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Renfrewshire / Re: Hugh Gillan Obituary 1922 Yoker
« on: Wednesday 27 August 14 14:56 BST (UK)  »
Fiona

Mother will be amazed.  She knew Matilda (Millie) well as she visited Polly in Kenilworth.  Apparently she was a superb baker and her shortbread was absolutely splendid!!  Anne did marry Tommy-Joe Feeney; I understand that they spent some time living in Australia. 

Interesting about Sligo.  The Maginniss clan spent their summer holidays there in the 1930s but I do not know whether that was a Gillan or Maginniss connection; perhaps both? When you mention Marie do you mean Maria from Mexico?  There is a Gillian thread married to a Les Horn in Argyll but she has not responded.

You have done well to research so far back; many of the Irish records were destroyed after 1922.  The McGill connection is interesting. Bridget McGill is my GGGM but on the Maginniss tree. Is Hugh & Mary's house/tenement standing? :)

Clem

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Renfrewshire / Re: Hugh Gillan Obituary 1922 Yoker
« on: Tuesday 26 August 14 18:55 BST (UK)  »
 :)Fiona

It is a Small World!  Frank Gillan (b1887) worked at Lobnitz Shipyard if I am correct.  I have no visibility on Gillan family history previous to Hugh and Mary, although Keenan and McGill are strangely familiar.  My Father knew the Gillan sisters well (Millie, Agnes and Anne) as he used to visit them just after the war when his ship HMS ROCHESTER docked in Glasgow.

Mary Gillan (d1974 Coventry) married Daniel James Maginniss (d1954 Coventry) in Yoker in 1912. After a sojurn in Mexico 1913-14, presumably with Hugh Jr, they moved to Coventry in 1916 for Daniel to take up an appointment with Siddleley-Deasy, a company he remained with until retirement through illness in 1954. They had five children.

Daniel James b1914 Yoker, d1985 Warwick.  No marriage.
Mary Annie (Molly) b1916 Old Kilpatrick, d1988 Kirkcudbright.  Marriage no children.
Hugh b1918 Coventry, d1945 Saye Burma (KIA serving with 2 Norfolks). No marriage.
Nicholas Bernard b1923, Coventry d1991 Lockerbie.  Children: Daniel & Christopher.
Clement Joseph b1927 Coventry, d2007 Coventry. Children: Clement Hugh (Me) & Ruthmary.

I trust this adds a little colour to another side of the Gillan story, although there is of course much more to tell.

Clem

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Renfrewshire / Hugh Gillan
« on: Tuesday 26 August 14 16:23 BST (UK)  »
Elsie

Delighted to have dipped into your posts.  Hugh Gillan (d 1922) of Yoker is my Great-Grandfather through his daughter Mary (Polly) Gillan (one of John's Sisters and b 1885) who married Daniel Joseph Maginniss in Yoker in 1912. Fascinated to learn that John resided in Coventry and married a local girl, neither of which I knew.  I assume Mary Gillan knew but perhaps not, although she lived in Coventry/Kenilworth 1916-1974, passing away in 1974, having had five children.  Delighted to share this aspect of the Gillan story if you wish. :)

Clem

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