Eunice (Fish) Gilbank (1856 - 1933)

Born 5 Oct 1856 in Middlesex, Canada West

Wife of William Thomas Gilbank — married 3 Oct 1877 in London, Ontario, Canada

Died 15 Dec 1933 at age 77 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Eunice Fish was born in Middlesex, Canada West in 1856. She was the daughter of Norman Burch Fish and Melissa Cole.

E M Fish Canada, Ontario Census, 1861

Name E M Fish Sex Female Age 5y Event Date 1861 Event Place Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Event Type Census Religion Protestant Enumeration District 03 Birthplace U Canada Birth Year (Estimated) 1856 ^[1]

Eunis Fish in Canada Census, 1871

Name Eunis Fish Sex Female Age 14 Event Date 1871 Event Place London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Event Place (Original) London, 02, East Middlesex, Ontario Sub-District London Sub-District Number c District Number 09 Event Type Census Birth Year (Estimated) 1857 Birthplace O Nationality German Religion F W Bapt Event Place Note 02, London c, East Middlesex 09, Ontario Household Identifier 77 House Number 76 Line Number 3 Page 24 Affiliate Film Number C-9905 Other People on This Record Norman Fish M 56 United States Malisia Fish F 47 Dannal Fish M 22 Elsa Fish F 17 Electa Fish F 11 Norman Fish M 10 Malisia Fish F 7 John Fish M 4 Bengman Fish M 24 ^[2]

She married William Gilbank in 1877.

Name William T Gilbank Sex Male Age 28 Birth Year (Estimated) 1849 Father's Name Richard Gilbank Mother's Name Ann Gilbank Spouse's Name Eunice Fish Spouse's Sex Female Spouse's Age 19 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1858 Spouse's Father's Name Norman Fish Spouse's Mother's Name Malissa Fish Marriage Date 03 Oct 1877 Marriage Place London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Event Type Marriage ^[3]

Son Burton Gilbank was born 31 July 1879 at London Twp., Middlesex, Ontario, Canada.

Name Burton Gilbank Sex Male Birth Date 31 Jul 1879 Birthplace London Twp., Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Father's Name William T. Gilbank Mother's Name Eunice Fish Event Type Birth ^[4]

Eunice Gilbank in Canada Census, 1881

Name Eunice Gilbank Sex Female Age 24 Event Date 1881 Event Place London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Event Place (Original) London, Middlesex East, Ontario, Canada Sub-District London Sub-District Number C District Number 167 Event Type Census Birth Date 1857 Birthplace Ontario Marital Status Married Race English Nationality English Religion Canada Meth. Head of Household Name William T. Gilbank Family Number 12 Page 3 Volume 16 Other People on This Record William T. Gilbank M 32 Ontario Berton Gilbank M 1 Ontario ^[5]

Daughter Nellie Gilbank was born 20 September 1886 at London Township, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada.

Name Nellie Gilbank Sex Female Birth Date 20 Sep 1886 Birthplace London Township, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Father's Name William T. Gilbank Mother's Name Eunice Fish Event Type Birth ^[6]

Daughter Eunice Pearl Gilbank was born 11 October 1891 at London Township, Middlesex, Ontario.

Name Eunice Pearl Gilbank Sex Female Birth Date 11 Oct 1891 Birthplace Ontario, Canada Birthplace (Original) London Township, Middlesex, Ontario Father's Name William Thos. Gilbank Father's Sex Male Mother's Name Eunice Fish Mother's Sex Female Event Type Birth ^[7]

Eunice Gilbank in Canada Census, 1891

Name Eunice Gilbank Age 34 Gender Female Age 34 Birth Year (Estimated) 1857 Birthplace Ontario Marital Status Married Religion Methodist Province Ontario District Middlesex East District Number 90 Sub-District London Affiliate Film Number 30953_148154 ^[8]

Eunice Gilbank in Canada Census, 1901

Name Eunice Gilbank Sex Female Age 43 Event Date 31 Mar 1901 Event Place Middlesex (east/est), Ontario, Canada Sub-District C Event Type Census Birth Year (Estimated) 1858 Birthplace Ontario Marital Status Married Ethnicity English Nationality Canadian Religion Methodist Relationship to Head of Household Wife Page 6 Eunice Gilbank's Spouses and Children Wm T Gilbank Husband N. Berton Gilbank Son Nellie M Gilbank Daughter E Pearl Gilbank Daughter ^[9]

Daughter Nellie Melissa Gilbank married Harold Frederick Callahan 5 August 1907 at London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada.

Name Harold Frederick Callahan Sex Male Age 21 Birth Year (Estimated) 1886 Father's Name Andrew Callahan Mother's Name Catherine Hodgins Spouse's Name Nellie Melissa Gilbank Spouse's Sex Female Spouse's Age 21 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1886 Spouse's Father's Name William Gilbank Spouse's Mother's Name Eunice Fish Marriage Date 05 Aug 1907 Marriage Place London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Event Type Marriage ^[10]

Daughter Eunice Pearl Gilbank married Fred Burdick Brown 10 March 1910 at Birr, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada.

Name Fred Burdick Brown Sex Male Age 21 Birth Year (Estimated) 1889 Father's Name M R Brown Mother's Name Frances Boughner Spouse's Name Pearl Gilbank Spouse's Sex Female Spouse's Age 19 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1891 Spouse's Father's Name Wm Gilbank Spouse's Mother's Name Eunice Fish Marriage Date 10 Mar 1910 Marriage Place Birr, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Event Type Marriage ^[11]

Daughter Nellie Melissa (Gilbank) divorced Harold Callahan before 1915.

Daughter Nellie Melissa Gilbank married John Fowler 15 May 1915 at Lucas, Ohio, United States.

Name John Fowler Sex Male Age 32 Birth Date 16 Dec Birth Year (Estimated) 1883 Birthplace Darand, Michigan Marital Status Divorced Race u Father's Name Jerome Fowler Mother's Name Frances Frederick Spouse's Name Nellie Gilbank Spouse's Sex Female Spouse's Age 27 Spouse's Birth Date 20 Sep Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1888 Spouse's Birthplace London, Ontario, Canada Spouse's Marital Status Divorced Spouse's Race u Spouse's Father's Name William Gilbank Spouse's Mother's Name Eunice Fish Spouse's Previous Husband's Name Harold Callahan Marriage Date 15 May 1915 Marriage Place Lucas, Ohio, United States Event Type Marriage ^[12]

They moved to Detroit around 1919.

Eunice Gilbank Migration • United States Border Crossings from Canada to United States, 1895-1956

Name Eunice Gilbank Sex Female Age 65 Immigration Date 24 Mar 1922 Immigration Place Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States Immigration Place (Original) Detroit Michigan Previous Residence CAN Birth Year (Estimated) 1857 Birthplace London Ont, Race English Event Type Immigration Record Type Manifests Line Number 7 Affiliate Film Number m1464_434 Affiliate Publication Number M1464 Affiliate Publication Title Manifests of Passengers Arriving in the St. Albans, VT, District through Canadian Pacific and Atlantic Ports, 1895-1954 ^[13]

Eunice Gilbank Migration • Vermont, St. Albans Canadian Border Crossings, 1895-1954

Name Eunice Gilbank Sex Female Age 65 Immigration Date 1895-1924 Immigration Place Vermont, United States Event Type Immigration ^[14]

Husband William T Gilbank passed away in Detroit in 1926.

Name William T Gilbank Sex Male Age 77 Death Date 31 Jul 1926 Death Place Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States Marital Status Married Father's Name Richard Gilbank Mother's Name Ann Povey Event Type Death Birth Date 18 Jan 1849 Birthplace Aurora, Ontario Birth Year (Estimated) 1849

Eunice * Gilbank in United States Census, 1930

Name Eunice * Gilbank Sex Female Age 72 Event Date 1930 Event Place Detroit (Districts 0001-0250), Wayne, Michigan, United States Event Type Census Birth Year (Estimated) 1858 Birthplace Canada Marital Status Widowed Race White Relationship to Head of Household Mother-in-law Father's Birthplace Vermont Mother's Birthplace Canada Sheet Letter A Sheet Number 15 Eunice * Gilbank's Spouses and Children Eunice P Brown Daughter Other People on This Record Fred B Brown Norman Graham ^[15]

Eunice Gilbank passed away in Detroit in 1933, age 77.

Rites for Mrs. William T Gilbank, who died Friday at the home of her daughter, 3925 Commonwealth Ave., will be held Sunday at London, Ontario, from the home of Norman Fish, with interment at Decker cemetery. The Rev. Mr. Garbutt will officiate.

Mrs. Gilbank. who was born Eunice Fish, (married William Gilbank on) Oct. 3, 1877, lived seven miles north of London on the Fruit Line Road until 1919, when he came to Detroit. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Fred B. Brown, and Mrs. Nellie Fowler. ^[16]

Sources

1. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Census, 1861," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ7B-XH4 : 5 September 2017), E M Fish, Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 838, line 6; Library and Archives Canada film number C-1103-1104, Public Archives, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,435,836.
2. ↑ "Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M472-KCS : 7 April 2022), Eunis Fish in household of Norman Fish, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada; citing 1871; citing National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
3. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMNF-KLB : 8 March 2021), William T Gilbank and Eunice Fish, 03 Oct 1877; citing registration , London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,863,649.
4. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Births, 1869-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FM85-5YT : 2 March 2021), Eunice Fish in entry for Burton Gilbank, 31 Jul 1879; citing Birth, London Twp., Middlesex, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,845,222.
5. ↑ "Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVDJ-HHJ : 2 March 2021), Eunice Gilbank in household of William T. Gilbank, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing William T. Gilbank, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
6. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Births, 1869-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMCG-XVR : 2 March 2021), Eunice Fish in entry for Nellie Gilbank, 20 Sep 1886; citing Birth, London Township, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,845,880.
7. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Births and Baptisms, 1779-1899", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLTP-22Q : 13 February 2020), Eunice Pearl Gilbank, 1891.
8. ↑ "Canada Census, 1891," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWLN-59J : 3 August 2016), Eunice Gilbank, London, Middlesex East, Ontario, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; Library and Archives Canada film number 30953_148154.
9. ↑ "Canada Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHLN-3RP : 23 February 2021), Eunice Gilbank in household of Wm T Gilbank, Middlesex (east/est), Ontario, Canada; citing p. 6, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
10. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSZZ-8B2 : 8 March 2021), Eunice Fish in entry for Harold Frederick Callahan and Nellie Melissa Gilbank, 05 Aug 1907; citing registration , London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,871,706.
11. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSZR-214 : 8 March 2021), Fred Burdick Brown and Pearl Gilbank, 10 Mar 1910; citing registration , Birr, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,887,241.
12. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZHK-2N6 : 18 July 2022), Eunice Fish in entry for John Fowler and Nellie Gilbank, 1915.
13. ↑ "United States Border Crossings from Canada to United States, 1895-1956", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XP1P-Z3B : 14 November 2019), Eunice Gilbank, 1922.
14. ↑ "Vermont, St. Albans Canadian Border Crossings, 1895-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK31-KKP7 : 23 February 2021), Eunice Gilbank, 1895-1924; citing M1461, Soundex Index to Canadian Border Entries through the St. Albans, Vermont, District, 1895-1924, 167, NARA microfilm publications M1461, M1463, M1464, and M1465 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, publication year); FHL microfilm 1,472,967.
15. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X797-KZ9 : accessed 15 August 2022), Eunice * Gilbank in household of Fred B Brown, Detroit (Districts 0001-0250), Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 204, sheet 15A, line 21, family 23, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1039; FHL microfilm 2,340,774.
16. ↑ Detroit Free Press Detroit, Michigan, 17 Dec 1933, Sun Page 11

• Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KF46-57J 2018), Eunice Gilbank, 15 Dec 1933; citing Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing; FHL microfilm 1,973,012.

• BURIAL Eunice Fish Gilbank BIRTH 3 Oct 1856 Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada DEATH 15 Dec 1933 (aged 77) Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA buried Medway Cemetery, London, Middlesex County, Ontario, CanadaFind A Grave: Memorial #190928205