Photo and information courtesy of Cal Bivens.

Photo and information courtesy of Cal Bivens.

Sarah Miranda Crabtree (1834-1930)
Sarah was born in 1834 in St. John County, New Brunswick, Canada. On October 12, 1854 Sarah married Leonard Francis Gill, son of Daniel Gill & Lorinda Leland, in Portland, Maine. Len, as he was called, was born on November 2, 1830 in Portland, Maine. Leonard Francis Gill was killed on April 9, 1864 at the Battle of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana; he was 33. Sarah Crabtree Gill died in Chicago, Illinois on March 19, 1930 at the age of 96 years.

Sarah and Leonard had the following children:

Lorinda Laura Gill
Lorinda was born on August 15, 1855 in Portland, Maine. Laura died in Illinois, Chicago, on February 7, 1952; she was 96.

On July 24, 1877 when Lorinda Laura Gill married Robert Grainger, son of Robert Grainger and Margaret Hood, in DuPage County, Illinois. Robert was born on December 10, 1846 in Glasgow, Scotland. He died in Chicago, Illinois on November 30, 1933 he was 86.

    Robert and Lorinda Laura Gill Grainger had the following children:
    Sarah Isabelle Grainger
    Sarah Isabelle born in 1878, married Mr. Breymer.

    Robert L. Grainger
    Born in 1881. Robert married Lillian Rosenow. He served in the army in World War I.

    William Wallace Grainger
    Born on July 5, 1895 in Illinois, Chicago. William Wallace died in Skokie, Illinois in October 1982; he was 87. Bill married Hallie Ward. She was born in 1886. Hallie died in 1982; she was 96. They had two children.

    Laura Ellen Grainger
    Born on May 16 1886. Laura Ellen died in Oak Park, Illinois in September 1978; she was 92.

    Margaret Louise Grainger
    Born on March 23, 1882.

Daniel Louis Gill
Born on February 26, 1858 in Virgil, Illinois. He married Caroline (Carrie) Louise Nathan, daughter of Louis Nathan & Fredericka Knapel, in Cook County, Illinois,

    Daniel and Carrie Nathan Gill had the following children:
    Dorothy Laura Gill
    Born on May 26, 1889 in Chicago, Illinois. Dorothy Laura Gill died in Port Washington, Wisconsin on July 7, 1906; she was 17.

    Leonard Louis Gill
    Born on November 5, 1890 in Chicago, Illinois. Leonard Louis died in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on October 28 1983; he was 92. He was buried in Port Washington, Wisconsin Union Cemetery. Leonard Louis married Olga.

    Sarah Minnie Gill
    Born on August 13, 1892 in Franklin Park, Illinois. Sarah Minnie died in Lancaster, California on September 30, 1986; she was 94. Sarah Minnie first married Ralph DeRoy Gates. He died in 1939 in Redlands, California. They had eight children.

    Daniel Leland Gill
    Born on 8 April 8, 1895 in Franklin Park, Illinois. Daniel Leland died in Lancaster, California, on April 13, 1977; he was 82. He was buried on April 15, 1977 in Wood National Cemetery, Wood, Wisconsin.

    Robert Nathan Gill
    Born on April 8, 1895 in Franklin Park, Illinois. Robert Nathan died in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on November 25, 1964; he was 69. Robert was buried on November 28, 1964 in Evergreen Cemetery, Glendale, Wisconsin. Robert Nathan married Lillian.

    Louise Margaret Gill
    Born in 1900. About 1924 when Louise Margaret married David (Roy) Wood.

Francis Harris Gill
Born on August 28, 1860. Francis Harris died in Illinois, Chicago, on May 13, 1873; he was 12.

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