Robert
(Bob)
Gilbert
Born about in Cranbrook, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Son of Robert Gilbert
and Charlotte (Springett) Gilbert
Brother of
Charlotte Gilbert and Ann Rachel Gilbert
Husband of
Silvester Ann (Hickmott) Gilbert
— married
7 Dec 1846 in Cranbrook, Kent, England
Husband of
Mary Ann (Martin) Gilbert
— married
17 Mar 1860 in Wateringbury, Kent, England
Descendants 
Father of
Ann Gilbert, Elizabeth Gilbert, Emily Gilbert, Harry Robert Gilbert, Frank Gilbert, Alice Mary Gilbert and Fanny Gilbert
Died
at about age 70
in Sissinghurst, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Feb 2016
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Biography
This profile is part of the Gilbert Name Study.
Robert is assumed to be the Robert Gilbert baptised at Cranbrook in Kent on 20 May 1827 with his parents named as Robert (a labourer) and Charlotte Gilbert of Cranbrook, with a note in the Church Baptism Register margin next to his entry which appears to read 3yr and (hard to decipher) 1 or 9m. His sister Charlotte was baptised on the same day.[1]
Robert Gilbert, a bachelor labourer of full age, married Silvester Ann Hickmott, a spinster and minor, at Cranbrook St Dunstan on 7 Dec 1846 by Banns when both of Cranbrook and with the fathers named as Robert Gilbert and George Hickmott both labourers. [2]
1851: At Orange Tree House, Frittenden, Cranbrook, Kent:[3]
- Robert Gilbert Head Married 25 Ag Labr Cranbrook, Kent
- Silvester Ann Gilbert Wife Married 23 - Cranbrook, Kent
- Ann Gilbert Daughter - 3 - Cranbrook, Kent
- Elizabeth Gilbert Daughter - 0 - Cranbrook, Kent
- Mary Ann Relf Nurse Unmarried 19 - Cranbrook, Kent
Robert Gilbert a widower of the Parish of Addington married Mary Ann Martin a spinster of the Parish of Wateringbury in Kent on 17 Mar 1860. [4]
1881: At The Hill, Cranbrook, Kent:[5]
- Robert Gilbert Head Married 55 Coachman Domestic Serv Cranbrook, Kent
- Mary Ann Gilbert Wife Married 51 - Wateringbury, Kent
- Frank Gilbert Son Single 16 Houseboy Domestic Serv Cranbrook, Kent
- Alice M Gilbert Daughter Single 14 Scholar Cranbrook, Kent
- Fanny J Gilbert Daughter Single 11 Scholar Cranbrook, Kent
Robert Gilbert of Sissinghurst was buried at Cranbrook on 29 Mar 1895 aged 69.[6]
Robert Gilbert's death was registered in the Cranbrook Union district of Kent in the 1st quarter of 1895 aged 69.[7]
Sources
- ↑ Image of Cranbrook St Dunstan Baptism Register entry, on FindMyPast
- ↑ Image of Cranbrook St Dunstan Marriage Register entry, on FindMyPast
- ↑ 1851 Census of England
- ↑ Image of Westingbury Banns Register entry, on FindMyPast
- ↑ 1881 Census of England
- ↑ Image of Cranbrook St Dunstan Burial Register entry, on FindMyPast
- ↑ GRO Reference: 1895 M Quarter in CRANBROOK Volume 02A Page 610
- 1841, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891 census
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Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #B530991
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~6.25%
Tim Gilbert :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A879418 [compare], Ancestry member timothygilbert71
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