Gilbert Franklin Lewis (1889 - 1975)

Born 16 Oct 1889 in Washington County, Arkansas, USA

Ancestors

Son of Zachariah Lewis and Emeline (Ramey) Lewis

Husband of Nora Madge Trimble — married 25 Oct 1908 in Hood County, Texas, USA

Descendants

Died 29 Jul 1975 at age 85 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA

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Biography

Known Residences in Fort Worth, Texas:

• 1800 Alston (1942)
• 1212 E Baltimore (1945)
• 3806 Nichols (1947)
• 3804 Nichols (1956, 1960)

Sources

• Pension File: Civil War Service (Union Army): Zachariah Lewis. Held by the VA office. Names all children of Zachariah Lewis in full and their birth dates and places. Photocopy of entire file in possession of Shari S.

• Hood County Scholastic Records 1878-1919. Attended Prairie Creek School 1899-1900. http://www.granburydepot.org/school/HoodCountyScholasticRecords1878.htm

• Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1977. Gilbert Lewis and Nora Trimble. Hood County. 25 October 1908. Microfilm FHL 1034523. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV14-236Q

• United States Federal Census. 1900. Texas. Hood County. Pages 2b and 3a. Zachariah Lewis household. Link to image of original document at Ancestry.com: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&h=54327268&indiv=try

• United States Federal Census. 1910. Texas. Hood County. Page 206b. Gilbert Lewis household. Link to image of original document at Ancestry.com: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1910USCenIndex&h=121862410&indiv=try

• United States Federal Census. 1930. Texas. Hood County. Page 1a. Gilbert F. Lewis household. Link to image of original document at Ancestry.com: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&indiv=try&h=62862575

• United States Federal Census. 1940. Texas. Hood County. Page 61a. Gilbert F. Lewis household. Link to image of original document at Ancestry.com: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1940usfedcen&h=155788708&indiv=try

• World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. "Gilbert Franklin Lewis". Link to image of original document at Ancestry.com: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=WW1draft&h=14644465&indiv=try

• World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942. "Gilbert Franklin Lewis". Link to image of original document at Ancestry.com: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=WWIIdraft&h=12457855&indiv=try

• U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989. Database at Ancestry.com.
  • 1945: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=USDirectories&h=378443743&indiv=try
  • 1947: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=USDirectories&h=382209118&indiv=try
  • 1956: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=USDirectories&h=406955091&indiv=try
  • 1960: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=USDirectories&h=403740214&indiv=try

• Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. "Gilbert Franklin Lewis". Link to image of original document at FamilySearch.org: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K386-SSJ

• FindaGrave.com. "Gilbert Franklin Lewis". Photo of headstone is on memorial page. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=14711865

• FamilyTreeDNA Surname and Geographical Projects: Lewis. yDNA haplogroup R-M269 based on unknown Zachariah Lewis (d. 1803) descendant who tested to 111 markers. Note that Zachariah Lewis descendants are grouped with David Lewis (d. 1773, m. Anne Beeson) of Guilford County and not with many of the other Lewis families that have been theorized over the years. https://www.familytreedna.com/public/LEWISSurnameDNAProject/default.aspx?section=ycolorized

• Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confirmed by an autosomal GEDmatch comparison between F Lewis , GEDmatch kit # A616565, and BL, GEDmatch kit # DV2026424, (compare kits), her 1st cousin 2x removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are Zachariah Lewis and Emeline Ramey, the grandparents of F Lewis and great great grandparents of BL. Predicted relationship from GEDmatch: 2C group, based on sharing 257.9 cM across 14 segments. Note that dozens of similar matches exist across the testing companies.