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Daniel Gillis - farmer in Lot 3, Prince county, was born at Montrose on June 7, 1837, and is a son of John and Ann (Mclntyre) Gillis, the former of whom was born at Port Hill, Prince Edward Island. He [John] was one of the first settlers at Montrose in an early day and occupied a leading place among the promoters of that section of the
Island. The tract of land he first entered was then largely covered by standing timber but he created from this place a fine farm, which is now occupied by the subject's [Daniel] brother Paul. He was the father of the following named children: Philip, Daniel, Katie (deceased), Mary J. (deceased), John, James J., Sarah A. (deceased), Paulinus, who operates the old homestead, Maggie and Lizza. The father of these children followed farming and lumbering and was successful, owning over two hundred acres of land. He was a staunch Liberal in politics and in religion a Roman Catholic. The paternal grandfather was Finley Gillis, who came from the Isle of Barra, Scotland, in about 1800, being one of the first settlers at Low Point, Prince Ed-ward Island, where he subsequently followed farming with success.

Daniel Gillis was educated in the common schools and has devoted his entire life to agricultural pursuits in which he has achieved more than ordinary success. His present homestead comprises sixty-eight acres, of which he had cleared and put under the plow sixty acres. He carries on a diversified system of farming...
In 1875 he married Miss Ellenor McDougald, daughter of Hector and Elizabeth (Hardy) McDougald, who were natives of near Port Hill, Prince Edward Island, and were farming people. To the subject and his wife have been born the following children: Clara, the wife of Edward Harper, a farmer at Tignish; Mabel at home; John, who is now at home, followed the sea for three years and also served a period in the army; George resides in the United States; Edmund is a lumberman in the United States; Fanny became the wife of Thomas Sprague. an engineer in Portland, Maine; Janie lives at Cambridge, Massachusetts; Charles and Lena are at home. Mr. Gillis is a man of many fine personal qualities of character and stands deservedly high among his fellow citizens. from Past and Present of PEI

Gillis, Daniel
Agriculturist - 5 October 1907, page 5, col. 3