Jane
(Jennie)
Gillett
Born in Circleville, Travis, Texas, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Columbus Gillett
and Ann M. (Bilbo) Gillett
Sister of
Winchester Gillett, Cloe (Gillett) Brymer, Thomas Gillett, Sarah M. (Gillett) Sears, Zachary Gillett, Anne (Gillett) Dolland and Theodore Columbus Gillett Jr
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 48
in Los Angeles, California, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Feb 2021
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Biography
Jennie was born in 1854 in Circleville, Williamson Co.,Texas. She was the daughter of Columbus Gillett and Ann Bilbo. Her father was a mill owner[1] Right at the end of the Civil War, or slightly later in 1865-66, Columbus and his family moved to Los Nietos, California. It was the site of one of the biggest ranchos in Southern California comprising most of Orange County now.[2]She never married. She earned a living as a housekeeper. Jennie died of pneumonia in 1902.[3]
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFL-1C1 : 11 November 2020), Columbus Gillett, 1860.
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors. "Rancho Los Nietos." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 31 Jan. 2021. Web. 1 Feb. 2021. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rancho_Los_Nietos.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10229387/jane-gillette : accessed 02 February 2021), memorial page for Jane Gillette (unknown–2 Nov 1902), Find a Grave Memorial no. 10229387, citing Artesia Cemetery, Cerritos, Los Angeles County, California, USA ; Maintained by Peggy Hooper (contributor 46591868).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jennie by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jennie:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jennie by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jennie:
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~1.56%
~6.25%
John Edwin Morgan 
:
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~0.78%
~1.56%
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Claire (Chapel) Nava
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Jennie is no relation to me. If she is a member of your family, please let me know.
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Rejected matches › Jane (Gillett) Johnson (-abt.1900)
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