A Record Of The Benjamin Gilbert Branch Of The Gilbert Family In America 1620 1920

Author : Eliza Howe Gilbert
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333196882
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (968 download)

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Download or read book A Record of the Benjamin Gilbert Branch of the Gilbert Family in America (1620-1920) written by Eliza Howe Gilbert and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-09 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Record of the Benjamin Gilbert Branch of the Gilbert Family in America (1620-1920): Also the Genealogy of the Falconer Family, of Nairnshire, Scotland, (1720-1920), To Which Belonged Benjamin Gilbert's Wife, Mary Falconer A summer spent in Stamford with Jack and Martha, two of the youngest members of the Gilbert family, great-great-grandchildren of our grandfather, Benjamin Gilbert, recalled to my mind a request of one of our young relatives and her husband, that I write out for them and their children what I know about the family history. This I am glad to do, both in honor of our grandparents and for the information of those of you who did not know them. For the facts concerning the five generations preceding Benjamin's father, Jesse Gilbert, we are indebted to Miss Julia Annette Gilbert of Albany, N. Y., who sent them to us, the result of long, careful research by her father, Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, a grandson of Jesse's brother Josiah; and also to our kinsman Harold S. Gilbert of Portland, Oregon, who has completed a larger genealogy of the family. The history of Jesse, especially of his military service, is recorded, together with its sources, in Chapter II of this publication. Our record of grandmother's family goes back only to her grand father, William Falconer oi Nairnshire, Scotland. Her father, Archibald Falconer, came'to America about 1792 and settled in New York City, where his daughter Mary was born in 1801. From 1808 till his death in 1842, he was a farmer in Stamford, Delaware County, N. Y., owning land in Stamford Township, over the mountain, not far from the Jesse Gilbert farm. From all I can learn, the Falconers were substantial Christian people of strong character. One might infer this from knowing grandmother's ideals and in uence. I was eleven years old when she died and I remember her well, as gentle and affectionate, though not demonstrative. With all her gentle ness, however, she was firm in the management of her children and her household, but in a way that inspired in them all respect and affection for her. I have never known anyone to whom could be more aptly applied that description of a worthy woman, as found in Proverbs -31. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."