Margaret (Gilbert) Cleveland (1857 - 1911)

Born Oct 1857 in Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, USA

Ancestors

Died 17 Feb 1911 at age 53 in Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, USA

Biography

Margaret Gilbert was the daughter of Ezekiel Gilbert and Elizabeth Jane McGuire. She came to the Territory of Kansas in 1859 with her parents and grew up in the area of Comet, Brown County, KS. She was first married to Henry Fortney and they had one son. After Henry died Margaret was second married 10 Sep 1887 in Brown County at the home of Justice of the Peace J.A. Bruce to Ezra Aaron Cleveland. To this marriage at least 10 children were born: Jesse, Bertha B., Lulu Leona, Ruth, Ernest, Sammy, Jenny, Maggie plus two unnamed children. Margaret is buried in the Oak Hill cemetery in Lawrence Kansas but has no marker. ^[1]

Spouses:

• Henry Fortney (____ - 1879)
• Ezra Aaron Cleveland (1839 - 1920)

Children:

1. Charley W. Fortney (1878 - 1884)*
2. Bertha Blanche Cleveland Walthrop (1886 - 1966)*
3. Ernest E Cleveland (1892 - 1916)*
4. Lula Leona Cleveland Coffman (1895 - 1947)*

Siblings:

1. James Gilbert (1849 - 1915)*
2. William Anderson Gilbert (1850 - 1929)*
3. Margaret Gilbert Cleveland (1857 - 1911)
4. Elizabeth Gilbert Robb (1861 - 1914)*
5. Hiram Gilbert (1863 - 1928)*

'*' = Calculated relationship

Death of Mrs. Maggie Cleveland:^[2]

• Mrs. Maggie Cleveland died at her home in Lawrence, this state, Friday, February 17, 1911, at the age of 55 years. Her husband and five children survive her. She also leaves three brothers and a sister, Hiram Gilbert and Will Gilbert, of near Fairview, James Gilbert, of Emporia, and Mrs. Elizabeth Robb, of Centralia. Hiram and his nephew, Oliver were with her a few days previous to her death and attended the funeral They returned here Monday. Interment was at the Lawrence cemetery. Cancer was the cause of her death, an operation having been performed about a week before her demise. Mrs. Gilbert resided on and owned what is now known as the Blaney farm, five miles south of Fairview, about 27 years ago.

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #113133244
2. ↑ The Fairview Enterprise, Thur., Feb. 23, 1911

• Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q293-VWLN : 23 February 2021), Henry Fortney and Margaret Gilbert, 7 Mar 1878; citing Marriage, Brown, Kansas, United States, district clerk, court clerk, county clerk and register offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,870,481.
• "Kansas, Lawrence City Cemetery Records, 1850-1988", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8YGM-KYW2 : 27 August 2020), Maggie Cleveland, .