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I'm
Rob Salzman of
4130 SW 117th Ave # 415 Beaverton, OR,
97005 USA.
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Family Sheet
HUSBAND
Name: William Buckley GerardMale Note
Born: 1844 1844-1-1 at Lancashire, England Lancashire, England
Married: Abt 1863 1863-1-1 at London, Middlesex County, England London, Middlesex County, England
Died: 2 Feb 1901 1901-2-2 at Newport, RI Newport, RI
WIFE
Born: Apr 1839 at England
Died: 25 Jan 1889 at Fall River, MA
Father: Joseph Howard
Mother: Elizabeth Edwards
CHILDREN
Name: Sarah A. Gerard
Born: 1862 at England
Died:
Born: 1864 at Rauncorn, Cheshire, England
Died:
Husband: William Burns
Born: 1865 at England
Died: at Swansen, MA
Husband: Albert Lockwood
Name: Emma Gerard
Born: 1867 at England
Died:
Born: 9 Mar 1872 at Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Died: 11 Jun 1934 at Dublin, NH
Wife: Helen Knapp
Name: Clara A. Gerard
Born: 20 May 1874 at Fall River, Bristol County, MA
Died: 20 May 1874 at Fall River, Bristol County, MA
Name: Joseph Gerard
Born: 20 Jun 1875 at Fall River, Bristol County, MA
Died: 20 Jun 1875 at Fall River, Bristol County, MA
Born: 6 Feb 1876 at Newport, RI
Died: 19 Nov 1956 at Leominster, Worcester County, MA
Husband: James Hibbert Jr.
Born: 11 Nov 1877 at Fall River, Bristol County, MA
Died: 25 Jul 1948 at Fall River, Bristol County, MA
Wife: Margaret E.
Name: Mary L. Gerard
Born: Sep 1879
Died:
Name: Laura Gerard
Born: 1883 at Fall River, Bristol County, MA
Died: 30 Jun 1907 at Dedham, MA
Born: 1886 at Fall River, Bristol County, MA
Died: 14 Jan 1919 at Westfield, MA
Husband: Arthur Lee Ellis
NOTES
1). This is from a letter by Helen Burns of unknown date w r i t t en to James Hibbert I would say our grandfather William Gerard, left En g l a n d about 1871, and went to Chicago . He left his fa mi l y , ou r grandmother, whose name was Elizabeth Howard , a n d fi ve sm all children of whom my mother was the sec on d ol dest , in En gland for a year so that he could esta bli s h a hom e in thi s country before he sent for them . I bel ie ve Uncl e Billy ma y have been the youngest of t he fiv e chi ldre n . I don t kn ow the definite part of E nglan d they a ctual ly came from a s I remember my mothe r sayin g her fath er mov ed about a grea t deal. However , she sai d her father s peop le lived in Live rpool and w ere seafar ing people an d that h er grandfatherp aternal was a se a captain. I be lieve he r mother s people l ive d in the co untry and ther e may b e a Welsh strain on h e r mother s si de. My mother was born in Runcorn, County of Cheshire , w h i c h I believe is close to Yorkshire. About the tim e o f t h e b ig fire in Chicago note 1871 , Grandfathe r Gera rd l ef t Ch icago and went to Newport, R.I. He sen t for h is fa mil y an d started to build a home for them t he day t hey sa iled . Th e house is still standing and i s located o ff Broa dwa y facin g Equality Park. He buil t a workshop n ext to t he h ouse an d I believe he did hi s own contractin g most o f th e time, sp ecializing in bui lding inside stai rcases . Howev er he buil t a number o f places in Newport , includ ing a lar ger house i nto whic h the family moved s everal ye ars afte r they went t o New port. I have seen th is house w hich I th ink is locat e d on a corner one stree t is Goul d St., an d I can t recal l the other. There wa s a very l arge famil y , a number of who m died in childhoo d. Grandmo ther Gera r d died when she wa s 49 and about te n years late r, prob abl y in 1901 Grandfathe r Gerard die d at the age o f 59. There is a large family lot in the Newport Cemetery w h e r e t hey and some of the children are buried, and a he ad st on e wi th the name of Gerard on it. This cemetery i s l oca te d nea r the thoroughfare which leads to the Newp or t Nava l H ospita l, and is just off the road. Uncle Jac k g ave aun t E dna th e deed before he died in case she mi gh t be inter este d as h e had a lot in the Oak Grove Cem eta ry in Fal l River . I thi nk Raymonds mother and Aun t Laur a are buri ed in Un cle Jack s lot in Oak Grove Cem etery . Aunt Margar et, anoth er sister , married Albert Lo ckwood , and lived i n Ocean Gro ve, Swanse a, Mass when s he died . She left tw o sons, Bill y Lockwood , who is marr ied an d lives in Morga n, New Jersey , and has t wo sons a nd a da ughter, and her y ounger son, Be rt, or Alber t wh o is stil l living in Ocea n Grove. Bert di d not marry a n d lives al one. Freddie Bur ns is still opera ting the ga s s tation o n Second Street of f Stafford Road, h er husba nd Herb ert , is still with Buffi ngton s Greenhouse . Ros e and Hel e n Burns live at 63 Bro w St., Fall River, M ass . John Bu rn s son. Newport, Rhode Island Directories for 1887 1892 hav e t h e f o llowing information William Gerard, with occupation as a stair builder , 8 3 W e s t Broadway, living at house at Fall River, Mass achu set t s . The 1890 directory shows him living at 13 S pruc e Str ee t , Newport, Rhode Island. The 1891 director y sho ws hi m ro om ing at 285 Thames Street in Newport an d the 1 892 di recto r y shows him rooming at 287 Thames St reet i n Newport.
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