George Channing Gilbert (1838 - 1913)

Born 1838 in Northiam, Sussex, England, United Kingdom

Husband of Grace (Croucher) Gilbert — married 31 Oct 1871 in Motupipi, Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand

Descendants

Died 11 Aug 1913 at about age 75 in Nelson, New Zealand

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Biography

This profile is part of the Gilbert Name Study.

The birth of George Channing Gilbert was registered in the Rye Union district of Sussex in the 3rd quarter of 1838 with his mother's maiden name recorded as Cox.^{[1] [2]}

He emigrated to New Zealand, where he married Grace Croucher in 1871. ^{[3] [4]}

He passed away on 11 Aug 1913 ^{[5] [6]} and is buried in Wakapuaka Cemetery Nelson, Nelson City, Nelson, New Zealand.^{[7] [8] [9]}

Sources

1. ↑ GRO Reference: 1838 S Quarter in RYE UNION Volume 07 Page 378 at https://www.gro.gov.uk/
2. ↑ England & Wales Births 1837-2006, Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records, Civil Births, first names: George Channing, last name: Gilbert, birth quarter: 3, birth year: 1838, mother's maiden name: Cox, district: Rye, county: Sussex, country: England, volume: 7, page: 378
3. ↑ NZ BDM marriage record: 1871/8730, Grace Croucher & George Channing Gilbert
4. ↑ Marriage announcement, Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 260, 3 November 1871, Page 2
5. ↑ NZ BDM death record: 1913/6970, George Channing Gilbert, age: 74
6. ↑ Death notice, Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 12 August 1913, Page 6
7. ↑ Billion Graves record: Wakapuaka Cemetery, Nelson
8. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #118286038, Wakapuaka Cemetery, Nelson
9. ↑ Nelson City Council cemetery record, ID: WKOG03024_A, surname: Gilbert, first names: George Channing, age: 74, date of interment: 13 August 1913, date of death: 11 August 1913, cemetery: Wakapuaka, block: 03, plot: 024, area: Old General

• "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7SV-DHW : 25 May 2019), George Gilbert in household of Charles Cox, Northiam, Sussex, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
• 1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census, High Street, Hurstperpoint, Cuckfield, Sussex, England, in household of Henry W Rowland, first name: George C, last name: Gilbert, relationship: son (of Thomas Gilbert, visitor, married, age: 41, occupation: Unitarian minister, birth place: Brighton, Sussex, England), age: 12, birth place: Northiam, Sussex, England
• Obituary, Colonist, Volume LV, Issue 13798, 12 August 1913, Page 4
• Photograph (reference number: 34077) of George Channing Gilbert, Nelson Provincial Museum collection

• https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-PlaNine-t1-body-d1-d482.html