Edward
Gillanders
Born about in Ireland
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Son of James Gillanders
and Jane (Ross) Gillanders
Brother of
Robert Gillanders and James Gillanders
Husband of
Rachel (Holland) Gillanders
— married
16 Oct 1863 (to about 1885) in County Armagh, Ireland
Descendants 
Father of
James Gillanders, John Gillanders, Robert Ross Gillanders, Jane (Gillanders) Askew, Edward Gillanders, Margaret Gillanders and William Gillanders
Died
at about age 47
in Christchurch, New Zealand
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Biography
Edward Gillanders was born in 1838 in Ireland. [1][2] His parents were James Gillanders a farmer from Ballymacforbane and Jane Ross.
He married Rachel Hollandthe daughter of John Holland, a farmer from Drumhirk,County Monaghan ,Ireland on October 16, 1863 [3] They emigrated to New Zealand the same year.
They had seven children born in New Zealand.
- John Gillanders
- Robert Gillanders
- Margaret Gillanders
- William Gillanders
- Jane Gillanders
- Edward Gillanders
- James Gillanders
He passed away on May 07,1885 in Christchurch, New Zealand aged 47years[4]
Sources
- ↑ Estimated from NZ death record
- ↑ Estimated from age at death on headstone
- ↑ Irish Civil Records: Marriage of EDWARD GILLANDERS and RACHEL HOLLAND on 06 October 1863 Party 1 Name EDWARD GILLANDERS Party 2 Name RACHEL HOLLAND Date of Event 06 October 1863 Group Registration ID 3323274 SR District/Reg Area Armagh Image
- ↑ BMD Online :New Zealand Death Records 1885 Registration Number 2887 Family Name Gillanders Given Name(s)Edward Date of Birth/Age at Death 47Y
- Information based on Addington Cemetery headstone data
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Edward by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Edward:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Edward by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Edward:
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~3.12%
Sherri Gillanders
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M230143 [compare]
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~3.12%
Brad Thompson :
23andMe
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~3.12%
Larry Smith :
AncestryDNA
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Nichole (Rios) Sewell :
23andMe
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