Nicolas Joseph Gillet
active 1891–1902 · Gillet line
Names
- Baptismal name
- Nicolas Joseph
- Given
- Nicolas Joseph
- Surname
- Gillet
The formal baptismal name and the name a person was actually called are both kept, and neither is derived from the other. Spelling drift between records is evidence, not noise.
Stories
- subject The Prince Albert gold rush
What we don't know
- No birth date is recorded.
- No death date is recorded.
- Neither parent is recorded, so this person is not attached to the tree above them.
- No dated record ties this person to a specific piece of ground.
- Nothing dated is recorded about them at all, they are here because another record names them.
A sourced gap beats an unsourced fill. These are the open questions on this person, stated rather than papered over.
Research notes
[SRC-068] Cape Town engineer; wrote "The Prince Albert Goldfields" (Juta, 1891), acquired an interest in Spreeuwfontein, sold mining and camping gear, and planned a town he hoped to call GILLETVILLE. Later wrote pro-British Anglo-Boer War propaganda.
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