Pat Kirchhoff pat.kirchhoff@worldnet.att.net

Family Group Record
Husband: Francis Herman "Frank" GILBERT
Birthdate: 10 Jun 1853 OH
Death date: 15 Mar 1925 Leavenworth, Leavenworth County Kansas
Marriage: 13 Sep 1874   Brandywine, Shelby County, IN
Father: Wellington A GILBERT (b abt 1824)
Mother: Mary Ann TUCKER (b 16 Mar 1830)
Wife: Margaret Jane HARFORD
Birthdate: 24 Jun 1853 IN, Shelby County, Waldron
Death date: 17 May 1927 KS, Leavenworth County, Leavenworth
Father: Robert HARFORD (b 28 Oct 1814)
Mother: Catherine "Kate" ENSMINGER (b 10 May 1810)
Children
1 F Bertha Onley GILBERT
Birth: 22 Feb 1876    IN
Death: 13 Mar 1952    Los Angeles, CA
Spouse: Ralph Bailey BARROWS (m abt 1905)
2 M Otto O GILBERT
Birth: 11 Nov 1878    IN
Death: 11 Oct 1947    Los Angeles County, CA
Spouse: Caroline Lavinia CARR (m abt 1898)
Spouse: Caroline Lavinia CARR (m 14 Feb 1905 in Leavenworth, KS)
(They divorced and remarried)
3 M Arthur Enslow GILBERT
Birth: 15 Nov 1880    IN
Death: 20 Jan 1962    Los Angeles, CA
Spouse: Faustina May WOLF (m 18 Jan 1905 in Sedgwick County, KS)
4 F Eva Isabelle GILBERT
Birth: 1 Jul 1888     KS, Kingman County, Kingman
Death: 16 Jun 1958    KS, Douglas County, Lawrence
Spouse: Robert Franklin MCCLURE (m 12 May 1904 in Leavenworth KS)
5 F Ethel E "Winnie" GILBERT
Birth: 2 Apr 1890
Death: 21 Oct 1961    KS, Leavenworth County, Leavenworth
6 M Roy GILBERT
Birth: 26 Aug 1894
Death: 27 Jan 1944    KS, Leavenworth County, Leavenworth
Spouse: Marie GRIFFITH (m 12 Jul 1925 in Leavenworth Kansas)
Prepared 18 Sep 2003 by:
Pat Kirchhoff
FAMILY NOTES AND SOURCES
Marriage: County: Shelby
Name: Margaret J Harford
Spouse: Francis H Gilbert
Marriage Date: 13 Sep 1874
Book: 10
Original Source Page: 286
WIFE NOTES: Margaret Jane HARFORD divorced Francis and later remarried to
Reuben McClure.
OBIT: Mrs McClure Died Early This Morning Native of Indiana Had Been Resident of Leavenworth Since 1895  Passed Away At Home
Mrs. Margaret Jane McClure, 73 years old, a resident of Leavenworth since 1895,
died at 4 o'clock this morning at her home, 115 Columbia Avenue. Mrs. McClure was born, June 24, 1853 at Waldron Indiana.  She was a member of the Methodist church and was highly respected by all who knew her. Three daughters, three sons and three great grandchildren survive her. The daughters are Mrs. Bertha O Barrows, Vacaville, Calif.; Mrs. R.F. McClure,
Grand Junction, Col., and Miss Ethel Gilbert, Leavenworth. The sons are Otto Gilbert, Mount Ida, Wis., Arthur Gilbert, Chilicothe, Mo., and Roy Gilbert, a linotype operator employed by THE TIMES. Funeral Services will not be completed until word is received from out of town
relatives.  The body is at Bush funeral Home, Sixth and olive Streets. McClure Funeral Thursday at 2:30 Funeral services for Mrs Margaret Jane McClure who died yesterday morning,
will be held at 2"30 o'clock tomorrow, Thursday, afternoon at the family home, 115
Columbia Avenue.  The Rev. Wiley A Keve, Pastor of the Methodist church, will officiate. Interment will be in Mount Muncie cemetery. Mrs. McClure, who  as 73 years old, had been a resident of Leavenworth since 1895. General:  NOTE:  Although Margaret and Reuben were married at the time of the 1920 census, they were each living in the homes of their own children, probably due to their health and  financial needs.
CHILD NOTES: Bertha Onley GILBERT
Death: CA Death Records: BARROWS  BERTHA  ONLEY  FEMALE  22 Feb 1876  3 Mar
1952  INDIANA LOS ANGELES  0  Mother maiden name HARFORD  father name
GILBERT
CHILD NOTES: Otto O GILBERT
Death: CA Death Records: GILBERT OTTO O MALE B: 11/18/1878 D: 10/11/1947
born in INDIANA died in LOS ANGELES 547246477 Mother maiden name HARFORD
father name GILBERT
CHILD NOTES: Arthur Enslow GILBERT
Death: CA Death Records: GILBERT   ARTHUR   E   MALE   15 Nov 1880   20 Jul
1962   INDIANA   LOS ANGELES   526070132   Mother maiden name HARFORD
CHILD NOTES: Eva Isabelle GILBERT
Death: She died from injuries received in a car accident, but she  was also
suffering from cancer, which would have eventually taken her life. The accident took
place in Douglas County, and she was taken to the hospital in Lawrence, where she remained until her death.  Her place of residence was Leavenworth. OBIT: Funeral Services For Mrs. Eva I McClure Funeral services for Mrs. Eva I McClure, 69, who died yesterday of injuries
suffered in a highway accident June 8, will be at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Sexton Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Walter Jones, Pastor of the Church of the Open Door, will officiate and
burial will be in Mt. Muncie cemetery. Mrs. McClure was born July 1, 1888, in Kingman, the daughter of Francis and Margaret Gilbert.  She was a resident of Leavenworth since 1895 and made her home at 300 Shoemaker. Mrs. McClure attended schools in Leavenworth and was married May 11, 1904 to Mr. Robert McClure.  Mr. McClure died June 16, 1946. Mrs. McClure was a member of the Church of The Open Door. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Margaret Eichhorn, 1511 Shoemaker, and Mrs. Violet Widger, Oak Creek, Colo.; one sister Miss Ethel Gilbert 913 N. 5th; and one brother Arthur Gilbert, Los Angeles, nine grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren. 9 grandchildren: 17 great grandchildren: 

CHILD NOTES: Ethel E "Aunt Winnie" GILBERT
Death:  Obituary Index of Leavenworth Times: Page  Gilbert Ethel E. Oct 22, 1961 Gilbert 5 She never married. She had a sickness as a small child, possibly meningitis, or polio.  Her left arm and hand were withered, and  she used a cane, so might have been whole left side affected. 
CHILD NOTES: Roy GILBERT Burial: Gilbert, Roy, d. 01/27/1944, PVT 1ST CL H 353 INF, Plot: C 2125, bur. 01/31/1944, * Ft Leavenworth National Cemetery. Military: COMPANY H, 353RD INFANTRY, AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES Gilbert, Roy, Leavenworth, Kan. I have death certificates for Francis, Margaret Jane, Arthur, Bertha, Otto, and Eva Isabelle.  I have obits for Francis, Margaret, Bertha, and Eva, also
Roy Gilbert.
I have the marriage license for Francis and Margaret Jane, and the marriage
license for Robert McClure and Eva Gilbert.

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