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George Henry GIBSON

Male 1880 - 1968  (88 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  George Henry GIBSON was born on 20 Jul 1880 in Markdale, Grey, Ontario, Canada (son of James GIBSON and Janet SMITH); died in Sep 1968 in Belleview, Marion, Florida, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1881, Euphrasia Township, Grey, Ontario, Canada
    • Arrival: 1886; in United States - per 1910 census
    • Arrival: 1887; in United States - per 1900 census
    • Residence: 1900, 103 Stephenson Avenue, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 103 Stephenson (now 11117 Champlain) - age 20, single, born Jul 1879 Canada to Canada parents, arrived US 1887, wood turner (car works) [Pullman]-George & Ellen & son James & nephew George H Gibson
    • Residence: 1910, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 5017 N. Erie, Ward 35; age 30; married once, for 7/12 year; born Canada, father Canada, mother Canada; Arrived 1886, Naturalized; Foreman in Railway Shop
    • Residence: 1930, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 3427 W 115th Place; owns home valued at $4,000; has radio set; age 49; age at first marriage 29; Arrived in US 1886; Naturalized; occupation: ?Wood Weil? in ?Car? Shop
    • Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 3427 West 115th Street - Sub-froeman for Railroad repair shop
    • Residence: 1942, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; WWII Draft Reg: 3427 W 115th Place; born 20 Jul 1880 in Markdale, Ontario; contact person: Pullman Co; employed by Pullman Co at 701 E 114th St in Chicago

    Notes:

    Birth:
    delayed birth - filed 1938 - witness brother John Gibson of Gravenhurst; location in Markdale from WWII US draft registration

    Died:
    NOT SURE THIS IS HIM but SS issued through Railroad board

    George married Josephine A SMITH on 15 Sep 1909 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. Josephine (daughter of SMITH and (mother of Josephine A Smith)) was born about 1885 in Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Notes:

    Married:
    by William Charles Godden, minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 701 East 91st Place in Chicago; he 29, she 24; married 7/12 year in 1910 census; his age at first marriage in 1930 census is 29

    George married Alice (married George Henry Gibson) before 1930. Alice was born about 1883 in Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Notes:

    Married:
    he is married to c1884-1885 Missouri-born German Josephine in 1909 & 1910 and married to c1883 Illinois-born NY-Swedish Alice in 1930 (apparently her second marriage as well since 1930 census shows her first married at 18 [1901])


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  James GIBSON was born between 1839 and 1840 in Armagh, Northern Ireland (son of Christopher GIBSON and Elizabeth - Eliza - GRAY); died on 21 Oct 1887 in Euphrasia Township, Grey, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Arrival: 1842, Canada; based on brother Thomas 1901 census entry (corrected for birthyear error) - also agrees with his c 1840 birth in Ireland and bro Christopher c 1843 birth in Canada
    • Residence: 1852, Pickering Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1861, Pickering Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 8 Sep 1870, Pickering Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 8 Sep 1870, Pickering Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1871, Euphrasia Township, Grey, Ontario, Canada; Farmer - Canadian Presbyterian
    • Occupation: 2 Aug 1873, Euphrasia Township, Grey, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 2 Aug 1873, Euphrasia Township, Grey, Ontario, Canada; Lot 10 in Concession 9
    • Occupation: 22 Feb 1875, Euphrasia Township, Grey, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 22 Feb 1875, Euphrasia Township, Grey, Ontario, Canada; Lot 10 in Concession 9
    • Residence: 1881, Euphrasia Township, Grey, Ontario, Canada; Farmer - Presbyterian Church of Canada

    Notes:

    Died:
    son George arrives in US in 1886 or 1887 at age 6 or 7 to live with aunt Ellen & George Cook in Chicago

    James married Janet SMITH on 8 Sep 1870 in Pickering Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada. Janet (daughter of John SMITH and Jane Janet FRASER) was born on 14 Feb 1848 in Scott Townhsip, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; died between 21 Oct 1887 and 10 Jan 1889 in Euphrasia Township, Grey, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Janet SMITH was born on 14 Feb 1848 in Scott Townhsip, Ontario, Ontario, Canada (daughter of John SMITH and Jane Janet FRASER); died between 21 Oct 1887 and 10 Jan 1889 in Euphrasia Township, Grey, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1852, Scott Townhsip, Ontario, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1861, Scott Townhsip, Ontario, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 8 Sep 1870, Pickering Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1871, Euphrasia Township, Grey, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1881, Euphrasia Township, Grey, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Died:
    son George arrives in US in 1887 at age 7

    Children:
    1. John GIBSON was born about 1871 in Ontario, Canada.
    2. Elizabeth Mary GIBSON was born on 19 Jul 1873 in Euphrasia, Ontario, Canada; died in 1913 in Hand Hills, Alberta, Canada.
    3. Christopher GIBSON was born on 22 Feb 1875 in Euphrasia Township, Grey, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Thomas GIBSON was born on 19 Sep 1876 in Lot 3 Concesson 5, Euphrasia, Grey, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Robert GIBSON was born on 20 Dec 1878 in Euphrasia, Grey, Ontario, Canada.
    6. 1. George Henry GIBSON was born on 20 Jul 1880 in Markdale, Grey, Ontario, Canada; died in Sep 1968 in Belleview, Marion, Florida, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Christopher GIBSON was born about 1805 in Ireland (Northern) (son of father of Christopher and John & MAYBE Mary Sarah GIBSON); died on 1845 or sooner in Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Arrival: Abt 1841, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Birth:
    birth year estimated based on wife's estimated birth year

    Christopher married Elizabeth - Eliza - GRAY about 1833 in Ireland (Northern). Elizabeth was born between 1805 and 1806 in Ireland (Northern); died on 1882 or later in Pickering Township, Ontario County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Elizabeth - Eliza - GRAY was born between 1805 and 1806 in Ireland (Northern); died on 1882 or later in Pickering Township, Ontario County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Arrival: Abt 1841, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1852, Pickering Township, Ontario County, Canada West (Ontario), Canada
    • Residence: 1861, Pickering Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1871, Pickering Township, Ontario South, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 16 Oct 1876, Balsam, Ontario, Canada; attended birth of grandson John Alexander Cook
    • Residence: 1881, Balsam, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Birth:
    possibly she or her married family were in Newtonhamilton in County Armagh per Gibson family tradition

    Children:
    1. Mary Ellen - Ellen - GIBSON was born about Oct 1834 in Ireland (Northern); died on 19 Oct 1903 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 22 Oct 1903 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
    2. Thomas GIBSON was born on 31 May 1837 in Northern Ireland; died on 16 Jan 1916 in Brooklin, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; was buried in 1916 in Brooklin, Ontario, Ontario, Canada.
    3. 2. James GIBSON was born between 1839 and 1840 in Armagh, Northern Ireland; died on 21 Oct 1887 in Euphrasia Township, Grey, Ontario, Canada.
    4. John GIBSON was born on 19 Oct 1842 in Ontario, Canada; died on 19 Oct 1842 in Ontario, Canada.
    5. Christopher GIBSON was born about 1843 in Pickering, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; died in in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.

  3. 6.  John SMITH was born in 1817 in Scotland (son of James SMITH and Christian SOMMERVILLE); died on 28 Apr 1895 in Markham, York, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1861, Scott Townhsip, Ontario, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1871, Pickering Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1881, Vaughan Township, York, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1891, Markham Township. York, Ontario, Canada; living with dau Marion & James Graham

    Notes:

    Died:
    no informant, no address, no burial information

    John married Jane Janet FRASER. Jane was born on 25 Feb 1824 in Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Jane Janet FRASER was born on 25 Feb 1824 in Scotland.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1861, Scott Townhsip, Ontario, Ontario, Canada

    Children:
    1. 3. Janet SMITH was born on 14 Feb 1848 in Scott Townhsip, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; died between 21 Oct 1887 and 10 Jan 1889 in Euphrasia Township, Grey, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Christina SMITH was born on 25 Sep 1849 in Scott Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Mary SMITH was born on 9 Feb 1851 in Scott Township, Ontario.
    4. Francis SMITH was born on 9 Feb 1852 in Canada; died before 1861 in Scott Townhsip, Ontario, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Ellen SMITH was born on 4 Jan 1856 in Scott Townhsip, Ontario, Ontario, Canada; died before 1861.
    6. Marion W. SMITH was born on 4 Nov 1858 in Scott Township, Ontario.
    7. Frances Fanny SMITH was born on 1 Mar 1860 in Canada; died before 1871.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  father of Christopher and John & MAYBE Mary Sarah GIBSON
    Children:
    1. Mary Sarah GIBSON was born about 1802 in Ireland; died before 1871 in Scott Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 4. Christopher GIBSON was born about 1805 in Ireland (Northern); died on 1845 or sooner in Ontario, Canada.
    3. John GIBSON was born on 24 May 1811 in County Armagh, Ireland; died on 21 Oct 1886 in North Orillia, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada; was buried after 21 Oct 1886 in Orillia, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada.

  2. 12.  James SMITH was born on 9 Nov 1785 in Carluke Parish, , Lanarkshire, Scotland; died on 12 Sep 1863 in Ontario, Canada.

    James married Christian SOMMERVILLE. Christian was born on 7 Feb 1795 in Lanarkshire, Scotland; died on 12 Apr 1863 in Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 13.  Christian SOMMERVILLE was born on 7 Feb 1795 in Lanarkshire, Scotland; died on 12 Apr 1863 in Ontario, Canada.
    Children:
    1. Thomas SMITH was born on 12 Nov 1814 in , Lanarkshire, , Scotland; died in 1837 in , Lanarkshire, , Scotland.
    2. 6. John SMITH was born in 1817 in Scotland; died on 28 Apr 1895 in Markham, York, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Adam SMITH was born in Nov 1818 in Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, , Scotland; died on 29 May 1902 in Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, , Scotland.
    4. William SMITH was born on 23 Oct 1820 in Carluke Parish, Lanarkshire, , Scotland.
    5. Frances SMITH was born on 8 Jan 1823 in Carluke Parish, Lanarkshire, , Scotland; died in 1905 in , , Ontario, Canada.
    6. James SMITH was born on 6 Mar 1825 in Carluke Parish, Lanarkshire, , Scotland; died on 18 May 1893.
    7. Marion SMITH was born on 16 Jun 1830 in Carluke Parish, Lanarkshire, , Scotland; died on 10 Jul 1910 in Uxbridge, , Ontario, Canada.
    8. Jane SMITH was born in 1834 in Carluke Parish, Lanarkshire, , Scotland.
    9. Andrew SMITH was born on 1 Jan 1837 in Carluke Parish, Lanarkshire, , Scotland; died on 24 Oct 1925 in Armstrong, , British Columbia, Canada.
    10. Samuel SMITH was born on 19 Oct 1840 in Carluke Parish, Lanarkshire, , Scotland; died on 31 Oct 1921.