Elizabeth Gilbert

Elizabeth Gilbert 

Born: 1860, Brentford 

Father:  Richard Gilbert (b. 1822)

Mother: Sarah Ann Gilbert (b. 1831)

Brothers: John Gilbert (b. 1862)

Sisters: Martha Gilbert (b. 1855), Margaret Gilbert (b. 1861), Sarah Gilbert (b. 1864), Kate Gilbert (b. 1870)

Marriage:        1885, Stamford 

Husband:         Ernest William Bray

                        b. 1860

                        Brother of Annie Margaret Bray [LDTC 1880]

                        Certificated Schoolmaster

Issue – 

#1 Dorothy Margaret Bray (b. 1887)

#2 Ethel Bray (b. 1889)

#3 Emily Alden Bray (b. 1891)

#4 Olive Bray (b. 1893)

#5 Ernest Gilbert Bray (b. 1894) 

#6 Richard Gilbert Bray (b. 1896)

#7 Florence Mary Bray (b. 1898)

In 1861 – 

She is at Shalimar Lodge, Horn Lane, Acton. Her father is listed as ‘Gardener Domestic’. Her mother is listed as ‘Lodge Keeper’. Elizabeth and her sisters (Martha and Margaret) are unlisted.

In 1871 – 

She is at Burghley Gardens, Barnack. Her father is listed as ‘Gardener’. Elizabeth, her mother and siblings (Martha, Margaret, John, Sarah and Kate) are unlisted.

In 1881 – 

She is at Girls School, Elm, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. Elizabeth is listed as ‘Mistress of Elementary School’. Her sister, Sarah, is unlisted.

In 1891 – 

She is at Albion Street, King’s Lynn. Her husband is listed as ‘National School Master’. Her sister-in-law, Emily Bray, is listed as ‘National Schoolmistress’. Elizabeth, her sister-in-law, Annie Bolton (was Bray) [LDTC 1880], her daughters, Dorothy Bray (b. 1888) and Ethel Bray (b. 1890), her nieces and nephew, William Bolton and Emily Bolton, are unlisted. Grace Sarah Lucas (b. 1863) is listed as ‘National Schoolmistress’. There is a servant, Annie Maria Ward (b. 1876).

In 10/99 – 

Address is King’s Lynn. 

In 1901 – 

She is at School House, Albion Street, King’s Lynn. Her husband is listed as ‘Certificated Schoolmaster National School’. Elizabeth, her children (Dorothy, Ethel, Emily, Olive, Ernest, Richard and Florence) and her mother-in-law, Emily M Bray (b. 1828), are unlisted.

In 1911 – 

She is at Albion Street, King’s Lynn. Her husband is listed as ‘Head Teacher’. Her son, Ernest, is listed as ‘Apprentice to Engine Fitter’. Elizabeth, her children (Richard and Florence) and her mother are unlisted.

In 1921 – 

She is at School House, Albion Street, King’s Lynn. Her husband is listed as ‘Head Teacher Elementary School’. Elizabeth and a visitor, Nora Kathleen Johnson (b. 1911), are unlisted. Her daughter, Dorothy, is listed as ‘Class Teacher Elementary School’. Her son, Ernest, is listed as ‘Motor Tractor Driver’. Her son, Richard, is listed as ‘Civil Service Clerk Land Valuation Dept’. 

 d.        1941, Kings Lynn