When Lois A Gillett was born on 22 January 1859, in Township of Rome, Lenawee, Michigan, United States, her father, Dewitt Clinton Gillett, was 34 and her mother, Eliza Ford Lee, was 25. She married Wesley Freeman Bever on 8 October 1879, in Odessa Township, Ionia, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Michigan, United States in 1870 and Lake Odessa, Odessa Township, Ionia, Michigan, United States in 1910. She died on 13 January 1935, in Odessa Township, Ionia, Michigan, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Lakeside Cemetery, Lake Odessa, Odessa Township, Ionia, Michigan, United States.
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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.
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