Ancestor Links - Hillis & Milne and related families

  Second Generation  

2. Thomas HILLIS [Born in N. Ireland; Emigrated to Canada c.1926],,⁴ son of Alexander HILLIS [Belfast, Northern Ireland] and Jane/Mary Jane BEATTIE/BEATTY ["Probably" Emigrated to North America] was born on 11 May 1903 in Belfast, County Down, Northern Ireland,⁵ died on 30 Apr 1981 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada⁶ aged 77, and was buried on 4 May 1981 in St. John's Anglican Cemetery, Smith Falls, Ontario, Canada.⁷

Thomas married Helen Jane "Nelly" MILNE [Born in Scotland; Emigrated to Canada c.1927] ⁸ from circa 1926 to 1963.⁹ Helen was born on 5 Nov 1907 in Hamilton, Lanark, Scotland¹⁰ and died in 1993¹¹ aged 86.

Children from this marriage were:

1         i.  Thomas Samuel HILLIS ¹ (born on 23 Mar 1931 in Welland, Ontario, Canada - died on 25 Jul 1991 in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada). Thomas married Private

         ii.  Verda HILLIS ¹² died in 2010.¹³ Verda married Bob COUPLAND.¹²

3. Helen Jane "Nelly" MILNE [Born in Scotland; Emigrated to Canada c.1927],⁸ daughter of William MILNE [Motherwell/Hamilton, Lanark, Scotland] and Sarah ROTHWELL, was born on 5 Nov 1907 in Hamilton, Lanark, Scotland¹⁰ and died in 1993¹¹ aged 86.

Helen had a relationship with _____ ANDERSON.¹⁴

Their child was:

          i.  Gordon "Gordie" ANDERSON/HILLIS ¹⁵ was born on 31 Oct 1929 in Rosetown, Saskathewan, Canada¹⁴ and died on 10 Feb 1985 in Ontario, Canada¹⁵ aged 55. Gordon married Private

Helen next married Thomas HILLIS [Born in N. Ireland; Emigrated to Canada c.1926] ⁴ from circa 1926 to 1963.⁹ Thomas was born on 11 May 1903 in Belfast, County Down, Northern Ireland,⁵ died on 30 Apr 1981 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada⁶ aged 77, and was buried on 4 May 1981 in St. John's Anglican Cemetery, Smith Falls, Ontario, Canada.⁷