Brief Life History of Gilbert
When Gilbert Clements was born on 29 March 1829, in Belfast, Ireland, his father, John Clements, was 27 and his mother, Eliza, was 26. He married Margret Tripp about 1852, in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1854 and lived in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and England in 1870. He died on 6 February 1895, in San Francisco, California, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Colma, San Mateo, California, United States.
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- Gilbert Clements in household of Jno Clements, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Gilbert Clements, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
- J Gilbert Clement, "California Deaths and Burials, 1776-2000"
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1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
1839
The Night of the BIG WIND. In Killarney and its neighborhood there was a terrible hurricane. The town sustained much damage and many houses were shattered.
1847
Historic Notes: 1847: Name changed from Yerba Buena to San Francisco. 1856: San Francisco an Independent City.
Name Meaning
English, Irish (Tyrone and Antrim), and Dutch: variant of Clement , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, e.g. German Clementz and Slovenian patronymic Klemenc (see Klements ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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