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Gill

Gill Name Meaning
English and Scottish: in northern England and Scotland sometimes from Middle English Gille Old Norse Gilli which is of Irish (Gaelic) origin (see below) and pronounced with a hard g. As a personal name it is not found after c. 1200. English and Scottish: topographic name from Middle English gille ‘deep glen ravine’ (Old Norse (Norwegian) gil) pronounced with a hard g. The term is found mainly in northwestern England where Norwegian Vikings settled. English: from a short form of Middle English Gilliam a borrowing of Guillaume a Central French form of William (see Gilliam ) which is also attested in pet forms such as Gillot and Gilmin (see Gillett Gilman ). This name will have been pronounced with a hard g. English: from the Middle English personal name Gille a pet form of Gillian usually a female name but occasionally male. It also gave rise to the surnames Jill Gell and Jell and was pronounced with a soft g hence the spellings with J-. English: from the Middle English and Old French personal name Gille a variant of Giles Scottish Irish and Manx: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gille (Scottish) Mac Giolla (Irish) patronymics from an occupational name for a servant or a short form of the various personal names formed by attaching this element to the name of a saint. See McGill . The Old Norse personal name Gilli is probably of this origin and may lie behind some examples of the name in northern England. It is also a Manx surname meaning ‘son of the lad (i.e. servant)’.7: Scottish and Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac An Ghoill (see Gall ).8: Norwegian: habitational name from any of the three farmsteads in western Norway named Gil from Old Norse gil ‘ravine’.9: Dutch: cognate of Giles .10: Jewish (Israeli): artificial name from Hebrew gil ‘joy’.1 German: from a vernacular short form of the medieval personal name Aegilius a later form of Latin Aegidius (see Giles ). This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine).1 Polish and German: variant or a Germanized form of Polish Gil ‘bullfinch’.1 Indian (Punjab): Sikh name probably from Punjabi gil ‘moisture’ also meaning ‘prosperity’. There is a Jat tribe that bears this name; the Ramgarhia Sikhs also have a clan called Gill.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Hill, Will, Bill, Mill, Dill, Gall, Guill, Brill, Pill, Zill
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Plot No. 50

Kenneth Gill - 1997

Plot No. 384

Frederick William
Gill M.M. - 1982
?? Gill - 1916

Plot No. 577

Harriet Gill - 1957
Leonard Gill - 1964

Plot No. 714

Frank Gill - 1989

Kenneth Calvert GILL AG517

Frederick William GILL Plot 384

Harriet GILL Plot 577

Frank GILL Plot 714

Inscription

In Loving Memory Of
Kenneth Gill
Died 9 September1997
Aged 83 Years

In Loving Memory Of
Frede -rick William
Gill M.M.
1913 - 1982
And His Wife
?
1916 - 20??

In Loving Memory Of
Harriet Gill
The Beloved Wife Of
Leonard Gill
Died May 8th 1957. Aged 77 Years
Also The Above Named
Leonard Gill
Died April 14th 1964. Aged 81 Years

In Loving Memory
Of
Frank Gill
A Dear Husband And Father
Died 13th February 1989
Aged 51 Years

Plot No. 1003

Jane Gill - 1940

Plot No. 1245

Olive Blanche Gill - 1948
Herbert Gill - 1944
Margaret - 1944

Plot No. 1254

John Jeffray Gill - 1908
Ellen Gill - 1917
Mary Eleanor Gill - 1915
Clara Blanche Gill - 1948

Plot No. 3021

John Gill 1762 - 1831
Elizabeth Gill 1788 - 1800
Christiana Gill 1794 - 1797
Ann Gill 1788 - 1806
William Gill 1799 - 1855
Tibbey Gill - 1805 - 1872

Jane GILL Plot 1003

Olive Blanche GILL Plot 1245

John Jeffray GILL Plot 1254

John Gill Plot 3021

Inscription

In Memory
Of
Jane Gill
Of 28 Park Parade Harrogate
Died Jan 19th 1940

In Loving Memory Of
Olive Blanche Gill
Died Nov 29th 1948 Aged 57 Years
Also Herbert Gill
Died Jan 3rd 1944 Aged 75 Years
Also Margaret, His Wife
Died March 16th 1944 Aged 68 Years

In
Loving Memory Of
John Jeffray Gill
Who Died Sept. 11th 1908
Aged 70 Years
Also Of Ellen His Wife
Who Died Aug. 22nd 1917
Aged 79 Years
Also Of Mary Eleanor
Daughter Of The Above
Who Died Nov. 20th 1915
Aged 51 Years
Also Clara Blanche Gill
Who Died Oct. 27th 1948
Aged 82 Years

To The Memory Of
John Gill Of Kettlesing Who Died
July 8^th 1831 Aged 69 Years
Also Of Elizabeth His Wife Who
Died January 5^th 1800 Aged 32
Years
Also Of Christiana
, Daughter Of
The Above Said John And Elizabeth
Gill Who Died May 13^th 1797 Aged
3 Years
Also Of Ann Gill, Daughter Of
The Above Said John And Elizabeth
Gill Who Died November 23^rd 1806
Aged 17 Years
Also Of William Gill Of
Kettlesing Son Of The Above Said
John And Elizabeth Gill
Died September 1^st 1855
Aged 56 Years
Also Of Tibbey Gill Wife Of
William Gill Of Kettlesing
Who Died July 12^th 1872
Aged 67 Years

Plot No. 3086

Ann Gill 1820 - 1842
Ralph Bannester Gill 1822 - 1848
Ann Gill 1778 - 1849

Plot No. 3091

John Gill 1829 - 1865
Robert Gill 1832 - 1875
Robert Gill 1806 - 1876
Hannah Gill 1791 - 1882

Plot No. 3127

John Gill 1828 - 1896
Mary Ann Gill 1825 - 1903

Ann Gill Plot 3086

John Gill Plot 3091

John Gill Plot 3127

Inscription

To The Memory Of
Ann Daughter Of William And Ann Gill
Of Hollings In This Parish
Who Died Novb^r 16^th 1842
Aged 22 Years
Also Of Ralph Bannester Gill
Second Son Of The Above Who Died
Janr^y 28^th 1848 Aged 26 Years
Also Ann Wife Of The Above Named
William Gill Who Died June 10^th 1849
Aged 71 Years
Hope Looks Beyond The Bounds Of Time
When What We Now Deplore
Shall Rise In Full Immortal Prince
Hard Bloom To Fade No More

In Memory
Of
John Gill
Who Died May 12^th 1865,
Aged 36 Years
Also Of Robert, Brother Of The Above,
Who Died August 30^th 1875 Aged 43 Years
Also Of Robert Gill, Father Of The Above,
Who Died January 2^nd 1876 Aged 70 Years
All Of Hampsthwaite
Also Of Hannah, Wife Of Robert Gill

In
Loving Memory Of
John Gill
Of West Syke Felliscliffe
Who Died Feb^y 1^st 1896
Aged 68 Years
Also Mary Ann Gill
Wife Of The Above
Who Died August 24^th 1903
Aged 78 Years
Thy Will Be Done

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Plot No.	Name	Burial Date	Age
#	Abraham GILL	6 January 1886	74
#	Abram GILL	11 February 1952	83
#	Alice GILL	6 June 1814	45
#	Ann GILL	30 December 1796	28
#	Ann GILL	2 April 1802	79
3021	Ann GILL	23 November 1806	17
#	Ann GILL	2 June 1833	7
3086	Ann GILL	16 November 1842	22
3086	Ann GILL	10 June 1849	71
#	Ann GILL	27 June 1876	91
3021	Christiana GILL	13 May 1797	3
#	Christopher GILL	20 April 1908	73
1254	Clara Blanche GILL	27 October 1948	82
#	Dinah GILL	3 January 1814	24
3021	Elizabeth GILL	5 January 1800	32
#	Elizabeth GILL	9 January 1860	85
#	Elizabeth GILL	6 June 1863	68
#	Ellen GILL	24 January 1802	14
#	Ellen GILL	29 March 1815	9
1254	Ellen GILL	22 August 1917	79
#	Francis GILL	22 November 1837	5
#	Francis GILL	20 September 1840	< 1
714	Frank GILL	13 February 1989	51
#	Frederick William GILL	20 September 1895	33
384	Frederick William GILL	11 June 1982	69
#	George GILL	10 October 1815	2
#	Hannah GILL	10 January 1840	95
3091	Hannah GILL	30 April 1882	91
577	Harriet GILL	11 May 1957	77
1245	Herbert GILL	8 January 1944	75
#	Herbert Victor GILL	10 January 1866	< 1
#	Jane GILL	12 March 1795	22
#	Jane GILL	16 September 1802	75
#	Jane GILL	4 March 1814	72
#	Jane GILL	21 June 1818	< 1
1003	Jane GILL	19 January 1940	63
#	John GILL	11 May 1823	72
#	John GILL	11 April 1830	< 1
3021	John GILL	8 July 1831	69
#	John GILL	10 June 1834	< 1
#	John GILL	29 May 1842	24
#	John GILL	6 December 1845	81
#	John GILL	23 March 1855	58
#	John GILL	28 January 1858	77
3091	John GILL	12 May 1865	36
3127	John GILL	1 February 1896	68
#	John GILL	8 February 1897	71
1254	John Jeffray GILL	11 September 1908	70
#	Joseph GILL	25 January 1811	2
50	Kenneth Calvert GILL	9 September 1997	83
577	Leonard GILL	17 April 1964	81
1245	Margaret Mary GILL	16 March 1944	68
#	Mary GILL	15 June 1816	0
#	Mary GILL	7 December 1826	0
#	Mary GILL	9 April 1832	78
#	Mary GILL	23 February 1840	63
#	Mary GILL	10 April 1873	76
3127	Mary Ann GILL	24 August 1903	78
#	Mary Ann GILL	11 May 1912	74
1254	Mary Eleanor GILL	20 November 1915	51
#	May GILL	8 August 1862	60
#	Olive GILL	8 December 2021	79
1245	Olive Blanche GILL	29 November 1948	57
3086	Ralph Bannester GILL	28 January 1848	26
#	Richard GILL	5 June 1816	14
#	Richard GILL	17 May 1839	17
#	Robert GILL	5 April 1826	78
3091	Robert GILL	30 August 1875	43
3091	Robert GILL	2 January 1876	70
384	Rose GILL	-	0
#	Sarah GILL	29 April 1799	30
#	Sarah GILL	29 May 1805	36
#	Sarah GILL	4 October 1815	0
#	Sarah GILL	11 May 1825	71
#	Sarah GILL	21 June 1827	< 1
#	Stephen GILL	15 November 1801	76
#	Susannah GILL	3 August 1903	38
#	Thomas GILL	28 September 1800	18
#	Thomas GILL	21 July 1814	57
#	Thomas GILL	3 August 1815	88
#	Thomas GILL	30 May 1857	< 1
#	Thomas GILL	20 March 1867	72
3021	Tibbey GILL	12 July 1872	67
#	Walter GILL	5 November 1832	41
#	William GILL	22 February 1795	50
#	William GILL	27 June 1824	29
#	William GILL	19 April 1827	85
#	William GILL	21 March 1837	43
3021	William GILL	1 September 1855	56
#	William GILL	15 April 1873	57
#	William GILL	19 December 1951	84

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