Margaret Gilbert Fortney Cleveland

This photo is of Margaret Gilbert and Ezra Cleveland, she the daughter of Ezekiel and Jane Gilbert and sister to William Gilbert. She was 1st married to Henry Fortney he died in 1879, they had one child Charley who died in 1878. Henry and Charley are buried in Capioma Kansas. Margaret then remarried to Ezra Cleveland and they had ten children. Margaret died in 1911 and is buried in an unmarked grave in Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kansas.

Another photo of Mary Gilbert

First photo is of Mary Gilbert and her children in attendance at the 1940 reunion. The 1st reunion was held in honor of Mary's birthday.

Second photo is of Mary's grandchildren in attendance at the reunion.

Mary Gilbert 1940

This photo is of Mary Gilbert and her great grandchildren as of 1940 at the reunion.

1st Official Gilbert Reunion

1st Official Gilbert Reunion held in 1940 at Sun Springs. The photo attached is a group shot of all in attendance.

An e-mail from Larry Gilbert dated October 1st, 2007

As far as I have been able to determine and have proof of such, the Gilbert family came to Brown county KS in 1859 or at least they are recorded as buying land then. They could have been here longer, but no proof. So I proposed that the 2009 reunion which would mark the 150th year, be a special family reunion. Our yearly reunion is basically the William and Mary Gilbert descendants, so I am going to attempt to get the descendants of William's brothers and sisters to attend this one, don't know how much luck I will have as they are very hard to get to answer emails and letters.Greg Brammer is working on designs so we can create t-shirts for the occassion, the sale of which to offset the cost of the reunion after they have paid for themselves.From talking to others, the reunion will be held on June 21, 2009 in the new Fairview Community Building.

New website coming soon!

The new Gilbert Family website will be coming real soon. It will feature the Gilbert lineage in Kansas for the last 150 years. Details coming soon.