When Henry Milton Gilson was born on 20 March 1874, in Matilda Township, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada, his father, John Wesley Gilson, was 32 and his mother, Mahala Dillabough, was 31. He married Edith Maud Strader on 2 January 1901, in Morrisburg, South Dundas, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years and Iroquois, Matilda Township, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada in 1931. He died on 1 August 1950, at the age of 76, and was buried in Iroquois Point Cemetery, Iroquois, Matilda Township, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada.
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English: ‘son of Gill’, from a Middle English pet form of either the female name Gillian (Latin Juliana), or of the male names Gilliam, a variant of William, and Giles. + -son. See Gill .
English: patronymic meaning ‘son of Giles’, from the personal name Giles + -son.
Irish (Down): adopted for Mac Giolla Seanáin, see Gilsenan .
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