JOHN
GILLIES
was born Abt. 1795
in Applecross, Scotland, U.K., and died 11 Apr 1875 in
Ararat, Victoria, Australia. He married ELIZABETH
CAMERON,
daughter of ALEXANDER
CAMERON
and ANN
MCKENZIE.
She was born Abt. 1804 in Rosshire, Scotland and died 18 Nov
1870 in Yalla-Y-Poora, Victoria, Australia.
Children of JOHN
GILLIES
and ELIZABETH
CAMERON
are:
1. ALEXANDER
GILLIES,
b. Abt. 1828, Loch Carron, Scotland d. 27 Feb 1921,
Casterton, Victoria,
He married ELIZABETH
MCDONALD
1859, Victoria, Australia.
2. ELIZABETH
(BETSY)
GILLIES,
b. 16 Mar 1832, Loch Carron, Scotland; d. 06 Aug 1868,
Pitfield, Victoria, Australia. She married
Matthew Lawless.
3 FLORA
GILLIES,
b. 18 Mar 1834, Loch Carron, Ross, Scotland.; d. 13 Dec
1917, Ararat, Victoria, Australia.
She married JOHN
DOW
1861 in Victoria, Australia.
4. CHRISTINA
GILLIES,
b. 03 Nov 1835, Loch Carron, Ross, Scotland, d. 1918,
Wellington, New Zealand.
She married PHILIP
EDWARD
STONEHAM 1858 in Victoria, Australia, son of JOHN
STONEHAM and MARY
SMITH.
5. JOHN
GILLIES,
b. Oct 1836, Loch Carron, Ross, Scotland, U.K.; d. May 1914,
Essendon, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
He married MARY
JANE
HURSLFIELD
1872 in Victoria, Australia.
6. ANN
GILLIES,
b. 12 Nov 1841, Loch Carron, Ross, Scotland, d. 23 Feb 1905,
Lottah, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
She married JAMES
FARNIE
WILKIE
1860 in Victoria, Australia.
Elizabeth Gillies
arrived in Victoria on the Araminta in 1852 she was a
stowaway aboard this ship. Her parents and siblings arrived
in Victoria on the Lady Peel in 1853 and joined Elizabeth in
Pitfield.
Also researching
this family is Rosemary Richardson in particular the John
and Jane Gillies line. I would also like to thank Rosemary
for all her help and contribution to the Gillies family.
