Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Gillett was born in 1779, in Coventry, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Gillett, was 25 and her mother, Lucy Slade, was 19. She married Richard Bates on 14 July 1805, in Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom. She lived in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom for about 20 years. She died in January 1866, in Coventry, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 87.
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- Elizabeth Gardner in household of Thomas Gardner, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
- Elizh. Gillett, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Eliz Gillet, "England, Warwickshire, Parish Registers, 1535-1963"
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1801 · The Act of Union
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
Name Meaning
English: when pronounced with a soft G (/dʒ/), it is usually from the Middle English (Old French) personal name Gillet, Gilot, Giliot, or Geliot. These are diminutives of Gille or Gilly, which are commonly pet forms of the (often female) name Gilian, Gelian (see Gillian ). Gilot and Gillet are also probably pet forms of Giles .
English (of Norman origin): when pronounced with hard G, it is more likely from the Middle English personal name Gilot, a borrowing of Old French Guillot, a pet form of Guillaume (see William ) and a doublet of Willett .
English: habitational name from one or other of the numerous minor places called Gillhead, such as those in the parishes of Matterdale, Moresby, Castle Sowerby, and Westward (all Cumberland), formed from Middle English gil(le) ‘ravine, narrow valley’ (Old Norse gil) + hed, heved ‘head’. This would become Gillett, with hard g.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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