The Gillis family was an American family of eight who traveled the world in a covered wagon in the 1960s. The family consisted of father Leon Gillis (1920–2010[1]), mother Iyone Gillis (1923–2015[2]), and their six children: Lee Ann, Janet, Susie, Barbara, Allen, and George.[3][4]
In 1961–62, starting from their home in Virginia, Leon led the family on a coast-to-coast covered wagon journey, in the "Last Wagon West." In 1963–64, the Gillis family took their wagon to Europe, traveling from France, to a Dutch visit with Freddy Heineken, through Minsk[5] to Moscow, living by dint of their wits and the generosity of strangers. These journeys were covered in various local media[6] as well as Newsweek,[7]Life magazine,[8]Soviet Life,[9] the Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant,[10] and on network television from prime time news to The Ed Sullivan Show, the Today Show, and the television program To Tell the Truth,[4][11] and Soviet film Beloved (Любимая).[12]
^"Leon Hilton Gillis". horne funeral service. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
^"Gillis, Iyone Koland". Roanoke Times. 29 November 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
^Kittredge, Kevin (June 20, 1993). "West in a Wagon". Roanoke Times – via Virginia Tech Libraries.
^ ab"Christiansburg woman wants to preserve family story - Roanoke.com". www.roanoke.com. Archived from the original on 1 February 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
^"1964 Last Wagon West in Minsk" YouTube, retrieved 2022-11-12
^"Gillis family traveled the old-fashioned way - Roanoke.com". www.roanoke.com. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
^"Newsweek". Newsweek. 1 January 1962. Retrieved 27 September 2016 – via Google Books.
^"LIFE". Time Inc. 6 November 1964. Retrieved 27 September 2016 – via Google Books.
^"Soviet Life". Embassy of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics in the USA. 1 January 1965. Retrieved 27 September 2016 – via Google Books.
^"1964 October 23 TASS, anonymous photographer. Leon Gillis family in covered wagon in USSR". 18 April 2010. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
^"I traveled cross-country in a covered wagon!". To Tell the Truth. February 11, 1963. CBS – via YouTube.
^"Любимая (1965, романтический фильм, полная версия)". YouTube. 2011-06-02. Retrieved 2016-09-27.
(Любимая). "Leon Hilton Gillis". horne funeral service. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014. "Gillis, Iyone Koland". Roanoke...
Gillis; the series' title was changed to Max Shulman's Dobie Gillis during this season. This season continues with the misadventures of Dobie Gillis and...
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (also known as simply Dobie Gillis or Max Shulman's Dobie Gillis in later seasons and in syndication) is an American sitcom...
from the first season of The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. This season of the series explores Dobie Gillis' life as a junior at Central High School, and is...
the third season of The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis; the series' on-screen title was shortened to Dobie Gillis during this season. This season begins with...
Dobie Gillis; the series' on-screen title was shortened to Dobie Gillis starting with this season. The first half of the season explores Dobie Gillis' life...
Willie Gillis, Jr. (more commonly simply Willie Gillis) is a fictional character created by Norman Rockwell for a series of World War II paintings that...
Kaylin A. Gillis (born February 23, 2003) grew up in Schuylerville, New York, and graduated from Schuylerville High School in 2021. Kaylin Gillis was killed...
Johnston. Gillis confessed to the murders with little coercion and then informed investigators about five other women whom he had murdered. Gillis was born...
the loss of Rhoads, took his frustrations out on Gillis and treated him very poorly. As a result, Gillis left Osbourne's band after completing the 1982...
Nelson" nickname derived from Gillis being a short man with a youthful appearance; however, in the professional realm, Gillis's fellow criminals addressed...
Loves of Dobie Gillis, which aired on CBS from 1959 to 1963. Zelda was originally intended to be a one-shot character in the early Dobie Gillis episode "Love...
Kelly Ann McGillis (born July 9, 1957) is an American actress. She is known for her film roles such as Rachel Lapp in Witness (1985), for which she received...
Rozendaal Abbey. Gillis was the son of Walter II Berthout and Goda of Loon, daughter of Louis I, Count of Loon. The Berthout family held lands in Mechelen...
Gillis William Long (May 4, 1923 – January 20, 1985) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. representative from Louisiana. He was a...
December 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2016. Metcalf, Clayton G. (1975). The Gillisfamily in the South. Enterprise, Alabama: Metcalf. p. 377. OCLC 1959807. Eubanks...
Elizabeth, Robin, and Casey. At the beginning of the second season, the MacGillisfamily moves to Camp Hollister (based on Marine Corps Base Quantico), where...
in "Love is a Science", a Dobie Gillis short story written by humorist Max Shulman and included in his 1959 Dobie Gillis short-story collection I Was a...
of one of his plays, in which Gillis acted. Gillis received a note from Shaw that critiqued his exit, a postcard Gillis retained for decades. He enlisted...
was elected to Congress in 1952. Other more distant relatives, including Gillis William Long and Speedy O. Long, represented Louisiana in the U.S. Congress...
Gillis married Lucile Rosalie Dufva. They had three children: Adéle Elisabeth Bildt (1849–1914), Carl Nils Daniel Bildt (1850–1931), and Knut Gillis Bildt...
on its west end as Rock Hill. The peak of the hill is owned by the Gillisfamily in 2023 and a residence has been built on the top of the hill that has...
(1850–1931), Swedish diplomat and historian Gillis Bildt (1820–1894), Swedish baron and prime minister Knut Gillis Bildt (1854–1927), Swedish army officer...
the son of Gillis and Maria van Dyoen, was alderman of Brussels (having been admitted to the Sweerts). Wein van Cotthem, a member of the family, was a chronicler...
Global Information