Hubert Adam Gilles

1821 - 1881  (59 years)

• Name	Hubert Adam Gilles
  Born	1 Sep 1821	Konzen, , Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/167711881
  Occupation	1852	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Pedlar
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-243120
  Died	5 Aug 1881	Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States   [2]
  Buried	Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
  Person ID	I243120	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Johann Mathias "Mathias" Gilles,   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	Joanna Mihm,   b. 1825, , Hessen, Germany ,   d. 10 Jan 1909, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States  (Age 84 years)
  Married	11 Feb 1850	St. Boniface Roman Catholic Church, Maryhill, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Children	1. Michael Gillis,   b. 1850, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F9484	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  "Mr. Hubert Gilles, while at Preston, took a great interest in religious affairs, and acted as catechist, teacher and held lay services when there was no priest present."...."While the school building [Preston], a log edifice, was in course of construction, Hubert Gilles taught school in his mother's house. Mr. Blasius Beisang was the second teacher, and then Mr. Gilles returned from a Woolwich school to teach two years more in Preston."..."Hubert Gilles, who taught in the beginning in his mother's house; 2. Blassius Beysang; 3. Hubert Gilles again for about two years;" 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 18. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 1 Sep 1881. 5 Aug 1881 Hubert Gilles, formerly resident in St. Clements, died in Milwaukee at age of 61 years. [S91] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Maryhill - St. Boniface Roman Catholic [found cited on various sources on the internet and family histories], Rev. Joseph Ritter. Hubert Gilles s/o Mathias Gilles & Maria Carl married 11 Feb 1850 to Joanna Mihm d/o Conrad & Elisabeth Thrabert, witnesses: George Uhrin & Michael Seitz

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1 Sep 1821 - Konzen, , Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Married - 11 Feb 1850 - St. Boniface Roman Catholic Church, Maryhill, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Pedlar - 1852 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 5 Aug 1881 - Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States Buried - - Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States  = Link to Google Earth