When William Gillis was born on 15 September 1902, in Glendive, Dawson, Montana, United States, his father, William Moise Gillis, was 39 and his mother, Florentine Rose Mesmer, was 32. He died in 1918, in Tracy, Cascade, Montana, United States, at the age of 16, and was buried in Tracy, Cascade, Montana, United States.
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A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
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The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
Scottish (western) and Irish (Ulster): Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Gille Iosa, Irish Giolla Íosa ‘servant of Jesus’, or a shortened form from Mac Gille Íosa or Mac Giolla Íosa ‘son of the servant of Jesus’. Compare McLeish . The usual spelling in Scotland is Gillies .
Flemish, Dutch, and Walloon: from the personal name Gillis, a Flemish equivalent and Walloon variant of French and Walloon Gilles .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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