Union Cemetery

Gilbert, William B

BORN: 1863
BORN IN: Woodside, Cal.
DIED: 1/23/1907
AGED: 44
CAUSE OF DEATH: Heart disease
DEATH LOCATION: Redwood City

OCCUPATION: Surveyor

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  • 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
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WILLIAM B. GILBERT

Redwood City Democrat

Jan. 24, 1907

Wm. B. Gilbert, the County Surveyor, died last evening at his home in this city, after a long and painful illness. He was troubled with heart disease, so his demise was not unexpected and he passed away surrounded by his family who had been summoned to his bedside. Will, as he was known by everyone, was born on the mountain near Woodside 43 years ago and received his education in the public schools and in the office of his father S.B. Gilbert, who died several years ago and who had been county Surveyor before him. The deceased was a painstaking officer and one of the most popular men in the county as his repeated return to office would indicate. His first election took place in 1894 and he held the position continually since that time. He was a genial large hearted man of quiet demeanor and strong friendships, and there are none who knew him but will mourn his untimely decease. Besides his widow and two children, he leaves a mother, two brothers and four sisters. The entire county will mourn with them and extend to them their sincerest sympathy. The funeral will take place at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon to be held at the house by Rev. H.L. Foote of St. Peters Episcopal Church. The internment will be in Union Cemetcry.

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