Gilkey, William Elbert

1905 - 1941  (36 years)

• Name	Gilkey, William Elbert
  Birth	23 Mar 1905	Kansas   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Driver
  Reference Number	GILK.W001
  _FGRAVE	24144151
  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]
  Person ID	I30301	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	Gilkey, Charles Harrison,   b. 1873, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana d. 3 Apr 1945, Bristow, Creek County, Oklahoma (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Keeley, Mary Catherine,   b. Dec 1880, Kansas d. 8 Aug 1959, Seminole, Seminole County, Oklahoma (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F20894	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 23 Mar 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

  
  

• Headstones

  Headstone, Gilkey, Elbert

  
  

• Sources

  [S9089] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Gilkey, Elbert, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24144151/william-elbert-gilkey), 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).