Julia Ann (Lau) Gilbert was the daughter of George and Susan Lau. She was the 2nd wife of Rev. Dr. Richard Henry Gilbert. They were married Dillsburg, Pennsylvania December 11, 1883. He was a minister in the Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He served Dillsburg Methodist Episcopal Church 1881-1883.
US CENSUS
June 5, 1860
Dillsburg, York Co., PA
LAW
George age 41, b1819 PA, carpenter
Susan age 40, b1820 PA
son Franklin age 8, b1852 PA
son Edmund age 4, b1856 PA
dau Juliann age 1, b1859 PA
US CENSUS
June 7, 1900
Market St., Berwick, Columbia Co., PA
GILBERT
Richard H., age 45, bApr 1855 WALES, Methodist minister
Julia A., age 40, bJul 1859 PA
dau Cleopatra age 20, bNov 1879 PA
son Richard Jr., age 15, bMar 1885 PA
mother-in-law Susan Lau age 80, bJan 1820 PA, widowed
niece Tilly Son age 16, bOct 1883 PA
Obituary
The Christian Advocate
August 31, 1906
GILBERT.--On Saturday evening, August 12, 1906 in Philadelphia, the devoted wife of R. H. Gilbert, pastor of First Church, Berwick, passed from suffering to the saints' rest in God. Julie Ann Gilbert, nee Lau, was reared in a Methodist home in Dillsburg, Pennsylvania. Upon entering her fifteenth year she saw the face of the Beloved and was won to Him, in whose servgice she spent her life with a diligence and direction that were beautiful and inspiring. Since December 11, 1883, she shared the labors of her husband, a helpmate indeed to him and a mother to their children. Wednesday afternoon, August 16, in the church she loved so well, the story of her life and triumphant death was held before a mourning people . Of the twenty preachers present and participating in the exercises: Presiding Elder W. W. Evans, S. C. Swallow and W. P. Eveland spoke of her character, work and faith. Berwick Cemetery holds her precious dust.
Memoir
Methodist Episcopal Church
Central Pennsylvania Conference Journal
1906, Pgs. 118-119
US CENSUS
June 5, 1860
Dillsburg, York Co., PA
LAW
George age 41, b1819 PA, carpenter
Susan age 40, b1820 PA
son Franklin age 8, b1852 PA
son Edmund age 4, b1856 PA
dau Juliann age 1, b1859 PA
US CENSUS
June 7, 1900
Market St., Berwick, Columbia Co., PA
GILBERT
Richard H., age 45, bApr 1855 WALES, Methodist minister
Julia A., age 40, bJul 1859 PA
dau Cleopatra age 20, bNov 1879 PA
son Richard Jr., age 15, bMar 1885 PA
mother-in-law Susan Lau age 80, bJan 1820 PA, widowed
niece Tilly Son age 16, bOct 1883 PA
Obituary
The Christian Advocate
August 31, 1906
GILBERT.--On Saturday evening, August 12, 1906 in Philadelphia, the devoted wife of R. H. Gilbert, pastor of First Church, Berwick, passed from suffering to the saints' rest in God. Julie Ann Gilbert, nee Lau, was reared in a Methodist home in Dillsburg, Pennsylvania. Upon entering her fifteenth year she saw the face of the Beloved and was won to Him, in whose servgice she spent her life with a diligence and direction that were beautiful and inspiring. Since December 11, 1883, she shared the labors of her husband, a helpmate indeed to him and a mother to their children. Wednesday afternoon, August 16, in the church she loved so well, the story of her life and triumphant death was held before a mourning people . Of the twenty preachers present and participating in the exercises: Presiding Elder W. W. Evans, S. C. Swallow and W. P. Eveland spoke of her character, work and faith. Berwick Cemetery holds her precious dust.
Memoir
Methodist Episcopal Church
Central Pennsylvania Conference Journal
1906, Pgs. 118-119
Julia Ann (Lau) Gilbert was the daughter of George and Susan Lau. She was the 2nd wife of Rev. Dr. Richard Henry Gilbert. They were married Dillsburg, Pennsylvania December 11, 1883. He was a minister in the Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He served Dillsburg Methodist Episcopal Church 1881-1883.
US CENSUS
June 5, 1860
Dillsburg, York Co., PA
LAW
George age 41, b1819 PA, carpenter
Susan age 40, b1820 PA
son Franklin age 8, b1852 PA
son Edmund age 4, b1856 PA
dau Juliann age 1, b1859 PA
US CENSUS
June 7, 1900
Market St., Berwick, Columbia Co., PA
GILBERT
Richard H., age 45, bApr 1855 WALES, Methodist minister
Julia A., age 40, bJul 1859 PA
dau Cleopatra age 20, bNov 1879 PA
son Richard Jr., age 15, bMar 1885 PA
mother-in-law Susan Lau age 80, bJan 1820 PA, widowed
niece Tilly Son age 16, bOct 1883 PA
Obituary
The Christian Advocate
August 31, 1906
GILBERT.--On Saturday evening, August 12, 1906 in Philadelphia, the devoted wife of R. H. Gilbert, pastor of First Church, Berwick, passed from suffering to the saints' rest in God. Julie Ann Gilbert, nee Lau, was reared in a Methodist home in Dillsburg, Pennsylvania. Upon entering her fifteenth year she saw the face of the Beloved and was won to Him, in whose servgice she spent her life with a diligence and direction that were beautiful and inspiring. Since December 11, 1883, she shared the labors of her husband, a helpmate indeed to him and a mother to their children. Wednesday afternoon, August 16, in the church she loved so well, the story of her life and triumphant death was held before a mourning people . Of the twenty preachers present and participating in the exercises: Presiding Elder W. W. Evans, S. C. Swallow and W. P. Eveland spoke of her character, work and faith. Berwick Cemetery holds her precious dust.
Memoir
Methodist Episcopal Church
Central Pennsylvania Conference Journal
1906, Pgs. 118-119
US CENSUS
June 5, 1860
Dillsburg, York Co., PA
LAW
George age 41, b1819 PA, carpenter
Susan age 40, b1820 PA
son Franklin age 8, b1852 PA
son Edmund age 4, b1856 PA
dau Juliann age 1, b1859 PA
US CENSUS
June 7, 1900
Market St., Berwick, Columbia Co., PA
GILBERT
Richard H., age 45, bApr 1855 WALES, Methodist minister
Julia A., age 40, bJul 1859 PA
dau Cleopatra age 20, bNov 1879 PA
son Richard Jr., age 15, bMar 1885 PA
mother-in-law Susan Lau age 80, bJan 1820 PA, widowed
niece Tilly Son age 16, bOct 1883 PA
Obituary
The Christian Advocate
August 31, 1906
GILBERT.--On Saturday evening, August 12, 1906 in Philadelphia, the devoted wife of R. H. Gilbert, pastor of First Church, Berwick, passed from suffering to the saints' rest in God. Julie Ann Gilbert, nee Lau, was reared in a Methodist home in Dillsburg, Pennsylvania. Upon entering her fifteenth year she saw the face of the Beloved and was won to Him, in whose servgice she spent her life with a diligence and direction that were beautiful and inspiring. Since December 11, 1883, she shared the labors of her husband, a helpmate indeed to him and a mother to their children. Wednesday afternoon, August 16, in the church she loved so well, the story of her life and triumphant death was held before a mourning people . Of the twenty preachers present and participating in the exercises: Presiding Elder W. W. Evans, S. C. Swallow and W. P. Eveland spoke of her character, work and faith. Berwick Cemetery holds her precious dust.
Memoir
Methodist Episcopal Church
Central Pennsylvania Conference Journal
1906, Pgs. 118-119
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