Extract from the 1900 Census:
Name: Ira R Lambert
Age at last birthday: 6
Date of birth: Mar 1894
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: male
Relationship to head-of-house: son
Home in 1900: Fergus Falls, Otter Tail, Minnesota
Address: Adolphus Avenue
Marital status: single
Father's birthplace: New York
Mother's birthplace: Ohio
Occupation: none
Siblings living at home: Blaine (age 13), Lizzie (8), and Asa E (6)
Census place: Fergus Falls, Otter Tail, Minnesota; Roll: T623 779; Page: 22B; Enumeration District: 169
Date: 21 Jun 1900

Extract from the 1910 Census:
Name: Ira R Lambert
Age in 1910: 16
Estimated birth year: 1894
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: male
Relationship to head of family: son
Home in 1910: Fergus Falls Ward 4, Otter Tail, Minnesota
Marital status: single
Able to speak English: yes
Able to read and write: yes
Father's birthplace: New York
Mother's birthplace: Ohio
Occupation: student - common schools
Siblings living at home: Elizabeth (age 18) and Asa E (16)
Census place: Fergus Falls Ward 4, Otter Tail, Minnesota; Roll: T624_714; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 158; Image: 529
Date: 27 Apr 1910

Extract from World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918:
Name: Ira Raymond Lambert
City: Rosetown
County: Ramsey
State: Minnesota
Birthplace: Fergus Falls, Minnesota
Birth date: 30 Mar 1894
Race: Caucasian
Roll: 1675776
Draft board: 0
Address: U. Farm. Saint Paul
Occupation: assistant in state service
Employer: State of Minnesota
Where employed: U. Farm. Saint Paul
Dependents: none
Marital status: single
Military service: none
Age: 23
Height: tall
Build: medium
Eyes: grey
Hair: black
Date: 5 Jun 1917

Extract from the 1930 Census:
Name: Ira R Lambert
Age: 36
Estimated birth year: 1894
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1930: Orion, Olmsted, Minnesota
Marital status: married
Age at first marriage: 28
Education: able to speak English
Education: able to read and write
Father's birthplace: New York
Mother's birthplace: Illinois [sic]
Military service: yes - world war
Rent/home value: unknown; no value listed; live on farm
Owned a radio: no
Occupation: farmer
Census place: Orion, Olmsted, Minnesota; Roll: 1110; Page: ; Enumeration District: 15; Image: 658.0
Date: 8 Apr 1930

Extract from the 1940 Census:
Name: Ira R Lambert
Age: 46
Estimated birth year: 1894
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: son-in-law
Living with: wife, and Charlotte Bernard, age 78, widow
Home in 1940: Orion, Olmsted, Minnesota
Marital status: married
Highest grade of school completed: 8
Living on farm: yes
Place of residence in 1935: same house
Occupation: farmer
Industry: farm
Salary or wage worker: working on own account
Number of weeks worked in 1939: 52
Amount of money wages or salary: $0
Has other income of more than $50: yes
At work during week of March 24-30: yes
Number of hours worked: not listed
Census place: Orion, Olmsted, Minnesota; Roll: T627_1943; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 55-15
Date: 17 Apr 1940

Extract from the 1950 Census:
Name: Ira R Lambert
Age: 56
Estimated birth year: 1894
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: son-in-law
Living with: wife, and Charlotte Bernard age 80 b. Pennsylvania
Home in 1950: Orion, Olmsted, Minnesota
Marital status: married
Living on farm: yes
Occupation: agricultural instructor
Industry: veterans' training program
At work during last week: yes
Number of hours worked: 60
Class of worker: for government employer
Census place: Orion, Olmsted, Minnesota
Date: 17 Apr 1950

Obituary from the "Daily News" of Winona, Minnesota dated 18 Jan 1967:
Ira R. Lambert
Chatfield, Minn. - Ira R. Lambert, 72, justice of the peace here, died of a heart attack Tuesday morning in the office of the city clerk. He had just checked in at his office.
He was born March 30, 1894, to Mr. and Mrs. Emmanuel Lambert, Fergus Falls, Minn. He farmed in this area until 1952 when he moved to the village and then worked at the Rochester State Hospital from 1952 to 1959 when he retired. He had taught vocational agriculture to former servicemen from 1947 to 1952. A graduate of Fergus Falls High School, he attended the University of Minnesota School of Agriculture.
He married Olive Bernard here April 15, 1920 [sic], after serving in France in World War I.
He was a member of the Masonic lodge and had served as its secretary, of Royal Arch Masons and of the Order of Eastern Star, serving at one time as master of the lodge and worthy patron of the OES. He was treasurer of the American Field Service chapter; a member of Rotary; newly elected president of the Fillmore County Historical Society; had served as commander of the American Legion post and as district commander; was Sunday school superintendent of the Cummingville church and a board member of the Pioneer Presbyterian Church here. He was merit badge counselor for the Boy Scouts.
He is survived by a son, Lloyd, Chatfield; two daughters, Mrs. H. B. (Anthony) Burger, Corpus Christi, Tex., and Lucy, Chatfield; two grandchildren; one great-grandchild; three brothers, Leonard, Virginia; the Rev. Blaine Lambert, Minneapolis, and Asa, Altadena, Calif., and a sister, Mrs. P. C. Reynolds, St. Paul.
Funeral services will be Friday at 2 p.m. at Pioneer Presbyterian Church, the Rev. David Brink officiating. Burial will be in Orion Cemetery.
Friends may call after 7 tonight and until noon Friday at Boetzer-Akeson Funeral Home and after 1 p.m. at the church.
Pallbearers will be Wallace and Gordon Mitchell, Judd Underleak, Dale Henry, Lloyd Ober and Robert Patterson.
Honorary pallbearers will be Max Bailey, Harry Sisson, Walter DeWitt, Frank Dudek, Max Ober and M. O. Amundson.

He married Olive Lucille Bernard 15 Apr 1922 in Cummingsville, Olmsted, Minnesota.

Children:
(1) Audrey Lambert
(2) Lloyd Carlton Lambert
(3) Lucy Marcella Lambert.