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Robert Volney Gillette

	Parents
	Morris Gillette 1833 - 1901	Nancy Whitaker 1835 - 1877

About Robert Volney Gillette

Robert Volney Gillette
12/1853 - 1953
(Shown at age 42)

Robert Volney Gillette was born on an unknown day in December 1853 in an unknown place and died in an unknown year in an unknown place. Dates for birth and death are estimated. He lived to be about 99 years old.

Actual date of birth and death is unknown.

Census	1/1/1900	Omaha NE (Douglas County)	46 yrs old
Recorded as dwelling #2043: Volley (or Nahney) Gillott (age 48, born 12/1853 in PA), Ida F. (age 38, born 11/1861 in Iowa), Frank E. (son, 20, 2/1880 in Iowa), Edith (daughter, 16, 7/1882 in Michigan), Guy (son, 14, 6/1885, Michigan), Ray Gillott (son, 13, 5/1887 in Indiana), and Ray Wilford (boarder, age 19, born 7/1881). Volly's parents were born in New York and Unknown. Ida's parents were born in Ohio and Iowa. Volly and Ida have been married for 27 years. Ida has given birth to 4 children and all are still living. Volly is a carpet weaver and his oldest son is a painting apprentice. The youngest son is attending school.
Census	4/16/1910	Omaha NE (Douglas County)	56 yrs old
Family #85: Robert G. Gillette, age 56, is divorced and living alone. He speaks English and was born in PA. His father was born in New York and his mother in Canada. He can read and write and he is self-employed as a weaver.
Census	1/22/1920	Omaha NE (Douglas County)	66 yrs old
Recorded as family #1518 1/2: Clyde L. Barrett (age 39), Lilly (wife, age 38), Frank (brother, age 30) and Robert V. Gilette (lodger, age 66). Frank is single and Robert is divorced. They are renting the home where they live. Robert was born in PA, his father and mother in NY. Clyde and Robert are working as rug cleaners from their own shop.

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Age	Date	Event
3	1856	The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany
6	1859	Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory.
12	1865	Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public.
16	1869	Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France
24	1877	Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed.
26	1879	Edison invents the electric light bulb.
36	1889	The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards
42	1895	Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance.
44	1897	First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph
47	1900	The cause of yellow fever is discovered. It is proven that the fever is spread by mosquitoes. This rallies an effort to provide better mosquito control.
47	1900	Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams"
48	1901	First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent.
49	1902	The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered.
50	1903	Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk
51	1904	The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming
53	1906	Electrons are discovered by Thomson
53	1906	Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes
53	1906	The triode vacuum tube is invented
59	1912	The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people.
60	1913	Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant
61	1914	The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed
70	1923	Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes
70	1923	Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id"
71	1924	Insecticides are used for the first time on crops
73	1926	Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket
74	1927	The first television transmission was announced in England
75	1928	Big bang theory was introduced
83	1936	The first regular television broadcast happens in England
85	1938	Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission
93	1946	The university of Pennsylvania develops the ENIAC computer, containing 18,000 vacuum tubes
94	1947	Researches at Bell Labs invent the first transistor
98	1951	The first color television is introduced in the U.S.
99	1952	The first sex-change surgery was performed to change George Jorgensen into Christine Jorgensen.

Age	Date	Event
8	1861	NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA.
9	1862	NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West.
29	1882	NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity.
32	1885	NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen.
55	1908	NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile
59	1912	White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out.
60	1913	NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures
64	1917	NEWS HEADLINES: In June, the United States enters World War I on the side of the allies. The Russian Revolution ends the reign of the czars and thrusts Russia into communism.
66	1919	NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty.
85	1938	NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic.
86	1939	NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States
88	1941	NEWS HEADLINES: December 7, 1941 -- Japan launches a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and the US officially declares war on Japan the following day. World War II begins for American soldiers.
97	1950	NEWS HEADLINES: On June 25, the Korean War begins and the United Nations officially declaring war on North Korea two days later.

Age	Date	Event
2	1855	Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida.
7	1860	Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south.
9	1862	May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West.
10	1863	Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves.
12	1865	American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South"
15	1868	An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees.
22	1875	Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law.
23	1876	The National League of Baseball is founded
56	1909	The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP)
57	1910	Boy Scout and Girl Scout Organizations are introduced in America and the concept of a "week end" meaning time off from regular work begins to take root. The British Empire covers 1/5th of the world land area.
74	1927	Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs.
76	1929	Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October
77	1930	Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states.
79	1932	Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered.
80	1933	Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected president under his "New Deal" campaign. Frances Perkins becomes the first woman to hold a cabinet post when FDR appoints her secretary of labor. On December 5, the 21st Amendment is added to the Constitution, repealing Prohibition. Drinks for everyone!
81	1934	Farm families must leave the dust bowl-stricken Great Plains areas. The dust bowl includes areas in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Nevada and Arkansas. Radio picks up the "Okie" songs. In all, 400,000 people leave the Great Plains.
81	1934	Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize.
82	1935	Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time.
86	1939	Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color.
90	1943	Japanese Americans are relocated to internment camps; Almost 400,000 coal miners go on strike; Race riots break out in Los Angeles and Detroit.
91	1944	On June 6, Allied forces invade Normandy (referred to as "D-Day")
92	1945	President Roosevelt dies; The United Nations is established; the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima.

Age	Date	Event
56	1909	The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe
61	1914	World War I - Following the crisis touched off by the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo, Germany declared war on Russia and additional countries joined the war within several days.
64	1917	Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes.
66	1919	The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I.
67	1920	Adolph Hitler begins to organize the Nazi party in Germany; The Ku Klux Klan launches a recruitment campaign using mass marketing techniques to gain 85,000 new recruits; the first commercial broadcast is made.
85	1938	Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia.
86	1939	Hitler takes over all of Czechoslovakia. On Sept. 1st, Germany invades Poland. On Sept. 3rd, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany. World War II has begun.
92	1945	World War II ends with a Japanese delegation signing instrument of surrender aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay.

Robert and Ida Gillette

Robert Gillette

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Ida Davidson
Born about 1862 and died about 1962

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The Children of Robert Volney Gillette

40 years old

Frank E. Gillette
Born somewhere in Iowa on an unknown day in February 1880 and died in an unknown location about 1980. He was about 99 years old.

21 years old

Edith Gillette
Born somewhere in Michigan on July 15, 1883 and died somewhere in Nebraska on December 9, 1918. She was 35 years old.

Died from the Flu during the 1918 flu epidemic, now commonly referred to as the Spanish Flu Pandemic.

Stories handed down through the generations say she was 1/2 Indian (1/2 French and 1/2 ...

34 years old

Guy Gillette
Born somewhere in Michigan on an unknown day in June 1885 and died in an unknown location about 1985. He was about 99 years old.

32 years old

Raymond G. Gillette
Born somewhere in Iowa on an unknown day in May 1887 and died in an unknown location about 1987. He was about 99 years old.

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