The Littleport Gilbert Family...
My
own Gilbert family lives in Littleport,
Cambridgeshire, a few miles North of
the Isle Of Ely. They moved 
from
Abbotsley,
Huntingdonshire to Littleport
in approximately 1841. They were living at Burnt Chimney Drove, Littleport which is where the family owned a farm and
still do today. On the 1851census, my Gtx4 Grandparents - Edward
Gilbert b. 1774, Abbotsley, and his wife Susan
Gillings b. 1771, Wrestlingworth,
Bedfordshire, were lodging with Thomas
Cade of Abbotsley. They were both noted as
paupers and Susan is also noted as being blind. At that time my
Gtx3 Grandparents - William Gilbert b. 1807, Abbotsley,
and his wife Elizabeth Brightle b. 1806, Camps,
Littleport, were living at Burnt Chimney Drove as
farmers having had about ten children, one of which was my Gt Gt
Grandfather - James Gilbert b.c. 1849, Littleport.
above: Littleport Parish Church, July 1998.
My own link to this family was through my Gt Grandmother. Her name was Clara Gilbert b. 1885, Littleport, and was one of the seven children of James Gilbert and his wife Elizabeth Howlett b. 1856. Clara married Alfred Newman, my Gt Grandfather, b.1883, Ely, and they moved to Waterside in Ely which is where they lived until their deaths. Clara died in 1973 and Alfred in 1969. They were both cremated at Cambridge.
Connected families include:
My Gilbert Ancestors
Gt Grandparents: Clara Gilbert (1885-1973) & Alfred Newman (1883-1969)
Gt Gt Gtandparents: James Gilbert (1849-1916) & Elizabeth Howlett (1856-1916)
Gt Gt Gt Grandparents: William Gilbert (1807-?) & Elizabeth Brightle (1806-?)
Gt Gt Gt Gt Grandparents: Edward Gilbert (1774-?) & Susan Gillions (1771-?)
5xGt Gtandparents: John Gilbert (1736-?) & Mary Peck
6xGt Grandparents: James Gilbert & Elizabeth Hale (1707-?)
Littleport Church photograph © Ivan Coussell 1998.
BIG thankyous to Colin Tabeart, for all the information on this family, also to Luther Gilbert and The Littleport Society.
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