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- BIOGRAPHY:
following information taken from: http://www.migrations.org/individual.php3?record=18751
Andrew Gill and his wife Louise Hammer immigrated to the U.S. in 1837 with their two sons, John and Michael. They had three more children in OH; Eve, Jacob and Joseph.
Andrew and Louise spent the remainder of their lives in Canal Fulton and are buried in Sts Philip & James Cemetery.
CENSUS Records:
1840:
Name: Andrew Gill Township: Lawrence County: Stark State: Ohio Roll: 427 Page: 154
BIOGRAPHY: http://www.heritagepursuit.com/Stark/Stark02P201.htm
Andrew Gill, was also a native of the same place. The latter was reared there, learned the cabinet-maker's trade, and was married to Miss Louisa Hammer, who was also a native of Germany. In the year 1837, he brought his family to America, find after landing on this side of the ocean, he came immediately to Lawrence Township, Stark County, Ohio, and bought ten acres of land on section 11. There he settled, and there his death occurred in 1844. His widow subsequently married Joseph Gill, his brother. Five children, one daughter and four sons, were born to the first union, and three children came to the second union. Mrs. Gill is now deceased.
The original of this notice, who was the eldest child born to the first union, was about three years of age when he came with his parents to America, and his first schooling was received in Lawrence Township, in a German school, Later, he attended an English school in Lawrence Township, and thus acquired a fair knowledge of the English language. After assisting on the farm and working at the carpenter's trade until twenty-one years of age, he and his brother Michel ran a threshing-machine for fifteen years in Lawrence Township. He was married the first time in 1860, to Miss Catherine Wagner, a native of Ohio, but of German descent, her father and nether having been born in the Fatherland. Mrs. Gill died in 1867, and left three children, as follows: Mary, wife of Frank Lobbie, of Akron, Ohio; Andrew married and resides in Doylestown, Wayne County, Ohio; and Augusta resides in Massillon, and is a tinner by trade.
Mr. Gill's second marriage was with Miss Melinda Wilmont, a native of France, who was brought to this country by her parents when about two years of age. Five children, two daughters and three sons, were born to this union, viz: William J., Edward, Allie, Hattie and Oscar. After his first marriage, Mr. Gill located on section 13, Lawrence Township, on a farm of twenty-five acres, where be remained for three years. From there he removed to Jackson Township and bought forty acres, upon which he resided for about three years, and then sold out, purchasing seventy-five acres on section 13, Lawrence Township. Two years later, he sold this and purchased the same number of acres on section 10, the same township, known as the Mobley Place, on which he remained for about three years. After selling this, he bought the farm where he now resides, one hundred and thirty-two acres on section 10, and here he has tilled the soil ever since. He has accumulated most of his property by hard work and perseverance, for he started out in life with only about $200. He has a good house and barn, and the place has a neat, cozy appearance. Mr. Gill also owns a business block in Canal Fulton, and this he rents out. He keeps a good breed of stock of all kinds, and has fifty head of sheep. He also occasionally buys and sells horses.
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1799 - 1844 (45 years)
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