John D. MCGILLIS

1875 - 1905  (30 years)

• Name	John D. MCGILLIS
  Birth	16 Sep 1875
  Gender	Male
  Death	02 Dec 1905	Onaway, Presque Isle Co., MI   [1]
  Burial	Tower Cemetery, Tower, MI
  Person ID	I301	Benham Family Tree
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2025

  
  

  Family	Emma Eleanor STOCKWELL,   b. 23 Apr 1873, Kincardine,Ontario., Canada d. 15 Aug 1937, Hart, Oceana Co., MI (Age 64 years)
  Children	+ 1. Maude Margaret MCGILLIS,   b. 03 Aug 1899, Millersburg, Presque Isle Co. MI d. 18 Aug 1973, Hart, Elbridge Twp., MI (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Roy John MCGILLIS,   b. 20 Aug 1904, Forest, Cheboygan Co., MI d. 13 Mar 1976, Hart, Elbridge Twp, Oceana Co, MI (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F108	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Alice McGillis Redding said that John McGillis died of Typhoid Fever. However, he may really have died of an accident at work. He was a lumber scaler. He also worked as foreman in a sawmill. On Roy's birth certificate, John McGillis is listed as a "foreman". Check death date...Alice said February 12, 1905. 1900 Census Presque Isle Co. MI, Case Twp., Millersburg. Supervisor's district 10, Enumeration Dist., 154, sheet no 5 McGillis, John head w m Sept 1873 26 m 5 b. MI, parents Canada Emma S. wife w f Apr 1875 25 m 5 b. MI, parents Canada Ethel F. daughter w f July 1896 3 b. MI, parents MI John McGillis listed with Emma and Ethel, and is listed as being married "five years". CFB... "Ha Ha" Emma claimed to be born in Michigan, but she was born in Canada

  
  

• Reference

  Benham Family Tree. "John D. MCGILLIS". Our Family History. https://www.enticing-azure-iguana.209-42-199-26.cpanel.site/getperson.php?personID=I301&tree=tree1 (accessed October 20, 2026).