BORN: 1855
BORN IN: Ohio
DIED: 19260527
AGED: 71
DEATH LOCATION: Redwood City
OCCUPATION: Home
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BURIED IN UNION CEMETERY WITH THE SAME LAST NAME:
- Gilbert, Alexander
- Gilbert, Annie
- Gilbert, Delano E
- Gilbert, Elizabeth
- Gilbert, Emma Cordelia
- Gilbert, Eva G
- Gilbert, Franklin Calvin
- Gilbert, Franklin Purdy
- Gilbert, George S
- Gilbert, Helen R
- Gilbert, Henry S
- Gilbert, Infant of Mrs B
- Gilbert, Joseph A
- Gilbert, Joseph Edwin Ganoung
- Gilbert, Nathan C
- Gilbert, Stephen Beer
- Gilbert, William B
BURIED NEARBY IN PLOT K112:
CURRENT EVENTS:- 1860 The Pony Express
- 1861 Abraham Lincoln elected President
- 1861 American Civil War
- 1865 Abraham Lincoln assassinated
- 1866 Ku Klux Klan
- 1869 National Woman Suffrage Assoc.
- 1871 The Great Chicago Fire
- 1876 Telephones (Alexander Graham Bell)
- 1876 Baseball's National League
- 1877 Phonograph (Thomas Edison)
- 1879 Light Bulb (Thomas Edison)
- 1901 Teddy Roosevelt elected President
- 1903 First powered flight (Wright Brothers)
- 1906 The San Francisco Earthquake
- 1912 The Titanic sank
- 1920 Prohibition begins
- 1920 Women get to vote
- 1920 The Roaring 20's
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OBITUARY ---------------MRS. MARY E. GILBERT
Redwood City Standard
June 3, 1926
Redwood City lost another of its pioneer residents last week when Mrs. Mary Gilbert passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Elia Leary at 211 Bradford Street, Thursday morning. Death followed an illness of over a year. Born in Ohio 71 years ago, the deceased came to California at a very young age settling in San Mateo County. She married Frank Gilbert, pioneer farmer and milkman who passed away several years ago. One of Mrs. Leary’s cherished memories was her meeting President Lincoln. She was eight years old at the time and had been chosen to sing the Star Spangled Banner at a fourth of July celebration in Indiana, with her parents at the time. Lincoln with General Sheridan and other notables occupied seats on the platform when Mary, the little girl came to the platfòrm to perform. The President picked her up and carried her to her seat and then held her on his knee while she rendered the song. When she finished he affectionately kissed her and handed her back to her parents.
Mrs. Gilbert in addition to her daughter, leaves two sons, Horace, residing in Merced and Allison, a contractor in Los Angeles, also seven grandchildren.
Rev. C.A. Parker of the Baptist Church, and an old friend, conducted the funeral services from James Crowe Company. Interment in Union Cemetery.
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