Name |
John Gillies |
Birth |
2 Apr 1811 |
Bonton, Kilsyth Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland |
Christening |
27 Oct 1811 |
Kilsyth Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland [1] |
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JAMES GILLIES/HELEN STARK FR1365 (FR1365)
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Gender |
Male |
FindaGrave Memorial ID |
187302061 |
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Immigration-Witness |
1821 |
Lanark County, Ontario, Canada |
Unassisted settler; David of London |
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Land & Property |
1832 |
Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada |
Lanark, Concession 3 Lot 9E - his own land allotment on the Clyde River |
Land & Property |
Abt 1840 |
Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada |
Lanark, Concession 3 Lot 9W |
- After purchasing this property which adjoined his land grant, he built a sawmill.
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Land & Property |
1862 |
Lanark County, Ontario, Canada |
Purchased 300 square miles of limits on the Mississippi River from the Gilmour Company |
- a territory covering the greater part of six townships; Palmerston, Barrie, Angelsea, Clarendon, Olden and Oso. These Mississippi limits became their major source of supply, but they were far up the river, around and beyond Mazinaw Lake, and the Mississippi watershed could be a very difficult place to drive logs. In many places, the river presented sharp turns, narrow channels, long shallow rapids and
substantial water falls, while its tributary creeks, and the river itself, were frequently too shallow to float timber even during the freshet. Under the direction of McLaren, the Gillies-McLaren Company began building improvements at the most problematic locations; dredged channels, dams to control water levels, timber slides around rapids and falls, sluiceways and booms to corral the logs after they had passed through.
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Land & Property |
1869 |
Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada |
Purchased the Gilmour mills |
- Market conditions were changing. Demand for sawn lumber was proving more reliable than that for square timber, so Gillies-McLaren purchased the Gilmour mills at Carleton Place in 1869, completely rebuilding and then expanding them.
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Land & Property |
1871 |
Herron's Mills, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada |
John Gillies sold his original mill, and home, in Lanark Township to John and |
Land & Property |
1873 |
Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada |
sold his share in the Gillies-McLaren holdings on the Mississippi River and at Carleton Place to his partner Peter McLaren |
- Sod for $330,000, about $6,270,000 in modern value
Gillies reinvested the proceeds with his sons, James, William, John Jr. and
David, in timber limits along the Madawaska River and mills at Braeside. Peter McLaren continued to harvest the Mississippi River limits, expand improvements for driving logs, and produce lumber at the Carleton Place mill.
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_UID |
68C8C7B63295451E9E7F5A073398C42B0FC6 |
Death |
11 Aug 1888 |
Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada |
Burial |
United Cemeteries (Maplewood-St. Fillians-Pine Grove), Beckwith Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada |
Person ID |
I16225 |
Lanark County Origins |
Last Modified |
25 Jan 2023 |
Father |
James Gillies, b. 21 Mar 1766, Greenhouse, Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, Scotland d. 26 Nov 1851, Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 85 years) |
Mother |
Helen Stark, b. 1 Feb 1779, Kilsyth Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland d. 27 Nov 1856, Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 77 years) |
Marriage |
10 Jan 1799 |
Kilsyth, Stirling, Scotland |
Family ID |
F5028 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |