Sharon: Have you thought about looking in Daviess Co., IN? There has been a Gill's Mortuary here since the early- mid 1900's. The Gill family, I believe bought this business from the Bonham family, and is still in business at the present time, except it was purchased by a firm out of Indianapolis, or somewhere? But there have been Gill's around the Daviess county area for several years. In fact, back when I was in H.S. there were two women, with the surname Gill, one was my favorite teacher. Their husbands were brothers, who operated the mortuary, and I believe there was something in their background, altho could be mistaken, that there was a Joseph Gill in their family, probably their husband's father? Which is unique to your research, as you said your Joseph Gill was a physician, and most of the earlier mortuary's were ran by physicians. I know it's a longshot, but worth taking the chance on researching this Daviess Co., family. I do also know, that my Mrs. Gill, did not have any heirs. I'm not sure about the brother, and their could have been other brothers involved in the undertaking business here also. Melanie Wayman Daviess Co. IN SharonV45@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 05/26/2003 2:17:15 PM US Eastern Standard Time, > surberj@earthlink.net writes: > > > Dear Sharon, > > > > My theory is that your gggrandfather truly was an immigrant from another > > planet. He arrived in company with my own g.grandfather from the same era > > who came to IN, also lived to an advanced age, fathered children late in > > life and there is no record of his death or burial. So in sympathy with > > your problems, I also had a quick look for your Joe, hoping he might be > > found with my Andy. > > > > Here is what I found in 1850 in Madison County, IN ... Joseph Gill, age 35, > > a physician from England, was apparently boarding with a family named > > "Northraft" (very hard to read). The same fellow was counted twice, once > > with another household. Must have been moving around. > > > > Then we have another Joseph Gill in the 1850 census, in Posey County, IN > > (Black Tnp.). This one is 45 years old and says he was born in Kentucky. His > > wife is Mary (age 50) and others in the household are Hannah (21), Aaron, > > Benoni, and Michael, age 14. > > > > Another Joseph Gill (son of John Gill) is only 13 in 1850. > > > > Couldn't find any Joseph Gills in the 1850 census in Parke County, IN. > > > > The LDS records say: > > Husband > > Deverter Franklin Gill Pedigree > > Birth: AUG 1878 Silverwood, Fountain, Indiana > > Marriage: <1911> , Fountain, Indiana > > > > So that is Fountain County, not Parke County. But Fountain and Parke are > > right next to each other. > > > > OKAY -- but since "DEVERTER" is such an unusual name, and probably a family > > surname, I looked for that. In PARKE County, IN in 1850, there was the > > family of George Deverter, a 59-year old shoemaker. He has several children, > > among them ELIZABETH, age 15. Could that be your Deverter's mother? The > > Deverters had lived in Ohio for many years, according to the census, so > > perhaps your Gills were in Ohio at one time. > > > > Good luck. > > Jeanne Surber > > Jeanne, > > Deverter was my Great Grandfather but he was born through the marriage of > Joseph Gill and Julia Crothers (Griffin). Now do I have you more confused then > ever. Deverter was named after George DeVerter who was the doctor that > delivered him. Now Good Ole Joe would have been between the ages of 73-76. Pretty > spy......I would have almost believe at first that he was from a previous > marriage of Julia's but her and Joe had been married on November 13th of 1876 and > Deverter was born August 8, 1877, yes that is a nine month span but looks like > maybe she conceived on a wedding night or shortly there after. Although some > documents say he was born in 1878, which would be a year and nine months > later, one of his marriage applications state it was 1878. > > Sharon Gill Vanden Bossche > Homepage: <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/sharonv45/index.html">http://www.geocities.com/sharonv45/index.html</A> > E-mail: SharonV45@aol.com > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Why is Leonard Peltier still in prison...??? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > <A HREF="http://www.freepeltier.org/">http://www.freepeltier.org</A> > > ==== INDIANA Mailing List ==== > Firstmom's Genealogy Resources - Indiana > http://khuish.tripod.com/indiana.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237