Brief Life History of Charles J.
When Charles J. Gillett was born in 1878, his father, Cyrenus Gillett, was 28 and his mother, Eliza Bacon, was 31. He had at least 4 sons with Mabel Mosher. He lived in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Jefferson, New York, United States in 1900 and Antwerp, Jefferson, New York, United States for about 25 years. He died in 1942, in Antwerp, Antwerp, Jefferson, New York, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Antwerp, Antwerp, Jefferson, New York, United States.
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- Charles I Gillette, "United States Census, 1930"
- Charles J Gillett, "Find A Grave Index"
- Charles Gillett in entry for Leslie E Gillett, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
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.
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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