Joseph Alexander Gillette

Male15 October 1894–5 August 1981

Brief Life History of Joseph Alexander

When Joseph Alexander Gillette was born on 15 October 1894, in Calumet, Houghton, Michigan, United States, his father, Joseph Gillett, was 27 and his mother, Victoria Parisot, was 24. He married Frances Jane Norton on 20 November 1920, in Calumet, Houghton, Michigan, United States. He lived in Detroit Ward 20, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1920 and Highland Park, Highland Park, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1940. He died on 5 August 1981, in Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States.

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Joseph Alexander Gillette
1894–1981
Frances Jane Norton
1876–1952
Marriage: 20 November 1920

Sources (13)

  • Joseph Islette in household of Margaret Parroso, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Joseph Gillette, "Michigan, County Births, 1867-1917"
  • Jos. Gillett, "Michigan, Marriages, 1868-1925"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    20 November 1920Calumet, Houghton, Michigan, United States
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (7)

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    World Events (8)

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Age 2

    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

    1897 · Beginnings of Kmart

    Age 3

    Detroit was the home of the second dime and nickel stores that S. S. Kresge owned. After two years with John McCrory, his partner, he traded his share in the Memphis store, plus $3,000, for full ownership of the Detroit store and formed the Kresge & Wilson Company with his brother-in-law, Charles J. Wilson. In 1962, the S. S. Kresge Company would rebrand and change their name to Kmart.

    1917

    Age 23

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

    Name Meaning

    English: variant of Gillett , with spelling altered and stress shifted as if it were a modern French name (see 2 below).

    French: variant of Gillet and, in North America, a variant of its altered form Gillett .

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

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