Herbert Joseph GILBERT (a.k.a. Herb GILBERT)

Photographer: Kitchen & Laidlaw, successors to J.J. Millman,
76 King St. West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Photo courtesy of A. J. TRELFORD

Herbert Joseph "Herb" GILBERT,
b: 14 Apr 1864 Southampton, Bruce Co., ON, Canada West;
son of William "Billy" GILBERT & Eliza Wager TRANTER,
m: Sarah Mary Evaline THOMPSON 10 Sep 1890;
d: 24 Feb 1935 Vancouver, BC, Canada

Herbert J. GILBERT was a witness to the marriage of his sister,
Eliza Alice GILBERT on 21 Aug 1889
in Southampton, Bruce Co., ON, Canada

Occupation:
Merchant

Military:
13th. Battalion, Hamilton, Ontario;
(The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry Ontario, Canada);
Cpl., 242nd. Infantry Battalion: Canadian Forestry Battalion,
Sailed 23 Nov 1916;
"served four years with the Forestry Corps in the Great War."
Attestation Sep 1916 Page 1 & Page 2.

Residence:
1889 - 1907? - 29 Augusta St., Hamilton, Barton Twp., Wentworth Co., ON, Canada;
Aft. 1907 - 2425 W. 1st. Ave., Vancouver, BC, Canada

Anglican Churches in Vancouver, BC:

Herbert Joseph GILBERT arrived in Vancouver in the autumn of 1907 & was active at Christ Church (granted a lay reader's license), & was authorised to take temporary charge of St. Mark's services & Sunday school. He became the first churchwarden of St. Thomas' South Vancouver, & also of St. George's, Fairview. He was instrumental in selecting the wilderness location for the (new) St. Mark's in Kitsilano at Second Avenue & (1805) Larch Street, a high place which sloped away in all directions. He was part of the volunteer force building the church, with work beginning 24 May 1909. His older son Reg also helped in the construction. Opening service was 18 Jul 1909. (The first St. Mark's was built in 1908 * at First Avenue & Maple Street.) He taught Sunday School at St. Mark's (Kitsilano) as recently as three years before his death.

(Further reading: "Early Vancouver", Vol. 1, 1932, Major J. S. MATTHEWS, &
"Early Vancouver", Vol. 2, 1932, Major J. S. MATTHEWS, V.D.)

* Records begin in 1907 for
St. Mark's Parish (Kitsilano, Vancouver, BC)
at Anglican Archives of BC.

To photo of Herbert Joseph GILBERT "1905 Municipal Election. 1905 . . " >

Sarah Mary Evaline THOMPSON (a.k.a. Eva THOMPSON)
(1868 - 1961)

Sarah Mary Evaline THOMPSON
(a.k.a. Eva THOMPSON)
b: 27 Aug 1868 - Bond Head, Clarke Twp., Durham Co., ON, Canada;
m: Herbert Joseph "Herb" GILBERT 10 Sep 1890;
d: 22 Jul 1961 Vancouver, BC, Canada;
Buried: Oceanview Cem., Burnaby, BC, Canada,
grave 1, plot 234, Sect. Maple

Residence:
1868 Bond Head, Clarke Twp., Durham Co., ON, Canada;
1889 - 1907? - 29 Augusta St., Hamilton, Barton Twp., Wentworth Co., ON, Canada;
Aft. 1907 - 2425 W. 1st. Ave., Vancouver, BC, Canada

Their Five Children:
Mabel Gladys Evaline GILBERT, b: 20 Aug 1891; d: 1897 - 1901?
Reginald "Reg" Herbert GILBERT, b: 25 Mar 1893;
Mary Elizabeth "Bessie" GILBERT, b: 9 Nov 1894;
Victoria Birdie Winnifred "Winnie" GILBERT, b: 5 May 1897;
Nielson Arthur Vance GILBERT, b: Abt. 1900

Links to:
13th. Battalion, Hamilton, Ontario;
242nd Canadian Infantry Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force;
Attestation Sep 1916 Page 1;
Attestation Sep 1916 Page 2;
Canadian Forestry Corps;
The Canadian Great War Homepage;
Christ Church (Vancouver, BC, Canada);
City of Vancouver Archives (BC, Canada);
Durham Co., Ontario, Canada;
Hamilton, Barton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada;
James Skitt Matthews and the Vancouver City Archives;
The Long, Long Trail (The British Army in the Great War of 1914-1918);
The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry Heritage Museum;
The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry Ontario, Canada;
Southampton, Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada;
St. George's, Fairview (Vancouver, BC, Canada);
St. Mark's Parish (Kitsilano, Vancouver, BC);
St. Thomas' South Vancouver;
Vancouver, BC, Canada;
World War One (BBC History)

Maps:
St. Mark's, Kitsilano at Second Avenue & 1805 Larch Street
(Vancouver, BC, Canada)

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