — married 15 Jun 1892 in Ludgvan Cornwall England UK

Died 1942 at about age 72 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Susan was born in 1870. She was the daughter of James Laity and Susan Jane Pearce. ^[1]

She married John Gillis in 1892. ^{[2] [3]}

They emigrated to the U.S. before 1920 and settled in Connecticut. ^[4]

Susan passed away in 1942. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ LAITY, SUSAN JANE, mother's maiden name PEARCE. GRO Reference: 1870 S Quarter in PENZANCE Volume 05C Page 284
2. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NF2X-57T : 11 March 2020), Susan Jane Laity in entry for John Gillis, 1892.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSHZ-58V : 21 May 2019), Susan Jane Gillis in household of John Gillis, Ludgvan, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Uny Lelant subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K711-ZY5 : 29 March 2021), Susan Jane Gillis in household of John Gillis, Ward 1, Waterbury, Waterbury Town, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 5-178, sheet 9B, line 62, family 194, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 519.
5. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24M-PNB7 : 22 July 2020), Susan Jane Laity Gillis, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.