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The Elsie K. Nelson Irrevocable Trust for Earnest Endeavors
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    • Lewis
    • Louisa
    • Quentin
    • Millard "John"
    • Lilly
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    • Iris
    • Kenneth
    • Gaylord
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Vintage Family Photos

The Extended Gilbert Family

Taken at the Funeral of Millard Glasco Gilbert April 2, 1943 


Back Row: Aunt Dell Hewitt, Alfred Woeppel, Paul Bailey

Next Row: Lilly Gilbert, Frances Gilbert, Irene Gilbert, Zella Gilbert, Rose Gilbert,Louisa Gilbert, Lucy Gilbert, Elsie Gilbert, Quentin Gilbert, Iris Gilbert, John Gilbert

Next Row: Andrew Gilbert, Lewis Gilbert, Gaylord Gilbert, Charles Gilbert, Emma Gilbert (Age 55), Calvin Gilbert, Mollie Gilbert, Kenneth Gilbert

Children: Larry Gilbert, Donna Gilbert, Lewis Leon Gilbert, Ronald Gilbert, Kay Gilbert, Sharon Woeppel, Gary Gilbert, Mary Jean Gilbert



Photo Gallery

Charlo Homestead Circa 1924

Charlo Homestead Circa 1924


L-R: Mama (pregnant with Calvin), Lilly, John, Quentin, Louisa, Lewis, Elsie, Andrew, Charlie, Lucy, Papa 

Gilbert Gangsters

Charlo Homestead Circa 1924

Back Row L-R: John, Iris, Louisa

Front Row L-R: Calvin, Lilly

Motley Outlaws

L-R: John, Lilly, Louisa, Calvin, Quentin,

Iris (in front)

Gilbert Boys (some)

L-R: Calvin, Kenneth, Quentin, John, Lewis

Lilly and Kenny

Mama and the Younger Crew

L-R: Lilly, Kenny, Iris, Calvin, Mama (pregnant with Gaylord)

Grandpa Millard and Boys

L-R: Andrew, John, Millard

Emma Gilbert's Parents

Marie Madeline Jourdan and her husband Henry William Talmon

Gilbert Family in their Early Years

Gilbert Family in their Early Years

Sod Shanty built by Millard in 1914 on 7 acres by the Republican River in Trenton, NE.

Iris and Lilly

The Milk River in Harlem had flooded and the kids were all able to swim on the prairie. Circa 1943

On the Range

On the dry (no irrigation available)  farm near Harlem. Elsie was dressed for a contest of some type. Circa 1928


L-R: Lilly, Louisa, Iris, Elsie, Andrew, Quentin, John, Calvin

Mama (Emma) and Papa (Mid)

Mama (Emma) and Papa (Mid)

Gaylord Home on Leave

Uncle Sig and his Brother

Mama (Emma) and Papa (Mid)

L-R: John, Gaylord, Kenny

Millard's Family

Uncle Sig and his Brother

Uncle Sig and his Brother

L-R:Uncle Charlie (Mid's brother), Aunt Jessie Gilbert (Uncle Charlie's wife), Grandma Sarah Gilbert (Mid's mother), Papa, Mama, Gaylord (in front)

Uncle Sig and his Brother

Uncle Sig and his Brother

Uncle Sig and his Brother

Sigurd Nelson (Elsie's husband) and his brother, Albert Nelson

Emma Gilbert's Mother as a Young Girl

Marie Madeline Talmon

Quentin and Louisa

Emma Talmon Gilbert Albro

Emma Talmon Gilbert Albro

Papa Millard the Trapper

Papa was a fur trapper. Photo taken in Wyoming.

The Fashionable Gilbert Girls in Newly Popular Bobby Socks

L-R: Elsie, Lilly, Mama, Flossie, Louisa, Iris (in front)

Circa 1934

Emma Bertha Caroline Talmon Confirmation

Grandma Gilbert Albro, age 14, Taken on the day of her Confirmation at the Zion Lutheran Church in Benkelman, Nebraska. Circa 1902.

Grandma Emma's Dumpling Recipe


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