Jacob H. (Jack) GILBERT

1920 - 1981  (60 years)

• Name	Jacob H. (Jack) GILBERT
  Born	17 Jun 1920	Bronx, New York
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1944-81: attorney
  Occupation	1951-54: NY State Assembly (DEM, Bronx)
  Occupation	1955-60: NY State Senate (DEM, 27th)
  Occupation	1960-71: US Congressman from New York (DEM, Bronx, 23rd and then 22nd)
  Died	27 Feb 1981	Bronx, New York
  Buried	Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, New York
  		Jacob Gilbert's headstone (Block 104, path 13, lot 757, grave 4)
  Person ID	I2225	Our Family Tree | Miller relatives, Perlman and Gordon (and Miller) relatives
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2007

  
  

  Father	Isidore GILBERT,   b. 15 Jan 1893, Riga, Latvia ,   d. Aug 1972, New York, New York  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Rose MILLER,   b. Abt 1898, Riga, Latvia ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	25 Jul 1918	New York, New York   [1]
  Notes	According to their grand-daughter, Grace Gilbert Munoz: "Isidore and Rose owned a liquor store. But it was in Rose's name, as was the liquor license. This is because Isidore had a “minor” criminal conviction for bootlegging. They would make whiskey in the bathtub, put it in bottles in the stroller, and put baby Jack in the stroller, then deliver the bottles. Of course the joke is that Uncle Jack was raised on liquor!"
  Photos » Slide Show		Isidore & Rose Gilbert and family (about 1936)
  		Rose Miller Gilbert with son Arnold
  		The Gilbert boys -- Ted, Arnie, Murray, and Jack
  		Isidore & Rose Miller Gilbert 50th Wedding Anniversary?
  Family ID	F11538	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Irma STEUER
  Children	+ 1. Miriam GILBERT 2. Sandra GILBERT + 3. Sam GILBERT
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2007
  Family ID	F14283	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  When Jack was very sick as a child with a deadly blood disease, his mother, Rose Miller, symbolically “sold” him to Fredricka Perlman, because the Perlmans were a robust and healthy family, to avoid the "evil eye" and to fool the Angel of Death (as was done in the Old Country). [Source: family lore, oral tradition] See Jacob H. Gilbert's Wikipedia article

  
  

• Sources

  [S134] Marriage certificate for Gilbert-Miller, #34551.