When George Washington GILLET was born on November 6, 1821, in New York, his father, Lauren Gillet, was 33 and his mother, Anna P. Roberts, was 32. He married Easter E. SMITH on June 22, 1848, in Kent, Michigan. He died on February 10, 1890, in Wright, Michigan, at the age of 68, and was buried at Maple Hill (Advent) Cemetery in Coopersville, Ottawa, Michigan.

Easter E. SMITH was born on March 24, 1831, in Canada. Her father, Benjamin Smith, was 27, and her mother, Nancy Forbes, was 27.  She died on September 8, 1905, in Sparta, Michigan, at the age of 74, and was buried at Maple Hill (Advent) Cemetery in Coopersville, Ottawa, Michigan.

They had seven children together during their marriage - Chancey M., Nirum, Lydia Ann, Julia Esther, Nettie Cleone, Ida M. and George Sherman George.