James Rodgers Gillies

Male 1843 - 1925  (82 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  James Rodgers Gillies was born on 31 Jan 1843 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (son of George Gillies, Sr. and Mary Rodger); died on 16 Nov 1925 in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Albert Street Cemetery, Arnprior, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.

    Family/Spouse: Martha Jane Courtney. Martha was born on 27 Jan 1849; died on 25 Sep 1933; was buried in Albert Street Cemetery, Arnprior, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. George W. Gillies was born in 1880; died in 1933.
    2. Bernard James Gillies was born in 1889; died in 1967.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  George Gillies, Sr. was born on 6 Nov 1814 in Kilsyth Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland; was christened on 20 Nov 1814 in Kilsyth Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland (son of James Gillies and Helen Stark); died on 6 Mar 1888 in Braeside, McNab Township, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Middleville, Lanark Highlands, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

    George married Mary Rodger in 1842. Mary (daughter of James Rodger and Isabella Lunam) was born on 13 Nov 1825 in Edinburgh Parish, Midlothian (Edinburghshire), Scotland; died on 10 Mar 1888 in Braeside, McNab Township, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Middleville, Lanark Highlands, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary Rodger was born on 13 Nov 1825 in Edinburgh Parish, Midlothian (Edinburghshire), Scotland (daughter of James Rodger and Isabella Lunam); died on 10 Mar 1888 in Braeside, McNab Township, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Middleville, Lanark Highlands, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    Children:
    1. 1. James Rodgers Gillies was born on 31 Jan 1843 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 16 Nov 1925 in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Albert Street Cemetery, Arnprior, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Isabella Gillies was born about 1844 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 3 Dec 1925 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Middleville, Lanark Highlands, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Helen Stark Gillies was born on 9 Mar 1847; died on 11 May 1919; was buried in Gillies Family Cemetery, Braeside, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Mary Gillies was born on 24 Dec 1848 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died in 1955 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Albert Street Cemetery, Arnprior, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Christina Gillies was born on 13 Apr 1851 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 7 Mar 1935 in Braeside, McNab Township, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Albert Street Cemetery, Arnprior, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.
    6. John Gillies was born in 1853; died in 1925.
    7. George Gillies was born on 11 Jun 1853 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 21 Jun 1887 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Middleville, Lanark Highlands, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Henry "Harry" Gillies was born on 6 Jul 1859 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 29 Jun 1941 in Ottawa, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Albert Street Cemetery, Arnprior, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Margaret Gillies was born in 1859; died in 1886.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  James Gillies was born on 21 Mar 1766 in Greenhouse, Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, Scotland; was christened on 28 Mar 1766 in Kilsyth Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland (son of George Gillies and Janet Nisbeth); died on 26 Nov 1851 in Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Middleville Pioneer Cemetery, Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

    James married Helen Stark on 10 Jan 1799 in Kilsyth Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland. Helen (daughter of John Stark and Elizabeth Livingston) was born on 1 Feb 1779 in Kilsyth Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland; died on 27 Nov 1856 in Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Middleville Pioneer Cemetery, Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Helen Stark was born on 1 Feb 1779 in Kilsyth Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland (daughter of John Stark and Elizabeth Livingston); died on 27 Nov 1856 in Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Middleville Pioneer Cemetery, Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Gillies was born on 16 Aug 1799 in Kilsyth Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland; was christened on 28 Aug 1799 in Kilsyth Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland; died on 21 May 1856; was buried in Cimetiere West Templeton, Gatineau, Outaouais Region, Quebec, Canada.
    2. Janet Gillies was born on 7 Oct 1800 in Kilsyth Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland; was christened on 16 Oct 1800 in Kilsyth Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland; died on 5 Jun 1851; was buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Wheaton, DuPage County, Illinois, United States.
    3. George Gillies was born in 1802 in Kilsyth Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland; was christened on 17 Jun 1802 in Kilsyth Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland; and died.
    4. Ann Gillies was born in 1804; was christened on 29 Jul 1804 in Kilsyth Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland; and died.
    5. Christian Gillies was born in 1808 in Kilsyth Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland; was christened on 4 Dec 1808 in Kilsyth Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland; and died.
    6. John Gillies was born on 2 Apr 1811 in Bonton, Kilsyth Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland; was christened on 27 Oct 1811 in Kilsyth Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland; died on 11 Aug 1888 in Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in United Cemeteries (Maplewood-St. Fillians-Pine Grove), Beckwith Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    7. 2. George Gillies, Sr. was born on 6 Nov 1814 in Kilsyth Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland; was christened on 20 Nov 1814 in Kilsyth Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland; died on 6 Mar 1888 in Braeside, McNab Township, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Middleville, Lanark Highlands, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Helen Gillies was born on 28 Jan 1818 in Kilsyth Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland; was christened on 15 Feb 1818 in Kilsyth Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland; died on 4 Mar 1878 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Isobel Gillies was born on 8 May 1820 in Kilsyth Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland; was christened on 4 Jun 1820 in Kilsyth Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland; died on 16 Feb 1875 in Beckwith Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in United Cemeteries (Maplewood-St. Fillians-Pine Grove), Beckwith Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    10. Christian Gillies was born on 22 Jul 1822 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 27 May 1850 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Old Burying Ground / Pioneer Cemetery, Craig Street, Perth, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 6.  James Rodger was born on 23 Nov 1790 in Falkland, Fife, Scotland; was christened on 2 Dec 1790 in Anstruther-Easter, Fife, Scotland (son of James Rodger and Mary Bartram); died on 18 Jul 1881 in Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

    James married Isabella Lunam on 2 Jun 1815 in Innerwich, East Lothanian, Scotland. Isabella (daughter of Thomas Lunham and Margaret Ainslie) was born on 25 May 1791 in Scotland; was christened on 25 May 1791 in Berwickshire, Scotland; died on 15 Dec 1872 in Toronto (York), Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Isabella Lunam was born on 25 May 1791 in Scotland; was christened on 25 May 1791 in Berwickshire, Scotland (daughter of Thomas Lunham and Margaret Ainslie); died on 15 Dec 1872 in Toronto (York), Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    Children:
    1. Jean Rodger was born on 3 Apr 1816 in Edinburgh Parish, Midlothian (Edinburghshire), Scotland; died on 20 Dec 1897 in Cadillac, Wexford County, Michigan, United States.
    2. Margaret Rodger was born on 6 Jun 1818 in Innerwich, East Lothanian, Scotland; was christened on 21 Jun 1818 in Innerwich, East Lothanian, Scotland; died on 5 Mar 1857 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    3. John Rodger was born in 1820 in Innerwich, East Lothanian, Scotland; was christened on 12 Apr 1820 in Innerwick, East Lothian, Scotland; died on 25 Jul 1886 in Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Henry Rodger was born on 12 Aug 1822 in Dunbar Parish, East Lothian (Haddingtonshire), Scotland; died on 16 Dec 1887 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Rosetta Cemetery, Rosetta, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Charles McNairn Ramsbottom was born in 1873; died in 1938.
    6. Sophia Rodger was born in 1824 in Kinghorn Parish, West Bridge, Fife, Scotland; and died.
    7. 3. Mary Rodger was born on 13 Nov 1825 in Edinburgh Parish, Midlothian (Edinburghshire), Scotland; died on 10 Mar 1888 in Braeside, McNab Township, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Middleville, Lanark Highlands, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Catherine Rodger was born in 1828 in Kinghorn Parish, West Bridge, Fife, Scotland; and died.
    9. William Rodger was born in 1828 in Edinburgh Parish, Midlothian (Edinburghshire), Scotland; died on 15 Mar 1902 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    10. James Rodger was born in 1829 in Saint Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; was christened on 2 Jul 1829 in Saint Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; died in 1912.
    11. David Lunan Rodger was born on 15 Sep 1834 in Edinburgh Parish, Midlothian (Edinburghshire), Scotland; was christened on 26 Oct 1834 in Saint Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; died on 3 Apr 1902 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  George Gillies was born on 18 Jun 1737 in Stirling Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland; died on 4 Feb 1817.

    George married Janet Nisbeth on 2 Jul 1762 in Scotland. Janet was born in 1743 in Kilsyth Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland; died on 23 Feb 1809. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Janet Nisbeth was born in 1743 in Kilsyth Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland; died on 23 Feb 1809.
    Children:
    1. John Gillies was born in 1763 in Kilsyth Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland; was christened on 17 Dec 1763 in Kilsyth Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland; and died.
    2. 4. James Gillies was born on 21 Mar 1766 in Greenhouse, Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, Scotland; was christened on 28 Mar 1766 in Kilsyth Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland; died on 26 Nov 1851 in Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Middleville Pioneer Cemetery, Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Christian Gillies was born in 1769 in Kilsyth Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland; was christened on 17 Feb 1769 in Kilsyth Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland; and died.
    4. Isobel Gillies was born in 1771 in Kilsyth Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland; was christened on 31 Oct 1771 in Kilsyth Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland; and died.
    5. Janet Gillies was born in 1776 in Kilsyth Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland; was christened on 30 Apr 1776 in Kilsyth Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland; and died.

  3. 10.  John Stark was born in 1740; and died.

    John married Elizabeth Livingston. Elizabeth was born in 1747; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Elizabeth Livingston was born in 1747; and died.
    Children:
    1. 5. Helen Stark was born on 1 Feb 1779 in Kilsyth Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland; died on 27 Nov 1856 in Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Middleville Pioneer Cemetery, Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

  5. 12.  James Rodger was born in 1756; and died.

    James married Mary Bartram. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Mary Bartram
    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Rodger was born in 1782; died in 1835.
    2. David Rodger was born in 1784; died in 1836.
    3. Ann Rodger was born in 1784; died in 1823.
    4. Andrew Rodger
    5. 6. James Rodger was born on 23 Nov 1790 in Falkland, Fife, Scotland; was christened on 2 Dec 1790 in Anstruther-Easter, Fife, Scotland; died on 18 Jul 1881 in Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

  7. 14.  Thomas Lunham was born on 11 Aug 1769 in Kent, England; was christened on 11 Aug 1769 in Presbyterian, Rochester, Kent, England (son of Thomas Lunham and Grisel MacDonald); died on 12 Dec 1837 in Swinton, Berwickshire, Scotland; was buried in 1839 in Chirnside Kirk, Channelkirk, Berwickshire, Scotland.

    Thomas married Margaret Ainslie on 27 Oct 1793 in Gordon, Berwickshire, Scotland. Margaret (daughter of Alexander Ainslie and Margaret Elliott) was born on 28 Dec 1763 in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland; was christened on 1 Jan 1764 in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland; died on 1 Mar 1827 in Fogo, Berwickshire, Scotland; was buried in 1827 in Chirnside Kirk, Channelkirk, Berwickshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  Margaret Ainslie was born on 28 Dec 1763 in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland; was christened on 1 Jan 1764 in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland (daughter of Alexander Ainslie and Margaret Elliott); died on 1 Mar 1827 in Fogo, Berwickshire, Scotland; was buried in 1827 in Chirnside Kirk, Channelkirk, Berwickshire, Scotland.
    Children:
    1. 7. Isabella Lunam was born on 25 May 1791 in Scotland; was christened on 25 May 1791 in Berwickshire, Scotland; died on 15 Dec 1872 in Toronto (York), Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Robena Lunham was born in 1795 in Berwickshire, Scotland; died on 11 Jan 1873 in Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Middleville, Lanark Highlands, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Thomas A. Lunham was born on 25 Jan 1800 in Scotland; and died.
    4. Alexander "Sandy" Lunham was born in 1802; died in Mar 1887 in Cork, County Cork, Ireland.
    5. James Lunham was born on 7 Dec 1804 in Berwickshire, Scotland; was christened on 19 Dec 1804 in Swinton and Simprin, Berwickshire, Scotland; and died.
    6. Robert Ainslie Lunham was born on 7 Dec 1804 in Berwickshire, Scotland; was christened on 19 Dec 1804 in Swinton and Simprin, Berwickshire, Scotland; died on 14 Jan 1892 in Tralee, County Cork, Ireland.
    7. William Lunham was born on 29 Jun 1806 in Berwickshire, Scotland; died in Oct 1806 in Swinton and Simprin, Berwickshire, Scotland; was buried in Chirnside Kirk, Channelkirk, Berwickshire, Scotland.
    8. Janet Lunham was born on 30 Jun 1809 in Berwickshire, Scotland; was christened on 18 Jul 1809 in Swinton and Simprin, Berwickshire, Scotland; and died.
    9. William Lunham was born on 8 Aug 1811 in Berwickshire, Scotland; and died.
    10. Margaret Lunham was born on 18 Aug 1814 in Swinton and Simprin, Berwickshire, Scotland; was christened on 9 Sep 1814 in Swinton and Simprin, Berwickshire, Scotland; and died.
    11. Mary Lunham was born on 26 Oct 1818 in Berwickshire, Scotland; was christened in Swinton and Simprin, Berwickshire, Scotland; and died.




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