Gilkey, William Elbert

1905 - 1941  (36 years)

• Name	Gilkey, William Elbert
  Birth	1905	Kansas   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Driver
  Reference Number	GILK.W001
  Funeral	Clay City Baptist Church, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  Death	4 Apr 1941  [1]
  	Cause: Burned to death
  	William E. Gilkey, 37, driver for the Loffland Brothers drilling company, was burned to death Friday afternoon when trapped in his burning trailer home a short distance east of Clay City, on Route 50.
  Burial	Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  		Headstone, Gilkey, Elbert
  Person ID	I30301	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	18 Feb 2021

  
  

  Family	?, Katy,   b. 1915, Missouri
  Family ID	F12769	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1905 - Kansas Funeral - - Clay City Baptist Church, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois Burial - - Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S9089] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Gilkey, Elbert, (http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=881&GScid=105163&GRid=24144151&), none. (Reliability: 2). [S4779] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, (District 13-3) (Village), image 14, page7a, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2442/M-T0627-00769-00053?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.asp) (Reliability: 3).