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Col William Smith Gill 1865–1957 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 February 1865

Birth Location: Peterculter, Aberdeen City, Scotland

Death Date: 25 December 1957

Death Location: Peterculter, Aberdeen City, Scotland

Father: Alexander Gill

Mother: Barbara Marr

Spouse(s): Ruth Littlejohn

Children(s): Ruth Fermoy

Col William Smith Gill was born in 1865 in Peterculter, Aberdeen City, Scotland, the child of Alexander Ogston Gill And Barbara Smith Marr. Col William Smith Gill married Ruth Littlejohn, and had children including Ruth Sylvia Gill Baroness Fermoy. Col William Smith Gill passed away in 1957 in Peterculter, Aberdeen City, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Col William Smith Gill was born in 1865 in Peterculter, Aberdeen City, Scotland, the child of Alexander Ogston Gill And Barbara Smith Marr.
  • Col William Smith Gill married Ruth Littlejohn, and had children including Ruth Sylvia Gill Baroness Fermoy.
  • Col William Smith Gill passed away in 1957 in Peterculter, Aberdeen City, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Alexander Gill
1832–1908
Birth Location: Aberdeen, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
AG
Barbara Marr
1842–1869
Birth Location: Tarves, Aberdeenshire, , Scotland
BM

Spouses(s)

Ruth Littlejohn
1879–1964
Birth Location: Cotton Lodge, Woodside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Ruth Fermoy
1908–1993
Birth Location: Bieldside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
RF

Col Gill's Ancestors

Self
Col Gill
1865–1957
Birth Place: Peterculter, Aberdeen City, Scotland
Parents
Alexander Ogston Gill
1832–1908
Aberdeen, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Barbara (Smith) Marr
1842–1869
Tarves, Aberdeenshire, , Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Col Gill's Descendants

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Col (William Smith) Gill (16 February 1865–25 December 1957) m. Ruth Littlejohn (4 December 1879–Aug 1964)
  1. 1. Ruth (Sylvia GILL Baroness) Fermoy 1908–1993 m. Edmund (Maurice Burke ROCHE 4th Baron) Fermoy 1885–1955
    1. 1. Frances (Ruth) ROCHE 1936–2004 m. Edward (John SPENCER 8th Earl) Spencer 1924–1992
    2. 2. Mary (Cynthia) BURKE-ROCHE 1934–2004 m. Anthony (George) BERRY 1925–1984
    3. 3. Frances (Ruth Burke SHAND) KYDD 1936–2004
    4. 4. Edmund (James Burke) ROCHE 1939–1984

Col Gill's Timeline

2 Records

1865
16 February 1865
Birth of Col William Smith Gill in Peterculter, Aberdeen City, Scotland
Peterculter, Aberdeen City, Scotland
1957
25 December 1957
Age 92
Death of Col William Smith Gill in Bieldside, Aberdeen City, Scotland
Bieldside, Aberdeen City, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 February 1865
    Event Place: Peterculter, Aberdeen City, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 December 1957
    Event Place: Bieldside, Aberdeen City, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Peterculter, Aberdeen City, Scotland
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