The Thomas Gilbert family arrived in NZ from Warwickshire, England on the Indian Queen in 1857 and settled in the Ohariu Valley out of Wellington. Around 1879 he left Wellington and settled in Woodville where he owned a farm and ran the Central Hotel. His first wife died and was buried in Ohariu. He remarried a much younger woman who increased his offspring but from all accounts this was not a very successful relationship. Thomas's youngest brother also came to NZ and his family can be found on another page. (yet to be completed).
Gilbert Family Tree
Thomas Gilbert m. Mary
b. abt. 1777
d. 1845
bur. 16 Feb 1845
St. Nicholas, Curdworth all c. Curdworth
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Anne Hannah John Joseph Sophia Joseph Sophia Elizabeth Mary
c. 20 Mar c. 5 Apr c. 7 Feb c. 7 Aug c.15 Jan c. 5 Nov c. 8 Mar c. 10 Mar c. 4 Jun
1803 1807 1809 1810 1812 1815 1817 1820 1821
d. 1861 d. 1810 d. 1814
m. 13 Oct 1831 bur. 12 Aug bur. 24 Jan
Ashted St. James the Less m. 21 Jan
Birmingham 1839
Anne Horton St. Peter & Paul
b. Jul 1805 Aston
Aston Frances Russell
d. 4 Nov 1873 b. 1819
I Lea Marston
I d. 1859
I Curdworth
I bur. 7 Dec
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I Mary Thomas Sophia William
I 2Q 1839 1849 b. 14 Apr 1857
I c. 5 May c. 27 Dec Minworth
I 1839 1840 c. 14 Apr 1872
I Curdworth Curdworth St George
I d. 1854 d. 1853 Birmingham
I bur. 23 Apr bur. 23 Jan
I Curdworth Curdworth
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I all c. Water Orton, St. Peter & Paul
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Eliza Thomas George John John Sarah Ann George
b. 21 Oct b. 4 Feb b. 1837 b. 30 Jul b. 22 Oct b. 28 Apr b. 25 Nov
c. 28 Oct c. 15 Feb 1839 1841 c. 30 Apr c. 30 Nov
1832 1835 d. 1848 d. 30 Oct 1843 1849
Water Orton 1840 d. 1858 d. 1844 d. 1932
d. 24 May 1916 Sutton Coldfield Sutton Coldfield Avondale
Woodville, NZ bur. 17 Jan bur. 29 Dec Auckland, NZ
bur. 26 May Water Orton Water Orton m. 19 Mar 1871
Gorge Cem. St. Peters & Paul
m. 14 Oct 1856 Aston
Aston Juxta Elizabeth Cash
Birmingham b. 11 Feb 1850
Mary Ann Lea Birmingham
(nee Stringer) d. 11 Nov 1919
1828-1879 Ngaruwhahia, NZ
m. 2 Sarah Brand see below for kids
see below for kids
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William George Elizabeth female Arthur Thomas Walter Frederick Wentworth
1857 1857 1859 1859 1860 1862 1864 1866 1867
d. 18 Mar d.1860 d.1957 d.1859 d.1948 d. 11 Nov d.1926 d.1869
1949 1940
gravestone below gravestone below
m.2 Sarah Ann Brand 1858-1934
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George Vernon Norman Amelia Effie Francis Neville
Wentworth John John Jane Lila Gordon Wallace
1881 1882 1882 1883 1888 1890 1892
NOTES:
ELIZA GILBERT 1832: 1841 - 8 yrs, with parents.
ELIZABETH GILBERT 1820: 1841 - 20 yrs, living with parents.
GEORGE GILBERT 1849: 1900-1906 Stratford, 1908-1911 Franklin, Te Akatea, 1919 Raglan-Waingaro Rd Ngaruawhia, Farmer.
Wife ANN ELIZABETH DEAKIN JOY: Daughter of Frederick Joy and Georgina Wilks
JOHN GILBERT 1809: 1841 - 30 yrs, Agricultural labourer, dwelling Water Orton Bridge with wife, three children (Eliza 8, Thomas 6, and John 7mths) and 3 boarders born out of county. 1851 - 41 yrs, agr. lab. dwelling Water Orton with wife and three children - Thomas 16 yrs son, John 10 yrs son, George 1 yr son.
1861 cencus, Nether Whitacre: John 51yrs Head, Farmer and Coal dealer, living with wife and son - George 11yrs Scholar.
Witnesses at wedding: Thos Gibson, Mary Horton. Curate: T.H. Harrison. Both bride and groom and Mary Horton were illiterate.
Wife ANNE HORTON: 1851 - 45 yrs. 1861 - 55 yrs.
JOSEPH GILBERT 1815: 1841 - 25 yrs, Agricultural labourer, dwelling Minworth (Curdworth Parish) with wife and two children (Mary 2 and Thomas 6 months) as well as heaps of lodgers.
Wife FRANCES RUSSELL 1819: 1841 - 20 yrs.
MARY GILBERT 1839: 1841 - 2 yrs, with parents.
THOMAS GILBERT abt 1877: 1841 - 65 yrs, Agricultural Labourer, dwelling Curdworth with wife and 20 yr old daughter Elizabeth - also a couple of boarders in residence from out of Warwick.
Wife MARY: 1841 - 65 yrs.
THOMAS GILBERT 1835: Arrived NZ aboard "Indian Queen" 1857. Lived at Ohariu until about 1979 then
went to Woodville. General servant aged 16 in 1851 cencus.
Pahiatua Electoral Roll 1897 Thomas was a farmer Woodville and Sarah household duties. Ran Central Hotel in Woodville.
Known as "old Tom". Jurors list District of Port Nicholson - Thomas Gilbert - Wgtn - Carter. 1865 Electoral Roll -
Buried plot 75 block13.
Wife MARY ANN STRINGER 1828:
THOMAS GILBERT 1840: 1841 - 6 mths, with parents.
Goeoge Gilbert m. Elizabeth Cash
b. 25 Nov 1849 19 Mar 1871 b. 11 Feb 1850
Aston, War. St. Peter & Pauls Birmingham
England Aston, Warwick War., Eng.
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Fred Elizabeth Lizzie Louisa John Thomas Male Charlotte Clara Louis Walter Ann
b. 4 Jan Annie b. 1 Sep Jane Vernon Alfred b. 1880 Mary Florence George Edward Emily
1872 b. 27 Feb 1874 b. 12 May b. 26 Sep b. 16 Mar NZ b. 27 Jan b. 28 Mar b. 19 Oct b. 25 Apr Violet
Eng. 1873 Eng. 1876 1877 1879 d. 1880 1881 1882 1883 1885 b. 8 Jul
Birmingham Johnsonville Lower Hutt Kumeroa Kumeroa Woodville Woodville 1887
Wellington, NZ Wellington, NZ d. 20 Apr d. 1961 d. 17 Dec d. 28 Jan Woodville
m. d. 18 May d. 5 Aug d. 5 Apr 1963 1886 1935 d. 8 Jun
Williams 1961 1880 1931 Otahuhu m. Ernest Woodville Auckland 1968
m. 20 Jul Kumeroa Hamilton Auckland John Gillam m. 1909 m. Cyril
1898 m. 1904 m. 5 Jun Auckland Edgecombe
Dannevirke Waipawa 1899 Ida May
Edward Evans Margaret Mary Statford Rowe
Burgess Henry Laundy
