Ernest Benjamin Gillis Family History

Robert KEAN[1, 2, 3]

Male 1830 - 1871  (40 years)


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  • Name Robert KEAN  [4, 5] 
    Born 25 Dec 1830  Saltcoats, , , Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Gender Male 
    _UID 78280321EA7A475B81AA7E0C041F8DB0DFF3 
    Died 31 Aug 1871  , Halifax, Megantic, Quebec, Can Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 7, 8] 
    Buried 3 Sep 1871  Baptist Church, Inverness, Megantic, Quebec, Can Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 9] 
    Person ID I5601  tag1
    Last Modified 21 Jun 2014 

    Family ID F2066  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Robert was born Dec. 25, 1830  in Saltcoats,Scotland and died Aug. 31, 1871 in Halifax, P.Q. Canada. He was the son of Elizabeth Russell Kean born Dec.31, 1788 on the Isle of Arron, Scotland and died April 5, 1877 in Halifax P.Q. Canada. Ellen and Robert had 8 children. John,Elizabeth,William,John Russell,Robert,Nancy,Ellen and Mary.

      !BIRTH:  Not listed in A.P.
      MARRIAGE:  Ibid.; Marriages p 72; NOTE:  6 children listed, p138.
      "08/03/1853  KEAN, Robert (farmer)  ([John & Elizabeth Russell]  Halifax)
                   GILLIS, Ellen  ([William] & ...  ... )
                   Methodist Church (Ireland)
                   witness: William Gillis"

      for burial, see M210-1-000498  Robert Kane of Halifax, died 31 Aug 1871,
                                     was buried 3 Sep 1871,
                                     aged 42 yrs and 8 mos,
                                     birth calculated abt Dec 1828,
                                     entered in 1871 Inverness Baptist Church Reg.

      !DEATH-BURIAL:  Paul Vachon,THE ANGLO-PROTESTANTS OF MEGANTIC COUNTY,Repertory
      of Births,Marriages, and Burials; 1826-1991; Societe Genealogigue de la region
      de l'Amiante, Thetford Mines, Quebec, Canada, 1992, Publication Number 5;
      Burials p;US/CAN 971.4575 K2r,Fiche 6125775,LDS FHL Salt Lake City UT;NOTE:
      "(bur) 03/09/1871  KANE, Robert (m) 42 y 8 m
      (dec) 31/08/1871    sep.: Baptist Church (Inv.)
                           lived in Halifax"

      !CENSUS:  1861 CAN,PQ,Megantic County, Halifax South Township; 1861; ED 3,
      p126 lines 24-3p; Public Archives Canada Film C-1295; LDS Film   , FHL
      Salt Lake City UT; NOTE:

        Elisabeth Kean             Scotland  F.C.     73 Wd       b c1788
        Robert    Kean   Farmer    Scotland  Cong     33 m        b c1828
         (md Ellen Gillis)
        Ellen     Kean             LCanadaB   "       20 m (30?)  b c1831
        Elisabeth Kean                Do     Cong      8          b c1853
        William   Kean                Do     Cong      3          b c1858
        John      Kean                Do     Cong      1          b c1860
        ?         Forbes Laborer      Do F   Cong     18          b c1843  not fam [5]

  • Sources 
    1. [S92] .

    2. [S112] .

    3. [S91] .

    4. [S2] .

    5. [S68] .

    6. [S12] .

    7. [S85] .

    8. [S12] (Reliability: 3).
      Grace Cox:  Adderly - Congreg. Cemetery records, Inverness; email by Catalina Usina-Morse cites death date of 8/31/1871 poss. in Halifax.

    9. [S90] Page 86 and 104 (Reliability: 3).
      Page 86 erroneously calls him Albert Kean, but this is corrected on page 104