Gillett Family History
Gillett Name Meaning
from a pet form of the personal names Giles,
Julian, or William (see Gill 1).topographic
name for someone living at the top of a glen or ravine, from northern
Middle English gil(l) ‘glen’ + heved ‘head’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Gillett
Name Distribution of Gillett Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Gillett families
 312 - 622  105 - 311 |
 1 - 104  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Gillett census records
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Gillett Family Origin
Gillett Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Gillett Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Gillett census records
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Military Service by Gillett
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