Gertrude Matilda (THORN, THORN) KERBY

​​Page last updated 5 February 2026.
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Kacie's Photography, 2019.
 
Birth:  15 February 1872 in Maryland
Christened:  2 June 1872 in Prince George’s County, Maryland
Death:  4 October 1937 in Washington, D.C.
Burial:  7 October 1937 at Providence United Methodist Church cemetery, Friendly, Prince George’s County, Maryland, Plot D-3
Headstone Text:  GERTRUDE M. KERBY / WIFE OF / A.J. KERBY / LATE WIFE OF / J.A. THORNE / DIED OCT. 4, 1937

Parents:  John Holly THORN and Elizabeth Rebecca THORN (m. ROLAND)
Parents' Children: 
  • John Maurice THORN
  • James Holley THORN
  • Gertrude Matilda KERBY (m. THORN, h1. THORN)
  • Frederic Wallace THORN
  • Harvey Turner THORN

Spouse #1:  Joseph Alexander THORN
Marriage:  24 February 1887
Children: 
  • Lee Compton THORN
  • Inez Edmund WARD (m. THORN)
  • Edna Estelle SKINNER (m. THORN, h1. HUFF)
  • Roy Edgar THORN
  • Florence M. ADAMS (m. THORN, h1. HINTZE)
  • Mattie G. SELLNER (m. THORN)
  • John H. THORN
 
Spouse #2:  Andrew Jackson KERBY
I have not currently found evidence that they have children together.
[He had children during his first and second marriages: Ella Irene, William Clagett, Edward, Lee, Etta Sophia, Charles Norfolk, Andrew Kerfoot, James Byran, Florence Lucy, Helen Ruth, Leonard Royal, Elizabeth Murdock, Benjamin Nickles, Mardulia, Austin Emerson.]
 
Close Family also in the Same Cemetery:  Joseph and Gertrude have separate headstones in Plots D-2 and D-3. Also buried in this cemetery are: their sons -- Lee, John; their granddaughter -- Lillian. Buried in the Old Providence cemetery are: their grandchildren -- Robert, Inez.
 
Family Information Compiled From:  FindAGrave website (#33210311), FamilySearch website (#GQMH-SXL), GenealogyBank, and family records.
 
Documents Include: Daughters of the American Revolution Toaping Castle Chapter survey; Evening Star -- deaths reported; Prince George’s County Genealogical Society -- Murray Funeral Home Records, Stones and Bones; Providence Methodist Church Record of Cemetery Trustee; Washington Times -- deaths reported, obituary.
 
Abbreviation Key:  
​m. = maiden name
h1., h2. = surname of first husband, second husband