Willam Merritt Gillam

[susieroe]

Here's a picture of John Pretious  Gillam, and what he thought of Perth! He's got a look of my brother, who' a little older now at 74!

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/37666943?searchTerm=gillam&searchLimits=

Another son of Thomas Meadows passes away. Lots of family names:

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/70193769?searchTerm=gillam&searchLimits=

[Ford1960]

Thank you Coils59 - look forward to hearing whether your friend can identify the Club Hotel in LM. F.

[Coils59]

Ford 1960
Re your query on Lorenco Marques - There is a John Gillam who is a lecturer at Rhodes University in Grahamstown South Africa. I studied there in the early 80's and spoke to him. Being totally ignorant of our heritage I assumed we were not related - he could be of interest to you. 

[Coils59]

Ford 1960 - The Club Hotel was demolished about 20 years ago and the current French Cultural Centre is now on that site - This sits next to the steel house built by Eiffel of the Eiffel tower fame. Hope this helps.

[Ford1960]

That's really helpful, Coils59.  Thank you so much.   Sad to learn that the hotel has been demolished, but hope Eiffel's steel house still survives. best wishes, F

[Graham W]

I seem to have two GILLAM families in Countesthorpe but can't find a common ancestor to link these families.  One of the earliest ones on my tree is Thomas GILLAM B1616, son of Francis GILLAM,   married Mary NORTON B 1618.  I can't seem to link him to a number of other GILLAM's I have.  I'm related to GILLAM's who came to Australia.  Interested to hear from "Susieroe" as all her details are familiar to me.  I have a poster of the GILLAM Manor House when it was advertised for sale.       

[susieroe]

Hello, Graham, welcome to Rootschat  .
The Gillams are confusing because they seem to have split into 3 families, and seemed to copy each others' names at baptism. A distant Gillam cousin, a Countesthorpe village historian, did a lot of research on the family and gave me a copy of her tree. Forward from Francis, all is clear, but names and relationships before him are fuzzy and don't quite add up. Unfortunately, I lost touch with her and heard that she had sadly died so cannot check with her. But her tree gives Francis as the son of Thomas Gillam who married Elizabeth Francis of Ticknall; he had a brother Robert, born 1515 who married Mary Ward. Francis also had a brother Thomas, about whom nothing is known.
Can you state an example of one or two of your puzzling ones, I'll see if they are on the tree?

[Graham W]

Hi Susieroe

Good to hear from you. I've been doing genealogy for a number of years now but recently concentrating on the GILLAM's.  My mother-in-law was a Gillam, daughter of Stanley George who was one of the sons of Alfred Meadows Gillam.  My wife and myself have been to England a few times now but on our last visit in 2018, we called into Countesthorpe, saw the Gillam Manor House, spoke to a few people and visited the Church.  One one of the memorials there was the name Joseph Horace Gillam died 13 September 1917 in WWI.  I've been trying to link him into our Gillams.  I've traced his line back to a Thomas Gillam Bap 28 May 1721 at Countesthorpe, he married Ann Bruin on 23 January 1757.  Another "Thomas" Gillam ?? and I can't seem to link him to our Gillams.  Two Gillam families in the same village....surely not!  Joseph's parents were Joseph & Rebecca Gillam of Countesthorpe.

I'm from Perth, Western Australia, I have so much to say we should be communicating via our email address.

What can you tell me about Thomas G?

       

[Graham W]

Hi Susieroe

Adding to what you mentioned - I have a Thomas Gillam born about 1515, died Gloucestershire 1604, married Elizabeth Francis of Ticknell.  They had a son Francis (Franciscus) born about 1570 in Ticknell, Derbyshire.  I have Francis being married three times and having a number of children. The Robert born 1515 you mentioned, couldn't be the brother of Francis (there's about a 55 yr gap) but perhaps he was the brother of Thomas?

Best regards

Graham