Jose Leon Gil

Updated Jun 26, 2025

Loading...one moment please

‹ ›

Kathy Gregory

6 followers 220 favorites

01/01/2001

Jose Leon Gil

A photo of Jose Leon Gil. Jose was a Scottish mercenary soldier, went to Madrid, Spain, Latinized his name from McGill to Gil. Shown in full Scottish regalia.

Jose Leon Gil (McGill) was born in Scotland abt 1795. He was a soldier of fortune, a mercenary,choosing to go to Madrid, Spain where he met his wife Lousa Allos. Their firstborn was Jose Maria Gil, b.1821 in Madrid. There may have been other children, but to date, we do not know who they are. This family removed to Mexico abt 1830-1835. About 1850, their son Jose Maria went to California to seek his fortune during the Gold Rush. Apparently he did well, and bought farmland in Jolon, Monterey Co., CA. His parents remained behind in Erongaricuaro, Michoacan,Mexico. Not much more is known about Jose Leon or his wife Lousa. Please contact me if you have further info. regarding this Gil (McGill) family. Thank you.

Date & Place: Not specified or unknown.

Comments

Share this photo:

People tagged in this photo

Jose Leon Gil born 1795 Scotland, United Kingdom

Jose Leon Gil was born in 1795 in Scotland United Kingdom. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jose Leon Gil.

Age in photo:

followers

Topic related photos

Help reunite mystery or 'orphan' photos that have lost their families.

Photos with the names and dates lost in history. AncientFaces has been reuniting mystery and orphan photos with their families since we began in 2000. This 'Lost & Found' collection is of photos foun...

Favorite

11.4k+ photos

Scotland

Discover photos of Scotland and the Scottish people taken by families throughout history.

This series of photos shared by members of the community are of Scottish towns and cities and of famous and everyday Scottish people. Many are family photos taken over the last hundred+ years.

Favorite

109 photos

Gil

Last name

2.18k+ people9 photos

Favorite (6)

6 followers

Mcgill

Last name

9.82k+ people14 photos

Favorite (33)

33 followers

Followers

220 favorites 115 photos

Kathy Gregory

Researcher for about 25 years.Surnames being researched: (Maternal side)Lay,Kimbrell,Goats,Cotton,Moore,Lyons,Murphy,Coleman,King,Cole,Stanfield,Thompson,Hensley,Sanders,Luna,Looney,Lauderdale,Maitland,Roberts,Grimes,Mathis,Roe.(Paternal)Dalgleish,Luley,Grieger,Karlowski,Carlowski,Govenlock,Crocker,Rowse,Kerr,Hardie,Loosemore,Heal,Heale. (My 2nd Husband's Paternal side)Gregory,Zink,Tucker,Traylor,Mason,Shelton,Conklin,Concklin,Hougentogler,Hogendobler,Mathews. (My 2nd Husband's Maternal side)Carrera,Carreiro,Amaral,Gil,McGill,Allos,Yates,Chadbourne,Treworgy,Shapleigh,Holden,Padgett,McDaniel,McDonald,Soto,Espinosa,Higuera,Butron,Buitron,Rodrigues,Avila,Lugo,Verdugo.(My 1st husband's Paternal line):Galbraith.

Favorite (6)

Message

ADVERTISEMENT BY ANCESTRY.COM

Find records of Jose Gil

Birth records

Marriage records

Divorce records

Death records

Find records of Jose