Ventura County Biographies

C. T. Gilger

Submitted by Sandy Neder

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C. T. Gilger, the junior member of the firm of Livingston & Gilger, of Hueneme, 
Ventura County, was born in Ohio, April 13, 1865. His father, Daniel Gilger, is 
also a native of that State, and his grandfather, Jacob Gilger, was born in 
Germany and settled in Ohio in the early pioneer days of that State. He was a 
weaver by trade, and the family still have in their possession cloth made by him 
at a time when everything they wore was woven from their own wool and flax. Mr. 
Gilger's mother, Cynthia (Turbett) Gilger, was born in Ohio, of Pennsylvania 
Dutch parentage. They had three children, of whom the subject of this sketch is 
the eldest. He first came to California and to Ventura, with his father and 
family, in 1871. They returned to the East, settled up their business, and came 
back to this State the following year, remaining a year in Sutter County, In 
1873 the family came to Ventura County, where the father purchased forty-five 
acres of land, near New Jerusalem, on which he erected buildings and otherwise 
improved, and engaged in the real-estate business, in which he met with fair 
success. In 1877 he purchased 120 acres of land.
    The subject of this sketch had two farms near New Jerusalem, which he sold 
and afterward bought ninety-five acres of his father. They are both pleasantly 
situated and have erected comfortable homes. In February, 1890, Mr. Gilger 
bought a half interest in their present grocery, hardware and produce business. 
They have a good stock of goods and have established a fine trade.
    Mr. Gilger was united in marriage with Miss Annie Middleswarth, a native of 
Ohio. They have one child, Fred, born in Ventura County. Politically, Mr. Gilger 
is a Republican.
 
BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF THE COUNTIES OF SANTA BARBARA, SAN LUIS 
OBISPO, AND VENTURA, CALIF. by Ida Addis Storke, 1891, p 587