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WELCOME TO THE HOME PAGE OF THE GILBERT FAMILY BEGINNINGS. THE FOLLOWING IS A BRIEF OUTLINE OF MY RESEARCH SO FAR.
I WILL START WITH MY FATHERS SIDE. THE EARLIEST I HAVE IS IN 1892. A MAN NAMED RALPH GILBERT WHO WAS BORN IN IOWA AND HIS PARENTS WERE FROM CALIFORNIA(DAD AND MOM BOTH). THE 1920 CENSUS OF NORTH DAKOTA SHOWS THAT THERE WERE ONLY RALPH AND HIS WIFE AMY R MAGEE. RALPH WAS A GENERAL FARMER. AMY WAS BORN IN MICHIGAN IN 1898. HER PARENTS WERE ALSO FROM MICHIGAN. THE RECORD SHOWS THAT SHE NEVER WORKED AT A JOB. THE SOURCE STATES THAT THE INFORMATION CAME FROM "1920 CENSUS* NORTH DAKOTA* WARD* SPRINGLAKE* E.D. 223*"
NOW MY NEXT SOURCE COMES FROM THE 1930 CENSUS. BY NOW, THE FAMILY HAS GROWN TO A PARENT AND FOUR BOYS. BETWEEN 1920 AND 1930 RALPH GILBERT DIES. THAT LEAVES AMY TO RAISE LYNN RALPH GILBERT AGE 9, TERRY H. GILBERT AGE 6, JAMES W. GILBERT AGE 3 1/2, AND ARTHUR HOWARD GILBERT AGE 1 1/2. THE CENSUS SHOWS THAT WHILE IN NORTH DAKOTA THEY HAD LYNN AND TERRY. THEY THEN MOVED TO COLORADO AND HAD JAMES AND ARTHUR. SO DOING THE MATH, ONE COULD SAY RALPH DIED AROUND 1927-1928. THE SOURCE STATES THAT THE INFORMATION CAME FROM "1930 CENSUS CHALMONS/CHOLMONS COUNTY COLORADO.
THE REST OF THE STORY GOES LIKE THIS. AS YEARS WENT ON, TERRY JOINED THE MILITARY AND DIED AT SEA ABOARD SHIP. LYNN AND JAMES MOVED TO CALIFORNIA AND each established families there. THEY REMAINED THERE UNTIL THEIR LAST DAYS. ARTHUR JOINED THE MILITARY AND ENDED UP IN THE COAST GUARD IN SOUTH PORTLAND, MAINE. THERE HE married patricia mary kerwin. THEY HAD FOUR CHILDREN WHO WERE JOYCE kathleen(1952), MIKE kieth(1953), SHARON cauleen(1962), AND (ME) SHAWN kevin GILBERT(1963).
Now joyce married bill whitlock and had three girls. They are jennifer ann(1975), twins becky and chrissy(1978). Joyce since has divorced and remarried. Her 2nd husband was wayne robinson. She died may 7,1993. She spent all her life in south portland and portland, maine.
Now mike married anita vail and had one child who was amy. He has since divorced. He joined the usaf and went to college and mainly stayed in the new england states such as massachusetts and connecticut and rhode island. He has since remarried.
Now sharon married mark kelley and had two boys who were christopher and bryan. She was born in the portland/south portland, maine area but finally resided in hollis, maine.
Now shawn married rosa elaine trott and had two children who were maria louise(1985) and shawn kevin gilbert jr(1989). He divorced and remarried lora ann myers thus gaining two other children who were jasmine crawford and mercedes crawford. He was born in portland, maine and lived in south portland, maine. Soon after moved to hollis, maine and then joined the USAF and ended up in the midwest states. Currently he is in omaha, nebraska with 2nd wife and family.
It is now sept. 28,2006. I am still in omaha,ne with second wife and two girls. About a year ago, I adopted jasmine and mercedes. Jasmine changed her last name to gilbert while mercedes kept her original name. Shawn jr. resides in leavenworth, kansas with pat, rosa, maria. Maria already in college, will graduate dec 2007. Jennifer married ed dyer and have two children. Becky and chrissy both have husbands and two children also. Mike gilbert currently resides in massachusetts with 2nd wife sarah. Sharon still resides in Hollis, me. with mark kelley and two boys bryan and christopher kelley.
How did all this really begin?
In 1795, a mary(Ireland) ? married a kerwin.(Ireland) His name is unknown. They had two boys patrick kerwin(1823 Ireland) and david kerwin(1820 Ireland). Patrick married Elizabeth(1824 Ireland)and had bridget, patrick jr., maria, william j.,cornelius e., timothy f., martin, mathew.(maine)Now, timothy f. married elizabeth clark and had mary e., frederick, annie f., edward j., william j., florence, adelaide, irene.(maine) Now, edward j. married katherine ham and had william j., barbara, edward j. jr., connie, franc
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