Donation(1)
This page was reviewed 07 January 2013
This is the Index to the Gillett Family History donated to the Society of Genealogists in 1999. It has been professionally bound by them and currently is on the Family History shelves in the Upper Library at 20 Goswell Road, London.
A copy is also at the Hull History Centre (2011): Ref L.929.2(5)
Introduction
Pedigree of Sheila R Trenbath - with photographs
Descendants of John Gillett, b circa 1741
Maps Gloucestershire, showing neighbouring counties
Gloucestershire Parishes
Oxfordshire
Yorkshire (East Riding)
City of Hull
Descent chart of The Meades family
Origin of the name according to PHReaney
Early Huguenot mentions from a researcher in London about early mentions according to 'Halbert', later Burke's (not reliable)
Gillett Coat of Arms. This belongs to the Norfolk Gilletts - no connection found
From a painting done by Enid Gillett as a ?teenager
Entries in Oxfordshire Marriage index plus entries in 'phone book for about 1990
Richard Gillett - Gravestone in the Churchyard of St Mary the Virgin at Chipping Norton
Letter to Parish Magazine circa March 1993 re renovation of above Richard Gillett, labourer of Chipping Norton by SRW
Stone Masons of Chipping Norton, 1851, by SRW
Project on the possible social background of Richard Gillett
Farm life in the 1800s
Bibliography about Chipping Norton in book by O and E Meades
Oxfordshire Archives - some holdings
Notes - visit to Oxfordshire Archives in Spring of 1993
October of 1993
Report on the Select Committee to Study the Education of the Poor re Charities in Chipping Norton
William Gillett 1815 - 1903
Richard Gillett 1835-1935
1901 Newspaper item, with caricature and transcript
'Men of the City - Richard R, Alderman'
'Fifty Years in Council' - Newspaper article
Obituary - Richard Gillett, with transcript
'A Voyage in the Mediterranean Sea 1878' - re RG's diary
SS Dido - water-colour painting in Ferens Art Gallery, Hull
Enquiries about portrait in Ferens Art Gallery - two letters
Article about Francis Fullerton, TAG's father-in-law by second wife
Gillett Street in Hull
Roads and People of Hull with Gillett and Fargus associations
Morco Bicentenary Celebrations
'200 Years of Success' article in trade journal
Whaling Ships owned by TB Morley & Co by Bill ?Norfolk
Ian Carmichael - 'A Jovial Cove' - Two articles
'Births' of Dr John Gillett's family in USA
John Gillett 1845 - 1906 by Clifford Gillett 'I remember Dr John Gillett'
Letter from 'The Worshipful Company of Apothecaries of London' plus information on history and examinations etc
Photographs of Cliff Gillett (descendant of Dr John Gillett) & others during his visit to UK in 1993.
Family Bibles From Richard Gillett's family bible
From TAG's family bible
From bible belonging to Charles Anthony Gillett
Transcription and photocopies from book belonging to William HP Gillett
Legal Inquisition concerning death of Thomas Gillett, aged 14 years, in 1856
Examination of William Gillett, the younger, in 1859, re shop-lifter at his shop
Letter from James Fargus to his daughter, Dorothy - mentions Tom Gillett
Henry Meades Gillett to his grand-daughters Mary and Peggy Carmichael
The Oddfellows Friendly Society (Wm Gillett was a member)
1941- Details of bomb-damaged Property in Market Place, Hull
‘Lady Haw-Haw, Hull-born’ - September 1941 - and transcript
Post-script about reunion with Amy Gillett’s daughter in Latvia
Certificates: 1838 Birth William Gillett
1839 Death Caroline Gillett
1839 Birth Richard Gillett
1842 Birth Thomas Gillett
1846 Birth Ann Smith (who m Richard Gillett)
1860 Marriage of William Gillett & Ann Downs
1861 Marriage Licence Richard Gillett and Ann Smith of
Sheffield
1861 Marriage Richard Gillett & Ann Smith
1861 Birth Florence Gillett
1862 Birth Thomas Augustus Gillett
1865 Birth William Henry Gillett
1867 Death John Gillett of Chipping Norton
1876 Marriage John Gillett & Anne Lightbourne
1888 Marriage William H Gillett & Florence Gillett
1889 Marriage Thomas A Gillett & Emily Fargus
1894 Death Richard Owen Gillett
1903 Death William Gillett
1903 Birth Enid M Gillett
1903 Birth Enid M Gillett Shortened certificate
1904 Death Sarah Ann Gillett
1906 Death Emily Gillett (nee Fargus) 1918 Death Ann Gillett
1919 Confirmation Enid M Gillett
1930 Marriage Enid Gillett & Donald R Trenbath
1935 Death Richard Gillett
1952 Death Thomas A Gillett
1976 Death Beatrice A Gillett
1990 Death Enid May Trenbath (nee Gillett)
Wills 1860 Phoebe Gillett
1898 William Gillett and codicil
1901 Sarah Ann Gillett
1918 Ann Gillett
1935 Richard Gillett
1947 Florence Gillett
1952 Thomas A Gillett
1976 Bea Gillett
Photographs:John Gillett and descendants
Nancy Gillett - Collection Reveals Musical Passion
Richard Gillett and descendants
From Mother's photograph album (unlabelled)
Pages of photographs from old Hull
Cliff's visit to England in 1993 with William, Sheila, and Brian
Oil Painting by John Constable of Hull plus relevant articles