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A. Gilbert James Rector.
“Bert”? or G. J. was born in Hollister, California on
September 16, 1875 and came to Nevada City with his
parents in 1882. He died in San Francisco while visiting
his son on September 1, 1938 just two weeks prior to his
sixty-second birthday.
After attending public schools in Nevada City, he
matriculated at the University of California in Berkeley
and was graduated cum laude in 1898. He was a charter
member of Delta Tau Delta and Editor-in-Chief of the
1898 edition of the college yearbook, the “Blue and
Gold’. After graduation, Bert traveled for six months,
visiting relatives in Missouri and a number of our larger
cities in the eastern United States. After returning to
Nevada City, he assisted his father and uncle in the
management of the National Hotel and Annex. He then
spent several months in San Francisco in the employ of
the various banking houses to learn the rudiments of
banking. He returned to Nevada City and entered the
new Nevada County Bank as assistant cashier in charge
of the Nevada City branch. In 1906 Gilbert James
Rector was made secretary and general manager of the
bank, and in 1915, upon the death of Bayliss S. Rector,
succeeded to the presidency holding this position until
the sale of the bank. (See article on the Nevada County
Bank).
He married on January 7, 1902, Jessica Stewart
Mott, a native of Sacramento and the daughter of
George Morgan Mott, general manager for H. S. Crocker
Company of San Francisco. Mr. Mott traced his ancestry
in this country to 1635. From this marriage, one son,
John Mott Rector, was born in Nevada City on June 6,
1904. Jessica Mott Rector died in Nevada City on
January 7, 1957.
Bert, like the rest of the family, took an active.