Gilbert Russell Day Jr. was the son of Gilbert Russell Day Sr. (1816-1857) and Ann Elizabeth Anderson (1823-1912).
Marriage #1 - Elizabeth F Sadler on 22 Jun 1872, Anderson Co. TX. Elizabeth is daughter of Capt. William Turner Sadler and Permelia Bennett Sadler. Nickname: Betty The middle initial is "F". [Genealogists have had trouble with her middle name since Gilbert Day's mother was named Elizabeth "Ann" while Gilbert Jr. married Elizabeth "F" which appears on the marriage license and on the 1880 Census.
Gilbert Day Jr. and Elizabeth F Sadler had six children that reached adulthood:
John Frank Day (1874-1958)
Ida Elizabeth Day nee Wallace (1876-1965)
Mary Parmelia Day nee McDaniel (1878-1929)
Jewel L Day nee Allen (1879-?)
Lela Day nee Vickery (1886-1949)
Gilbert Roy Day (1895-1982)
Elizabeth (Betty) died in a tornado on the family plantation on land given to the Days by her father, WT Sadler, land previously known as the Sadler Plantation, and part of the same plantation where her mother had died in a tornado 30 years earlier.
Marriage #2 - Laura J. Sadler on 24 Nov 1897, Anderson Co. TX. Laura was the sister of Elizabeth Sadler. When Elizabeth died, she left six children, the youngest of which was only 14 months old. Laura married Gilbert Jr. one year after Elizabth's death and raised all the children.
Marriage #1 - Elizabeth F Sadler on 22 Jun 1872, Anderson Co. TX. Elizabeth is daughter of Capt. William Turner Sadler and Permelia Bennett Sadler. Nickname: Betty The middle initial is "F". [Genealogists have had trouble with her middle name since Gilbert Day's mother was named Elizabeth "Ann" while Gilbert Jr. married Elizabeth "F" which appears on the marriage license and on the 1880 Census.
Gilbert Day Jr. and Elizabeth F Sadler had six children that reached adulthood:
John Frank Day (1874-1958)
Ida Elizabeth Day nee Wallace (1876-1965)
Mary Parmelia Day nee McDaniel (1878-1929)
Jewel L Day nee Allen (1879-?)
Lela Day nee Vickery (1886-1949)
Gilbert Roy Day (1895-1982)
Elizabeth (Betty) died in a tornado on the family plantation on land given to the Days by her father, WT Sadler, land previously known as the Sadler Plantation, and part of the same plantation where her mother had died in a tornado 30 years earlier.
Marriage #2 - Laura J. Sadler on 24 Nov 1897, Anderson Co. TX. Laura was the sister of Elizabeth Sadler. When Elizabeth died, she left six children, the youngest of which was only 14 months old. Laura married Gilbert Jr. one year after Elizabth's death and raised all the children.
Gilbert Russell Day Jr. was the son of Gilbert Russell Day Sr. (1816-1857) and Ann Elizabeth Anderson (1823-1912).
Marriage #1 - Elizabeth F Sadler on 22 Jun 1872, Anderson Co. TX. Elizabeth is daughter of Capt. William Turner Sadler and Permelia Bennett Sadler. Nickname: Betty The middle initial is "F". [Genealogists have had trouble with her middle name since Gilbert Day's mother was named Elizabeth "Ann" while Gilbert Jr. married Elizabeth "F" which appears on the marriage license and on the 1880 Census.
Gilbert Day Jr. and Elizabeth F Sadler had six children that reached adulthood:
John Frank Day (1874-1958)
Ida Elizabeth Day nee Wallace (1876-1965)
Mary Parmelia Day nee McDaniel (1878-1929)
Jewel L Day nee Allen (1879-?)
Lela Day nee Vickery (1886-1949)
Gilbert Roy Day (1895-1982)
Elizabeth (Betty) died in a tornado on the family plantation on land given to the Days by her father, WT Sadler, land previously known as the Sadler Plantation, and part of the same plantation where her mother had died in a tornado 30 years earlier.
Marriage #2 - Laura J. Sadler on 24 Nov 1897, Anderson Co. TX. Laura was the sister of Elizabeth Sadler. When Elizabeth died, she left six children, the youngest of which was only 14 months old. Laura married Gilbert Jr. one year after Elizabth's death and raised all the children.
Marriage #1 - Elizabeth F Sadler on 22 Jun 1872, Anderson Co. TX. Elizabeth is daughter of Capt. William Turner Sadler and Permelia Bennett Sadler. Nickname: Betty The middle initial is "F". [Genealogists have had trouble with her middle name since Gilbert Day's mother was named Elizabeth "Ann" while Gilbert Jr. married Elizabeth "F" which appears on the marriage license and on the 1880 Census.
Gilbert Day Jr. and Elizabeth F Sadler had six children that reached adulthood:
John Frank Day (1874-1958)
Ida Elizabeth Day nee Wallace (1876-1965)
Mary Parmelia Day nee McDaniel (1878-1929)
Jewel L Day nee Allen (1879-?)
Lela Day nee Vickery (1886-1949)
Gilbert Roy Day (1895-1982)
Elizabeth (Betty) died in a tornado on the family plantation on land given to the Days by her father, WT Sadler, land previously known as the Sadler Plantation, and part of the same plantation where her mother had died in a tornado 30 years earlier.
Marriage #2 - Laura J. Sadler on 24 Nov 1897, Anderson Co. TX. Laura was the sister of Elizabeth Sadler. When Elizabeth died, she left six children, the youngest of which was only 14 months old. Laura married Gilbert Jr. one year after Elizabth's death and raised all the children.
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