Ebenezer Gillies

Brief Life History of Ebenezer

When Ebenezer Gillies was born on 16 November 1819, in Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, John Gillies, was 50 and his mother, Christina Gibb, was 31. He married Esther Whitaker on 12 March 1848, in Monkwearmouth, Durham, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Boxford, Suffolk, England in 1851 and Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 24 April 1883, in Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ebenezer Gillies
1819–1883
Ann Ward
1832–1901
Marriage: February 1853
Joseph Smith Gillies
1855–1912
Mary Ann Gillies
1857–1918
Ebenezer Gillies
1859–1944
Robert John Gillies
1861–1942
Margaret Christena Gillies
1862–1923
Duncan Moroni Gillies
1865–1945
Isabella Gillies
1867–1942
Sarah Jane Gillies
1869–1953
George Burton Gillies
1871–1950
James Ward Gillies
1872–1945

Sources (59)

  • Ebenezer Gillies in household of James Hunter, "Scotland Census, 1841"
  • Ebenezer Gillis, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
  • Ebenezer Gillies, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"

World Events (8)

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1820 · """The """"Radical War""""."""

The Scottish Insurrection was a week of strikes and unrest with demands for reform in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The economic downturn after the Napoleonic war ended, brought increasing unrest with the Artisan workers in Scotland, seeking action to reform the government. But the insurrection was largely forgotten about, as attention was focused on the better publicized Radical events in England.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Scottish Dugald, Alastair, Iain.

Scottish (western) and Irish (Wexford): variant of Gillis or McGillis .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Short Sketch Gillies' of Scotland

Our Gillies line comes from Scotland. Gillies is Gaelic meaning “Servant of Jesus”. EBENEZER GILLIES is our 2nd great. He was born in Blairlogie in 1819. His parents were JOHN GILLIES and CHRISTIA …

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