When Emily Rebecca Gillett was born on 14 November 1839, in Marlboro Township, Delaware, Ohio, United States, her father, Harold Gillet, was 31 and her mother, Permelia Scribner, was 31. She married Chauncy H. Windsor on 27 January 1859. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Jefferson Township, Scotland, Missouri, United States in 1880 and Memphis, Missouri, United States for about 13 years. She died on 14 June 1923, in Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in McAdow Cemetery, Scotland, Missouri, United States.
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Historical Boundaries 1841: Scotland County created from Non-County Areas 19, 26, and 27.
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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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