Name |
John Gibson |
Suffix |
Jr. |
Birth |
29 Oct 1838 |
Dumfries and Galloway (Kirkcudbright Galloway and Wigtown Galloway), Scotland |
Gender |
Male |
Immigration-Witness |
1842 |
Lanark County, Ontario, Canada |
from Wigan, Lancashire, England |
- Role: Witness
"They left Liverpool on a sailing vessel that took six weeks to make the crossing to Montreal. They had got within a few days of Montreal when a storm from the west blew them back out into the Atlantic. During the voyage the two older girls , Mary and Sarah, prepared the meals. From Montreal they made their way to Brockville, Ontario where they spent the winter and then went up to Perth area where they rented farms for a number of years, including Bromley, a hamlet about 5 miles NW of Perth(sic, actually in Renfrew county) (where their youngest son James was born).The Bromley place may have been rented from the McNabs and if so, it would mark the beginning of a long-standing inter-family association.
On the 13th of May 1867 John purchased, for 800 pounds, the SW 1/2 and NE 1/2 of Lot 16, Bathurst Twp. Lanark Co. from Thomas Wilson, son of John's uncle George Wilson. George had settled there in 1816 and had encouraged John to emmigrate to the Perth area. George Wilson* built the wood frame portion of what we call the "Gibson family home" in the 1830's on the SW 1/2 of lot 16. John later acquired the adjoining southern portion of lot 17 (see photo of 1850's map), giving him a total of about 300 acres. In the 1880's John's son William built a larger brick house, attaching the old wood frame building to the rear of it.
Posted 04 May 2012 by grantg5
Obit suggest that he arrived in 1845.
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Census-Household Member |
1851 |
Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada [1] |
Canada |
- Role: Household Member
Neighbours of Alexander A. & Margaret McDonald
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Census-Household Member |
1861 |
Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada [2] |
Canada |
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_UID |
D3169BAAF1F14839996F7CF23DE4B1805903 |
Death |
8 Jan 1888 |
Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada |
- Both John and Mary (Scott) Gibson spent most of their lives in Lanark county, Ontario, on a farm. John Gibson was of age when he left his native land of Scotland, and he located on a farm in Lanark county, where he maintained his home until his death, at the age of forty-nine. His wife survived him and is now sixty-nine years of age.
Their church was the Presbyterian, and the father during his life time held various township offices. Their family of children numbered ten, eight of whom reached maturity and are mentioned as follows: Dr. John J. Gibson, of Alexandria; William, of Atlanta, Georgia: Mary of Lanark county; Jessie, who died in the spring of 1912, the wife of Charles Grant, of Kenora, Ontario; Samuel, of Lanark county; Edith, who is married and resides in the state of New York; James, of Lanark county; Jean, of Lanark county, on the old homestead and living with her mother.
History of Madison County, Indiana : a narrative account of its historical progress, its people and its principal interests by John La Rue Forkner.
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Burial |
- Buried on family homestead
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Person ID |
I12389 |
Lanark County Origins |
Last Modified |
23 Jun 2024 |
Father |
John Gibson, b. 8 Mar 1807, Dunmuck, Colvend, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland d. 17 Jan 1898, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 90 years) |
Mother |
Agnes Thomson Murray, b. 7 Aug 1809, Kirkbean, Kincardineshire, Scotland d. 21 Nov 1880, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 71 years) |
Marriage |
17 Jul 1829 |
Kirkbean Parish, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway (Galloway), Scotland |
Family ID |
F1132 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Mary Murray Scott, b. 29 Sep 1844 d. 8 Feb 1929 (Age 84 years) |
Marriage |
30 Sep 1864 |
Children |
| 1. Dr. John J. Gibson, b. 3 Feb 1865, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 24 Mar 1950 (Age 85 years) |
| 2. Samuel Gibson, b. 10 Feb 1871 d. 19 Oct 1955 (Age 84 years) |
| 3. Mary Gibson, b. 12 Feb 1874 d. 28 Sep 1959 (Age 85 years) |
+ | 4. Jessie Gibson, b. 17 Nov 1877 d. 1 May 1912 (Age 34 years) |
+ | 5. James F. Gibson, b. 12 Sep 1879, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 29 Oct 1951, Birmingham, Oakland County, Michigan, United States (Age 72 years) |
| 6. Edith Gibson, b. Abt 1884 d. Yes, date unknown |
| 7. Jean Gibson, b. 22 Jun 1887 d. 29 Jul 1960 (Age 73 years) |
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Family ID |
F3946 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
4 Mar 2024 |