From "History of Luzerne Lackawanna and Wyoming Counties, Pa." published by W. W. Munsell in 1880: BEGIN Thomas Gill, jr., only child of Thomas Gill, was born in Wyalusing, Bradford County, February 4th, 1838, and came to Meshoppen with his parents in 1846. He was married October 7th, 1861, to Catharine Thayne, of Auburn. He has always lived on his present farm. END From "History of Luzerne Lackawanna and Wyoming Counties, Pa." published by W. W. Munsell in 1880: BEGIN Thomas Gill, born in Ireland, February 12th, 1805, came to this country in 1833, and for the first few years was employed on public works. He married in New York State in October, 1835, to Bridget Colgan. In 1840 he located to Black Walnut and in 1846 settled on his present farm. END transcription of Newspapers->Misc->11.2.jpg Probably from a Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania newspaper in August of 1927: BEGIN Birthday Celebration. The pleasant farm home of Mrs. Catherine Gill, situated on the Craige Hill road, was the scene of a delightful gathering on Sunday, August 14, when 40 of the relatives and friends of Mr. Gill met with her there, the occasion being in honor of her 86th birthday, which occurred on Saturday, August 13. When dinner time arrived the guests found a sumptuous dinner awaiting them, the table being attractively decorated and centered with a huge birthday cake bearing 86 candles and flanked by two other beautiful birthday cakes, one bearing the name "Grandma Gill" and the other, "Mother." Mrs. Gill received a handsome moire silk handbag, together with about $25 in money, some of it in gold. In addition to the purse, Mrs. Gill was the recipient of many other beautiful and useful gifts. Despite the rainy weather, the guests spent an enjoyable afternoon and departed for their homes wishing "Grandma Gill" many more such wonderful birthdays. Those present included guests from Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Kingston, Towanda, Sayre, Rochester and Meshoppen and vicinity. END transcription of Newspapers->Deaths->11.2.jpg Probably from a Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania newspaper in September of 1931: BEGIN Mrs. Catherine Gill This entire community was greatly shocked and saddened when word was received here of the death of one of its oldest and most respected residents, Mrs. Catherine Thayne Gill, which occurred at the home of her daughter, Mrs. M. A. Cadden, 1125 Luzerne street, Scranton, on Wednesday, September 9, 1931, at 2:30 a. m., after an illness of only one week. The deceased was the daughter of Peter and Ann Laffey Thayne, and was born in Auburn township on August 13, 1841, she being therefore just past 90 years of age. Her entire life was spent in this section, where she had endeared herself to everyone who knew her. On October 7, 1861, she was united in marriage with Thomas Gill and they enjoyed a life of perfect happiness until the union was terminated by the death of Mr. Gill on May 24, 1901. After her husband's death, Mrs. Gill continued to live on the farm at Craige Hill until a few years ago when she left her farm to make her home with her daughters. She had gone to Scranton for a visit just a short time before, and the news of her death was the more shocking because she had apparently been in unusually good health. Mrs. Gill was a remarkable woman, she having retained all of her faculties to the very last. Her mind was as keen as that of a much younger person and she enjoyed meeting and conversing with her many friends on any of the topics of the day. Only about three weeks before her death she had spent an enjoyable day at the Old Home Day celebration at Auburn Place. When her last illness came, all that loving hands could do was offered to ease and improve her condition, but all care was unavailing. Mrs. Gill was a woman of true Christian principles, a loving mother, a good neighbor and a perfect friend. Her death was as her life had been, a beautiful, peaceful one, surrounded by her children whom she had so loved. She leaves to mourn her death, the following daughters and sons: Mrs. [It seems some of the article is missing right here. - MEL] John Thayne, Sr., also of this place. She is survived too, by twenty grandchildren, all of whom were present at her funeral, except two, who were unable to get here. She leaves also seven great-grandchildren, besides scores of nieces and nephews and hundreds of friends. The funeral was held at St. Joachim's church, at meshoppen, of which she was always a faithful communicant, on Friday, September 11, when her pastor, Rev. J. A. Reilly offered the High Mass of Requiem. The church could not seat nearly all of the sorrowing friends who came to pay their last respects to the departed, and the beautiful floral offerings and many Mass Cards bore mute evidence of the esteem and affection to which Mrs. Gill was held. Her pall bearers were six of her grandsons, as follows: Vincent Cadden, Stanley Cadden, Harold Coyle, Frank Donlin, James Donlin, and Paul Donlin. A seventh grandson, John Burke, was flower bearer and also served at the Requiem Mass. Her body therefore was borne by loving hands to its final resting place, the Catholic section of the Overfield Cemetery, where it was interred by the side of her husband who had preceded her in death by a little over thirty years. To everyone who saw Mrs. Gill after her demise, it seemed that she was enjoying a beautiful sleep, and we felt in the words of the poet: "There is no Death! What seems so in transition, This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life Ilysian, Whose portal we call Death!" END