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John Gilchrist

circa 1765 (computed from age at death) – 1871 (the "9th inst."; notice dated 10/9/1871)

Died 1871 at Campbell's Corners, aged 106 years — centenarian native of Sutherlandshire, Scotland, noticed in the Ingersoll Chronicle

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At-a-glance facts

Record type

Obituary

Date of death

1871 (the "9th inst."; notice dated 10/9/1871)

Date of birth

circa 1765 (computed from age at death)

Age at death

106 years

Place of death

At Campbell's Corners

Inscription transcription

From Ingersoll Chronicle, page 3, column 6

Date of Notice: 10/9/1871

"Gilchrist--At Campbell's Corners, 9th inst., Mr. John GILCHRIST, aged 106 years. He was a native of Sutherlandshire, Scotland.

Our original posting dates the notice "10/9/1871" without indicating day/month order, so the death on the "9th inst." is either 9 September or 9 October 1871 — only the year is carried in the structured date. The transcription's opening quotation mark is unclosed, kept as submitted.

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Source & citation

Source type
Transcription only
Provenance
From the Ancestors at Rest archive — founded 2004 by Brian and substantially built out across two decades by Lorine McGinnis Schulze of Olive Tree Genealogy.
Transcribed by
Ancestors at Rest archive — original contributor not recorded.
Last verified
2026-07-06
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Image vs transcription
Transcription only — death notice retyped from the Ingersoll Chronicle; no photograph in this record

Citation: Death notice of John Gilchrist, aged 106 years, of Campbell's Corners, native of Sutherlandshire, Scotland; Ingersoll Chronicle, notice dated 10/9/1871, page 3, column 6. Preserved in the Ancestors at Rest archive. (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/obituaries/gilchrist-john-1871/ : accessed [your access date]).

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