William Gilbert

Spouse: Rosa M. Goss

1. Solon Mowry Gilbert, born 26 May 1876, Barre, Worcester Co, MA

Rosa M. Goss

Spouse: William Gilbert

1. Solon Mowry Gilbert, born 26 May 1876, Barre, Worcester Co, MA

Walter Richard Gilbert

Birth: 18 Sep 1905, Worcester, Worcester Co, MA

• "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLGR-YF73 : accessed 13 May 2024), Walter R G Gilbert (1905); FHL Digital Folder 005421160, image 596 of 773.005421160
• "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910," database with image, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/191/massachusetts-vital-records-1841-1910 : accessed 13 May 2024), George R. G. Gilbert birth (1905), Worcester births, vol 552, p. 497; from Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.

Death: 21 Apr 1968, Marin Co, CA

• "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPH9-FVS : accessed 14 May 2024), Walter R Gilbert (1968); Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.

Father: Solon Mowry Gilbert
Mother: Malinda Gertrude Wheelock

Spouse: Elizabeth C. Colleran
Marriage: 12 Jan 1929, Philadelphia Co, PA

• "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZW-HY7M : accessed 14 May 2024), Entry for Walter R Gilbert and Elizabeth C Colleran (1929); FHL 004137843.

Notes:

One of his birth records calls him George R. G. Gilbert, but another calls him Walter R. Gilbert. Except for the birth record, he appears as Walter R. Gilbert in all other records.

Walter R. Gilbert called his father deceased in his application for license to marry Elizabeth C. Colleran, 28 December 1928.¹

He was living in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York, on 16 Oct 1940 when he registered for the World War II draft. At the time, he was employed by Pan American Airways.²

He was living in Roslyn, Long Island, New York, on 3 May 1954 when his mother died.³

On 21 Apr 1968 Walter Richard Gilbert, 62, was stricken on his way home from work as a radio operator at the RCA transmitting station in Bolinas, California. He was pronounced dead at the Marin General Hospital. He was survived by his wife, Evelyn Gilbert, no children mentioned.⁴

Sources:

1. "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZW-HYHM : accessed 14 May 2024), Walter R Gilbert and Elizabeth C Colleran marriage license application (1928); FHL 004137843.
2. "New York, New York City, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W7T8-58W2 : accessed 14 May 2024), draft card for Walter Richard Gilbert, serial no. 171, order no. 3857, dated 16 Oct 1940, Queens County, New York; FHL 106072912, image 745 of 1043.
3. "Mrs. Melinda Gilbert," Worcester Telegram (Worcester, Massachusetts), 5 May 1954, p. 14, col. 3; GenealogyBank.com, accessed 13 May 2024.
4. "Stricken RCA Worker Dies," San Rafael Daily Independent Journal (San Rafael, California), 22 Apr 1968, p. 8, col. 7; NewspaperArchive.com, accessed 14 May 2024.

Elizabeth C. Colleran

Birth: 4 Apr 1903, England

• "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZW-HYHM : accessed 14 May 2024), Walter R Gilbert and Elizabeth C Colleran marriage license application (1928); FHL 004137843.

Father: James E. Colleran
Mother: Marie Keane

Spouse: Walter Richard Gilbert
Marriage: 12 Jan 1929, Philadelphia Co, PA

• "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZW-HY7M : accessed 14 May 2024), Entry for Walter R Gilbert and Elizabeth C Colleran (1929); FHL 004137843.

James E. Colleran

Spouse: Marie Keane

1. Elizabeth C. Colleran, born 4 Apr 1903, England

Marie Keane

Spouse: James E. Colleran

1. Elizabeth C. Colleran, born 4 Apr 1903, England

Fleeta Quisenberry

Birth: 1887

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48838803/fleeta-gilbert: accessed May 14, 2024), gravestone photo for Fleeta Quisenberry Gilbert (1887–1969), Find a Grave Memorial ID 48838803, San Jose Burial Park, San Antonio, Bexar Co, TX.

Death: 1969

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48838803/fleeta-gilbert: accessed May 14, 2024), gravestone photo for Fleeta Quisenberry Gilbert (1887–1969), Find a Grave Memorial ID 48838803, San Jose Burial Park, San Antonio, Bexar Co, TX.

Burial: San Jose Burial Park, San Antonio, Bexar Co, TX

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48838803/fleeta-gilbert: accessed May 14, 2024), gravestone photo for Fleeta Quisenberry Gilbert (1887–1969), Find a Grave Memorial ID 48838803, San Jose Burial Park, San Antonio, Bexar Co, TX.

Spouse: Solon Mowry Gilbert
Marriage: before 31 Dec 1918

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7QXF-HN6Z : accessed 13 May 2024), card for Solon Mowry Gilbert, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; NARA, Washington, D.C., Records of the Selective Service System (WWI), 1917-1918, publication M1509; FHL 1503738, image 2659 of 5937.

Moses Graves

Spouse: Abigail Crafts
Marriage: 8 Feb 1787

• John Card Graves, Genealogy of the Graves Family in America 3 vols, (Buffalo, New York: Baker, Jones, 1896), vol 1., p. 99,201; online at Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/genealogyofgrave01grav/page/98/mode/2up : accessed 15 May 2024.

1. Ashley Graves, born 31 Mar 1809, Whately, Franklin Co, MA

Abigail Crafts

Spouse: Moses Graves
Marriage: 8 Feb 1787

• John Card Graves, Genealogy of the Graves Family in America 3 vols, (Buffalo, New York: Baker, Jones, 1896), vol 1., p. 99,201; online at Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/genealogyofgrave01grav/page/98/mode/2up : accessed 15 May 2024.

1. Ashley Graves, born 31 Mar 1809, Whately, Franklin Co, MA

Albert Ashley Graves

Birth: 18 Dec 1848, Leicester, Worcester Co, MA

• Leicester Vital Records to 1850

Death: 16 Dec 1902, Leicester, Worcester Co, MA

• "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWPC-V9S : accessed 16 May 2024), Albert A. Graves death (1902); Leicester deaths, vol. 530, p. 357, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL 2057762, image 898 of 1041.

Burial: Greenville Baptist Cemetery, Leicester, Worcester Co, MA

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/257377682/albert-graves: accessed May 16, 2024), gravestone photo for Albert Graves (1848–1902), Find a Grave Memorial ID 257377682, Greenville Baptist Cemetery, Leicester, Worcester Co, MA.

Father: Ashley Graves
Mother: Susan Merriam Wheelock

Spouse: Emma J. Ackley
Marriage: 4 Dec 1879, Leicester, Worcester Co, MA

• "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N43R-Y84 : accessed 16 May 2024), Albert A. Graves and Emma J. Ackley (1879); Leicester marriages, vol. 309, p. 234, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL 43304, image 679 of 1112.

Abbie Jane Graves

Birth: 30 Aug 1846, Leicester, Worcester Co, MA

• John Card Graves, Genealogy of the Graves Family in America 3 vols, (Buffalo, New York: Baker, Jones, 1896), vol 1., p. 201; online at Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/genealogyofgrave01grav/page/200/mode/2up : accessed 15 May 2024.
• "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7P1-16F : accessed 15 May 2024), Abby Groves and Eustes H Stearns (1867); FHL 1311436, image 911 of 941; Born in Leicester, Mass.

Death: 17 Jan 1895, Leicester, Worcester Co, MA

• "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NW7D-R8V : accessed 16 May 2024), Abbie J. Stearns death (1895); Leicester deaths, v. 456, p. 637, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL 961517, image 655 of 832.

Burial: Greenville Baptist Cemetery, Leicester, Worcester Co, MA

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/257280821/abbie_jane-stearns: accessed May 16, 2024), memorial page for Abbie Jane Graves Stearns (30 Aug 1846–17 Jan 1895), Find a Grave Memorial ID 257280821, Greenville Baptist Cemetery, Leicester, Worcester Co, MA.

Father: Ashley Graves
Mother: Susan Merriam Wheelock

Spouse: Eustice H. Stearns
Marriage: 23 Oct 1867, Norwich, CT

• "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7P1-16F : accessed 15 May 2024), Abby Groves and Eustes H Stearns (1867); FHL 1311436, image 911 of 941.