James GILLAN

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
James GILLAN (1856 - 1932)	James GILLAN

Near Relatives of James GILLAN
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Self	James GILLAN

Son	James GILLAN	abt 1856	White Inch, Glasgow, Scotland	1932	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	76

Daughter in Law	Euphemia (Effie) THOMPSON	1859	Renfrew, Scotland	1936	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	77

Grandson	James1 GILLAN	1889	Scotland	1892	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	3
Granddaughter	Euphemia (Effie) GILLAN	1890	Queensland, Australia	1913	Mackay, Queenland, Australia	23
Grandson	Alexander GILLAN	1892	Queensland, Australia	1896	Townsville,Queensland, Australia	4
Grandson	John GILLAN	1894	Queensland, Australia	1976	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	82
Grandson	Robert GILLAN	1896	Queensland, Australia	1918	France	22
Grandson	James GILLAN	1901	Renfew, Scotland	1967	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	66

Events in James GILLAN's life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
abt 1856		Birth of son James GILLAN	White Inch, Glasgow, Scotland	Note 1
1932		Death of son James GILLAN (aged 76)	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	Note 2	18, 60

Note 1: Died 1932 - age 76

White Inch, Glasgow - obit

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.

Personal Notes:

death reg of son

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