Arthur was the fourth son of Richard Gilbert and Sarah Shortland.
He was baptized on the 4th February 1872 at St. Mark's Church, Coventry, Warwickshire.
Sometime after 1876 Arthur's father, Richard, moved his family to Lancashire, and opened a jewellers shop. They returned to Coventry sometime before 1901.
Arthur married Mabel Warden on the 13th August 1908 at All Saints, Allesley, Coventry. Arthur was 36 and Mabel was 20.
Known Children
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Gerald Richard Oliver Gilbert 1911 - 1967
The 1911 Census states that Arthur was a jewellery manager, and Mabel was a bookkeeper, and they were living at 12, St. Patrick's Road, Coventry, Arthur ultimately lived there for about 50 years.
DEATH OF COVENTRY JEWELLER - Coventry Evening Telegraph - 20th August 1957
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Mr. Arthur Gilbert, one of the principals of R. Gilbert & Sons Ltd., the Coventry jewellers, with premises in The Burges, has died in a Coventry nursing home at the age of 85.
Mr. Gilbert, whose home was at St. Patrick's Road, Coventry, was the fourth son of the firm's founder, the late Mr. R. Gilbert, who started the business with a shop in Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire. Only one son now remains, Mr. Oliver Gilbert, aged 87, who is still an active member of the firm.
Mr. Arthur Gilbert started his career as a jeweller when still a boy. He served an apprenticeship under his father and was manager of one of the Northern shops before he came back to Coventry in the early part of this century. He retained an active interest in the business until he was taken ill a few months ago. He was secretary of the firm up to the time of his death.
Mr. Gilbert was a member of the Stoneleigh Lodge of Freemasons. The funeral service will be at Holy Trinity Church, Coventry, on Thursday afternoon, and interment will follow in the Stoke churchyard.
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England & Wales National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills & Administrations)1858-1966
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Arthur Gilbert, of 12, St. Patrick's Road, Coventry, Warwickshire died 16th August 1957 at Styvechale Lodge, Kenilworth Road, Coventry. Probate Leicester 11th December 1957 to Ernest Edmund Wagstaff, and Henry Davidson Jensen, solicitors.
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Arthur died aged 58.
Laid to rest on the 22nd August.
Mabel died in 1961, burial place unknown.
He was baptized on the 4th February 1872 at St. Mark's Church, Coventry, Warwickshire.
Sometime after 1876 Arthur's father, Richard, moved his family to Lancashire, and opened a jewellers shop. They returned to Coventry sometime before 1901.
Arthur married Mabel Warden on the 13th August 1908 at All Saints, Allesley, Coventry. Arthur was 36 and Mabel was 20.
Known Children
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Gerald Richard Oliver Gilbert 1911 - 1967
The 1911 Census states that Arthur was a jewellery manager, and Mabel was a bookkeeper, and they were living at 12, St. Patrick's Road, Coventry, Arthur ultimately lived there for about 50 years.
DEATH OF COVENTRY JEWELLER - Coventry Evening Telegraph - 20th August 1957
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Mr. Arthur Gilbert, one of the principals of R. Gilbert & Sons Ltd., the Coventry jewellers, with premises in The Burges, has died in a Coventry nursing home at the age of 85.
Mr. Gilbert, whose home was at St. Patrick's Road, Coventry, was the fourth son of the firm's founder, the late Mr. R. Gilbert, who started the business with a shop in Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire. Only one son now remains, Mr. Oliver Gilbert, aged 87, who is still an active member of the firm.
Mr. Arthur Gilbert started his career as a jeweller when still a boy. He served an apprenticeship under his father and was manager of one of the Northern shops before he came back to Coventry in the early part of this century. He retained an active interest in the business until he was taken ill a few months ago. He was secretary of the firm up to the time of his death.
Mr. Gilbert was a member of the Stoneleigh Lodge of Freemasons. The funeral service will be at Holy Trinity Church, Coventry, on Thursday afternoon, and interment will follow in the Stoke churchyard.
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England & Wales National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills & Administrations)1858-1966
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Arthur Gilbert, of 12, St. Patrick's Road, Coventry, Warwickshire died 16th August 1957 at Styvechale Lodge, Kenilworth Road, Coventry. Probate Leicester 11th December 1957 to Ernest Edmund Wagstaff, and Henry Davidson Jensen, solicitors.
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Arthur died aged 58.
Laid to rest on the 22nd August.
Mabel died in 1961, burial place unknown.
Arthur was the fourth son of Richard Gilbert and Sarah Shortland.
He was baptized on the 4th February 1872 at St. Mark's Church, Coventry, Warwickshire.
Sometime after 1876 Arthur's father, Richard, moved his family to Lancashire, and opened a jewellers shop. They returned to Coventry sometime before 1901.
Arthur married Mabel Warden on the 13th August 1908 at All Saints, Allesley, Coventry. Arthur was 36 and Mabel was 20.
Known Children
****************
Gerald Richard Oliver Gilbert 1911 - 1967
The 1911 Census states that Arthur was a jewellery manager, and Mabel was a bookkeeper, and they were living at 12, St. Patrick's Road, Coventry, Arthur ultimately lived there for about 50 years.
DEATH OF COVENTRY JEWELLER - Coventry Evening Telegraph - 20th August 1957
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Mr. Arthur Gilbert, one of the principals of R. Gilbert & Sons Ltd., the Coventry jewellers, with premises in The Burges, has died in a Coventry nursing home at the age of 85.
Mr. Gilbert, whose home was at St. Patrick's Road, Coventry, was the fourth son of the firm's founder, the late Mr. R. Gilbert, who started the business with a shop in Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire. Only one son now remains, Mr. Oliver Gilbert, aged 87, who is still an active member of the firm.
Mr. Arthur Gilbert started his career as a jeweller when still a boy. He served an apprenticeship under his father and was manager of one of the Northern shops before he came back to Coventry in the early part of this century. He retained an active interest in the business until he was taken ill a few months ago. He was secretary of the firm up to the time of his death.
Mr. Gilbert was a member of the Stoneleigh Lodge of Freemasons. The funeral service will be at Holy Trinity Church, Coventry, on Thursday afternoon, and interment will follow in the Stoke churchyard.
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England & Wales National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills & Administrations)1858-1966
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Arthur Gilbert, of 12, St. Patrick's Road, Coventry, Warwickshire died 16th August 1957 at Styvechale Lodge, Kenilworth Road, Coventry. Probate Leicester 11th December 1957 to Ernest Edmund Wagstaff, and Henry Davidson Jensen, solicitors.
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Arthur died aged 58.
Laid to rest on the 22nd August.
Mabel died in 1961, burial place unknown.
He was baptized on the 4th February 1872 at St. Mark's Church, Coventry, Warwickshire.
Sometime after 1876 Arthur's father, Richard, moved his family to Lancashire, and opened a jewellers shop. They returned to Coventry sometime before 1901.
Arthur married Mabel Warden on the 13th August 1908 at All Saints, Allesley, Coventry. Arthur was 36 and Mabel was 20.
Known Children
****************
Gerald Richard Oliver Gilbert 1911 - 1967
The 1911 Census states that Arthur was a jewellery manager, and Mabel was a bookkeeper, and they were living at 12, St. Patrick's Road, Coventry, Arthur ultimately lived there for about 50 years.
DEATH OF COVENTRY JEWELLER - Coventry Evening Telegraph - 20th August 1957
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Mr. Arthur Gilbert, one of the principals of R. Gilbert & Sons Ltd., the Coventry jewellers, with premises in The Burges, has died in a Coventry nursing home at the age of 85.
Mr. Gilbert, whose home was at St. Patrick's Road, Coventry, was the fourth son of the firm's founder, the late Mr. R. Gilbert, who started the business with a shop in Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire. Only one son now remains, Mr. Oliver Gilbert, aged 87, who is still an active member of the firm.
Mr. Arthur Gilbert started his career as a jeweller when still a boy. He served an apprenticeship under his father and was manager of one of the Northern shops before he came back to Coventry in the early part of this century. He retained an active interest in the business until he was taken ill a few months ago. He was secretary of the firm up to the time of his death.
Mr. Gilbert was a member of the Stoneleigh Lodge of Freemasons. The funeral service will be at Holy Trinity Church, Coventry, on Thursday afternoon, and interment will follow in the Stoke churchyard.
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England & Wales National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills & Administrations)1858-1966
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Arthur Gilbert, of 12, St. Patrick's Road, Coventry, Warwickshire died 16th August 1957 at Styvechale Lodge, Kenilworth Road, Coventry. Probate Leicester 11th December 1957 to Ernest Edmund Wagstaff, and Henry Davidson Jensen, solicitors.
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Arthur died aged 58.
Laid to rest on the 22nd August.
Mabel died in 1961, burial place unknown.
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