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James GILLAN (1901 - 1967)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
James Christie GILLAN (1928 - 1994) Bruce Thompson GILLAN (1929 - 1952)	James GILLAN (1901 - 1967) + Ethel Annie CHRISTIE (1901 - )	James GILLAN (1856 - 1932)	James GILLAN
		Euphemia (Effie) THOMPSON (1859 - 1936)	Alexander THOMPSON
			Euphemia MCDOUGAL

b. 1901 at Renfew, Scotland

m. 1926 Ethel Annie CHRISTIE (1901 - ) at Mackay, Queensland, Australia

d. 1967 at Brisbane, Queenland, Australia aged 66

Near Relatives of James GILLAN (1901 - 1967)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	James GILLAN
Grandfather	Alexander THOMPSON
Grandmother	Euphemia MCDOUGAL
Father in Law	James Primrose CHRISTIE	1862	Banff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland	1924	Walkerston, Mackay, Queensland, Australia	62
Mother in Law	Janet MILNE	1867	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia	1955	Mackay, Queenland, Australia	88
Father	James GILLAN	abt 1856	White Inch, Glasgow, Scotland	1932	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	76
Mother	Euphemia (Effie) THOMPSON	1859	Renfrew, Scotland	1936	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	77
Self	James GILLAN	1901	Renfew, Scotland	1967	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	66
Wife	Ethel Annie CHRISTIE	1901	Mackay, Queenland, Australia
Son	James Christie GILLAN	1928	Rockhampton, Queenland, Australia	1994	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	66
Son	Bruce Thompson GILLAN	1929	Rockhampton, Queenland, Australia	1952	South Korea	23
Brother	James1 GILLAN	1889	Scotland	1892	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	3
Sister	Euphemia (Effie) GILLAN	1890	Queensland, Australia	1913	Mackay, Queenland, Australia	23
Brother	Alexander GILLAN	1892	Queensland, Australia	1896	Townsville,Queensland, Australia	4
Brother	John GILLAN	1894	Queensland, Australia	1976	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	82
Brother	Robert GILLAN	1896	Queensland, Australia	1918	France	22
Daughter in Law	Yvonne (GILLAN)	1932		2008	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	76
Niece	Alison Jean GILLAN	1922		1993	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	71
Niece	Living or Recently Deceased
Brother in Law	James (Jim) CHRISTIE	1886	Mackay, Queenland, Australia	1968	Dalby, Queensland, Australia	82
Brother in Law	John Milne CHRISTIE	1888	Mackay, Queenland, Australia	1964	Mackay, Queenland, Australia	76
Sister in Law	Gladys CHRISTIE	1890	Mackay, Queenland, Australia	1971	Mackay, Queenland, Australia	81
Brother in Law	Alexander Cyril CHRISTIE	1892	Mackay, Queenland, Australia	1967	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	75
Brother in Law	Charles Ernest CHRISTIE	1894	Mackay, Queenland, Australia	1956	Mackay, Queenland, Australia	62
Sister in Law	Ivy Ruth CHRISTIE	1896	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	1965	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	69
Sister in Law	Grace Janet CHRISTIE	1898	Mackay, Queenland, Australia	1984	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	86
Sister in Law	Enid CHRISTIE	1903	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	1974	Mackay, Queenland, Australia	71
Sister in Law	Nita CHRISTIE	1906	Mackay, Queenland, Australia	2001	Mackay, Queenland, Australia	95
Sister in Law	Alison Ellen MACMILLAN	1898		1982	Mackay, Queenland, Australia	84

Events in James GILLAN (1901 - 1967)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1901		James GILLAN was born	Renfew, Scotland	Ancestry tree
1926	25	Married Ethel Annie CHRISTIE (aged 25)	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	Note 1	52, 60
1928	27	Birth of son James Christie GILLAN	Rockhampton, Queenland, Australia	Ancestry tree
1929	28	Birth of son Bruce Thompson GILLAN	Rockhampton, Queenland, Australia	Ancestry tree
1932	31	Death of father James GILLAN (aged 76)	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	Note 2	18, 60
1936	35	Death of mother Euphemia (Effie) THOMPSON (aged 77)	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	Note 3	18, 60
1952	51	Death of son Bruce Thompson GILLAN (aged 23)	South Korea	Note 4
1967	66	James GILLAN died	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	Note 5

Note 1: Ethel Annie Christie in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name Ethel Annie Christie Marriage Date 19 Jul. 1926 Marriage Place Queensland Registration Date 1926 Registration Place Queensland, Australia Spouse James Gillan Registration Number 002391 Page number 689 Daily Mercury (Mackay) 19 July 1926 Mr. James Gillan, a member of the Winton staff of the Q.N. Bank, ar- rived on Saturday. His marriage with Miss Ethel Christie takes place this afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Gillan sen. are also visiting Mackay and are the guests of their son, Mr. John Gillan.

Note 2: James Gillan Event date: 06/04/1932 Event type: Death registration Registration details: 1932/B/16941 Mother: - Father/parent: James Daily Mercury (Mackay) 7 April 1932 OBITUARY. LATE MR. JAMES GILL AN. ; Mr . John Gillan, accountant, Marsh & Webster/ received the sad information yesterday morning that his father had passed away in Bris bane a short while previously. The . late Mr. James Gillan was in his 76th year and had been in failing health for some time. He was well known in Mackay, having resided here from 1910 until 1922, and for nine years was chief engineer on the tender Tay. Of a retiring disposition, he was popular and highly respected, and sincere sympathy is extended to his widow, family, and relatives in their bereavement. The late Mr. Gillan was born in White Inch, near Glasgow (Scotland), in 1856 and served and completed his apprenticeship to the engineering /trade on the Clyde. Later he took to the sea as engineer, and through his occupation he visited most of the important seaports of the world. In the British-India Steamship Co.'s boats he visited Aus tralia on mahy occasions, and about 1888 decided to remain here. He secured an engagement with the ASN Co, later the AUSN Co, and served as engineer and chief en gineer for a number of years on different vessels controlled by this company. He was well and favor ably known in all Australian ports. Later he joined the s.s. Palmer, with Townsville the home port, where he remained for nearly 20 years, and in 1910 came to Mackay as chief en gineer of the Tay, owned by the A.U.S.N. Co. In 1919 he resigned the position and went into retire ment. In 1922, with Mrs.Gillan, sen., he left to reside in Brisbane, where he passed away yesterday morning. Deceased leaves, to mourn their loss, a sorrowing widow and two sons— John Gillan, accountant, Marsh & Webster; and James Gillan, a businessman in Rockhampton. An other son, Robert, made the supreme sacrtficein the Great War. Three other children also predeceased their father — Alexander and James (the youngest), who died from diph- theria when children, and Effie, who died in Mackay in 1913.

Note 3: Euphemia Gillan Event date: 29/09/1936 Event type: Death registration Registration details: 1936/B/33130 Mother: Euphemia McDougal Father/parent: Alexander Thomson Courier Mail (Brisbane) 30 Sept 1936 GILLAN.—The Cremation service of the late Mrs. Euphemia Gillan, beloved Mother of Mr. John Gillan, of Mackay, and Mrs. James Gillan, of Rockhamp- ton, will be held This (Wednesday) Forenoon at 10.45 o'clock at the Crema- torium, Mt. Thompson.

Note 4: Ancestry tree Burial info

Note 5: Euphemia Gillan Event date: 05/06/1913 Event type: Death registration Registration details: 1913/C/2606 Mother: Euphemia Thomson Father/parent: James Gillan Daily Mercury (Mackay) 19 July 1926 Mr. James Gillan, a member of the Winton staff of the Q.N. Bank, ar- rived on Saturday. His marriage with Miss Ethel Christie takes place this afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Gillan sen. are also visiting Mackay and are the guests of their son, Mr. John Gillan. Euphemia Gillan Event date: 05/06/1913 Event type: Death registration Registration details: 1913/C/2606 Mother: Euphemia Thomson Father/parent: James Gillan

Source References:

52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: Ethel Annie Christie in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name Ethel Annie Christie Marriage Date 19 Jul. 1926 Marriage Place Queensland Registration Date 1926 Registration Place Queensland, Australia Spouse James Gillan Registration Number 002391 Page number 689

60. Type: Newspaper, Title: Trove, http://trove.nla.gov.au

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: Daily Mercury (Mackay) 19 July 1926 Mr. James Gillan, a member of the Winton staff of the Q.N. Bank, ar- rived on Saturday. His marriage with Miss Ethel Christie takes place this afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Gillan sen. are also visiting Mackay and are the guests of their son, Mr. John Gillan.

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