8G.  Lida M. Gilbert was born in Byron Township, Kent County, Michigan, on Thursday, November 27, 1873, and died in Michigan on November 30, 1952. Robert M. Marshall was born in Kent County, Michigan, on Tuesday, November 19, 1867, and died in Byron Center, Kent County, Michigan, on April 14, 1939. They were both buried in Winchester Cemetery, Kent County, Michigan. They were married in Byron Township on Tuesday, June 21, 1892. She took the name Lida M. Marshall. She is the daughter of Truman and Henrietta P. (Robbins) Gilbert. He is the son of George and Ellen (Patterson) Marshall. Ellen Patterson was born in Scotland. They had four children:

i. Myrtle R. Marshall [#8GA]: She was born in Luddington, Michigan, in September, 1894, and died in _____, Michigan, on August 2, 1937.
ii. Mabel Ione Marshall [#8GB]: She was born in _____ on November 2, 1895, and died in _____ on February 20, 1954.
iii. Margurite M. Marshall was born in _____ on October 18, 1898, and died in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, on December 9, 1972. She never married. She is buried in Winchester Cemetery.
iv. Harold Robert Marshall [#8GD]: He was born in Luddington on May 7, 1906, and died in Byron Center on July 1, 1982.

Both Robert and Lida were living at home at R. #2, Byron Township, Kent County, when they died. Her death certificate indicates that she had had arteriosclerotic heart disease for 8 years, diabetes mellitus for 7 years, and diabetic gangrene of the right leg for 7 days when she died. Robert's death certificate indicates that he died of a cerebral hemorrhage which he had had for 3½ months; he also had had chronic arthritis and arteriosclerosis for 5 years.


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