Lester Joseph GILLIS #82642

6 DEC 1908 - 27 NOV 1934
AKA: Baby Face Nelson
BIRTH 6 DEC 1908, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
DEATH 27 NOV 1934, Wilmette, Cook, Illinois, USA

Historical Notes

Lester Joseph Gillis, also known as George Nelson and Baby Face Nelson, was an American bank robber who became a criminal partner of John Dillinger when he helped Dillinger escape from prison in Crown Point, Indiana. Later, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced that Nelson and the remaining gang of bank robbers were collectively "Public Enemy Number One".

The "Baby Face Nelson" nickname derived from Gillis being a short man with a youthful appearance; however, in the professional realm, Gillis's fellow criminals addressed him as "Jimmy". A violent bank robber, Lester Joseph Gillis has killed more agents of the FBI than any other criminal. FBI agents fatally wounded Baby Face Nelson in The Battle of Barrington (27 November 1934), fought in a suburb of Chicago.

Parents

Father : Joseph W GILLIS #82640

Mother : Marie DOUGET #82641

Lineage 

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                       _Polidor GILLIS _____|
                      | (1828 - 1911)       |
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 _Joseph W GILLIS ____|
| (1869 - 1924)       |
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|                     |_Amelia DOCQUIER ____|
|                       (1831 - 1919)       |
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|--Lester Joseph GILLIS 
|  (1908 - 1934)
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|_Marie DOUGET _______|
  (1869 - 1961)       |
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                      |_____________________|
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