Harriet Gilbert

Female1861–19 March 1883

Brief Life History of Harriet

When Harriet Gilbert was born in 1861, in New South Wales, Australia, her father, James Gilbert, was 39 and her mother, Mary Kirk, was 33. She married Thomas D Chapman in 1882, in Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 19 March 1883, in Australia, at the age of 22, and was buried in Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia.

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Family Time Line

Thomas D Chapman
1860–
Harriet Gilbert
1861–1883
Marriage: 1882
Vida Chapman
1883–1883

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  • Death Notice Harriet Chapman died 19 March 1883 aged
  • Funeral Notices Harriet Chapman interred 31 March 1883

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1882Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia
  • Children (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (8)

    +3 More Children

    World Events (3)

    1867

    Age 6

    End of transportation to Western Australia.

    1870

    Age 9

    British troops withdraw from Australia.

    1877

    Age 16

    Australia and England play the first-ever cricket Test match in Melbourne.

    Name Meaning

    English (of Norman origin), French, and German: from the personal name Giselbert, composed of the ancient Germanic elements gīsil ‘pledge, hostage, noble youth’ (see Giesel ) + berht ‘bright, famous’. This personal name enjoyed considerable popularity in England during the Middle Ages, partly as a result of the fame of Saint Gilbert of Sempringham (1085–1189), the founder of the only native English monastic order.

    Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish surnames.

    History: The Devon family of Gilbert can be traced to Geoffrey Gilbert (died 1349), who represented Totnes in Parliament in 1326. His descendants included Sir Humphrey Gilbert (died 1583), who discovered Newfoundland. — Étienne Gilbert from Aulnay in Vienne, France, married Marguerite Thibault in Neuville, QC, in 1683. Louis Gilbert dit Comtois from Besançon in Doubs married Anne Jacques in Charlesbourg, QC, in 1722. Pierre Gilbert from Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire in Charente, France, married Marie-Angélique Dufour in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, QC, in 1756. Charles Dupuis dit Gilbert from Rosnay in Indre, France, married Marie-Jeanne Brunet in Sainte-Foy, QC, in 1741.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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