John Edmund Gilbert

1879 - 1946  (66 years)

• Name	John Edmund Gilbert
  Birth	22 Nov 1879	Kettering, Northamptonshire, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	3 Apr 1881	Kettering, Northamptonshire, England   [3]
  	Address: 27 Gas Street
  Residence	5 Apr 1891	Leicester, Leicestershire, England   [4]
  	Address: 35 Derwent Street
  Military Service	20 Apr 1896	Leicester, Leicestershire, England   [5]
  	Enlisted: Leicestershire Regiment
  Residence	31 Mar 1901	Leicester, Leicestershire, England   [6]
  	Address: 7 Wilson Street
  Occupation	31 Mar 1901  [6]
  	Soldier - on furlough
  Residence	2 Apr 1911	Rotherham, Yorkshire West Riding, England   [7]
  	Address: 92 School Street, Eastwood
  Occupation	2 Apr 1911  [7]
  	Coal miner hewer
  Military Discharge	19 Apr 1912  [8]
  	Discharged on the termination of the engagement
  Military Service	31 Aug 1914	Sheffield, Yorkshire West Riding, England   [9]
  	Enlisted: 3rd Leicestershire Regiment
  Military Discharge	18 Jun 1918  [8]
  	Discharged: no longer physically fit for war service
  Military Service	21 Jul 1919	Leicester, Leicestershire, England   [8]
  	Enlisted: Royal Engineers for one year
  Military Discharge	8 Apr 1920  [8]
  	Discharged: demobilisation
  Residence	19 Jun 1921	Leicester, Leicestershire, England   [10]
  	Address: 44 Baker Street
  Occupation	19 Jun 1921  [10]
  	Maltster (unemployed)
  Residence	29 Sep 1939	Leicester, Leicestershire, England   [2]
  	Address: 88 Syston Street
  Occupation	29 Sep 1939  [2]
  	Brewery cellarman
  Death	20 Nov 1946	Leicester, Leicestershire, England   [8, 11]
  Burial	23 Nov 1946	Leicester, Leicestershire, England   [12]
  	Gilroes Cemetery
  Notes	Birth registered as John Edmund Gilbert, but used the name John Edward Gilbert 1911 census - John Gilbert, 13, also present and listed as son. British Army Service records imply that John Edward Gilbert is not the father.
  Person ID	I11210	Gilbert
  Last Modified	10 Jan 2023

  
  

  Father	Henry Gilbert,   b. 1846, Mountsorrel, Leicestershire, England d. 1910, Leicester, Leicestershire, England (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Harriet Susanna Mewis,   b. 1849, Leicester, Leicestershire, England d. 1939, Leicester, Leicestershire, England (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	26 Dec 1869	Leicester, Leicestershire, England
  Family ID	F8026	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1879, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England d. 1927, Leicester, Leicestershire, England (Age 48 years)
  Marriage	28 Nov 1914	Leicester, Leicestershire, England   [9, 13]
  Children	1. Isabella Gilbert,   b. Abt 1904, Leicester, Leicestershire, England d. Yes, date unknown + 2. Edward William Gilbert,   b. 22 Jun 1905, Leicester, Leicestershire, England d. 1961, Leicester, Leicestershire, England (Age 55 years)   3. Alfred Walter Gilbert,   b. 1909, Rotherham, Yorkshire West Riding, England d. 1946, Leicester, Leicestershire, England (Age 37 years)
  Family ID	F2807	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Dec 2017

  
  

  Family 2	Emma Jane Green,   b. 8 Jul 1884, Leicester, Leicestershire, England d. 1947, Leicester, Leicestershire, England (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	1927	Leicester, Leicestershire, England   [14]
  Family ID	F8047	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Nov 2017

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 22 Nov 1879 - Kettering, Northamptonshire, England Residence - Address: 27 Gas Street - 3 Apr 1881 - Kettering, Northamptonshire, England Residence - Address: 35 Derwent Street - 5 Apr 1891 - Leicester, Leicestershire, England Military Service - 20 Apr 1896 - Leicester, Leicestershire, England Residence - Address: 7 Wilson Street - 31 Mar 1901 - Leicester, Leicestershire, England Residence - Address: 92 School Street, Eastwood - 2 Apr 1911 - Rotherham, Yorkshire West Riding, England Military Service - 31 Aug 1914 - Sheffield, Yorkshire West Riding, England Marriage - 28 Nov 1914 - Leicester, Leicestershire, England Military Service - 21 Jul 1919 - Leicester, Leicestershire, England Residence - Address: 44 Baker Street - 19 Jun 1921 - Leicester, Leicestershire, England Marriage - 1927 - Leicester, Leicestershire, England Residence - Address: 88 Syston Street - 29 Sep 1939 - Leicester, Leicestershire, England Death - 20 Nov 1946 - Leicester, Leicestershire, England Burial - 23 Nov 1946 - Leicester, Leicestershire, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Location       : City/Town       : District/Borough       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Documents

  GILBERT, John E: World War 1 Medal Index Card World War 1 medal index card for John E GILBERT. He was a Private in the Leicestershire Regiment and then a Pioneer in the Royal Engineers. He entered the theatre of war in France on 27 Jan 1915. He was awarded the Victory Medal, the British War Medal, the 1914-15 Star and the Silver War Badge. UK, British Army World War I Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 (ancestry.co.uk)

  
  

• Sources

  [S129] General Register Office (England and Wales), GRO Online Index (Births) - England and Wales, Gilbert, John Edmund; Mother's Maiden Surname: Mewis; GRO Reference: 1880 M Quarter in KETTERING Volume 03B Page 171 (accessed 10 Sep 2017). [S237] 1939 Register (FindMyPast), Gilbert, John E; 22 Nov 1879; Borough: Leicester C.B.; County: Leicestershire (accessed 28 Nov 2017). [S5] 1881 Census (FindMyPast) England, Wales and Scotland, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Gilbert, John E; Birth year: 1880; Birth town: Kettering; Birth county: Northamptonshire; Reg dist: Kettering; Parish: Kettering; County: Northamptonshire; Ref: RG11; Piece: 1576; Folio: 103; Page: 27 (accessed 28 Nov 2017). [S6] 1891 Census (FindMyPast) England, Wales and Scotland, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Gilbert, John; Birth year: 1880; Birth county: Northamptonshire; Reg dist: Leicester; Parish: Leicester; City: Leicester; County: Leicestershire; Ref: RG12; Piece: 2526; Folio: 130; Page: 38 (accessed 29 May 2018). [S286] British Army WW1 Pension Records, 1914-1920 (Ancestry), Gilbert, John Edward; Birth year: 1878; Birth place: Kettering, Northamptonshire (accessed 10 Dec 2017). [S7] 1901 Census (FindMyPast) England, Wales and Scotland, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Gilbert, John; Birth year: 1880; Birth town: Kettering; Birth county: Northamptonshire; Reg dist: Leicester; Parish: Leicester; County: Leicestershire; Ref: RG13; Piece: 2996; Folio: 115; Page: 18 (accessed 28 Nov 2017). [S8] 1911 Census (FindMyPast) England and Wales, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Gilbert, John Edward; Birth year: 1879; Birth place: Kettering Northamptonshire; Reg dist: Rotherham; Parish: Rotherham; County: Yorkshire (West Riding); Ref: RG14PN28055 RG78PN1603 RD511 SD2 ED13 SN301 (accessed 10 Dec 2017). [S287] British Army Service Records 1914-1920 (FindMyPast), Gilbert, John Edward; Birth year: 1878; Service number: 4615; Regiment: Leicestershire Regiment; Birth county: Northamptonshire (accessed 10 Sep 2017). [S286] British Army WW1 Pension Records, 1914-1920 (Ancestry), Gilbert, John Edward; Birth year: 1879; Birth place: Kettering, Northamptonshire (accessed 10 Dec 2017). [S9] 1921 Census (FindMyPast) England and Wales, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Gilbert, John E; Birth year: 1879; Birth place: Kettering, Northamptonshire, England; Reg dist: Leicester; Parish: Leicester; County: Leicestershire; Ref: RG15 PN15035 RD407 RS2 ED7 SN202 (accessed 10 Jan 2023). [S180] General Register Office (England and Wales), GRO Online Index (Deaths) - England and Wales, Gilbert, John Edward; Age: 66; GRO Reference: 1946 D Quarter in LEICESTER Volume 03A Page 547 (accessed 10 Sep 2017). [S224] Deceased Online (DeceasedOnline.com), Gilbert, John Edward; 1946; Country: United Kingdom; Region: East Midlands; County: Leicestershire; Cemetery: Gilroes Cemetery (accessed 30 Mar 2022). [S262] General Register Office (England and Wales), UK BMD (FindMyPast) Marriage index, Gilbert, John E - Lee, Elizabeth; 1914; Leicester, Leicestershire; D Quarter; Volume 7a; Page 626 (accessed 10 Dec 2017). [S262] General Register Office (England and Wales), UK BMD (FindMyPast) Marriage index, Gilbert, John E - Barnacle, Emma J; 1927; Leicester, Leicestershire; J Quarter; Volume 7a; Page 735 (accessed 29 Nov 2017).