The Gillette paternal ancestral lineage were French Huguenots that relocated to England in the late 16th century . A generation or two later , Nathan Gillette left England arriving at Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630 . King Camp Gillette was born on January 5 , 1855 in Fond du Lac , Wisconsin and raised in Chicago , Illinois . His family survived the Great Chicago Fire of 1871
Great Chicago Fire
Great Chicago Fire
King C. Gillette