THE ANCESTORS OF CHARLES GILLON
lst Generation
Charles GILLON, born 23 Jul 1871 in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland; died 21 Mar 1937 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
2nd Generation
John GILLON..born 3 Feb 1839 Falkirk,
Stirlingshire, Scotland; died 14 Feb 1913 Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
Married #1 Margaret QUINN 2 Feb 1869 Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
Margaret QUINN, born 1849, Ireland died 10
August 1880 Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland,
dau of Charles Quinn and Ann Jane LOCKE
Children:
Thomas Quinn GILLON 15 Nov 1869 Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
Charles GILLON 23 Jul 1871 Glasgow, Lanark,
Scotland (Agnes Galbraith HAY)
Ann Jane GILLON 21 Aug 1873Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
(David ARMSTRONG)
John GILLON Married #2 Elizabeth KERNACHAN 2 Jun 1882 Glasgow,
Lanark, Scotland
Children:
Mary Stewart GILLON 6 Apr 1883 Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland (John SPEARS)
John GILLON 27 Mar 1885 Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
Sarah Kernachan GILLON 25 Mar 1887 Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
Helen Munro GILLON 31 Mar 1889 Glasgow Lanark, Scotland
Robert GILLON 23 Oct 1891 Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
3rd Generation
Thomas GILLON, born 25 May 1815 Falkirk,
Stirlingshire, Scotland; died before 1869
Married 22 Apr 1838 in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland; died before 1869
Euphemia McDonald CRONIN Chr 20 May 1814 Perth, Perth, Scotland; died
29 Nov 1871 Glasgow, Lanark,
Dau of John CRONIN and AnnCLINK
Children:
John GILLON 3 Feb 1839
Falkirk,
Stirlingshire, Scotland (Margaret QUINN)
Robert GILLON 1845 Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland (Jane WRIGHT)
(Pictures on Falkirk Web Site look pretty much as it did when the Gillons
lived there)
Charles QUINN born 1807 Donegal,
Ireland; died before 1869
Ann Jane LOCKE born 1813 Donegal, Ireland
Children: (This family found in 1851 and
1861 censuses of Glasgow)
Miles QUIN 1831 Donegal, Ireland
(married 1856 Mary Ann Toner)
John QUIN 1834 Drumholm, Donegal,
Ireland (married #1 1859 Jane/Jean Kilpatrick; #2 1870 Margaret Rooney)
Ann Jean QUIN 1839 Donegal, Ireland
Charles QUIN 1842 Donegal, Ireland (married abt 1868 Margaret Wallace)
William QUIN 1843 Donegal, Ireland
Bridget QUIN Chr. 14 Nov 1844 Old Monkland, Lanark, Scotland
Margaret QUIN 1849 Bellshill, Lanark, Scotland (married 1869 John
GILLON)
4th Generation
John GILLON born 2 Aug 1787 Linlithgow,
West Lothian, Scotland
Married # 1 - 16 Jun 1808 Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Mary SMITH, born abt 1789, of Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland;
died 1827 Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Dau of the "late" John Smith (marriage record)
Children:
Alexander GILLON Chr. 4 Jun 1809 Linlithgow Bridge, West Lothian,
Scotland (Margaret WATT)
Jean GILLON 23 Feb 1811 Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland
William GILLON 23 Apr 1818 Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Thomas GILLON 25 May 1815 Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland (Euphemia McDonald
CRONIN)
Elisabeth GILLON 22 Jul 1817 Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland (James
MACFARLAN)
Thomson GILLON 23 Jan 1820 Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland
John Gillon married #2 Christian HAMILTON (Chr 5 apr 1806 in Falkirk) on 16 Nov 1827 in Falkirk
John CRONIN born abt 1785; died before 1851
Ann CLINK, Chr 4 August 1785 Perth, Perth, Scotland; died 1867 Tradeston,
Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
Daughter of Robert CLINK and Euphan GARDINER
Children: (This family found in Tradeston,
Lanark, Scotland in the 1851 Census)
Helen CRONIN Chr. 1 Jul 1810 Perth, Perth, Scotland (George JEFFREY)
Euphemia McDonald CRONIN Chr 20 May 1814 Perth, Perth, Scotland
Mary Archibald CRONIN 1824 St. Ninians, Stirlingshire, Scotland (Thomas
DRUMMOND)
William CRONIN 1826 St. Ninians, Stirlingshire, Scotland
James CRONIN 1829 Perth, Perth, Scotland
5th Generation
Alexander GILLOAN, Chr 29 July 1748 Livingston,
West Lothian, Scotland
Married #2- 20 Aug 1784 Bo'Ness, West Lothian, Scotland
Elizabeth PATERSON born abt 1764, of Bo'ness, West Lothian,
Scotland
Children:
William GILLOAN 20 Jun 1785 Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
John GILLON 2 Aug 1787 Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland (Mary SMITH)
Janet GILLOAN Chr. 22 Mar 1789 Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
David GILLON Chr. 22 Aug 1790 Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
Adam GILLOAN Chr. 12 Jul 1792 Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
Elisabeth GILLON 16 Apr 1794 Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
Alexander GILLOAN Mar #1 Elizabeth STEEL (5 Jun 1748 Linlithgow- Dau of Robert STEEL and Elizabeth MARSHALL) 19 May 1771
Children:
Mary GILLOAN Chr. 27 Feb 1774 Linlithgow, West Lothian, SCotland
Alexander GILLOAN Chr. 29 Oct 1775 Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
James GILLON 10 Aug 1777 Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
Edmond GILLOAN Chr. 10 Oct 1779 Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
Gilbert GILLOAN Chr. 21 Oct 1781 Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
(Mary Taylor)
Robert CLINK born 1749, of Kinfouns,
Perth, Scotland
Euphan GARDINER Chr 15 Jul 1749 Kinfauns, Perth, Scotland,
Daughter of James Gardner
Married 9 December, 1768 Perth, Perth, Scotland
Children:
James CLINK Chr 7 Nov 1776 Perth, Perth, Scotland (Isabella MONRO)
Helen CLINK Chr. 31 Dec 1780 Perth, Perth, Scotland
Ann CLINK Chr. 4 Aug 1785 Perth, Perth, Scotland (John
CRONIN)
6th Generation
James GILLONE 14 Jul 1712 Linlithgow, West Lothian,
Scotland
Mary REID Abt 1715 Scotland
Children:
Alexander GILLOAN 29 Jul 1748 Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland (Elizabeth
Paterson and Elizabeth Steel)
James GILLOAN Chr 29 Aug 1750 Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland
(Agness DICK)
James GARDNER Abt 1720 of Perth, Perth, Scotland
7th Generation
James GILLONE, born abt 1690 of Linlithgow,
West Lothian, Scotland
Married 30 Mar 1712 Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
Margaret BORTHWICK
Children:
James GILLONE 14 Jul 1712 Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland (Mary REID)
Margaret GILLONE 11 Jul 1716 Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
David GILLONE 29 Oct 1718 Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
Alexander GILLONE 12 Sep 1720 Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
Patrick GILLON 10 Mar 1726 Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
Margaret GILLON 24 May 1729 Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
NOTE: I had to make some assumptions on the connection of these last 2 generation, but the assumptions were made with much study and research. Please contact me if you see any errors or additions to these records.
Barbara McClelland Lewis
lewisroots@comcast.net