Originally Posted by
Riverkilt
I've been trying to prove my great great grandmother Mary Gillis of the Skye Glen, Nova Scotia (CBI) area was descended from the Gillis' that settled the area...can't even find her...lots of Mary Gillis' though...don't think women counted for much then.
He came from Lewis, which is a very Protestant Island, but the family established itself in a Catholic part of Nova Scotia so they changed denominations. As I mentioned, Malcolm's father in law was a Protestant minister.
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