Marguerite Mead (Gilbert) McCarthy (1891 - 1961)

Born 10 Nov 1891 in California, United States

Wife of Neil Steere McCarthy — married 23 Sep 1912 in Broome, New York, United States

Died 19 Apr 1961 at age 69 in Carmel-by-the-Sea, Monterey County, California, United States

Biography

Marguerite Mead Gilbert BIRTH 10 Nov 1891 California

DEATH 19 Apr 1966 (aged 74) Carmel-by-the-Sea, Monterey County, California, USA BURIAL Holy Cross Cemetery Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, USA MEMORIAL ID 117608054

Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles California, 22 Apr 1966

McCarthy, Marguerite Gilbert, beloved wife of Neil S. McCarthy, loving mother of Mrs. Marjorie McCarthy Gless, Mrs. John A. Bullis, Neil Dillon McCarthy and Mrs. John L. Hill, also survived by 17 grandchildren.

Private Requiem Mass was celebrated Thursday morning in Holy Cross Mausoleum Chapel by Msgr. John O'Donnell. Entombment was in Holy Cross Mausoleum.

Marguerite Mead Gilbert, born in Binghamton, Nov. 10, 1891; educated in the Binghamton schools and at The National Park Seminary, Washington, D. C.

Married in Binghamton, NY Sept. 23, 1912, to Neil Steere McCarthy, born in Los Angeles, Cal., 1887, son of James and Elizabeth (Enwright) McCarthy, who were originally from Boston, Mass.

Children of M. M. (Gilbert) and N. S. McCarthy, all born in Los Angeles:

1. Marjorie Ellen, born Nov. 24, 1913.
2. Rosemary Elizabeth, born March 13, 1915.
3. Neil Dillon, born Jan. 1, 1917.
4. Cathleen Cecelia, born Aug. 19, 1919.

PARENTS

Frank Newell Gilbert, born Stamford, N. Y., June 29, 1859, son of Francis Russell Gilbert and his first wife, Adelaide Mima (Newell) Gilbert;

He married, Feb. 1, 1888, in Binghamton, N. Y., Fannie A. Martin, born Aug. 22, 1862, Whitney Point, N. Y., a daughter of Judge Celora E. Martin, Justice of the Supreme Court and Judge of the Court of Appeals of New York State, and Almanza B. Martin, his first wife.

FRANK NEWELL⁹ GILBERT (Francis Russell,⁸ Benjamin,⁷ ]esse,⁶ Ebenezer,⁵ Caleb,⁴ Caleb,³ ]osiah,² Thomas¹), married FANNIE A. MARTIN. ^[1] Children:

i. RALPH MARTIN,¹⁰ m. NELLIE C. BENSTEN and had Jean Elizabeth.
ii. FRANCIS RUSSELL, m. LOVINA C. SMYTHE and had Russell Martin.
iii. MARGUERITE MEADE, m. NEILS McCARTHY.
IV. ELIZABETH BLACKINGTON,
v. MARIEL BRAYTON.

Educated in the Stamford, N. Y., Academy, Amherst College, from which he graduated in 1881, and in the Union University; Law Department, in 1883.

Frank N. Gilbert was an attorney and counselor at law, Binghamton, N. Y., and was secretary of the Binghamton Board of Trade, 1899-1903. He was the author of two books, "Forensic Quotations," 1903; "Digest of the Law of Negligence," 1912

FRANCIS RUSSELL⁸ GILBERT (Benjamin,⁷ ]esse,⁶ Ebenezer,⁵ Caleb,⁴ Caleb,³ ]osiah,² Thomas¹), born at Stamford, N. Y., Sept. 20, 1830; died Oct. 1, 1897;
married first, at Harpersfield, N. Y., June 24, 1857, ADELAIDE MIMA NEWELL,born 1835; died Aug. 16, 1860; daughter of Ralph and Mima (Birge) Newell of Harpersfield and Stamford, N. Y.;
married second, at Augusta, Ga., June 25, 1868, JOSEPHINE VIRGINIA CROCKER, born Feb. 16, 1849 at Galena, Ill.; daughter of John and Elizabeth (Birge) Crocker of Galena, later of Augusta, Ga.

Children:
i. FRANK NEWELL,9 b. June 29, 1859; m. FANNIE A. MARTIN.
ii. JESSE BENJAMIN, b. Apr. 2, 1870; m. MINNIE E. MAYNARD.
iii. MARY ELIZABETH, b. Feb. 23, 1872; m. at Augusta, Ga., Apr. 19, 1906, Dr. CHARLES BLOME PATTERSON of Augusta, Ga.

Francis R. Gilbert was educated at Stamford, N. Y., Amherst, Mass., and graduated from the law department of Union University. He was for many years law partner of Isaac H. Maynard, with office at Stamford, N. Y., and later at Albany, N. Y.
Politically he was a Democrat and in 1862-3 a member of the State Assembly from Delaware County. In 1884 he was a delegate to the National Democratic Convention which nominated Grover Cleveland for the presidency.
In 1887 he was Justice of the New York Supreme Court, Sixth District.
In 1890- 1 he was Deputy Attorney General and a member of the State Constitutional Convention.
He was the largest contributor to the building of Stamford Seminary and one of its Board of Trustees. By his influence he caused the railroad from the Hudson to Oswego, to pass through Stamford, a great benefit to the town.

Sources

1. ↑ Descendants of Thomas Gilbert, 1582(?)-1659, by Homer Worthington Brainard, Harold Simeon Gilbert, and Clarence Almon Torrey, Edited with a Foreword by Donald Lines Jacobus; New Haven, Connecticut, 1953, pp. 9-24 {Authority: Chart of Thomas1 Gilbert Descendants, prepared by Dr. William H. Gilbert.} The Gilbert Family: (pdf)

• Ancestry.com. New York, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1847-1849, 1907-1936 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117608054/marguerite_mead-mccarthy: accessed May 3, 2024), memorial page for Marguerite Mead Gilbert McCarthy (10 Nov 1891–19 Apr 1966), Find A Grave: Memorial #117608054, citing Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, USA; Maintained by Janice Klafehn (contributor 46786078
• A RECORD of the BENJAMIN GILBERT BRANCH of the GILBERT FAMILY IN AMERICA (1620-1920) Prepared by ELIZA HOWE GILBERT, Johnson City Publishing Company October 1920, https://ia801306.us.archive.org/6/items/cu31924029841834/cu31924029841834.pdf