John Peter "Peter" Gillis

1836 - 1918  (82 years)

• Name	John Peter "Peter" Gillis
  Born	1836	Metznoch, Westphalia, Germany   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Peter Gillis
  Residence	1858	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Occupation	1880	Eugene, Vermillion, Indiana, United States   [3]
  	painter
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-144010
  Died	11 Jul 1918	Cayuga, Vermillion, Indiana, United States
  Buried	Spring Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Danville, Vermillion, Indiana
  Person ID	I144010	Generations
  Last Modified	26 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	Matthias Gillis,   b. 1785, , Prussia, Germany ,   d. CA 1865, Neustadt, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Maria Anna Kuhl,   b. CALC 16 Jun 1800, , Prussia, Germany ,   d. 16 Jul 1880, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 80 years)
  Family ID	F223865	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rebecca "Becky" Church,   b. 15 Oct 1836, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States ,   d. 15 Dec 1912, Danville, Vermilion Co., Illinois  (Age 76 years)
  Married	9 Feb 1858	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Last Modified	26 Nov 2023
  Family ID	F36079	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  John Peter Gillis (1833 - 1918) Find A Grave Photos. (2016). Findagrave.com. Retrieved 27 May 2016, from https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=32997745&PIpi=15010083 submitted by Jim Gillis

  
  

• Notes

  APPENDIX NO. D. - BERLIN EARLY SETTLERS In Berlin Town or Village, besides those mentioned in the text: In his ministrations here, Father Sanderl mentions for 1845: Adam Goeckel, Jacob Jantz, John Moser, Anselm Wagner, Raphael Weinstein (for 1844), Nicolaus Dopp and his sons Joseph and Nicolaus, Geo. Blesch, Adam Meckel, August Reisterer, Joseph Schaller, Mr. Vogt, Jos. Hentges, Jos. Schopp, Christ. Fischer, Phil. Hausmann, John Hitzel, John Klein, Nic. Stuhlfahrt, Matthias Schmidt, Henry Rudolph, Jos. Pernfuss, William Jahn, Martin Nadler, Jacob Wenz, Peter Gilles, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN WATERLOO COUNTY BOOK I With a Summary History of the Dioceses of Hamilton, Book II, and a List of the Clergy Who Labored In Its district from the Beginning to the Present, Book III. By Rev. Theobald Spetz, C.R., D.D. 1916

  
  

• Sources

  [S270] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1852, Pg 19. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Peter Giles Born: Metznoch ikn Westphalia, res: Woolwich Township Age: 21 born abt 1837 father: Mathias mother: Mary Carls married Rebecca Kuehner Age:: 20 born abt 1838 b. Buffalo, NY Spouse res: Waterloo father: John mother: Elisabeth Simon married 9 Feb 1858 county: Waterloo [S1639] Census - U.S. Census Population Schedule, 1880 10th Census, Eugene, Vermillion, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district ED 187, sheet 34C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0318; FHL microfilm 1,254,318. John P. Gillis 44 Germany - Painter Rebeca 43 New York Catherine 20 Indiana Charles 19 Mathias 18 John 15 Andrew 11 Mary 11 Annie 8 Eva 4

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - 1858 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 9 Feb 1858 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - painter - 1880 - Eugene, Vermillion, Indiana, United States Died - 11 Jul 1918 - Cayuga, Vermillion, Indiana, United States Buried - - Spring Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Danville, Vermillion, Indiana  = Link to Google Earth