If you have visited Veazie.org recently, please REFRESH this page to ensure you have the latest update for this page
Family of Charles Harold GILBERT and Louise Lord VEAZIE
Charles Harold GILBERT b. 1877 Mar 25221.
Louise Lord VEAZIE b. 1872 May 41711 at Bangor, ME1711.
Married3129 1911 Jun 173129 at 153 Franklin St, Bloomfield, NJ3129.
The wedding announcement3129 for Dr. Charles Harold Gilbert to Louise V Hollister states he was an assistant bacteriologist of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Boston. That article also states that, as children, they knew each other at Bangor, Maine, where Mrs Hollister's father established the First National Bank. Charles' WWI draft registration221 lists his nearest relative as Louise Veazie Gilbert, and his occupation as physician. Given his birthdate and residence in Massachusetts, it's likely that he is the Charles Harold Gilbert, son of Jerome and Eva A (Clark) Gilbert, that married3135 Jul 11, 1900, in Plymouth, MA, Merriam Atwood Bartlett, dau of Peleg S B and Hattie M (Atwood) Bartlett. That record lists his age as 23, and his birthplace as Lawrence. In 1880, Harry Gilbert, age 3, resided3136 in Lawrence, MA, with his widowed mother, his aunt Ellen Clarke, his grandmother Celia Clarke, and his sister Elizabeth Gilbert.
In 1880, Louise was living with her widowed mother, Susan T Veazie, and her brother William T Veazie. In 1900, she resided with her brother William, and her aunt Etta C Townsend. She married3131 Jun 24, 1903, at the Brooklyn home of her brother Wildes, T. Lloyd Hollister. Thomas Lloyd Hollister was a lawyer in New York City. On Dec 13, 1906, Hollister was arrested3128 in Bloomfield, NJ, on a charge of embezzlement, preferred by Louise's aunt Etta C Townsend. He was committed3130 to the county jail in New Jersey as a result. Etta Townsend said Hollister had collected the money, but concealed the fact and deposited the money to his own account. Halsey Barrett, Hollister's lawyer, said that Hollister had taken his 15 month-old son from the Franklin St house and secreted him. Hollister would not reveal where the child was located. It was alleged that Hollister had threatened his wife. Hollister claimed there was a conspiracy against him by his wife and family.
Hollister later explained3132 that he had been arrested and jailed on Dec 13, 1906. The charge was laid before the Grand Jury, the charge was dismissed and Hollister was released. Hollister claimed the whole trouble had been instigated by Louise's brothers Will T Veazie and Wildes P Veazie, and by Louise's aunt, Etta Townsend. Louise had wanted a divorce but Hollister refused. He asked to have their son Thomas, and after Louise refused, Hollister had taken the boy and left him with a woman in Jersey City. Young Hollister was returned him after a day.
Louise V Hollister, head of family and listing herself as "widow", resided3127 in New Jersey with her son Townsend Hollister, her aunt Etta C Townsend, and a house servant. Mrs Louise V Hollister married3129 Jun 17, 1911, at her home in Bloomfield, NJ (while in sickbed with inflammatory rheumatism,) Dr. Charles Harold Gilbert. They were married by Rev. William T Willcox of the Westminster Presbyterian Church, Bloomfield. That article states Louise had divorced Thomas Lloyd Hollister 5 years previously. The (Hiawatha, Kansas) Brown County World (newspapers.com), Aug 4, 1911, relates, perhaps apocryphally, that Louise Veazie Hollister had divorced Mr. Hollister because "he would not kiss her when he left."
The Boston (MA) Globe, Aug 25, 1920 (newspaperarchive.com), reports that Mrs Louise V Gilbert of Watertown, filing for divorce, claimed that her husband, Charles H Gilbert of Quincy did not support her and also treated her cruelly and abusively; they were married Jun 16, 1911. On Sep 28, 1920, the Boston Globe reported the continuing saga of the divorce request. Mrs Gilbert claimed that her husband beat her and threatened to break her bones. Charles Gilbert filed counter charges, testifying that she was a victim of hysteria, melancholia, frequently lost her temper, and at least once every 30 days threatened to shoot him. He denied all charges about striking her and threatening her. On Feb 1, 1921, the Boston Globe reported that Dr Charles H Gilbert was found in contempt for failing to pay $12 a week alimony to Mrs Louise V Gilbert, pending a hearing on libel for divorce. The case was continued two weeks with the understanding that Gilbert would pay the money, including arrears of $204, or go to jail.
The Boston Globe (Nov 4, 1922) reported that a divorce had been granted Sept 20, 1920, to Louise V Gilbert of Watertown on the grounds of cruel and abusive treatment. Dr Charles H Gilbert, a Quincy physician, was, however, jailed until further order because he failed to meet alimony payments. That article relates that Mrs Gilbert had been treated by Gilbert, he serving as a nurse while she was ill, and that after their marriage, she supplied the funds for his course in a medical college.