Harold Joseph Gilmet

Brief Life History of Harold Joseph

When Harold Joseph Gilmet was born on 21 January 1918, in Alpena, Michigan, United States, his father, Eli Joseph Gilmet, was 24 and his mother, Mae Amelia Kauffman, was 22. He lived in Alpena, Alpena, Michigan, United States in 1920 and Presque Isle Township, Presque Isle, Michigan, United States in 1940. He died on 2 February 2003, in Presque Isle, Presque Isle Township, Presque Isle, Michigan, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Presque Isle, Presque Isle Township, Presque Isle, Michigan, United States.

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Family Time Line

Harold Joseph Gilmet
1918–2003
Gretchen M Bergstadt
1925–2014

Sources (6)

  • Harold Gilmet in household of Eli Gilmet, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Harold J Gilmet, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Harold J Gilmet, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"

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World Events (8)

1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

1920

The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

1941

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: French Andre, Mireille, Emile, Henri, Jean-Jacques, Jean-Louis, Marcel.

French and Walloon: from a pet form of the personal name Gilles .

English: variant of Gillett .

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

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