Children of Donald Gillies from Burghead/Elgin - info for Chilean relatives

[mariotcameron]

Hi,

I'm trying to get any information related to the sons of Donald and Mary Gillies from Burghead, Moray: Henry Gillies and Daniel Gillies, probably lived in Elgin.

From the Online Moray Heritage Services I got followig information:
Donald Gillies (born c. 1839, died 5 DEC 1904 in Burghead, interred in Elgin Cemetery) and Mary Gillies born Urquhart (died 11 FEB 1872, in Rosebrae between Burghead and Elgin).

The got 5 children:

- Annie (born 1857 died 1952 in Santiago, Chile)
- John ("disapeared")
- Margaret (born 1862 died 1919 in 174 High Street, Elgin),
- Henry
- Daniel
- Mary (born 1872 died 1902 in Elgin)

We assume that Mary Urquhart (Gillies) died when the latests daughter was born; So that Annie took (with 15) the responsibility  for the brothers.

Mary Urquhart (Gillies) had one sister - Janet Urquhart (lived in Ferintosh) - and one brother Walter Urquhart (merchant of Elgin, house in new Elgin, house between Main Street and Convener Str. New Elgin, property on the East Side of High Street, Elgin)

1890 Annie Gillies went to Chile to marry Alexander Cameron from Ferinosh.

When Walter Urquhart died the chilren of Donald Gillies and Mary Urquhart (Gillies) -with exception of John who "disapeared" - where included in his will.

The will was managed by Stewart & McIsaac of Elgin. According to the cash accounts of 1906 Henry Gillies  and Daniel Gillies alive; however I haven't found any information about them in the Moray Heritage Services.


Many, many thanks


Mario

[ev]

hi Mario 

the IGI has the children as(all born morayshire)

margaret born 15th june 1860 drainie
ann born 5th oct. 1861 drainie
john born 4th oct 1863 new spynie
mary born 4th july 1865 new spynie
henry born 2nd june 1867 new spynie
daniel born 30th april 1869 new spynie

the IGI also has a marriage of donald gillis and mary urquhart 8th june 1860
drainie morayshire

ev

[ev]

1881 census kirkhill duffus elgin
donald gillies 40 widowed farm servant born barras inverness
john gillies 17 son farm servant born newspynie elgin
henry gillies 13 son born newspynie
daniel gillies 11 son born newspynie
margaret gillies 20 daug. born dranie elgin
mary gillies 15 daug. born newspynie

looks like ann was here in 1881
easter manbeen elgin(servant of scott family)
ann gilles 18 general servant(domestic) born drainie elgin

ev

[ev]

on the moray heritage site there is -

daniel gillies death 19th oct. 1950 age 81(headstone ref. Be 736)
born c1869
headstone - looks like Bellie churchyard and new cemetery
wife - isabella keir

ev

[mariotcameron]

Dear Ev,

Thank you sooooo much, I need to process all this information ... I have just one "stupid" question ... how do you get that information ... I have tried several queries at www.familisearch.org with no success :-( ... what is the trick?

Again, thank you!


Mario

[flst]

Hi,click on this link & on the home page enter the surname you're interested in & you'll see where Ev got the info.
flst



http://www.mbgrg.org/ancestor_intro.shtml

[mariotcameron]

Wow!

With that hint, I found incredible information about Donald Gillies, daugther, husband and her son!
Thank you!!!


HOWEVER: I still do not know how Ev got that information ... with IGI you mean:


http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=igi/search_IGI.asp&clear_form=true


If yes, what data should I enter to get Ev's first results? Sorry, but I have tried and tried, but ...  the result is always : No Matches



Mario

[ev]

hi Mario 

for the familysearch results

the data you should enter is as follows
father - donald   ,   last name - gillies
mother - mary    ,   last names - urquhart

event - birth / christening

region - british isles

country - scotland

then press search

this should bring up the six children

the other info. i found here -

http://libindx.moray.gov.uk/mainmenu.asp

just use the people search for -  daniel gillies

ev