Robert Lee Gilbert (1906 - 1977)

Born 11 Jun 1906 in Jellico, Campbell, Tennessee, United States

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Died 9 Jul 1977 at age 71 in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Robert Lee Gilbert is the son of John Gilbert (1870-) and Julia (Ayers) Young (1880-1954) He was born in 1906.

Robert's father John Alexander Gilbert, passed away from pneumonia on November 23rd, 1913 and the 4 children Herschel Ownesby Gilbert , Robert and Arthur, and Leona were sent to the Odd Fellows Home in February 1914. Leona was only 17 months old at the time they went to the Home.

Herschel left the Home on June 30th, 1928 at the age of 18. The two older brothers left the Home: Robert in 1924 and Arthur in 1926. Leona was discharged from the home the same time that Herschel was, at the age of 15.

After leaving the Home they all went to Jellico, Tennessee as their mother, Julia Ayers Gilbert, had remarried Lee Young.

Robert Lee Gilbert BIRTH 11 Jun 1906 Jellico, Campbell County, Tennessee, USA DEATH 6 Jul 1977 (aged 71) Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA BURIAL Valley View Memorial Gardens Xenia, Greene County, Ohio, USA Show Map MEMORIAL ID 178465560

SPOUSE, Robert Lee Gilbert married at Covington, Ky, On July 1, 1937,

Ada Elizabeth Christensen Gilbert BIRTH 21 Sep 1905 Goshen, Bingham County, Idaho, - DEATH 5 Jul 1988 (aged 82) Cedar City, Iron County, Utah, BURIAL Valley View Memorial Gardens Xenia, Greene County, Ohio, MEMORIAL ID 178463038

CHILDREN INCLUDE

1. Myrna Lee (Gilbert) Bowles (1939-2013)
2. Robert Gilbert of Dayton, Ohio, and
3. Norman Gilbert of Chicago, Ill;

Dayton, Ohio - Ada E. Christensen Gilbert, 82, Goshen native, died July 5, 1988, at Cedar City, Utah, of causes incident to age. She was born Sept. 21, 1905, at Goshen, the daughter of Hiram R. and Amanda Peterson Christensen. She attended Goshen school and graduated from Firth High School. She attended Ricks College and Idaho State University, and graduated from the University of Dayton, Ohio. On July 1, 1937, she married Robert Lee Gilbert at Covington, Ky. Their marriage was solemnized in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple. She taught school at Osgood, Lincoln and Goshen. After her marriage, she taught at Dayton, Ohio, where she was chosen Teacher of the Year. She was an active member of the LDS Church. Survivors include a daughter, Myrna Gilbert Bowles of Cedar City, Utah; two sons, Robert Gilbert of Dayton, Ohio, and Norman Gilbert of Chicago, Ill; a brother, Leland C Christensen of Goshen; a sister, Melva Harker of Shelley; 10 grand-children and three great-grand-children. She was preceded in death by her husband. Services were held July 11 in Dayton, Ohio, conducted by Bishop Ron Dever. Burial was at Valley View Memorial Gardens in Dayton.

Census 1910 Civil District 4, Campbell, Tennessee, Robert L Gilbert in household of John Gilbert^[1]

John Gilbert 39 Tennessee
Julia Gilbert 30 Tennessee
James A Gilbert 14 Tennessee
Robert L Gilbert 3 Tennessee
Arthur Gilbert 2 Tennessee

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGXG-QHN : accessed 26 September 2022), Robert L Gilbert in household of John Gilbert, Civil District 4, Campbell, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 44, sheet 5B, family 111, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1492; FHL microfilm 1,375,505.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4H6-ZKD : accessed 25 September 2022), Robert L Gilbert in household of Julia Young, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 55, sheet 1B, line 53, family 16, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1852; FHL microfilm 2,341,586.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW8F-R51 : 9 January 2021), Robert L Gilbert, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 94-54, sheet 8B, line 51, family 169, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3252.

• "Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007", database, FamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKVY-NVM : 11 November 2019), Robert L Gilbert, 1977.

• Find a Grave, database and images https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178465560/robert-lee-gilbert: accessed 25 September 2022), memorial page for Robert Lee Gilbert (11 Jun 1906–6 Jul 1977), citing Valley View Memorial Gardens, Xenia, Greene County, Ohio, USA