Gilbert

Origins of surname

Not surprisingly, this surname came from the personal name with the same spelling, and although it is established throughout the British Isles, it is of Norman French origin - Guilbert - going back even further to the Germanic Gislebert.

Early records

Guilbert is found in Jersey church records as early as 1579, but other records in various spellings go back to the 13th century. Gilbert is not a name which has ever truly become established and it is likely that several lines have died out, to be replaced by new immigrant families. The list of marriages below shows that several of the men arrived in Jersey from Guernsey

• Jean Gilbert married Susanne Maugier in St Brelade in 1637
• Jacques, from France, married Elizabeth Chevalier of St Helier in St Mary in 1750
• James, from Guernsey, married Elizabeth Guilliard, also of Guernsey, in St Saviour in 1783
• Henry, from Guernsey, married Anne Huart of St Brelade in that parish in 1786
• Nicolas, from Guernsey, married Marguerite Le Cras, of St Saviour, in 1822
• Jean Marie, from St Malo, married Josephine Aglae Payn in St Helier in 1826
• James, from Ireland, married Mary Bolt, of Weymouth in St Helier in 1832
• William, from Cornwall, married Elizabeth Radford, of Devon, in St Helier in 1832
• Augustine Hearn, RN, married Olivia Ellen Daly, of Dublin, in St Helier in 1833

Variants

• Gilbert
• Guilbert
• Guibert 1607
• Gilbert, 1299
• Guilber 1461
• Guillebert, 1331

Family records

Family trees

• Descendants of William Gilbert
• Descendants of David Gilbert
• Descendants of John Gilbert Added 2018
• Descendants of John Gilbert - 2 Added 2018
• Descendants of Joseph Gilbert Added 2018

Church records

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• Gilbert baptisms in Jersey
• Gilbert marriages in Jersey (groom)
• Gilbert marriages in Jersey (bride)
• Gilbert burials in Jersey

Great War service

Notes on our list, abbreviations used etc

• Charles Winter Gilbert (1891- ) (St Mt) son of Auguste Thomas and Louisa Mary Jane, ex-RMIJ, Private, Labour Corps
• Clarence Gilbert, OV, Lieutenant, Punjabi Rifles, no Jersey family connection
• Maud Gilbert, British Red Cross, no Jersey records

Occupation records

• Gilbert Occupation identity cards

Family wills

These wills created by members of the Gilbert family are now held by Jersey Archive. By visiting the archive site and using the names, dates and reference numbers shown here, it is possible to view a copy of each will. You will have to subscribe to the Archive's online service to do this. To find out more about this collection, which covers the period from 1663 to 1980, and how to search for your family's wills there, visit our Jersey wills page

• Arthur Gilbert, 3 Halkett Street, St Helier - 4 July 1932, D/Y/A/93
• Fanny Gilbert, The Halt, Pontorson Lane, St Clement - 17 March 1944, D/Y/A/112
• Walter Gilbert, St Lawrence - 8 March 1934, D/Y/A/96

• Amelia Guibert, 25 Charles Street, St Helier - 20 October 1931, D/Y/A/92
• Augustine Guilbert of St Saviour - 4 July 1892, D/Y/A/51

Burial records

• Gilbert burial records 1820-1978

Family histories

• Jean Gilbert champion diver

Emigrant to Canada

• Henry Gilbert's petition for land in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia

Family businesses

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  1946

Family photograph album

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  Amelia Gilbert with William Hunter (1835-1920)

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  Adolphus George Gilbert

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  Ellen Gilbert, nee Gallie, with William, Harry and Arthur in 1890

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  Charles Gilbert and Hannah, nee Markham

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  Albert Gilbert (1892-1980)

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  Adolphus George John James Gilbert (1877-1912)

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  Louisa Georgina Jane Gilbert, nee Noel, Doris and Irene

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  Adolphus Gilbert and Louise Georgina Jane , nee Noel, and Irene

Rogues gallery

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  Emma Gilbert, the 51-year-old widow of Philip William Lempriere, was convicted by the January Assizes in 1917 of carrying out an abortion and sentenced to 15 years penal servitude by the Royal Court. She was the eighth of nine children of seaman Isaac Gilbert and Mary Gale, of St Brelade, and married Philip in 1886 when she was 20 and he was 37. Although her sentence may seem very harsh, 100 years ago abortion was considered to be the equivalent of murder and carried a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.

Family gravestones

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  St Brelade Church cemetery

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  St Brelade Church cemetery

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  St Brelade Church cemetery

Tips

The church record links above will open in a new tab in your browser and generate the most up-to-date list of each set of records from our database. These lists replace earlier Family page baptism lists, which were not regularly updated. They have the added advantage that they produce a chronological listing for the family name in all parishes, so you do not have to search through A-Z indexes, parish by parish.

We have included some important spelling variants on some family pages, but it may be worth searching for records for a different spelling variant. Think of searching for variants with or without a prefix, such as Le or De. To search for further variants, or for any other family name, just click on the appropriate link below for the first letter of the family name, and a new tab will open, giving you the option to choose baptism, marriage or burial records. You will then see a list of available names for that type of record and you can select any name from that list. That will display all records of the chosen type for that family name, and you can narrow the search by adding a given name, selecting a parish or setting start and end dates in the form you will see above. You can also change the family name, or search for a partial name if you are not certain of the spelling

The records are displayed 30 to a page, but by selecting the yellow Wiki Table option at the top left of the page you can open a full, scrollable list. This list will either be displayed in a new tab or a pop-up window. You may have to edit the settings of your browser to allow pop-up windows for www.jerripediabmd.net. For the small number of family names for which a search generates more than 1,500 records you will have to refine your search (perhaps using start or end dates) to reduce the number of records found.

New records

Since August 2020 we have added several thousand new records from the registers of Roman Catholic, Methodist and other non-conformist churches. These will appear in date order within a general search of the records and are also individually searchable within the database search form

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