Going Forward by Looking Back
2020 will be the year of Gillies Township 100th Anniversary!!!
Why not join us for the preliminary meeting of an
Anniversary Book Committee

It is interesting to look back to glimpse what life must have been like 100 years ago. For example, infant and child death was a far more common experience for our Gillies pioneer families at the beginning of the 20th century than it is today. In Pinegrove cemetery, there are about 46 burials identified and half of those were children! Some names are familiar pioneer family names and others show that families came to Gillies but didn't stay. We can find information on some of the children in Pinegrove cemetery and their families using today's technology and others remain a mystery, perhaps recorded only in a family memento.
• Hahn, Grace Oct 20, 1904 age 2 mos, 4 dys Died of pneumonia
• Mayo, Clayton [Clateon] Henry Jan 27, 1908-Mar 22, 1909 (O'Connor Twp) Died of Pneumonia
• Liddicoat, Bertha Jane Oct 31, 1906 age 2 mos, 12 dys Died of pneumonia
• Gerlack, Anthony Oct 10, 1920-Oct 8, 1921 (from Pearson Twp) Died of influenza
• Gallenger, Pearl Aug 4, 1905 age 11 yrs Died of consumption [tuberculosis]
• Landversitch, George Sept 8, 1905 age 3 Died of Diarrhea
• Mayo, Olive May July 14-Aug 16, 1909 Died of Cholera Infantum [a noncontagious diarrhea occurring in infants; formerly common in the summer months]
• Parker, Anna Margaret Dec 26, 1911-Sept 13, 1913 Died of Cholera Infantum
• Woodbeck, Wallace Aug 14, 1907 age 8 mths , died of cholera morbus 9 day [Acute gastroenteritis occurring seasonally and marked by cramps, diarrhea, and vomiting].
• Bishop, Harvey Aug 21, 1907 age 10 mos died of gastroenteritis present 10 days
• Parker, Albert Franklin Jan 11, 1910-Jan 24, 1911 Died of Spinal trouble
• Parker, Ira May 31, 1914-June 16, 1914 died from Icterus neonatorum [newborn jaundice] 2 weeks
• Kozy, Mike Jan 22, 1926-Aug 23, 1929 age 3 Died from accidental gunshot wound
• Jones (Turk), Baby 1914 d/o Mabel Turk & D.J. Jones
• Brady, Mary Joy Apr 1915-Aug 29, 1916 (from Pardee). Hill, Baby c/o Silas Hill
• Woodbeck, Russell Jan 6, 1907 age 17 dys, unknown cause of death
• Kozy, Baby c/o Harry Kozy
• Landversitch, Child
• Bishop, Baby Boy Sept 17, 1901
• Sitch, Grace Feb 24, 1902 age 1 month
• Sitch, Annie Mar 18, 1904 age 2 months
• Fader, Florence Ethel Jan 6, 1908 - 1908?? d/o Rev. Christopher & Mary Fader
The history of Gillies township, from its beginning during the days of silver mining, through industries in lumbering and agriculture, is an exciting one that we should document for the 100th Anniversary

At the time of corporation in May 1920, the population was approximately 442 people. Do you have information or pictures about any of those individuals, or the families who came before and after them, that you would wish included in an Anniversary book? Do you know anything about the pioneers who homesteaded your property? Would you like to volunteer to work on the history book? Why not join us for a preliminary planning meeting March 21st, 7 p.m. at the Gillies Community Centre!

For more information please email [email protected] or phone Beth at 476-0927