John
Cameron
Gillis
Born in Mabou, Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada
Ancestors 
Son of John (Gillies) Gillis
and Christiana (Cameron) Gillis
Brother of
Margaret Emily (Gillis) Clark, Mary Ann (Gillis) Clark, Isaac W Gillis, Martha C (Gillis) Kierstead, Christine Isabelle (Gillis) Campbell, Annie (Gillis) Gallagher, James Percival Gillis [half] and Ida or Iola Gillis [half]
Husband of
Emma Preston
— married
[date unknown] (to before 1889) [location unknown]
Husband of
Blanche Bessie (Graves) Wilmot
— married
20 May 1896 (to 1902) in Moncton, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada
Descendants 
Father of
George Albert Gillis, Fraser Cameron Gillis, J. Eastburn Gillis, Elizabeth Gillis, Ethel Bernice (Gillis) Wood, Vera Fostella (Gillis) Steeves and Frederick John Gillis
Died
at about age 57
in Moncton, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada
Profile last modified
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Biography
John was born in 1845, son of John Gillis and Christina Cameron of Mabou.
John’s first marriage produced four children, two of whom survived to adulthood, Fraser and Elizabeth. His first wife died. some years later, his second marriage[1] produced three children.
Employed as a mould maker at the Record Foundry in Moncton, he was also a valued member of the Moncton Fire Department. He made headlines for his daring exploits and the men in No. 2 Brigade thought highly of him. By the time of his death at age 57, John Gillis was a well-known and respected figure in Moncton. In the 1902 Annual Report of the Moncton Fire Department, Chief George Ackman commented on the death of his Deputy Chief. The loss of Gillis, he said, “left a vacant spot in the department and in the hearts of the men.” The chief described him as:
- a prominent member of No. 2 Hose Company, he was ever foremost in his duty, and was one of the oldest firemen in the city. Of an honourable, kindly, generous and sympathetic nature, John had lots of friends who realize that his death meant the taking away of a genuine friend.[2]
He passed away in 1902.[3]
Sources
- ↑ Second marriage: https://archives.gnb.ca/Search/VISSE/141B7.aspx?culture=en-CA&guid=8bd82226-e9f1-4e0d-b198-7e1ac9cc3b45
- ↑ Quoted by Pamela McCaughey in Not for Glory: A History of the Moncton Fire Department 1995, p. 56b.
- ↑ Death: https://archives.gnb.ca/Search/VISSE/141C4.aspx?culture=en-CA&guid=E6795AE0-08A2-4B43-AB3C-AE26AA447F80
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b) John Gillies: Who can identify the parents of John Gillies of Port Hastings, Mabou and Moncton, New Brunswick? According to records, he was born in Scotland about 1820 and died in Moncton in 1884. He first married Christina Cameron, (parentage and birth date not known) who died in Moncton ca. 1865. Subsequently, in 1869, he married Caroline Morse of Moncton, New Brunswick. John and Christina Gillies are found in Port Hastings records in 1841 when their first child, Margaret Emily, was born and in Mabou by 1848 when their son John Cameron Gillies was born. All of his children by Caroline Morse were born in Moncton, New Brunswick. John Gillies worked as a blacksmith and foreman at a local foundry in Moncton for many years as well as having served as Deputy Chief of the Fire Department of Moncton.
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1871 Moncton Census: https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1871&op=&img&id=4396595_00504
"Canada, New Brunswick Provincial Marriages 1789-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBF-K7LD : 20 February 2021), John Gillies and Caroline Morse, 05 Mar 1869; citing , , New Brunswick, Canada, p. 379, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Fredericton; FHL microfilm 846,410.
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