Robert Gillis (1854 - 1930)

Born 15 Apr 1854 in Prince Edward Island, Canada

Ancestors

Died 1930 at about age 75 in Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Robert was born in 1854. He is the son of Alexander Gillis and Mary Ann Ellis.

Robert was not in the PEI Baptismal Index, but a Robert, age 25, was with the family in the 1881 census^[1], and was the son of Alexander and Mary Ann in the 1891 census.

The marriage was recorded in 1883 of Robert Gillis and Abbiana Currie in Grand River. ^[2]

In the 1890 Roman Catholic Census of Lot 11, Robert and Abigail (Currie) were living with their three children, James 6, John 4 (^[3], and George, 3. A year later, in the 1891 census, Robert Gillis, age 35, in Lot 11 was living with his wife Abbie and parents Alexander (61) and Mary Ann (58) and children James^[4], John, George and Mary.

The family emigrated to Middleton, Connecticut, where they were in the 1900 US census. Robert Gillis Head M 43 Canada; Abbie Gillis Wife F 36 Canada; James A Gillis Son M 18 Canada; John Gillis Son M 15 Canada; George Gillis Son M 13 Canada; Mary Gillis Daughter F 9 Canada (Elsie?);Annie L Gillis Daughter F 5 Canada; Blanche Gillis Daughter F 4 Connecticut^[5]

Abbie gave her status as married, although Robert was not in the household after 1900. In 1910, she had been married 28 years, and had had 12 children, of whom 7 were living. The youngest, Blanche (12), Ruth (8) and Frances (5) were born in Connecticutt.

There was a Robert Gillis, a patient born in Canada in an institution for the insane, Middleton, Connecticut, in the 1910 and 1920 US census.

She was Abbie, widow of Robert in a 1925 New Haven city directory at 26 Wheeler. He could be the Robert Gillis who died in 1922 in Connectcut.

ROBERT GILLIS 1922-07-21 MIDDLETOWN

Sources

1. ↑ "Canada Census, 1881," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVN7-9SN : 30 June 2017), Robert Gillis in household of Alexander Gillis, Lot 11, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada; citing p. 12; Library and Archives Canada film number C-13162, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 1,375,798.
2. ↑ "Prince Edward Island Marriage Registers, 1832-1888," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBJ-KGMV : 11 March 2015), Robert Gillis and Abbiana Currie, ; citing , Prince Edward Island, Canada, Public Archives, Charlottetown; FHL microfilm 1,630,095.
3. ↑ "Prince Edward Island Baptism Card Index, 1721-1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCX6-Q45 : 12 December 2014), Robert Gillis in entry for John Gillis, 18 Jul 1885; citing p. 12, volume 1, , Prince Edward Island, Public Archives, Charlottetown; FHL microfilm 1,487,756
4. ↑ James Alpheus, "Prince Edward Island Baptism Card Index, 1721-1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCX6-WSN : 12 December 2014), Robert Gillis in entry for James Alpheus Gillis, 26 Aug 1883; citing p. 19, volume 1, Grand River , Prince Edward Island, Public Archives, Charlottetown; FHL microfilm 1,487,756.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M97C-278 : accessed 9 October 2017), Robert Gillis, New Haven city Ward 15, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 401, sheet 2A, family 29, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,146.