Bantjes, Rod, “Gillis_Family.html,” in Eigg Mountain Settlement History, last modified, 29 March 2024 (http://people.stfx.ca/rbantjes/gis/txt/Gillis_Family.html).
Gillis Family: Arisaig (Eigg Mountain Settlement History)
(See update by Joe MacDonald)
Index of first and second generations:
John (Ban) (Pioneer)
John [of John] (Red)
Donald [of John]
Angus [of John]
Alexander [of John]
Allan
Mary
Catherine
Donald (brother of John Ban)
Alexander [of Donald]
Hughie (Fettle’s grandfather)
John (Ban) Gillis (b.1768?? –1788-1791-) married Flora McEachern (Rankin, 142) (lived in Arisaig, not Eigg)
John (Red) Gillis, (1782-d.1886) late pioneer married Christie McDonald (Loddy) (lot 272)
John (Og) Gillis (…1936…) [John A. of 1908 (McAlpine Publishing)?], married Janet McDonald
Colin Gillis (b.1844-1893-)??? married Mary (if they are #49 on 1891 census)
John Gillis (b.1877 – 1891-)
Ranald Gillis (b.1879 – 1891-)
Lauchlan [C.J.J] Gillis (b.1881 – 1891-)
Lewis Gillis (b.1883 – 1891-)
Catherine Gillis (b.1877 – 1891-)
Mary Gillis (b.1884 – 1891-)(b.1844)???
Colin Gillis married Margaret Campbell
Catherine Gillis married D. D. MacGillivary
Mary Gillis married in Seattle
John Gillis away
Lauchlan Gillis away
Ronald Gillis away
Ronald L. Gillis away
Alex Gillis a shoemaker in Trenton married with family
James Gillis died young
Flora Gillis married Alex MacDonald (Retland)
Sarah Gillis married John McNeil
Kate Gillis married Angus MacDonald (Rory)
Donald Gillis, married Catherine McDonald, moved to Prince Edward Island
John (Ban) Gillis (see above)
John (Red) Gillis, (see above)
Lauchlan [J.J.] Gillis (grants maps, 1859) (a Lauchlan listed in 1838) [on lands granted to John Red so probably another son] married Mary Gillis (granted land on Eigg)
John Gillis married Margaret MacVarish
Colin F. Gillis married Sarah McDonald, no issue
Dan J. Gillis married Kate O. Sullivan
Dan Gillis
John Gillis
Margaret Gillis
Catherine Gillis
Kenny Gillis
Colin Gillis
David Gillis
Fred Gillis
Leo Lauchlan Gillis married Maude Fleet
Joe Gillis
Margaret Gillis
Neil Gillis
Angus Neil Gillis married Bridget MacIvors
John Gillis
Mary Gillis
Kathleen Gillis
Robert Gillis
Bernard Gillis
Mary Ann Gillis died young
Leo Gillis died young
Colin Gillis married in USA
Donald Gillis married Miss McDonald
Lauchlan Gillis away
Kate Gillis married to Ronald MacIsaac
Mary Gillis married to John MacLeod Christy Gillis
John (Ban) Gillis (see above)
John (Red) Gillis, (see above)
Angus Gillis married Elizabeth McDonald (Lot 568)
Colin Gillis, married in the USA
Alex D. Gillis, married to Miss Bentley, New Glasgow (Lot 568)
Flora Gillis married Duncan MacEachern, Boston
Kate Gillis a religious
x Gillis married to Mr. McGlynn
another daughter, not married
Colin Gillis, not married
Alex Gillis (b.1822 – 1901) married to Kate MacDougall (b.1828 – 1901-) ) (Lot 272)
John Gillis (b.1861 – 1901- ) (Lot 272)
Dan A. Gillis
Mary Gillis (b.1867 – 1891 - ) married John D. MacLeod, Knoydart
Ann Gillis married Duncan McDonald, Bailey's Brook
Catherine Gillis married Angus J. Gillis, Cape George
another daughter, died
Donald Gillis (was drowned at Arisaig), married Mary MacPherson
Kate Gillis married Donald MacDonald, Double Hill
two other daughters
John (Ban) Gillis (see above)
Angus Gillis married Sarah McDonald
Stephen Gillis (b.1835 – 1901-) married Catherine McDonald (b.-d. by 1891)
Dan S. Gillis married an American in Kansas City
J. John Gillis, Kansas City
Vincent Gillis (V. Daniel? b.1879 –1901-) died not married
Lauchlan Gillis (b.1874 –1901-) married Mary McDonnell
two sons one dead
one daughter
John Gillis not married died
Angus Gillis (b.1870 –1901-)
William Gillis not married died (b.1875 –1901-)
Sarah Gillis married to William McPherson
Mary Gillis married Angus H. Quarry
Marg Gillis (b.1876 –1901-)
Donald Gillis married Marcella McDonald
Angus Gillis not married
Lillian Gillis married to Matthias Hanrahan
Kate Gillis married to Duncan McDonald, Harborview, Inverness
Flora Gillis married to McDonald, Port Hood
Mary Gillis
Lauchlan Gillis, [son of Donald according to Rankin (143), unclear how this and the following would make sense …perhaps son of Angus?] not married, followed the sea
John Gillis not married in the United States
Mary Gillis married Angus MacPherson, Maryvale, lives in Pictou
Flora Gillis married Ronald McDonald, Port Hood
Ann Gillis married Charles MacGillivary, West River
Margaret Gillis married Ronald McDonald (Dougald Mor), Malignant Cove
Elizabeth Gillis married Charles McDonald, Port Hood
John (Ban) Gillis (see above)
Lauchlan Gillis (Rankin, 26) (Lot
Alexander Gillis married Mary Smith
a girl who died young
Lauchlan Gillis not married
John Gillis married Margaret MacDonald
Donald Gillis married Ann Grant
one boy won girls both dead
Donald Gillis remarried to Isabel MacDonald
Alex A. Gillis
Colin Gillis
Catherine Gillis married Dan J. MacDougall, Cape Breton
Ann Gillis married Dan R. MacGillivary, Dunmaglass
Margaret Gillis married
Alex Gillis married is a traveling salesman
Mary Gillis married Hugh MacDonald
Margaret Gillis married Donald Ross
Ann Gillis married Hugh MacGillivary
Flora Gillis married Donald MacDonald
Isabelle Gillis married Alex MacEachern, Georgeville
Elizabeth Gillis married Ronald McKinnon, Dunmaglass
Reverend J. J. McKinnon parish priest New Glasgow
John (Ban) Gillis (see above)
Alan Gillis married Elizabeth McDonald, lived at Pleasant Valley
William Gillis married ? Cameron
John Gillis married first Miss McDonald
John Gillis remarried Christina McDonald
Lauchlan Gillis, married four times
Donald Gillis married Kate Cameron
Angus Gillis also married
Stephen Gillis married Miss Doherty Bridgeport Cape Breton
Ann Gillis married Donald MacDonald, Bailey's Brook
Flora Gillis married Donald MacDonald, Georgeville
Christy Gillis married Angus McDonald
Mary Gillis married Alex MacDonald(Loddy)
Catherine Gillis married first Duncan MacGillivray
Catherine Gillis remarried John Smith
Donald Gillis (brother of John Ban), settled to the east of John's place. Married Christie McDonald widow of John Smith
Alex Gillis married a Miss Gillis
William Gillis married Margaret MacDonald widow of John Gillis
John Gillis married first MacInnis
John Gillis remarried Margaret McDonald
Donald Gillis married Ann McKinnon
Dougald Mackay Gillis died in Truro
Mary Ann Gillis married Donald MacDonald, Kirk
Hugh Gillis not married, stonecutter
Lauchlan Gillis (b.1880 – 1901-) [ie #238?] not married
Alex Gillis not married
Sarah Gillis married Alex Chisholm, Merigomish
Ann Gillis married to John MacDonald (Loddy)
Flora Gillis married Alex McPherson North Grant
Mary Gillis married Allan Donald Cape Breton
Peter Gillis (b. –1797-1868-), Born in Scotland came to America early in the 19th century settled at Doctors Brook married Miss MacDonald
Angus Gillis married Catherine McDonald moved to Prince Edward Island
Lauchlan Gillis (b.1801-1858-) married Anne Kieley
Angus Gillis married first Ann MacGillivary
Alex Gillis married, in NewGlasgow
Lauchlan Gillis not married lives in Purl Brook
Ann Gillis married Angus McDonald Purl Brook
Angus Gillis remarried a lady from Halifax
Donald Gillis married Kate Grant
Lauchlan Gillis in Boston
John Gillis married in Boston
Willie Gillis died while a student in Winnipeg
Joe Gillis married to Catherine McDonald Doctors Brook
Dan Gillis not married in Boston
Dougald Gillis not married in southern United States
Marianne Gillis out West
Catherine Gillis married John Turelly, Boston
Betsy Gillis Cambridge, Massachusetts
John Gillis not married died
Peter Gillis married a lady from Cape Breton
John A Gillis a student at St. Francis Xavier
Mary Gillis married Michael MacGillivary, Dunmaglass
Ann Gillis married Charles Gillis, Pleasant Valley
William Gillis (b.1850 – 1901-) married Sarah MacQuarrie (b.1860 – 1901-) Eigg Mountain
John Gillis died
Bessy Gillis died young
Sarah Gillis , (b.1889 – 1901-) died young
Flora Bell Gillis , (b.1891 – 1901-) married Ronald A. McDonald, Arisaig
Mary Gillis , (b.1881 – 1901-) married Colin J. McDonald McCara’s Brook
Mary Ann Gillis, (b.1894 – 1901-) nun Halifax
Duncan Gillis married Catherine McDonald lived in Inverness County
John Gillis married Miss McDonald lived in Inverness County
Catherine Gillis married Donald MacDonald take Mountain
Sarah Gillis not married
Ann Gillis not married
Hughie (Ewan Mor) Gillis (settler from PEI) (b. 1797??- …1859…) married Margaret McDonald, daughter of Alex (Lot 011)
[3 sons and 7 daughters according to 1838]
Peter Gillis (b. 1833) married Henrietta “Effy” MacLellan (b. 1840-d. May 10, 1876) married August 30, 1866 (Lot 011)
Duncan Gillis (b. 1868) not married
Archie Gillis (b. January 7, 1869) died young
Ronald Gillis (b. June 25, 1870) died young
Hugh Gillis (b. August 17, 1873) married Miss McLean lives in Los Angeles
William Peter Big Hughie Gillis (Fettle, b.1875-1958) (Lot 011)
Catherine Gillis not married
Duncan Gillis not married went away young
Ronald Gillis not married
Elizabeth Gillis married in Cape Breton
Mary Gillis died not married
Catherine Gillis married in Margaree
Christy Gillis married in Margaree
Margaret Gillis married in Prince Edward Island
Dan Gillis (grants maps, 1859) (~1838) [occupies the land of Angus (below). Could he be Angus’s father?]
Angus Gillis (~1908) [2 Angus Gillis’s listed in 1838; one with 2 small children; one with 8 children]
Colin Gillis (~1908)
Angus Gillis (east of the Trunk Road …how is he related the others?] (~1908) [2 Angus Gillis’s listed in 1838; one with 2 small children; one with 8 children]
Lauchlan Gillis (grants maps, 1859 ..at the eastern end of the mountain down Doctor’s Brook. Different from the above Lauchlan Gillis) (a Lauchlan listed in 1838)
William Gillis (granted land on the western end of the brow of the mountain) (~1838)
G. P. Gillis (on Church map near the William Gillis grant – a son? The P. might actually be a T.) (~1838 …)
McAlpine Publishing. McAlpine's Nova Scotia Directory 1907-08. Halifax: McAlpine Publishing Company, 1908.
Rankin, Duncan Joseph. A History of the County of Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Toronto: Macmillan Co. of Canada, 1929.