Born in Prince Edward Island, Canada
Daughter of Alexander Gillis
and Ann Macswain
Sister of
Donald Gillis, John Gillis, Isabella Ann (Gillis) Mcpherson, Hugh A. Gillis, Mary Gillis, Margaret (Gillis) Taylor and James Alexander Gillis
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 68
in Knutsford, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 16 May 2018
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Biography
Mary was born in 1864. She was the daughter of Alexander Gillis and Ann Macswain.[1] She passed away in 1933. [2]
Mary Ann Gillis and George Yeo, from Lot 16, were married in 1885. [3]
On the 1891 census, Mary Ann said that both of her parents were born in Scotland. She and George had 3 daughters. The family had expanded to 3 girls and 2 boys by 1901. Their youngest daughter Jennie was born in 1902.[4]
The sympathy of this community is extended to the family of the late Mrs. George Yeo of Knutsford, who passed to the Great Beyond on Jan. 28th. A life long resident of Knutsford she was loved and honoured by a large circle of relatives and friends.[5]
Sources
- ↑ Year: 1881; Census Place: Lot 7, Prince, Prince Edward Island; Roll: C_13162; Page: 40; Family No: 146; Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1881 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.
- ↑ Photograph of gravestone of George Yeo and his wife Mary Ann Gillis, Knutsford Methodist/United Church Cemetery Lot 8, on PEI Ancestry website
- ↑ PEI PARO Collections Database, RG19/s3/ss5: Marriage bonds, 1885
- ↑ Year: 1911; Census Place: 14 - Lot 8, Prince, Prince Edward Island; Page: 3; Family No: 24; Ancestry.com. 1911 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
- ↑ Charlottetown Guardian Thursday February 9, 1933 pg 6
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
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~6.25%
~6.25%
Iva Macmillan 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A187684 [compare], Ancestry member Griff_phol
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Philip Griffin :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch a595314 [compare], Ancestry member pgriffin61
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