Homer Elwin Gililland

Brief Life History of Homer Elwin

When Homer Elwin Gililland was born on 9 November 1898, in Burns City, Cooke, Texas, United States, his father, William Jackson Gililland, was 43 and his mother, Lula Estelle Hart, was 37. He married Arete Twitchell Gear on 26 June 1929, in Los Angeles, California, United States. He lived in Hueneme Judicial Township, Ventura, California, United States in 1940 and United States in 1949. He died on 9 November 1968, in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Santa Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States.

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Homer Elwin Gililland
1898–1968
Arete Twitchell Gear
1905–1996
Marriage: 26 June 1929

Sources (16)

  • Homer E Gililland, "United States Census, 1950"
  • Homer Elwin Gililland, "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981"
  • Homer E Gililland, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"

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World Events (8)

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

1901 · Spindletop Oilfield Discovered

Spindletop, located south of Beaumont, becomes the first major oil well to be discovered in Texas. Other fields were discovered in shortly after, which ultimately led to the highly impactful "oil boom".

1917

U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.

Name Meaning

Irish (northern): variant of Gilliland .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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