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Col. William Smith Gill 1865–1957 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1865

Birth Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Death Date: 25 Dec 1957

Death Location: Bieldside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Father: Alexander Gill

Mother: Barbara Marr

Spouse(s): Ruth Littlejohn

Children(s): Ruth Gill, Alexander Gill, Norman Gill, Jean Gill, Elizabeth Gill, William Gill

In 1865, Col. William Smith Gill entered the world in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, born to Alexander Ogston Gill And Barbara Smith Marr. Col. William Smith Gill married Ruth Crombie Littlejohn, and had children including Alexander Ogston Gill, Elizabeth Penelope Gill, Jean Forbes Gill, Norman Randolph Gill, Ruth Sylvia Gill, William David Littlejohn Gill. Col. William Smith Gill passed away in 1957 in Bieldside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1865, Col. William Smith Gill entered the world in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, born to Alexander Ogston Gill And Barbara Smith Marr.
  • Col. William Smith Gill married Ruth Crombie Littlejohn, and had children including Alexander Ogston Gill, Elizabeth Penelope Gill, Jean Forbes Gill, Norman Randolph Gill, Ruth Sylvia Gill, William David Littlejohn Gill.
  • Col. William Smith Gill passed away in 1957 in Bieldside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Col. Gill's Ancestors

Self
Col. Gill
1865–1957
Birth Place: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Parents
Alexander Ogston Gill
1832–1908
Aberdeen, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Barbara (Smith) Marr
1842–1869
Tarves, Aberdeenshire, , Scotland
Grandparents
David Gill
1796–1868
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Sarah Ogston
1797–1872
Saint Nicholas,aberdeen,aberdeenshire,scotland
William (Smith) Marr
1810–1898
Upper Mill, Tarves, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Helen Bean
1814–1852
Tarves, Aberdeenshire, , Scotland
Great-Grandparents
John *
1766–1862
Isabel (Nichol)
1776–1802
Alexander Ogston
1766–1838
Helen Milne
1776–1842
John Marr
1778–1849
Barbara Smith
1790–1873
George Bean
1768–1848
Janet Direct\d
1789–1815
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Alexander Nicol
1731–1820
Jean Wemyss
1743–1789
Alexander Ogston
1741–1774
Isobel Lind
1750–
Alexander Milne
1752–1795
Jane Kynoch
1754–1809
William Marr
1748–1830
Ann Booth
1747–1830
William Smith
1754–1832
Ann Smith
1757–1839

Col. Gill's Descendants

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Col. (William Smith) Gill (1865–25 Dec 1957) m. Ruth (Crombie) Littlejohn (04 Dec 1879–24 Aug 1964)
  1. 1. Ruth (Sylvia) Gill 1908–1993 m. Edmund (Maurice Roche (4th Baron of) Fermoy) 1885–1955
    1. 1. Frances (Ruth Burke Roche (Vicountess) Althorp) 1936–2004 m. Edward (John) Spencer 1924–2002 m. Peter (Shand) Kydd 1925–2006
    2. 2. Edmund (James Burke) Roche 1939–1984
    3. 3. Mary (Cynthia) Burke-Roche 1934–2004
    4. 4. Edmund (Maurice Burke) Roche 1885–1955
  2. 2. Alexander (Ogston) Gill 1900–1908
  3. 3. Norman (Randolph) Gill 1899–1946
  4. 4. Jean (Forbes) Gill 1901–1987
  5. 5. Elizabeth (Penelope) Gill 1904–1995
  6. 6. William (David Littlejohn) Gill 1915–1999

Col. Gill's Timeline

2 Records

1865
1865
Birth of Col. William Smith Gill in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1957
25 Dec 1957
Age 92
Death of Col. William Smith Gill in Bieldside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Bieldside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1865
    Event Place: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 Dec 1957
    Event Place: Bieldside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

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