William Thomas Gilbank (1848 - 1926)

Born 18 Jan 1848 in Canada West

Ancestors

Husband of Eunice (Fish) Gilbank — married 3 Oct 1877 in London, Ontario, Canada

Died 31 Jul 1926 at age 78 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States

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Biography

William Thomas Gilbank was born in 1848. He was the son of Richard Gilbank and Anne Povey.

William Gilbank in United States Famine Irish Passenger Index, 1846-1851

Name William Gilbank Event Type Immigration Event Date 17 Jun 1851 Event Place New York City, New York, New York, United States Gender Male Age 5 Birthplace Great Britain Occupation Child Ship Name COMPROMISE Birth Year (Estimated) 1846 Departure Port LIVERPOOL Destination Place USA Affiliate Manifest ID 5334 ^[1]

He married Eunice Fish about 1877.

Son N. Berton Gilbank was born about 1879.

N. Berton Gilbank BIRTH 1879 DEATH 1901 (aged 21–22) BURIAL Medway Cemetery London, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada MEMORIAL ID 190928134 ^[2]

Daughter Eunice Pearl Gilbank was born 11 October 1891 at London Township, Middlesex, Ontario.

Name Eunice Pearl Gilbank Sex Female Birth Date 11 Oct 1891 Birthplace Ontario, Canada Birthplace (Original) London Township, Middlesex, Ontario Father's Name William Thos. Gilbank Father's Sex Male Mother's Name Eunice Fish Mother's Sex Female Event Type Birth ^[3]

Daughter Eunice Pearl Gilbank married Fred Burdick Brown 10 March 1910 at Birr, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada.

Name Fred Burdick Brown Sex Male Age 21 Birth Year (Estimated) 1889 Father's Name M R Brown Mother's Name Frances Boughner Spouse's Name Pearl Gilbank Spouse's Sex Female Spouse's Age 19 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1891 Spouse's Father's Name Wm Gilbank Spouse's Mother's Name Eunice Fish Marriage Date 10 Mar 1910 Marriage Place Birr, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Event Type Marriage ^[4]

He passed away in Detroit in 1926.

Name William T Gilbank Sex Male Age 77 Death Date 31 Jul 1926 Death Place Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States Marital Status Married Father's Name Richard Gilbank Mother's Name Ann Povey Event Type Death Birth Date 18 Jan 1849 Birthplace Aurora, Ontario Birth Year (Estimated) 1849 ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Famine Irish Passenger Index, 1846-1851," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDFM-Q5J : 27 December 2014), William Gilbank, 17 Jun 1851; from "Famine Irish Passenger Record Data File (FIPAS), 1/12/1846 - 12/31/1851," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (http://aad.archives.gov : accessed 2012); citing "Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies. Center for Immigration Research 1976-2002."
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/190928134/n-berton-gilbank: accessed 23 January 2023), memorial page for N. Berton Gilbank (1879–1901), Find a Grave Memorial ID 190928134, citing Medway Cemetery, London, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada; Maintained by Will Taylor (contributor 50190357).
3. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Births and Baptisms, 1779-1899", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLTP-22Q : 13 February 2020), Eunice Pearl Gilbank, 1891.
4. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSZR-214 : 8 March 2021), Fred Burdick Brown and Pearl Gilbank, 10 Mar 1910; citing registration , Birr, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,887,241.
5. ↑ "Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KF4S-W6D : 13 March 2018), William T Gilbank, 31 Jul 1926; citing Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing; FHL microfilm 1,972,979.

• 1861 census Clarke, Durham, Canada West Page 108, Frame house built 1857, with parents Richard Gilbank Merchant Married and his Wife Ann Gilbank; William Gilbank Canada P, Methodist 13 Male

• BURIAL William Thomas Gilbank BIRTH 18 Jan 1848 Ontario, Canada DEATH 31 Jul 1926 (aged 78) Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA buried Medway Cemetery, London, Middlesex County, Ontario, CanadaFind A Grave: Memorial #190928169·