As I promised here is some additional information on your Gilbert connection.
From the 1900 Federal census for Ottumwa, Wapello county, Iowa:
Gilbert, Mary, head, Divorced, born Apr 1862, born France, parents born France.
Gilbert, May, dau, born Jun 1878, born Iowa, father born Iowa, mother born France (remaining children are the same)
Gilbert, Esther, dau, born Sept 1883, born Iowa
Gilbert, Earl(?), son, born Jan 1887, born Iowa
Gilbert, Edwin, son, born Jan 1889, born Iowa
Gilbert, Lucy, dau, born Jun 1893, born Iowa
From the 1910 Federal census for Ottumwa, Wapello county, Iowa:
Gilbert, Mary, head, aged 47, widow, born France, mother of 7 children of which 5 are still living
Gilbert, Edwin, son, aged 21, born Iowa
Gilbert, Ida C., daughter-in-law, aged 21, born Iowa
Gilbert, Lucille, granddaughter, aged 1/12, born Iowa
Gilbert, Lucille, aged 17, born Iowa
From the 1920 Federal census for Ottumwa, Wapello county, Iowa:
Gilbert, Edwin M., head, aged 30
Gilbert, Ida C., wife, aged 30
Gilbert, Lucille E., dau, aged 9
Gilbert, Mary L., dau, aged 5
Lindholm, Anna A., sister-in-law, aged 25
Lindholm, Fred W., brother-in-law, aged 17
In the Keokuk county marriage records there is the following:
Ethan W. Gilbert married Mary Hoffman on 2 Jan 1876.
Hoffman doesn't sound very French to me, but I never was a very good judge of that sort of thing. So based on that I checked the Keokuk county census for 1880 and found:
German township, Keokuk county, Iowa
Gilbert, E.W., head, aged 28, born Ohio, father born New York, mother born Ohio
Gilbert, Mary, wife, aged 23, born France, parents born Prussia (that may explain a lot)
Gilbert, John, son, aged 4, born Iowa
Gilbert, May, dau, aged 2, born Iowa
Gilbert, Alice, dau, aged 7m, born Iowa
Gilbert, Lorinz, aged 64, born New York, parents born New Hampshire.
Gilbert, Margeret, aged 62, born Ohio
Gilbert, Edwin C., son aged 23, born Iowa
From the 1870 Federal census for Lafayette township, Keokuk county, Iowa:
Gilbert, L.S., head aged 54, born New York
Gilbert, Margaret, wife, aged 49, born Ohio
Gilbert, George, son, aged 23, born Ohio
Gilbert, Charles, son, aged 20, born Ohio
Gilbert Mary, dau, aged 19, born Ohio
Gilbert, Ethan, son , aged 18, born Ohio
Gilbert, Kate, dau, aged 16, born Ohio
Gilbert, Edwin, son, aged 14, born Iowa
Other records of interest:
Keokuk county marriage records:
Edwin C. Gilbert married Lola Keister on 1 Jun 1893
Ethan W. Gilbert married Mary Hoffman on 2 Jan 1876
Keokuk county WPA records:
Loring Snow Gilbert, b. 1815 East Hamilton, New York, d. 12 Oct 1900 at Harper, Iowa. Buried in Lafayette Center cemetery.
Margaret Woodard, wife of L.S. Gilbert, died 7 May 1900, buried in Lafayette Center cemetery
Edwin C. Gilbert, 1856 to 16 Feb 1933, buried Keota cemetery
Eliza Gilbert, daughter of Loring and Margaret, 1844 - 1862, buried Lafayette Center cemetery.
Almond Gilbert, d. 6 Oct 1864, aged 35, buried Lafayette Center cemetery.
Wapello county marriage records:
Jennie M. Lindholm married Victor Smithburg on 29 Nov 1909
Ida C. Lindholm married Edwin W. Gilbert on 12 Feb 1910
John T. Lindholm married Anna Harding on 26 Sep 1914
Anna A. Lindholm married Harry R. Vaughan on 19 Jul 1921.
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