John Gillot

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John Gillot lived at Malta House from 1823 to about 1826.1 He was described as an agent in post office directories, and as a merchant in a court report in The Scotsman on 21 February 1827.2 By September 1827 he had moved to 5 Hermitage Place.3 He appears to have come to Edinburgh from Sheffield, Yorkshire where parish registers described him as a merchant.4 A John Gillot, son of Malin Gillot, shearsmith, was baptised in Sheffield on 17 June 1768.5 John Gillot was in Edinburgh at the beginning of 1819, when his youngest daughter was born,6 but his earliest entry in an Edinburgh directory is from 1821, when he was at Gardeners’ Hall, Tobago Street.7 He died at the age of 66 on 07 June 1834, when he was living at 5 Hermitage Place, Stockbridge.8

He married Elizabeth (Betty) Makin at Sheffield, Yorkshire on 09 July 1807.9 Betty Mekin, daughter of James Mekin, cutler, was baptised in Sheffield on 24 May 1774.10  She was recorded in the 1841 census living in Raeburn Place with her daughters Ellen and Sarah.11 In 1842 she moved to 1 Eyre Place12 where she died 01 January 1843 aged 68.13

John Gillot and Elizabeth Makin had several children born and baptised at Sheffield between 1808 and 1815. Their eldest daughter, Mary Makin Gillot was born at Sheffield on 16 June 1811.14 She is likely to have lived with her parents before her marriage to Captain Robert Andrew Wauch, late of the 48th regiment, at St John’s Chapel, Edinburgh on 06 September 1827.15 They emigrated to Australia and Mary died at Yesaba, Macleay River, New South Wales on 15 March 1865.16

Ellen Stubbs Gillot was born at Sheffield, Yorkshire on 01 April 1815.17 She was living with her widowed mother at Raeburn Place, Edinburgh in 1841,18 and would have lived at No. 4 Malta Terrace before that. She was recorded living in England with her sister Sarah Gillot or Stanhouse, in the censuses of 187119 and 1881,20 and died, unmarried, in London on 27 March 1884.21

The youngest daughter of John Gillot and Elizabeth Makin, Sarah Smith Gillot, was born in Edinburgh on 18 January 1819.22 She married a banker and widower, Alexander Stanhouse of Stockton Lodge, Cheshire, on 02 April 1857 at Daresbury, Cheshire.23 He died two years’ later on 04 October 1859.24

The widowed Sarah Gillot or Stanhouse, an annuitant, was recorded living in Pendleton, Lancashire in 1861, with her children and step-children.25 She was in Clifton, Gloucestershire in 187126 and at Malvern Lodge, Chew Magna, Somerset in 1881.27 She died at Bournemouth, Hampshire on 26 February 1905.28

References

  1. PO Directories 1823 to 1826.
  2. ‘Trial of Mrs Smith for Murder.’ The Scotsman. 21 February 1827. p. 6, col. 4. https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk: accessed 01 November 2024.
  3. Marriages (OPR) Scotland. St Cuthbert’s, Edinburgh. 06 September 1827. GILLOT, Mary Makin and WAUCH, Robert Andrew. 685/2 410/ 272. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 19 December 2023.
  4. Baptisms (PR) England. Sheffield, Yorkshire. 13 May 1814.
  5. Baptisms (PR) England. Sheffield, Yorkshire. 17 June 1768. GILLOT, John. PR138/1/9. Sheffield Archives. Ancestry collection ‘Sheffield and Rotherham, Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 29 October 2024.
  6. Baptisms index (OPR) Scotland. Edinburgh. 18 January 1819. GILLOT, Sarah Smith. 685/1 420/ 221. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 29 October 2024.
  7. PO Directory 1821-22.
  8. Cemetery registers. Scotland. St Cuthbert’s, Edinburgh. 12 June 1834. GILLOT, John. BR0001. City of Edinburgh Archives. Ancestry collection ‘Edinburgh, Scotland, Cemetery Registers, 1771-1935.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 18 December 2023.
  9. Marriages (PR) England. Sheffield, Yorkshire. 09 July 1807. GILLOT, John and MAKIN, Betty. PR138/3/10. Sheffield Archives. Ancestry collection ‘Sheffield and Rotherham, Yorkshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1948.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 29 October 2024.
  10. Baptisms (PR) England. Sheffield, Yorkshire. 24 May 1774. MEKIN, Betty. PR138/1/9. Sheffield Archives. Ancestry collection ‘Sheffield and Rotherham, Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 29 October 2024.
  11. Census records. Scotland. St Cuthbert’s, Edinburgh. 06 June 1841. GILLOT, Elizabeth. 685/2 5B/ 07. Ancestry collection ‘1841 Scotland Census.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 18 December 2023.
  12. PO Directory 1842-43.
  13. Burials (OPR) Scotland. St Cuthbert’s, Edinburgh. 01 January 1843. GILLOT, Elizabeth. 685/2 510/ 136. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 29 October 2024.
  14. Baptisms (PR) England. Sheffield, Yorkshire. 12 July 1811. GILLOT, Mary Makin. Ancestry collection ‘England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 19 December 2023.
  15. Marriage announcements. Caledonian Mercury. 10 September 1827. WAUGH, Capt. p.
  16. Death announcements. Australia. The Sydney Mail. 25 March 1865. WAUCH, Mary Makin. p. 9, col. 6. Ancestry collection ‘Australia, Newspaper Vital Notices, 1831-2001.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 19 December 2023.
  17. Baptisms (PR) England. Sheffield, Yorkshire. 12 May 1815. GILLOT, Ellen Stubs. PR138/8/8. Sheffield Archives. Ancestry collection ‘Sheffield and Rotherham, Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1923.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 29 October 2024.
  18. Census records. Scotland. St Cuthbert’s, Edinburgh. 06 June 1841. GILLOT, Elizabeth. 685/2 5B/ 07. Ancestry collection ‘1841 Scotland Census.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 18 December 2023.
  19. Census records. England. Clifton, Gloucestershire. 02 April 1871. GILLOT, Ellen. RG10/2542/22. Ancestry collection ‘1871 England Census.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 29 October 2024.
  20. Census records. England. Chew Magna, Somerset. 03 April 1881. GILLOT, Ellen. RG11/2426/20. Ancestry collection ‘1881 England Census.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 29 October 2024.
  21. Probate records. England. Principal Registry. 07 July 1884. GILLOT, Ellen Stubs. Ancestry collection ‘England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 19 December 2023.
  22. Baptisms index (OPR) Scotland. Edinburgh. 18 January 1819. GILLOT, Sarah Smith. 685/1 420/ 221. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 29 October 2024.
  23. Post Office Directory 1828-29.
  24. Monumental inscriptions. England. Warrington, Cheshire. 04 October 1859. STANHOUSE, Alexander. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/251832276/alexander-stanhouse: accessed 29 October 2024.
  25. Census records. England. Pendleton, Lancashire. 07 April 1861. STENHOUSE, Sarah. RG9/2902/16. Ancestry collection ‘1861 England Census.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 29 October 2024.
  26. Census records. England. Clifton, Gloucestershire. 02 April 1871. STANHOUSE, Sarah. RG10/2542/22. Ancestry collection ‘1871 England Census.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 29 October 2024.
  27. Census records. England. Chew Magna, Somerset. 03 April 1881. STANHOUSE, Sarah. RG11/2426/20. Ancestry collection ‘1881 England Census.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 29 October 2024.
  28. Probate records. England. London. Probate. 14 April 1905. STANHOUSE, Sarah Smith. Ancestry collection ‘England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 19 December 2023.

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