Margaret (MacArthur) Gillis (abt. 1818 - 1907)

Born about 1818 in Lot 12, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Ancestors

Wife of John Gillis — married 1 Apr 1841 in Prince Edward Island

Descendants

Died 11 Oct 1907 at about age 89 in Prince Edward Island

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Biography

Margaret was born about 1818. She was the daughter of Malcolm MacArthur and Ann MacDougall.

Margaret was born in Bideford, Lot 12, on the Island between 1817-1821, according to census records. Her father, from her obituary, was Malcolm McArthur. She was a sister of Effie McArthur Dyment.

She married John Gillis on April 1, 1841, in the Church of England in St. Eleanors. Witnesses were Hugh McArthur and Agnes Ellis.^[1]

The family, in the 1861 census, had 1 boy and 2 girls under 5; 2 boys and 2 girls between 6-15, 1 boy between 16-21 and a married couple in the 21-45 age category. They were in Lot 13. All 10 members of the household were Roman Catholic, and all were born on the Island.

In the 1881 census, John (64) and Margaret (63) were living in a household with Elizabeth (32), Catherine (23), George (21), daughter Mary Cody (26), and Mary's two children - Lawrence and Catherine Cody. There was also an Alexander, age 12, who was too young to be a son of John and Margaret's. He could have been a grandson, or an adopted son.^[2]

John died in 1890. Margaret went to live with her daughter Ann, Mrs. James Yeo.

When she died on October 11 at the age of 90, her obituary listed the following surviving children: John in Elizabeth Port, N.H.; Alexander, Perth Amboy, (manager of the Ramsay Dry Dock); George in Tottenville, N.H.; Michel in Ellerslie; Mrs. Jas. Yeo, Harmony, Lot 13; Mrs. Mary Cody, New Haven; Catherine Ellen, Mrs. Ruben Chase, Hyannis, Mass.; Christy Ann, Mrs. Penrose Ellis, Port Hill.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "Prince Edward Island Marriage Registers, 1832-1888," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBJ-KFY8 : 11 March 2018), John Gillies and Margaret McArthur, 01 Apr 1841; citing , Prince Edward Island, Canada, Public Archives, Charlottetown; FHL microfilm 1,630,091.
2. ↑ "Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVN7-WJY : 20 May 2019), Margaret Gillis in household of John Gillis, Lot 13, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing John Gillis, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
3. ↑ Summerside Journal 1907, accessed through PEI Ancestry

• "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3N48-HZC : accessed 26 December 2018), entry for Margaret MacArthur, cites sources; "Rogers" file (2:2:2:MM6H-YVC), submitted 24 February 2018 by ChadRogersCA [identity withheld for privacy].