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mcgillis Name Meaning and History

Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gille Iosa ‘son of the servant of Jesus’. Compare McLeish.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The mcgillis name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the mcgillis family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of mcgillis Families in the US in 1920
Number of mcgillis families
 11-20
 4-10
 1-3
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 58 - Messages: 216
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McGillis/MacDonald CMellaney 0
Esther McGinnis m. James McGillis TGB 1
Anyone know these McGillis Helen Cooperrider 3
A.F. McGillis of Memominee, Michigan in 1895 BasketLady420 0
Donald McGillis/Catherine MacD, Lanc. 6, Lot 19 LaurieMcRae 2
Looking for information on John A McGillis born in the late 20's Morningglory726 2
A New board Administrator for McGillis Peter_McCrae 0
Annie Mcgillis gebrodie 0
Amos McGillis annmcgillis 7
email change john mcgillis frechette 0
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