Brief Life History of Collins Moore
When Collins Moore Gillett was born on 14 November 1837, in Neversink, Sullivan, New York, United States, his father, Horace Eaton Gillett Jr, was 33 and his mother, Sarah Collins Moore, was 32. He lived in Rockland, Sullivan, New York, United States in 1850. He died on 20 August 1866, in Fort Kearney, Kearney, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 28, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Moore Gillet in household of Horace Gillet, "United States Census, 1850"
- Collins Moore Gillett, "Find A Grave Index"
- Collins Moore Gillet, Elder, "Utah, Latter-Day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia"
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1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Name Meaning
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.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Elder Collins Moore Gillett
Elder Gillett was with the A. H. Scott oxen train in 1866. I quote from church emigration. crossing the plains "A sad incident of the season's emigration was the death on the plains on August 20th, 18 …
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