1851 census Sidney, Hastings County, Canada West [Ontario]
A Caleb Gilbert,3, b Canada West, is living with
Peter Sharp, blacksmith, 43
Mary P Sharp, 27
Esther Sharp, 10
?? Sharp, 1
Maybe Caleb is Mary Sharp's son by a previous marriage?
No relationships are given on this census.
There are 3 other Caleb Gilberts living in Hastings County who may be related.
Thurlow Tp, Hastings
Caleb 57, Sarah 40, Samuel 20, Caroline 18, Elisabeth 16, Sarah 14, Matthew 12, Nancy 10, Eliza 8,Wm 6, James 4, Mary A 2.
Sidney Tp, Hastings
John 50, Maria 48, Sarah Jane 19, Caleb B 26 [residence USA], John Nelson 16, Wilson C 13, Albert L 11, Emma Cecilia 9, Ann Eliza 6.
Sidney Tp Hastings County
This Caleb is 12, father Stephen, mother Deborah.
1851 census is being transcribed by volunteers and is free on
www.automatedgenealogy.comI don't know if Hastings is complete or not. I got this information from Ancestry.ca
No Eliza/Elizabeth Donahue found on 1851 census.
1871 Canada census is a head of household index only. There is one Caleb Gilbert, aged 30, potter, living in Belleville, Hastings. This is too old for your Caleb.
Have you considered the possibility that Eliza Wood is Eliza Gilbert and the Sarah, James & Walter are step children to Thomas Wood? That looks like a strong possibility to me.
I don't know much about US information but can you find a death for Caleb Gilbert in Michigan. It would be between 1874 [birth of Walter] and 1880/1881.
Can you find death for Eliza Woods? It should give her maiden name or find her marriage registration to Thomas Wood. Then you would know if she was Eliza Donohue Gilbert.
Good luck.