Aldon Randolph Gilbert (1888 - 1957)

Born 31 Mar 1888 in Clayton, Rabun, Georgia, USA

Ancestors

Son of William E Gilbert and Sarah J (Welborn) Gilbert

Descendants

Died 17 Sep 1957 at age 69 in Sylacauga, Talladega, Alabama, USA

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Biography

Aldon Randalph Gilbert was born on Mar 31, 1888 in Clayton, Rabun, Georgia, USA as the fourth child of William E Gilbert and Sarah J. Wellborn. He had six siblings, namely: Joseph Albert, James Elbert, Conilee Nancy, William Franklin, Carl Lamar, and Horace Leeman. When he was 21, he married Elmira Tululah "Lula" Atkinson,daughter of Judson Carey Atkinson MD and Sarah Elizabeth Tucker, on Aug 01, 1909 in Greene County, Georgia, USA. ^[1] A photo of the Marriage Certificate can be found here. Marriage Certificate

He is found in the 1900 Census living in Lower Hightower, Towns, Georgia, USA. ^[2] In the 1910 Census he lived in Hutchinson, Greene, Georgia, USA. ^[3] On June 05, 1917 he is living in Greene, Georgia, USA as shown by his World War I Draft Registration Card. ^[4] In the 1920 Census he is living in Walkers, Greene, Georgia, USA. ^[5] By the 1930 ^[6] and 1940 ^[7] Census he is living in Sylacauga, Talladega, Alabama, USA. He lived in Sylacauga, Talladega, Alabama, USA until his death in 1957.

He died on Sep 17, 1957 in Sylacauga, Talladega, Alabama, USA at age: 69.^{[8] [9]}He was buried on Sep 18, 1957 in Weogufka, Coosa, Alabama, USA. ^[10]

Aldon Randalph Gilbert and Elmira Tululah "Lula" Atkinson had the following children:

1. Clyde Randolph Gilbert was born on Mar 24, 1913 in Greenville, South Carolina, USA. He died on Jun 07, 1974 in Augusta, Columbia, Georgia, USA. He married Annie Rea McDaniel on Jul 11, 1936 in Rose Hill, Virginia, USA.
2. Walter Whitaker Gilbert was born on Jul 30, 1915 in Georgia, USA. He died on Apr 09, 1994 in Sylacauga, Talladega, Alabama, USA (Age: 78).
3. Lester Odell Gilbert was born on Oct 26, 1916 in Georgia, USA. He died on Sep 08, 1994 in Sylacauga, Talladega, Alabama, USA (Age: 77).
4. Elmira Tululah Gilbert was born on Oct 07, 1920 in Green County, Georgia, United States. She died on Jun 18, 1993 in Sylacauga, Talladega, Alabama, USA (Age: 72).
5. Aldon Jay Gilbert was born in 1926 in Weogufka, Coosa County, Alabama, USA. He died on Jan 21, 2012 in Nectar, Blount, Alabama, USA (He died Jan. 21, 2012, at the Nectar residence with his wife at his side).
6. Floyd Wilburn Gilbert was born on Aug 01, 1927 in Coosa, Alabama, USA. He died on Nov 26, 1975 in Sylacauga Hospital, Sylacauga, Talladega, Alabama (Age: 48). He married Janice Belle Samples on Jul 22, 1948 in Elizabeth City, Pasquotnak, North Carolinia USA.
7. Sarah Nell Gilbert was born on Dec 05, 1929 in Weogufka, Coosa, Alabama, USA. She died on Feb 13, 2004 in Sylacauga, Talladega, Alabama, USA (At her family home on Collling Road Sylacauga, ). She married Gerald Dean Turney in Jun 1949 in Coosa, Alabama, USA.

Sources

1. ↑ United States. State of Georgia, County of Greene. Marriage Record, Book No. B, Page 575. Marriage performed on 01 Aug 1909 by J. H. Pace, M. G. and recorded by Jas. H. McWhorter, Ordinary
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3V8-G9X : accessed 28 March 2015), Aldon Gilbert in household of William E Gilbert, Militia Districts 1138, 1264, Lower Hightower, Upper Hightower, Towns, Georgia, United States; citing sheet 8B, family 132, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,224.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML2Q-XXR : accessed 28 March 2015), Alden Gilbert, Hutchinson, Greene, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 65, sheet 3B, family 64, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,206.
4. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZZ8-P91 : accessed 28 March 2015), Aldon Randolph Gilbert, 1917-1918; citing Greene County, Georgia, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,557,070.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MJ69-SVY : accessed 20 November 2015), Aleon R Gilbert, Walkers, Greene, Georgia, United States; citing sheet 9B, family 23, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,259.
6. ↑ 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Sylacauga, Talladega, Alabama; Roll: 50; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 27; Image: 184.0. Residence place: Sylacauga, Talladega, Alabama.; http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&h=118346652&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V15C-5QW : accessed 28 March 2015), A R Gilbert, Election Precinct 11, Talladega, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 61-34, sheet 16B, family 274, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 82.
8. ↑ "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J6ZV-JWP : accessed 20 November 2015), Aldon Randolph Gilbert, 17 Sep 1957; citing reference 19673, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,908,923.
9. ↑ "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J6ZV-JW5 : 27 November 2014), William Gilbert in entry for Aldon Randolph Gilbert, 17 Sep 1957; citing reference 19673, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,908,923.
10. ↑ Aldon R. Gilbert, on Find A Grave Index (p://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7657297) Aldon R. Gilbert, 1957; Burial, Weogufka, Coosa, Alabama, United States of America, Weogufka Methodist Church Cemetery; citing record ID 7657297,http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7657297

• Also See

• "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QJ81-QC3B : 24 May 2014), Elmira Atkinson Gilbert in entry for Floyd Wilborn Gilbert and Janice Belle Samples, 1948.

DNA

• Paternal and Maternal relationship is confirmed by a Total of 12 matching segments > 7 cM = 410.1 cM with an estimated number of generations to MRCA = 2.6 Between Anonymous Gilbert II and Mel (Gilbert) Lambert, first cousin once removed
• Paternal relationship is confirmed with an AncestryDNA test match between Louise (Gilbert) Myers and Mel (Gilbert) Lambert , second cousins. Predicted relationship reported by AncestryDNA: 2nd Cousins based on sharing 357 centimorgans shared across 13 DNA segments; Confidence: Extremely High.