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Re: Johann Gilles b 8/22/1778 Germany

PaulaCary31 — 2012-05-20 19:50:25Z

Thanks. I will check it out.

Paula Cary

Re: Johann Gilles b 8/22/1778 Germany

skyeswom — 2012-05-20 02:00:30Z

Hi Paula,

I'm also a descendant through Johann. I have this RootsWeb link as a source in my tree, but cannot vouch for any of the information. But perhaps it will be of some help.

http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op...

Johann Gilles b 8/22/1778 Germany

PaulaCary31 — 2012-05-18 11:28:30Z

Johann Gilles (b 8/22/1778 Germany) married Margaretha Einig (b 5/5/1769 Germany). I have 3 children listed for them: Anton, Mathias, & Johann. I'm descendant through Johann.I think Johann Sr's parents were Mathias Gilles & Gertrude Weckber. If anyone has proof of who Johann Sr's parents are or more information on this family line (such as Johann and Margaretha's other children since I know about their son Johann Jr.), it would be appreciated.

Thanks
Paula Cary

Re: Nicholas Gilles family tree

jromens — 2012-04-01 00:57:12Z

John Gilles' first wife Mary Gully Jaeger died during childbirth of their son Mathias (b.26-May-1874 d.11-July-1886). John Gilles and Anna Richter (sometimes known as Mary Anna - hence easy to mistake as first wife Mary) first child together was Helena Anna b.10-Oct 1877 d. 15-Feb-1958 Helena Anna Gilles married my grandmother and her husband was Victor Weiler and they lived in the Athens, WI area. Their son Henry moved to Canada after John and Anna and some of the children. I found information showing that he moved to Canada - crossing the border on 19-Jul-1923 - arrival port of Gretna, Manitoba.

Gilles in the UK

vickydibba04 — 2011-09-04 20:46:02Z

Hi all, is there anybody in the UK researching the Gilles family in the UK especially Birmingham?

Re: Fond du Lac, WI Gilles'

Catherine_Gilles — 2011-06-27 13:04:23Z

Once you posted your George's arrival date in the U.S., I know it's not our tree. I do keep hoping to find more info sometime on our missing branch. Good luck with yours.
Catherine

Re: Fond du Lac, WI Gilles'

cgilles522 — 2011-06-26 21:30:03Z

Could you provide a little more detail please. I can't find it and I'd really like to examine it.
Thanks -- Catherine

Re: Fond du Lac, WI Gilles'

cgilles522 — 2011-06-26 21:14:33Z

I'll look for that -- thanks! Our family started in the U.S. with 4 brothers in 1846. We can only account for descendants of three of them, the two who went to northeastern Iowa and the one who went to western Wisconsin. I keep hoping to find something about the fourth branch; so I will look carefully.
Catherine

Re: Fond du Lac, WI Gilles'

PaulaCary31 — 2011-06-26 14:31:46Z

I do have a gilles-kohlmann tree on here if you'd like to check it out and look for comparisons to the tree you're talking about. I think you will find they are not the same.

Paula

Re: Fond du Lac, WI Gilles'

PaulaCary31 — 2011-06-26 14:28:35Z

Hello Catherine,

I believe the tree you are refering to is the John Joseph Gilles and Anna Maria Rech (there are a few other spouses listed for him too) of Johnsburg that moved to Iowa and I am not related to. My tree is from the Mt Calvary Gilles' (John Joseph Gilles and Anna Maria Neckel).We mostly stayed in the Fond du Lac/Sheboygan areas.I think some may have also went to Michigan.But thanks for the suggestion.

Paula Cary

Re: Fond du Lac, WI Gilles'

Catherine_Gilles — 2011-06-25 02:22:54Z

I see something got cut out of my message -- I'm referring to the trees posted in RootsWeb.
Catherine

Re: Fond du Lac, WI Gilles'

Catherine_Gilles — 2011-06-25 02:21:37Z

Paula, I think we have a connection. You'll find what I think is the most accurate posted by "3053399." You'll find my contact info there and I would be delighted to correspond if you think that is your family. There are at least four different Gilles families that settled in that same part of Fon du Lac County so it gets a little hard to follow. We're missing a whole branch; so I hope you're on it.

Re: Looking for descendants of John Gilles

skyeswom — 2011-06-25 01:12:52Z

Hi Paula,

My Gilles branch (through my great-grandmother Rose Wilhelmina Gilles) is from the Edson / Chippewa area of WI. She married into the Schneider family from St. Peter.

Her father Joseph Peter (my gr-gr-grandfather) was born in Mt. Calvary but the rest of my research shows that all the children were born in Edson. I do show a brother George in the 1860 census, aged 18 born around 1842. But I haven't included lines that far back in my tree. http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=...

Not sure if that's the George you're looking for.

Re: Looking for descendants of John Gilles

PaulaCary31 — 2011-06-23 15:51:27Z

Hi Michel,

Do you know a Catherine (Gilles) Schneider in your Schneider family. She married August Schneider. Catherine would have been a sister to my great grandfather Joseph Gilles who married Laurinda Kohlmann of Glenbeulah. If you know anything about her and that gilles family. There father was George Gilles of Mt. Calvary. It would be great to know more.

Thanks
Paula Cary

Re: Gilles in LaCrosse

PaulaCary31 — 2011-06-23 14:35:32Z

Hi Catherine,

We might be looking at the same family. My great grandfather was Joseph Gilles married to Laurinda Kohlmann from Glenbeulah, WI. I believe his parents were George and Mary Jacobs. And, then I get confused because I've found two different listings that are similar: John Joseph married to Anna Maria Rech and a John Joseph married to Anna Maria Neckel. I don't know which is the right one for my tree and was wondering if you have found more information that may be helpful to me. My grandmother has told me that we had relatives that lived in the Johnsburg/Malone area. Help please? :-D

Thanks
Paula Cary

Fond du Lac, WI Gilles'

PaulaCary31 — 2011-06-23 11:51:20Z

Hello,

My great grandparents were Joseph and Laurinda Gilles of Glenbeulah, WI. I don't know much about Joseph's family. Just that my grandmother has said she had family from the Johnsburg/Malone area. In looking at other ancestral trees on this website, I am getting confused.There seem to be 2 sets of the same family with dates very close together; one living in Johnsburg area, the other in Mt Calvary. Could anyone help me distinguish if these are 2 separate families, or one in the same.

I think Joseph's parents may have been George and Mary (Jacobs) Gilles. And then George's parents may have been John Joseph and Anna Maria (Rech) Gilles or John Joseph and Anna Maria (Neckel) Gilles.

Please help.

Thanks much
Paula

GILLES Robert K - Vietnam Wall section 26W

t42Vietnam_ParkerCoTX — 2011-01-04 15:54:43Z

GILLES Robert K - Vietnam Wall section 26W

Honor our Veterans. This is one of many photographs of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Parker Co, TX. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 219,081 photos free at http://teafor2.com where they are listed in order by state(Texas), county(Parker), cemetery(Vietnam) and Surname.

If you know more about this person please reply here instead of contacting me because this is not my family.

Re: gilles roots from western canada

clintgilles — 2010-12-28 07:38:38Z

My e-mail is clintgilles@shaw.ca

GILLES Alan C - Vietnam Wall section 35W - our honor and thanks to those who put their lives on the line for us

t42Vietnam_ParkerCoTX — 2010-12-04 22:50:57Z

GILLES Alan C - Vietnam Wall section 35W - our honor and thanks to those who put their lives on the line for us

Honor our Veterans. This is one of many photographs of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Parker Co, TX. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 218,982 photos free at http://teafor2.com where they are listed in order by state(Texas), county(Parker), cemetery(Vietnam) and Surname.

If you know more about this person please reply here instead of contacting me because this is not my family.

GILLES Allan C 1lt 1969 170th AHC Pacoima CA

t42Holloway_ParkerCoTX — 2010-09-01 12:48:53Z

GILLES Allan C 1lt 1969 170th AHC Pacoima CA

I photographed this Plaque in the Camp Holloway, Vietnam Memorial replica at Vietnam Memorial, Parker Co, TX. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 216,495 photos free at http://teafor2.com

If you know more about this person please reply here instead of contacting me because this is not my family.

Bruce C. Gilles, 73,son of , August and Lillian (Carlson) Gilles.

KENNELLYMARKA — 2010-04-04 04:57:10Z

Bruce C. Gilles, 73,
of 373 Allegheny St., Meadville,
passed away March 28, 2010, at home.
Bruce was born on September 4, 1936, a son of the late August and Lillian (Carlson) Gilles. On September 1, 1967 Bruce married Carolyn Hilsdon; she survives. Bruce's civil engineering career led him to various job sites though out the US. A 1955 graduate of Meadville HS, Bruce went on to graduate from Gannon College in 1961. He also earned a BS from I.C.S. in Civil Engineering, a Master's in Mathematics and a Masters Equivalency in Civil Engineering. In 1955 Bruce began body building, power and Olympic lifting at the Meadville YMCA. Bruce was a member of Stone U. Methodist Church, Meadville and the Sacred Heart Usher Club in Erie. In addition to his wife, Bruce is survived by two sons James Gilles of Bird, Ark., Thomas Gilles and his wife Carrie of Guys Mills, a brother Jack Gilles and his wife Judy of Mexico, a niece and a nephew. Family and friends are invited to call on Friday 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at Stephen P. Mizner Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc., 404 Chestnut St., Meadville, PA 16335. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on April 3, 2010 at Stone U. Methodist Church, Meadville. Memorial Contributions may be made to Meadville Public Library, 848 N. Main St., YMCA, 356 Chestnut St. or the Yolanda G. Barco Oncology Institute, 16792 Conneaut Lake Rd., all of Meadville, PA 16335. Share your condolences miznerfuneralhome@zoominternet.net

Gilles's buried Beth El Cemetery, Cass Cty, ND

sleuthesthedead — 2010-01-25 03:03:17Z

The following Gilles's are buried at Beth El Cemetery, Cass Cty, North Dakota, memorials at www.findagrave.com. I'm not related, just a volunteer photographer.
A Gilles 1874-1930
Sarah Gilles 1873-1939
William Gilles 1864-1952

Michal Gilles (female) lived in Waukesha County, WI

kwierenga13 — 2009-09-04 22:49:43Z

Searching for information about the parents and siblings of Michal Gilles. Born in England, census records show her children by Robert Danson were born in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, beginning in 1848.

Re: Looking for descendants of John Gilles

cgilles52235 — 2009-08-15 02:25:19Z

Michel, go to WorldConnect at RootsWeb and search for Johann Gilles, born in Mayen 1778, spouse Einig and your Johann will pop right up. There are two different people doing research on this family and both give email contact addresses. That should help you a lot. Keep us on the list posted on your progress. We like success!

Re: Looking for descendants of John Gilles

cgilles52235 — 2009-08-11 02:31:44Z

I'm pretty sure I can give you a steer on this tree. I'm quite sure I recognize the Einig, although it is not in my tree. However, it will have to wait till next week at the earliest.
Catherine

Re: Looking for descendants of John Gilles

skyeswom — 2009-08-11 01:15:15Z

Thanks Catherine. I've been busy on other things for the last month or so, so my tree's been on hold for at least six weeks, I'm just getting back to it. So whenever you get some time is OK.

My great-grandmother was Rose Wihelmina Gilles (1889 - 1964), married Mathias W Schneider (1882 - 1940). Her parents were Joseph Gilles (1856 - 1920) and Wilhelmina Willmes (1861 - 1940). Joseph was born in Mt Calvary, then he moved to Chippewa Falls (where Rose was born) & he died up there. Rose later moved to the St. Peter / Mt. Calvary area.

Further back, I've got a Johann Gilles (b. 1778) who married Margaretha Einig (b. 1769) in 1805 in Mayen, Germany. But I don't know the accuracy. But John & Margaret, around the same time frame. . .

I have some Gilles notes from a family tree started back in the late 1970's by a distant Gilles relative. I'll look and see what I can find in there too.

Michel

Re: Looking for descendants of John Gilles

cgilles52235 — 2009-08-10 14:05:07Z

Hi Michel,
"Married a Schneider and farmed up in St. Peter" has a very familiar ring to it and I am very willing to share. However, it will be at least next week before I get any time to go back to my family files and a few other things that I have that I know are not connected to my family. I just kept them in case someone would ever need them. So it would help if I knew your grandmother's given name and her line back.
My line goes back to John Gilles and Margaret (or Magdalen) Palms who were married in Schoenfeld (near Stadtkyll) in Germany in 1806. If that's your line you may have some things that will fill gaps in my information. I'm still looking for descendants of Paul Gilles, one of four young brothers who came here together in 1846. The tree (in need of updating) is available on World Connect.
Happy hunting!
Catherine

Re: Looking for descendants of John Gilles

skyeswom — 2009-08-10 00:39:59Z

Hi Catherine -

Your comment on the four Gilles families in FDL County made me wonder about the people I've got saved in my tree.

My great-grandmother was a Gilles, and I do have her line going up. But I wonder if maybe I didn't pick up other Gilles families along the way, that maybe don't belong to my tree. She married a Schneider and farmed up in St. Peter.

Do you have any info on the four FDL Gilles families you could share?

Thanks!

Michel

Re: Looking for descendants of John Gilles

cgilles52235 — 2009-08-06 00:55:56Z

Good luck, Katy. This can become a great adventure! One of the first things I discovered in my searching is that there are many more different Gilles families than I had thought -- probably not the news you would like to get. Sorting out just the four that settled in the same corner of Fond du Lac County in Wisconsin was a challenge. Follow-up info on what I had from local parish records was pure luck -- thanks to these message boards! I hope you will have the same and that some reader will see a connection between your information and hers. Yes, hers! Seems like more women than men are into this. Good luck!
Catherine

Re: Looking for descendants of John Gilles

kwirin — 2009-08-05 22:12:10Z

I am new to this whole thing and you are my first dip in the geneology pool but here goes. My grandfather was Clinton DeWitt Gilles. I beleive he was born in Minneapolis in the 1880's or 1890's. His father was some sort of preacher in Minneapolis . He had one brother whose name, I think, was Arthur who had one daughter named Gloria. I know that some of Grandfather's relatives lived in Iowa but I don't know where. He also had cousins whose last name was vonTobel who lived in South Dakota but I don't know how they fit in.

Does this fit into of your information? Please let me know. Also please give me any tips you might have on how to do this tracing thing.

Thanks,
Katy

archibald william hamilton gilles

garyat18a — 2009-05-04 20:01:50Z

any one looking for gilles from glasgow or govan

Re: Ohio Gilleses

jgill007 — 2009-04-28 18:58:18Z

My great grandfather's name was Joseph Gilles(1874-1942). He apparently was a farmer born in Germany.

Re: Kievski

laurabalbirbrott — 2009-03-01 04:10:43Z

Hi,

The Kievski name is my grandfather's. His parents were Gregory and Liza Kievski, and Gregory's parents were Velvel and Clara, who also had 3 other boys - Joseph, Yaacov and Leonid. Not sure if this helps. They were all from the Ukraine, then moved to Tashkent, then Moscow, and now the Kievski family is in Australia.

Laura

Kievski

wendyhudson805 — 2008-04-28 15:54:06Z

Hi, I am a great grandaughter of Alex and Bertha Kievski, grandaughter to Helen DeBarge. Helen being Alex and Bertha's daughter. Trying to put together a history for us. Any info you could help me with would be much appreciated. Thank you,
Wendy

Re: Family Photos

aawarriner — 2006-12-26 18:16:46Z

Hello -

I am doing a little project and came across your post from 2003. I am looking for some tidbits of information about my grandfathers side of the family. I have almost nothing. My grandfather was Lincoln Bruce Gillies, who was born and raised in Calumet. He moved to Lansing with his wife Melida during the depression (1920s or 1930s). Lincoln and Melida had 4 daughters (Jan, Marj, Pam and Rosann). I know he had a sister named Margaret. I understand Margaret married someone by the last name of Gipp. Do you know if Lincoln Bruce Gillies might be a son, brother, or cousin of Gertrude Gillies? Please e-mail me at aawarriner@yahoo.com if you think there is any connection.

Aaron

Gilles family of LaCrosse, WI -Attn Hope Bina!

2006-12-03 19:06:28Z

Hope..I am trying to reach you in reference to research abt Jacob/James Gilles who lived in state of Maryland. Abt a month before Duane Essers unexpected death, he asked me to find Jacob/James Gilles. And a wk or 2 before Duanes death, I phoned him to tell him I had suceeded. I would like to share this info with someone from the Gilles family who would be interested. I know, had Duane lived, the entire story of Jacob/James life would have pleased him.

Re: Nicholas Gilles family tree

fhc3312666 — 2006-06-16 21:42:01Z

Johann Nicholaus Gilles had a son John Gilles who married his 1st wife, Mary A Jaeger in July 1873 at St. Michael's Catholic church in Spring Hill Minnesota...according to a copy of a marriage certificate found at St. Cloud, MN, Stearn's county clerk's office.

Record of 2nd marriage(?) to Anna Richter not yet found.

Gill[i]es / Heatley 1850s

davidmillan — 2006-02-21 20:30:58Z

Hi
Anyone researching this Gill[i]es family from Scotland.

Descendants of William Heatley

1 William Heatley Occupation: Tailor
.. +Mary Gilles m: 25 June 1858 in Ormiston, ELN, Scotland
......... 2 Gnu Heatley b: 3 May 1859 in Kelso, ROX, Scotland
......... 2 Hannah Gilles Heatley b: 31 March 1860 in Kelso, ROX, Scotland
......... 2 William Heatley b: 2 April 1862 in Kelso, ROX, Scotland
......... 2 Euphemia Heatley b: 8 June 1864 in Kelso, ROX, Scotland Occupation: 1890: Domestic Servant Residence: 1890: Lack Square, Tranent, ELN
............. +Charles Smith b: 1866 m: 7 June 1890 in New U. P Manse, Tranent, ELN, Scotland Occupation: Blacksmith Residence: 1890: Church Street, Tranent, ELN

Re: Gilles from Luxembourg

2005-12-03 10:21:55Z

I believe we are related. Please email at iamjulieb@yahoo.com

Re: Gilles from Luxembourg

2005-12-03 10:14:03Z

I believe we are from the same descendants. Please email me at iamjulieb@yahoo.com

Maurice Paul and Fannie Gilles

2005-10-10 04:23:58Z

Looking for information on my great-great grandparents. Fannie (nick name, I think) and M.P( might be Maurice Paul) Gilles. Believed to both be orignially from france and immigrated to Kelvington Saskatchewan.

Fannie- 1885-1978 (aprox)
M.P Unknown

If anyone has any information on this family please email me at ap413@hotmail.
Thank you
-Alyssa

Re: Gilles family in LaCrosse, WI

2005-07-22 15:18:20Z

New e-mail tjbinajr@juno.com

Gilles, Gillis?

fhc3312666 — 2005-07-21 20:34:42Z

John or Johann Gilles who married Mary Jager in 1873 in Spring Hill, Minnesota, their first son Mathias died in 1889 at age 13 of Scarlet Fever, according to a document from the Stearn Co. History Museum Research Center in Minnesota.

Re: Gilles in MN, WI, SASK

galecoll44243861572 — 2005-06-29 20:44:46Z

Nicholas Gilles family came from Mannebach, Rheinland-Pfaltz, Germany about 1853

ANDREW H. GILLIES b.NY 1835 s/o WILLIAM & ANN (WEEKS) GILLIES of OH bio. MI

2005-06-20 20:11:21Z

Re: Nicholas Gilles family tree

fhc3312666 — 2005-06-17 20:53:04Z

Among Johann ( John) Gilles children were two who were twins, some posted info. shows them to be one person. One is Marie Otillia (Otillia, etc.) the other is Anna Luzia (Lucy or Lucille); both were born Nov, 24, 1881, Spring Hill, MN. ( St. Cloud birth certificates - very little info.).

According to Clint Gilles earlier message, the remainder of the family with the 2nd wife, Anna, moved to Saskatchewan, Canada around 1905.

Re: Nicholas Gilles family tree

fhc3312666 — 2005-06-17 20:40:53Z

John (Johann) Gilles married Mary Yaeger (Jager?) in Spring Hill Township near St. Cloud, MN, according to record from St. Cloud, in July, 1873 - civil marriage certificate and Aug. 1873 for church marriage certificate. What happened to first wife? Unable to find out as yet. Married to Anna Richter? Some records seem to have them as the same person. The second marriage was around 1892 it seems.

Re: twins, etc.

fhc3312666 — 2005-06-17 20:24:43Z

The twins were born in Spring Hill Township, which is close to St. Cloud, MN. The first wife of John ( Johann) Gilles was Mary Yaeger (Jager? etc.), according to a marriage license from St. Cloud records dept. The license date was July 1873, the marriage date was in Aug. 1873.

Re: Gilles from Luxembourg

peteloubet1 — 2005-05-23 21:04:27Z

Looking for info re: brothers of my grandfather, Nicholas Olinger, born 1882 in Bettemburg, Lux., emigrated to Chicago, Il., died in 1934. Would like details about his brothers Matthias and Frank. Matthias went to Montana, and Frank went to Pennsylvania. Would like to establish contact with cousins.

Re: James Aloysius Gilles

2005-03-28 00:52:03Z

Henry Brackenridge PA (abt. 1850 – Living 1880) PA
Suzanna Glenn PA ( 1852 – Living 1880) PA
Married:
Residence: Philadelphia, PA, 1880, 1900

1. Henry Brackenridge PA (May ??, 1876 – Living 1900) PA
2. James Brackenridge PA (1879 – Living 1880) PA
3. Suzanna Brackenridge PA (Feb 1880 – Living 1900) PA
4. Francis Brackenridge PA (Jul 1882 – Living 1900) PA
5. Mary Brackenridge PA (May 1885 – Living 1900) PA
6. Katie Brackenridge PA (Mar 1887 – Living 1900) PA m. ?? James Aloysius Gilles
7. Bessie Brackenridge PA (Mar 1888 – Living 1900) PA
8. Ella Brackenridge PA (Aug 1889 – Living 1900) PA
9. John Brackenridge PA (Aug 1893 – Living 1900) PA
10. Martha Brackenridge PA (Jul 1897 – Living 1900) PA