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    Person Info
  • Name: Thomas Delbert GILKEY
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 29 Feb 1888 in New Galilee, Beaver Co, Pennsylvania b
  • Death: 29 Jul 1952 in Beaver Valley General Hospital, New Brighton, Beaver Co, Pennsylvania d
  • Burial: Beaver Falls Cemetery, Beaver Co, Pennsylvania u


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Francis Wilson GILKEY Birth: 7 Nov 1837 in Big Beaver Twp, Beaver Co, Pennsylvania Death: 27 Feb 1893 in Big Beaver Twp, Beaver Co, Pennsylvania
  • Mother:
  • Margaret Loretta EDWARDS Birth: 13 Oct 1847 in Caer Co, Wales Death: 8 May 1930 in New Galilee, Beaver Co, Pennsylvania

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Thelma Doris GILKEY Birth: 12 Jan 1910 in New Galilee, Beaver Co, Pennsylvania Death: 17 Jul 2003 in Beaver Valley Nursing And Rehab, South Beaver Twp, Beaver Co, Pennsylvania
  2. Delbert Lamont (Deb) GILKEY Birth: 20 Apr 1912 in New Galilee, Beaver Co, Pennsylvania Death: 16 Dec 1996 in Brighton Twp, Beaver Co, Pennsylvania
  3. Orin Keith GILKEY Birth: 24 Mar 1916 in New Galilee, Beaver Co, Pennsylvania Death: Jan 1982 in Brighton Twp, Beaver Co, Pennsylvania
  4. Zona Gayle GILKEY Birth: 22 Apr 1918 in New Galilee, Beaver Co, Pennsylvania Death: Harleysville, Pennsylvania
  5. Shirley Rae GILKEY Birth: 17 Jan 1925 in New Galilee, Beaver Co, Pennsylvania Death: 24 Oct 1984 in Melbourne, Brevard Co, Florida
  6. Norma Eileen GILKEY Birth: 30 Jan 1928 in New Galilee, Beaver Co, Pennsylvania

Bibliography
  1. Inman, Diane, Minnie June Villard. Private email 2/21/2006. Author address: cupojo at thevillages dot net. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Diane Inman 2/21/2006].
  2. Gilkey, George Leland, The Gilkeys: A History of the Early American Gilkeys and their descendants. Merrill, WI: 1950. G3908. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/110992. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: GilkeyGL GILKEY p[0-9]*].
  3. Kaup, Paul Edwin, The Lyles of Western Pennsylvania, Fourth edition. Closson Press, 1987. Citizens Library (Washington, PA) SR 929.2 Lyl. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Kaup LYLE p[0-9]*].
  4. White, Alvin Dinsmore, The Lyles of Washington County Pennsylvania. Carlisle, PA: Baker & Gussman, 1934. Citizens Library (Washington, PA) SR 929.2 Lyl. Available at http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005731481. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: White LYLE-1934 p[0-9]*].
  5. White, Alvin Dinsmore, The Lyles of Washington County Pennsylvania. Burgettstown, PA: Enterprise Press, 1963. Citizens Library (Washington, PA) SR 929.2 Lyl. Available at http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005731482. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: White LYLE-1963 p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: GilkeyGL GILKEY p288, Kaup LYLE p23],
place:
[Ref: Diane Inman 2/21/2006],
parents:
[Ref: GilkeyGL GILKEY p288, Kaup LYLE p23, White LYLE-1934 p21, White LYLE-1963 p281]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
name:
Thomas Gilbert [Ref: GilkeyGL GILKEY p288]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Diane Inman 2/21/2006, Kaup LYLE p23],
place:
[Ref: Diane Inman 2/21/2006]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Diane Inman 2/21/2006]
Sources with Information about marriage to Minnie June VILLARD
date:
[Ref: Diane Inman 2/21/2006],
place:
[Ref: Diane Inman 2/21/2006],
names:
[Ref: GilkeyGL GILKEY p288, White LYLE-1934 p21, White LYLE-1963 p281],
child:
[Ref: GilkeyGL GILKEY p313, Kaup LYLE p23, White LYLE-1934 p22]
Research Notes:
attended the Soldiers' Orphans' School, Uniontown, PA, because his father had served in the Civil War (where he was badly wounded), and died when Thomas was age 10. [Ref: Diane Inman 2/21/2006]

1901: listed in Annual Report of Soldiers' Orphans' School [Ref: Diane Inman 2/21/2006]

well driller [Ref: Kaup LYLE p23]

well driller, both water and oil [Ref: Diane Inman 2/21/2006]

1932: County Commissioner in Beaver Co, PA, to serve out an unexpired term; then ran successfully and continued for 20 years [Ref: Diane Inman 2/21/2006]

County Commissioner in Beaver County [Ref: Kaup LYLE p23]

1934: living in Beaver Falls, PA [Ref: White LYLE-1934 p21]

lived at 1905 Darlington Road, Beaver Falls, PA [Ref: Diane Inman 2/21/2006]

cause of death: Coronary Thrombosis (Heart Attack) [Ref: Diane Inman 2/21/2006]



Pedigree of Thomas Delbert GILKEY
                            /-----Robert GILKEY
                   /-----Francis GILKEY
                  |         \-----Rebecca GILKEY
          /-----William GILKEY
         |         \-----Mary WILSON
 /-----Francis Wilson GILKEY
|        |                           /-----Alexander MILLER
|        |                  /-----Alexander MILLER
|        |                 |         \-----Sarah McCARTNEY
|        |         /-----Alexander III MILLER
|        |        |        |         /-----Robert LYLE
|        |        |         \-----Jane LYLE
|        |        |                  \-----Mary GILLELAND
|         \-----Isabella MILLER
|                  \-----Mary WILLIAMS
Thomas Delbert GILKEY
|         /-----Robert EDWARDS
 \-----Margaret Loretta EDWARDS
          \-----Anna WILLIAMS



Descendants of Thomas Delbert GILKEY
1. Thomas Delbert GILKEY m. Minnie June VILLARD
m. Minnie June VILLARD father: William August VILLARD mother: Susanna Catherine BARKEY

2nd generation

2. Thelma Doris GILKEY m. Myron Leroy (Pete) RUSSELL
m. Myron Leroy (Pete) RUSSELL father: William Jr RICHARDSON mother: Edith Edna JENKINS
3. Delbert Lamont (Deb) GILKEY m1. Ruth WINTERS m2. Mildred O'NEIL
m. Ruth WINTERS
m. Mildred O'NEIL father: Frank O'NEIL mother: Bonita (O'NEIL)
5. Zona Gayle GILKEY m. Walter George FUCHEL
m. Walter George FUCHEL father: Kurt FUCHEL mother: Erna (FUCHEL)
6. Shirley Rae GILKEY m. Wilfred Harold BROWN
m. Wilfred Harold BROWN
7. Norma Eileen GILKEY m1. Living PATTERSON m2. Dale William BRANDENBERGER m3. Living KARAS
m. Living PATTERSON
m. Dale William BRANDENBERGER
m. Living KARAS

3rd generation

8. Living RUSSELL m. Living INMAN
m. Living INMAN father: Charles Ira INMAN mother: Cleda Ilean FARMER
9. Living RUSSELL m1. Living STAHL m2. Living SPIEKER
m. Living STAHL
m. Living SPIEKER father: Herman Frederick SPIEKER mother: Ruth Eleanor STRAWHECKER
11. Living GILKEY m. Living JONES
m. Living JONES father: Living JONES mother: Living (JONES)
12. Living FUCHEL m. Living FENCHEL
m. Living FENCHEL father: Living FENCHEL mother: Living (FENCHEL)
13. Living FUCHEL m. Living FLEMMING
m. Living FLEMMING
14. Sheryl Suzanne BROWN m. Michael George BABCOCK
m. Michael George BABCOCK
16. Living BRANDENBERGER m. Living HUBERLEIN
m. Living HUBERLEIN

4th generation

17. Living INMAN m. Living FITZPATRICK
m. Living FITZPATRICK father: Living FITZPATRICK mother: Living (FITZPATRICK)
18. Living INMAN m. Living KRANTZ
m. Living KRANTZ father: Living KRANTZ mother: Living (KRANTZ)
21. Living JONES m. Living BROZICH
m. Living BROZICH father: Living BROZICH mother: Living MONZA
22. Living JONES m. Living (JONES)
m. Living (JONES)