Edna Lurena (Nichols) Gilbank (1875 - 1932)

Born 1 Feb 1875 in New York, United States [uncertain]

Wife of John William Gillbank — married 1 Jun 1891 in Logan, Colorado, United States

Died 26 Apr 1932 at age 57 in Portland, Oregon

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Biography

Edna was born in 1875 in Albany, New York.

She was the daughter of Joseph and Silvia or Sylvania Nichols as listed on her voting registration. ^[1]

Edney Nichols in New York State Census, 1875

Name Edney Nichols
Sex Male
Age 0
Event Date 1875
Event Place Norway, Herkimer, New York, United States
Event Type Census
Relationship to Head of Household Son
Enumeration District Norway
Birth Year (Estimated) 1875
Record Number 16996
Record Number 16996
Edney Nichols's Parents and Siblings
Joseph Nichols Father
Sylvia Nichols Mother
William Nichols Brother M 12
Mary Nichols Sister F 6
Nelson Bell Step-son
^[2]

Edna L. Nichols in United States Census, 1880

Name Edna L. Nichols
Sex Female
Age 5
Event Date 1880
Event Place York, Nebraska, United States
Event Place (Original) Township 12 Range 3 West, Town 12, York, NE, United States
Event Type Census
Birth Year (Estimated) 1875
Birthplace New York, United States
Marital Status Single
Race White
Relationship to Head of Household Daughter
Father's Birthplace New York, United States
Mother's Birthplace Canada
Household Identifier 8232458
Person Number 2
Sheet Letter C
Sheet Number 404
Sheet Number and Letter 404C
Volume 1
Affiliate Film Number 0757
Affiliate Line Number 00011
Affiliate Publication Number T9
Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Edna L. Nichols's Parents and Siblings
Joseph Nichols Father
Silvia Nichols Mother
Fred E. Nichols Brother
^[3]

Edna Nichols in Nebraska State Census, 1885

Name Edna Nichols
Sex Female
Age 10 years
Event Date 1885
Event Place Morton Township, York, Nebraska, United States
Event Place Morton, Morton, York, Nebraska, United States
Event Type Census
Birth Date 1875
Relationship to Head of Household Daughter
Line Number 19
Page Number 13
Schedule Type Population
Edna Nichols's Parents and Siblings
Joseph Nichols Father M 65
Sylvia Nichols Mother F 46
Fred Nichols Brother M 7

Edna Nicholls married J W Gillbanks 1 June 1891 at Logan, Colorado, United States.

Name J W Gillbanks
Sex Male
Spouse's Name Edna Nicholls
Spouse's Sex Female
Marriage Date 01 Jun 1891
Marriage Place Logan, Colorado, United States
Event Type Marriage
^[4]

Daughter Bertha Marie Gilbank was born 3 March 1893 in Shelton, Buffalo, Nebraska, United States.

Daughter Beulah May Gilbank was born 28 December 1899 in Nebraska, United States.

Edna L Gilbanks in United States Census, 1900

Name Edna L Gilbanks
Sex Female
Age 25
Event Date 1900
Event Place Platte & Shelton Townships Shelton village, Buffalo, Nebraska, United States
Event Place (Original) ED 37 Platte & Shelton Townships Shelton village, Buffalo, Nebraska, United States
Event Type Census
Marital Status Married
Race White
Number of Living Children 2
Relationship to Head of Household Wife
Mother of how many children 2
Sheet Letter A
Sheet Number 2
Years Married 9
Birth Date Feb 1875
Birthplace New York
Marriage Year (Estimated) 1891
Father's Birthplace New York
Mother's Birthplace Canada Fr
Edna L Gilbanks's Spouses and Children
John W Gilbanks Husband M 31 Nebraska
Bertha M Gilbanks Daughter F 7 Nebraska
Beulah M Gilbanks Daughter F 1 Nebraska
^[5]

The family moved to Alberta, Canada sometime before 1906.

Edna Gillbanks in Canada, Northwest Provinces Census, 1906

Name Edna Gillbanks
Sex Female
Age 31
Event Date 1906
Event Place Strathcona, Strathcona County, Alberta, Canada
Event Place (Original) 15, Strathcona, Alberta
Sub-District 15
Event Type Census
Birth Year (Estimated) 1875
Birthplace United States Of America
Marital Status Married
Relationship to Head of Household Wife
Household Identifier 68
Affiliate Film Number CC1906_11
Edna Gillbanks's Spouses and Children
John W Gillbanks Husband
Bertha Gillbanks Daughter
Benlak Gillbanks Daughter
Other People on This Record
Witte Carl Gillbanks
Lewis Robinson
^[6]

Son Clarance Earl Gilbank was born 31 August 1906 in Alberta, Canada.

Edna Gillbank in Canada Census, 1911

Name Edna Gillbank
Sex Female
Event Date 1911
Event Place Red Deer Sub-Districts 1-78, Alberta, Canada
Sub-District Number 1-78
Event Type Census
Birth Date Feb 1875
Birthplace U S A
Marital Status Married
Relationship to Head of Household Wife
Edna Gillbank's Spouses and Children
John W Gillbank Husband
Bertha Gillbank Daughter
Beula Gillbank Daughter
Other People on This Record
Clarance Gillbank - listed as sister to John W. Gillbank, believe Son
May Cameron - listed as lodger

Edna Gillbank (Unknown) Migration • United States Border Crossings from Canada to United States, 1895-1956

Name Edna Gillbank (Unknown)
Sex Female
Age 37
Immigration Date Oct 1912
Immigration Place Eastport, Boundary, Idaho, United States
Immigration Place (Original) Eastport Idaho
Previous Residence CAN
Birth Year (Estimated) Oct 1875
Birthplace Ny Albany,
Race English
Event Type Immigration
Record Type Manifests
Line Number 17
Affiliate Film Number m1464_194
Affiliate Publication Number M1464
Affiliate Publication Title Manifests of Passengers Arriving in the St. Albans, VT, District through Canadian Pacific and Atlantic Ports, 1895-1954
^[7]

Edna Gillbank (Unknown) Migration • United States Border Crossings from Canada to United States, 1895-1956

Name Edna Gillbank (Unknown)
Sex Female
Age 40
Immigration Date 24 Dec 1915
Immigration Place Sweet Grass, Montana, United States
Immigration Place (Original) Sweet Grass Montana
Previous Residence CAN
Birth Year (Estimated) 1875
Birthplace New York Norway,
Race English
Event Type Immigration
Record Type Manifests
Line Number 2
Affiliate Film Number m1464_298
Affiliate Publication Number M1464
Affiliate Publication Title Manifests of Passengers Arriving in the St. Albans, VT, District through Canadian Pacific and Atlantic Ports, 1895-1954
^[8]

Daughter Bertha Marie Gilbank married Peter Petersen 5 June 1918 at Nevis, Alberta, Canada.

Need 1920 US Census

Daughter Beulah May “Billy” Gillbank married Ralph Warren Poulson about 1924.

During the 1930 US Census she is listed as Widowed - believe she may have been divorced or separated from her husband John William Gilbank.

Son Clarence Gilbank married Inez Marie Young before 1930.

Edna L Gillbank in United States Census, 1930

Name Edna L Gillbank
Sex Female
Age 55
Event Date 1930
Event Place Portland (Districts 271-553), Multnomah, Oregon, United States
Event Type Census
Birth Year (Estimated) 1875
Birthplace New York
Marital Status Widowed
Race White
Relationship to Head of Household Lodger
Father's Birthplace New York
Mother's Birthplace Canada English
Sheet Letter A
Sheet Number 2
Other People on This Record
Arthur R Dickinson
Florence L Dickinson
Bertha R Dickinson
Beulah R Dickinson
Robert L Dickinson
^[9]

Name Edna L Gillbank
Sex Female
Residence Date 1932
Residence Place Multnomah, Oregon, United States
Event Type Residence
^[10]

She passed away in 1932.

Name Edna Gillbank
Death Date 26 Apr 1932
Death Place Portland, Oregon
Event Type Death
Spouse's Name John Gillbank
Certificate Number 1217
^[11]

Name Edna Lurena Nichols Gillbank
Death Date 26 Apr 1932
Birth Date 01 Feb 1875
Event Type Burial
^[12]

Edna L Gillbank Obituary • United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011

Name Edna L Gillbank
Sex Female
Event Date 28 Apr 1932
Event Type Obituary
Newspaper Oregonian (Portland, Oregon
^[13]

Sources

1. ↑ "Oregon, Multnomah County, Voting Registration Records, 1908-1958", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WM23-8TW2 : 21 October 2019), Edna L Gillbank, 1932.
2. ↑ "New York State Census, 1875," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTDL-SPC : 18 February 2021), Edney Nichols in household of Joseph Nichols, Norway, Herkimer, New York, United States; citing p. 26, line 12, State Library, Albany; FHL microfilm 845,902.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8YP-MSB : 14 January 2022), Edna L. Nichols in household of Joseph Nichols, York, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district ED 116, sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm
4. ↑ "Colorado, County Marriages, 1864-1995," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ7-1KH7 : 19 February 2021), J W Gillbanks and Edna Nicholls, 01 Jun 1891, Logan, Colorado, United States; citing reference ID 11309, State Archives, Denver; FHL microfilm 1,993,198.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3BK-F6R : accessed 16 June 2022), Edna L Gilbanks in household of John W Gilbanks, Platte & Shelton Townships Shelton village, Buffalo, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 37, sheet 2A, family 26, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,917.
6. ↑ "Canada, Northwest Provinces Census, 1906", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHVX-M72 : 17 March 2022), Edna Gillbanks in entry for John W Gillbanks, 1906.
7. ↑ "United States Border Crossings from Canada to United States, 1895-1956", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLRR-9PP : 14 November 2019), Edna Gillbank (Unknown), 1912.
8. ↑ "United States Border Crossings from Canada to United States, 1895-1956", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XP13-LPX : 14 November 2019), Edna Gillbank (Unknown), 1915.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCSW-HZX : accessed 16 June 2022), Edna L Gillbank in household of Arthur R Dickinson, Portland (Districts 271-553), Multnomah, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 432, sheet 2A, line 11, family 36, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1953; FHL microfilm 2,341,687.
10. ↑ "Oregon, Multnomah County, Voting Registration Records, 1908-1958", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WM23-8TW2 : 21 October 2019), Edna L Gillbank, 1932.
11. ↑ "Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZCM-F7W : 11 December 2014), Edna Gillbank, 26 Apr 1932; from "Oregon, Death Index, 1898-2008," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2000); citing Portland, Oregon, certificate number 1217, Oregon State Archives and Records Center, Salem.
12. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DM2J-TBZM : 29 September 2020), Edna Lurena Nichols Gillbank, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID 214029492, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
13. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q5QW-MXDX : 18 July 2020), Edna L Gillbank, 1932.