Gilbert Stanley WATERS^{[1, 2]}

1868 - 1950  (81 years)

• Name	Gilbert Stanley WATERS
  Birth	6 Oct 1868	Beaufort Co, NC   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1900, 1910, 1920, 1930	New Bern, NC   [3, 4, 5, 6]
  	1900 wheelright with father, 1910 & 1920 carriage maker, 1930 auto supply store owner
  Death	15 Feb 1950	New Bern, Craven Co, NC   [1]
  	Gilbert died at his home, 801 Broad Street, in New Bern, North Carolina at 5:15 pm on 15 February 1950. He was 81 years old. Cause was noted as "cardio-renio vascular disease", with arteriosclerosis as a contributing factor.
  Burial	17 Feb 1950	New Bern, Craven Co, NC   [1]
  	His body was interred in the G.H. & G.S. Waters family plot at Cedar Grove Cemetery in New Bern, North Carolina on 17 February 1950.
  Person ID	I34091	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Guilford Hawks WATERS,   b. 9 Nov 1847, Pinetown, Beaufort Co, NC d. 7 Jul 1927, Pantego, Beaufort Co, NC (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Julia Anna GAYLORD,   b. 21 Jan 1845, Pantego, Beaufort Co, NC d. 24 Sep 1911 (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	1 Jan 1868	Beaufort Co, NC   [7]
  	The couple was married on 1 January 1868 in Beaufort County, North Carolina.
  Family ID	F1813	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Mae SCALES,   b. 26 Oct 1875, Raleigh, Wake Co, NC d. 19 May 1945, New Bern, Craven Co, NC (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	12 Oct 1892	Raleigh, Wake Co, NC   [8]
  Notes	problem with birth dates for first two children
  Children	1. Julia Frances WATERS,   b. 31 Mar 1894   d. 25 Jun 1894 (Age 0 years)   2. Pearl WATERS,   b. 18 Aug 1895, North Carolina d. 24 May 1973, New Bern, Craven Co, NC (Age 77 years)   3. Robert Turner WATERS,   b. 31 Jan 1899, North Carolina   4. Ernest Edward WATERS,   b. 11 Nov 1900, New Bern, Craven Co, NC d. 13 Nov 1957, New Bern, Craven Co, NC (Age 57 years)   5. Margaret Louise WATERS,   b. 30 Mar 1904, New Bern, Craven Co, NC d. 28 Oct 1954, New Bern, Craven Co, NC (Age 50 years)   6. Frank Hughs WATERS,   b. 5 Jan 1906, North Carolina d. 4 Feb 1971, Raleigh, Wake Co, NC (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F2740	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Left to right: Robert Sydney Waters, Robert Turner Waters, Gilbert Stanley Waters, Guilford Hawks Waters at Pinetown, NC.
  		1900 US Census / Waters, Guilford 80 Broad Street, New Bern, North Carolina.
  		1910 US Census / Waters, Gilbert S. New Bern, North Carolina.
  		1920 US Census / Waters, Gilbert S. 131 Broad Street, New Bern, North Carolina.
  		1930 US Census / Waters, Gilbert S. 131 Broad Street, New Bern, North Carolina.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1717] Gilbert Stanley Waters, North Carolina death certificate no. 2239 (1950). [S3938] G.H. Waters will (1933), Beaufort Co, NC Will Book 5, pp. 369 - 370. [S1584] 1900 US Census / Waters, Guilford. [S1734] 1910 US Census / Waters, Gilbert S. [S1740] 1920 US Census / Waters, Gilbert S. [S1742] 1930 US Census / Waters, Gilbert S. [S3935] Louise M. Cowell, compiler, Cowell, Brides Index for Beaufort County, NC Vol 1, 1847 - 1909, ((Washington, NC: Beaufort County Genealogical Society, 1994)). p. 67: Julia E. Gaylard - Guilford H. Waters marriage. [S3939] Jim and Esther Chauncy, abstractors, Chauncy & Chauncy,Abstracts of Marriages and Deaths of Extant Washington, NC Newspapers, Volume 2 1884 - 1904, ((Washington, NC: Beaufort County Genealogical Society, 1994)). Waters - Scales marriage, p. 20.