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Rachel J (Zornes) Gilbert (1824 - 1915)

Rachel J Gilbert formerly Zornes
Born in Greenup, Kentucky, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
Sister of , , [half], [half], [half], [half], [half], [half], [half] and [half]
Wife of — married 26 May 1842 in Carter County, Kentuckymap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , , , , , , and
Died at about age 90 in Jackson Township, Washington, Oklahoma, United Statesmap [uncertain]
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Profile last modified | Created 14 Jun 2016
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Biography

This profile is part of the Zornes Name Study.

Rachel was born in Kentucky in 1826, the daughter of Andrew Zornes and Rachell McCleese. She married John Gilbert in Kentucky in 1842.[1] Rachel passed away in Oklahoma in 1915, and is buried in Fredonia, Kansas.[2]

Research Notes

  • Birth date from obituary included on her Find A Grave profile. In addition, 1900 Census gives a date of Nov 1824.

Sources

  1. ↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWYC-JXK : accessed 12 March 2018), John B. Gilbert and Rachel Zorns, 26 May 1842; citing , Carter, Kentucky, United States, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond; FHL microfilm 1,759,301.
  2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 01 November 2023), memorial page for Rachel J. Zornes Gilbert (1826–1915), includes grave photo, Find A Grave: Memorial #114911913, citing Bachelder Cemetery, Fredonia, Wilson County, Kansas, USA; Maintained by Searcher (contributor 47579784).
  • "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6RM-1XJ : 12 April 2016), Rachel Gilbert in household of John Gilbert, Carter county, Carter, Kentucky, United States; citing family 57, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  • "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDVP-1LQ : 12 April 2016), Rachel Gilbert in household of J B Gilbert, Iowa, United States; citing p. 17, family 52, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,914.




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Amy Murch
Are you sure that Andrew and Rachell were her parents? I only ask because there is a Thomas Stout Zornes and Prudence Pettit from the same are who died in 1837 and their children were left orphaned. I didn't want to make a duplicate, but they're extremely close. But this is a Rachel B.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Pettit-1251

http://newsummer.com/pettit/TPL/tpl-2.html

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