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Family HistoryFamily History - Wendell Newton Gilbert


Key:1.“+” before a child’s name indicates the child has their own entry in the next generation.
 2.“born xxxx” indicates the child is under 18 years of age so the birth date is not shown.
This family history features Wendell Newton Gilbert and his immediate family.



First Generation
1. Wendell Newton Gilbert,1 born 25 June 1932 in Winchester, Wayne County, Mississippi (parents not determined);1 died 15 February 1998.1 Wendell married Arleta Jo Crippen (born 11 July 1931 in Michigan, the daughter of Freeman Crippen and Elsie May Lockman;2, 3, 4 Arleta died 8 June 20132). Arleta is buried in Carson Baptist Church Cemetery, Carson, Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi.2

  1. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), Social Program Correspondence/Document, Wendell Newton Gilbert, died: 15 February 1998; born: 25 June 1932 in Winchester, Mississippi; father: Colon O. Gilbert; mother: Ethel Jordan.
  2. Find a Grave (website). Carson Baptist Church Cemetery, Carson, Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi, Arleta Jo Gilbert, born: 11 July 1931; died: 8 June 2013 (from record).
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Michigan, Presque Isle County, Onaway, E.D. 71-14, Sheet No. 16B, Freeman Crippen, 60, Michigan, laborer, W.P.A.; wife Elsie Crippen, 49, Michigan; daughter Arlita Crippen, 8, Michigan; step-daughter Ardith Miller, 17, Michigan, teacher assistant, public school.
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1950, Michigan, Kalamazoo County, Kalamazoo, E.D. 89-2, Sheet No. 7, Arleta Crippen, 18, Michigan, nurse aide, hospital.