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California Day
(30 Jul 1850 - 29 Mar 1933)
from Judy Shaffer's page
!MY MOM TOLD ME THIS STORY OF HER "GREAT AUNT CAL."
HER MOTHER AND FATHER WERE MOVING FROM TEN. TO IN.(??) BY COVERED WAGON WHEN SHE WAS BORN, HER MOTHER DIED OF CHILDBIRTH, LEAVING A BABY WITH NO NAME, EVERYONE JUST CALLED HER "GIRL". WHEN SHE WENT TO SCHOOL THE TEACHER TOLD HER
SHE COULDN`T STAY WITHOUT A NAME, SO SHE WENT OUTSIDE AND THOUGHT, SHE HAD HEARD ALOT ABOUT CALIFORNIA AND WANTED TO GO THERE, SO SHE WENT BACK IN SCHOOL AND TOLD THE TEACHER HER NAME WAS "CALIFORNIA".AND THAT BECAME HER NAME.....
JANUARY 1997; RECIEVED LETTER FROM PHYLLIS GILBERT SHEPARD,422 W.9TH.ST., SEYMOUR,IN.(GREAT-GRAND DAUGHTER OF CALIFORNIA DAY GILBERT) PARTS AS FALLOWS,
"THIS IS WHAT I REMENBER ABOUT CAL, SHE WOULD SET IN HER ROCKER AND WATCH THE KIDS PLAY AT RECESS.THEY LIVED ACROSS THE STREET FROM MEDORA SCHOOL. SHE ALWAYS AD A HIRED GIRL. I CAN`T REMENBER THAT SHE EVER DID ANY HOUSEWORK.SHE WAS A LITTLE SHORT CHUBBY LADY AND WORE LITTLE ROUND GLASSES. HER CHILDERN ALWAS REFERRED TO HER AS MOTHER AND THEY WERE VERY RESPECTFUL OF THEIR PARENTS. I AM SURE THAT THE STORY ABOUT CAL NAMEING HERSELF IS TRUE, IT`S THE SAME STORT I`VE HEARD ALL MY LIFE. CAL HAD A SISTER NAMED CATHERINE AND SHE MARRIED
A BOTTORFF.DON`T KNOW HIS FIRST NAME. ANYWAY, WHIT (MY G-GRANDFATHER) AND CATHERINE WERE SUPPOSE TO GET MARRIED WHEN HE RETURNED FROM THE CIVIL WAR. WHEN HE CAME BACK AND FOUND OUT CATHERINE HAD MARRIED SOMEONE ELSE, HE WENT STRAIGHT TO MR. DAY AND DEMANDED ONE OF THE OTHER DAUGHTER`S,MR. DAY LINED THEM
UP AND GRANDPA WHIT PICKED CALIFORNIA. HE SAID SHE WAS LITTLE AND CUTE AND HADTHE PRETTIEST EYES. EVERYONE SAYS THEY HAD A GOOD AND HAPPY LIFE AND HE TOOK REAL GOOD CARE OF HER. THOUGHT HE WAS BEING GOOD TO HER WHEN HE INSISTED SHE HAVE A HIRED GIRL. I REMENBER CAL. BUT NOT WHIT, HE DIED BEFORE I WAS BORN.
HAVE SOME PICTURES OF THEM BOTH AND THEIR GRAVESITES AT WRAY`S CHURCH.
MOST OF THE GILBERTS ARE BURIED THERE. I REMENBER WHEN I WAS A CHILD THE DAY`S WOULD COME FROM TERRE HAUTE TO
VISIT. I REMENBER 2 GIRLS BUT CAN`T REMENBER THEIR NAMES.
I HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH MY UNCLE RENALD AND WHATEVER HE SENDS ME I`LL SEND YOU
I HAVE INFORMATION ON HUGH WEDDLE AND FAMILY, WILL SEND YOU.
COPY OF LETTER FROM RENALDO TO PHYLLIS, DEAR PHYLLIS, SIENCE OUR CONVERSATION ABOUT AN HOUR AGO I`VE STIRRED MY
MEMORY TO THE DAY FAMILY AND THEIR CONNECTIONTO THE GILBERT FAMILY. MY THOUGHTS TODAY
ARE JUST INTERESTING TIDBITS.
AFTER HIS DISCHARGE FROM THE UNION ARMY, THE SOLDIER RETURNED HOME TO DISCOVERED HIS INTENDED WIFE HAD MARRIED SOMEONE ELSE, SO HE HAD THE FATHER LINE UP THE REMAINING DAUGHTERS AND HE PICKED CALIFORNIA DAY AS HIS WIFE. SHE HAD AT AN EARLIER AGE CHOSEN HER OWN NAME, BASED ON HAPPENINGS IN CALIFORNIA.
TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, MY GRANDMA (CAL) HAD BROTHERS NAMED WILLY AND JIMMY O. DAT. WHO EVENTUALLY SETTLED IN TERRE HAUTE,IN. WILLY WOULD COME BACK TO THE MEDORA AREA, ESPECIALLY "PEA RIDGE" IN JULY OR AUG DURING THE ANNUAL SQUIRREL SEASON SO HE COULD GET A LITTLE "WILD GRAVEY". I THINK I REMEMBER HIM COMING TO OUR HOUSE TO HUNT. (THIS WOULD BE THEODORE`S HOUSE) JIMMY O. LIVED IN MEDORA LONG ENOUGH TO BE APPOINTED MARSHALL AND WAS PROUD OF THE STAR HE WORE ON HIS CHEST. RUBY DAY I BELIVE WAS WILLYS WIFE , WITH A DAUGHTER NAMED JOSIE. SHE
MARRIED ED HENRY, THEY USE TO COME TO PEA RIDGE EACH SUMMER TO VISIT FAMILY AND USUALLY STADED ABOUT A WEEK. THERE WAS ALSO 2 DAY GIRLS,THELMA IRENE AND JUANITA VERNETTA (I THINK ONE OF THE GIRLS HAD RED HAIR).
RENALDO GILBERT, 109 DELLWOOD CT. PRATTVILLE,AL.36066
!MY MOM TOLD ME THIS STORY OF HER "GREAT AUNT CAL."
HER MOTHER AND FATHER WERE MOVING FROM TEN. TO IN.(??) BY COVERED WAGON WHEN SHE WAS BORN, HER MOTHER DIED OF CHILDBIRTH, LEAVING A BABY WITH NO NAME, EVERYONE JUST CALLED HER "GIRL". WHEN SHE WENT TO SCHOOL THE TEACHER TOLD HER
SHE COULDN`T STAY WITHOUT A NAME, SO SHE WENT OUTSIDE AND THOUGHT, SHE HAD HEARD ALOT ABOUT CALIFORNIA AND WANTED TO GO THERE, SO SHE WENT BACK IN SCHOOL AND TOLD THE TEACHER HER NAME WAS "CALIFORNIA".AND THAT BECAME HER NAME.....
JANUARY 1997; RECIEVED LETTER FROM PHYLLIS GILBERT SHEPARD,422 W.9TH.ST., SEYMOUR,IN.(GREAT-GRAND DAUGHTER OF CALIFORNIA DAY GILBERT) PARTS AS FALLOWS,
"THIS IS WHAT I REMENBER ABOUT CAL, SHE WOULD SET IN HER ROCKER AND WATCH THE KIDS PLAY AT RECESS.THEY LIVED ACROSS THE STREET FROM MEDORA SCHOOL. SHE ALWAYS AD A HIRED GIRL. I CAN`T REMENBER THAT SHE EVER DID ANY HOUSEWORK.SHE WAS A LITTLE SHORT CHUBBY LADY AND WORE LITTLE ROUND GLASSES. HER CHILDERN ALWAS REFERRED TO HER AS MOTHER AND THEY WERE VERY RESPECTFUL OF THEIR PARENTS. I AM SURE THAT THE STORY ABOUT CAL NAMEING HERSELF IS TRUE, IT`S THE SAME STORT I`VE HEARD ALL MY LIFE. CAL HAD A SISTER NAMED CATHERINE AND SHE MARRIED
A BOTTORFF.DON`T KNOW HIS FIRST NAME. ANYWAY, WHIT (MY G-GRANDFATHER) AND CATHERINE WERE SUPPOSE TO GET MARRIED WHEN HE RETURNED FROM THE CIVIL WAR. WHEN HE CAME BACK AND FOUND OUT CATHERINE HAD MARRIED SOMEONE ELSE, HE WENT STRAIGHT TO MR. DAY AND DEMANDED ONE OF THE OTHER DAUGHTER`S,MR. DAY LINED THEM
UP AND GRANDPA WHIT PICKED CALIFORNIA. HE SAID SHE WAS LITTLE AND CUTE AND HADTHE PRETTIEST EYES. EVERYONE SAYS THEY HAD A GOOD AND HAPPY LIFE AND HE TOOK REAL GOOD CARE OF HER. THOUGHT HE WAS BEING GOOD TO HER WHEN HE INSISTED SHE HAVE A HIRED GIRL. I REMENBER CAL. BUT NOT WHIT, HE DIED BEFORE I WAS BORN.
HAVE SOME PICTURES OF THEM BOTH AND THEIR GRAVESITES AT WRAY`S CHURCH.
MOST OF THE GILBERTS ARE BURIED THERE. I REMENBER WHEN I WAS A CHILD THE DAY`S WOULD COME FROM TERRE HAUTE TO
VISIT. I REMENBER 2 GIRLS BUT CAN`T REMENBER THEIR NAMES.
I HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH MY UNCLE RENALD AND WHATEVER HE SENDS ME I`LL SEND YOU
I HAVE INFORMATION ON HUGH WEDDLE AND FAMILY, WILL SEND YOU.
COPY OF LETTER FROM RENALDO TO PHYLLIS, DEAR PHYLLIS, SIENCE OUR CONVERSATION ABOUT AN HOUR AGO I`VE STIRRED MY
MEMORY TO THE DAY FAMILY AND THEIR CONNECTIONTO THE GILBERT FAMILY. MY THOUGHTS TODAY
ARE JUST INTERESTING TIDBITS.
AFTER HIS DISCHARGE FROM THE UNION ARMY, THE SOLDIER RETURNED HOME TO DISCOVERED HIS INTENDED WIFE HAD MARRIED SOMEONE ELSE, SO HE HAD THE FATHER LINE UP THE REMAINING DAUGHTERS AND HE PICKED CALIFORNIA DAY AS HIS WIFE. SHE HAD AT AN EARLIER AGE CHOSEN HER OWN NAME, BASED ON HAPPENINGS IN CALIFORNIA.
TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, MY GRANDMA (CAL) HAD BROTHERS NAMED WILLY AND JIMMY O. DAT. WHO EVENTUALLY SETTLED IN TERRE HAUTE,IN. WILLY WOULD COME BACK TO THE MEDORA AREA, ESPECIALLY "PEA RIDGE" IN JULY OR AUG DURING THE ANNUAL SQUIRREL SEASON SO HE COULD GET A LITTLE "WILD GRAVEY". I THINK I REMEMBER HIM COMING TO OUR HOUSE TO HUNT. (THIS WOULD BE THEODORE`S HOUSE) JIMMY O. LIVED IN MEDORA LONG ENOUGH TO BE APPOINTED MARSHALL AND WAS PROUD OF THE STAR HE WORE ON HIS CHEST. RUBY DAY I BELIVE WAS WILLYS WIFE , WITH A DAUGHTER NAMED JOSIE. SHE
MARRIED ED HENRY, THEY USE TO COME TO PEA RIDGE EACH SUMMER TO VISIT FAMILY AND USUALLY STADED ABOUT A WEEK. THERE WAS ALSO 2 DAY GIRLS,THELMA IRENE AND JUANITA VERNETTA (I THINK ONE OF THE GIRLS HAD RED HAIR).
RENALDO GILBERT, 109 DELLWOOD CT. PRATTVILLE,AL.36066
Events
| Birth | 30 Jul 1850 | Bedford, Lawrence, Indiana |  | ||
| Marriage | 24 Dec 1865 | Hamilton Township, Jackson County, Indiana - Squire Whitney Gilbert Jr | | ||
| Death | 29 Mar 1933 | Medora, Jackson, Indiana | | ||
| Burial | 1933 | Jackson, Indiana, Wrays Church | |
Families
| Spouse | Squire Whitney Gilbert Jr (1840 - 1920) |
| Child | Theodore Gilbert (1866 - 1964) |
| Child | George Gilbert (1867 - 1882) |
| Child | Edward Gilbert (1868 - 1944) |
| Child | Oliver Elsworth Gilbert (1870 - 1956) |
| Child | Willy Gilbert (1874 - 1874) |
| Child | Beuna Viola Gilbert (1877 - ) |
| Child | Gilbert (1872 - ) |
| Father | William Mc Curdy Day (1822 - 1899) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Van Cannon (1824 - ) |
| Sibling | Nancy Van Cannon (1836 - ) |
| Sibling | Mary A. Van Cannon (1840 - ) |
| Sibling | Eliza I. Van Cannon (1844 - ) |
| Sibling | James Madison Day (1852 - 1933) |
| Sibling | Scott Day (1853 - ) |
| Sibling | William Day (1856 - ) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Day (1859 - ) |
| Sibling | Ruby Day (1864 - ) |
Endnotes
1. GEDCOM file submitted by Anita Birley, anita@birley.org. Created on 16 DEC 2008. Imported on 16 Dec 2008..
2. GEDCOM file submitted by Thomas Barff 1712 RootsMagic dataset. Created on 29 JAN 2009. Imported on 29 Jan 2009..
3. GEDCOM file submitted by Anita Birley, anita@birley.org. Created on 16 DEC 2008. Imported on 16 Dec 2008..
4. GEDCOM file submitted by Thomas Barff 1712 RootsMagic dataset. Created on 29 JAN 2009. Imported on 29 Jan 2009..
5. GEDCOM file submitted by Anita Birley, anita@birley.org. Created on 16 DEC 2008. Imported on 16 Dec 2008..
6. GEDCOM file submitted by Thomas Barff 1712 RootsMagic dataset. Created on 29 JAN 2009. Imported on 29 Jan 2009..
7. Albert Galloway.FTW.
8. GEDCOM file submitted by Anita Birley, anita@birley.org. Created on 16 DEC 2008. Imported on 16 Dec 2008..
9. GEDCOM file submitted by Thomas Barff 1712 RootsMagic dataset. Created on 29 JAN 2009. Imported on 29 Jan 2009..