Brief Life History of Culver Lincoln " Cub"
When Culver Lincoln " Cub" Gilbert was born on 2 September 1904, in Palo Pinto, Texas, United States, his father, Almoth Alexander Gilbert, was 33 and his mother, Magnolia Abergale Estes, was 32. He married Elouise Theresa Wigil in Parker, Texas, United States. He lived in CHAN-DO, South Hwanghae, North Korea in 1984 and Espiritu Santo, Sanma, Vanuatu in 1988. He died on 30 March 1988, in Parker, Texas, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Palo Pinto, Palo Pinto, Texas, United States.
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- Culver L Gilbert in household of Maudy Gilbert, "United States Census, 1930"
- Gilbert, "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935"
- C L Gilbert, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
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1905 · Construction of the Praetorian Building
Texas completed the construction of the Praetorian Building (Stone Plane Tower) in 1909. It was the first skyscraper in Texas and the Southwestern United States. The building had 15 stories and was 190 ft tall.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
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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