Dr. Samuel G. Gibson

1850 - 1931  (~ 80 years)

• Name	Samuel G. Gibson
  Prefix	Dr.
  Birth	Sep 1850	Arbroath (Arbroathock), Angus, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Census-Household Member	1861	Usborne Twp, Huron County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Canada
  	Role: Household Member
  Census-Household Member	1871	Usborne Twp, Huron County, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Canada
  	Role: Household Member
  Occupation	1871	Usborne Twp, Huron County, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	store clerk
  Census-Household Member	1881	Goderich Twp, Huron County, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Canada
  	Role: Household Member
  Occupation	1881	Goderich Twp, Huron County, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	teacher
  Immigration	1893	Langdon, Cavalier County, North Dakota, United States   [4]
  	from Canada
  Occupation	15 Apr 1897	Langdon, Cavalier County, North Dakota, United States
  	county physician
  	Dr. S.G. Gibson presented his contract as county physician which was ordered to be filed by the auditor. Courier Democrat Langdon, Cavalier County, North Dakota 15 Apr 1897
  Land & Property	21 Feb 1898	Langdon, Cavalier County, North Dakota, United States
  	e 1/2 nw 1/4 and lots 1 and 2, sec 31, two 161n, range 60w.
  	Land office at Grand Forks, North Dakota; February 21, 1898. Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his intention to make commutation proof in support of his claim, and that said proff will be made before the clerk of the District court of Cavalier county, N. Dak., at Langdon, N. Dak., on April 6, 1898, viz: Samuel G. Gibson, H. E. No. 14560, for the e 1/2 nw 1/4 and lots 1 and 2, sec 31, two 161n, range 60w. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of, said land, viz: William J. Matchet,, Robert Falconer, William Harris, Jerome Henry, all of Langdon, Cavalier Co., N. Dak. Jas. V. Brooke, Register. Courier Democrat Langdon, Cavalier County 3 Mar 1898, pg. 4
  Census	1900	Langdon, Cavalier County, North Dakota, United States   [4]
  	USA
  Occupation	1900	Langdon, Cavalier County, North Dakota, United States   [4]
  	physician
  Residence	1900	Langdon, Cavalier County, North Dakota, United States   [4]
  	Third Street
  Census	1910	Langdon, Cavalier County, North Dakota, United States   [5]
  	USA
  FamilySearch ID	GQKZ-Q6S
  	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GQKZ-Q6S
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	97879889
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97879889
  Occupation	Teacher and medical doctor
  	Samuel G Gibson MD was the son of a Scottish sea captain who retired to Goderich, Ontario (a port on Lake Huron, about 80 miles NE of Sarnia). Perhaps because he had been sailing with his father, Samuel at age 21, could neither read nor write. He went to night school and continued his studies until becoming a school teacher. He taught for several years (possibly in Manitoba or North Dakota) then decided to study medicine. He was nearly 50 years old when he graduated and established a practice in Langdon, North Dakota. At age 52 he married 29 year old "Nellie" Gibson at the Gibson home on the Scotch Line, Perth Ontario. Nellie was the high school principal at Pilot Mound, Manitoba, only 35 miles NW of Langdon. They probably met through over-lapping social/professional circles of these (cross boarder) neighboring towns. Tragically, Samuel lost his bride just two years after their wedding. She apparently died giving birth to their first-born, Andrew Bertram. It would have been rough raising a newborn at age 54. Whether or not he remarried is unknown.
  _UID	B5100AA196094846B724DC99C68FB4817731
  Death	27 Feb 1931	Langdon, Cavalier County, North Dakota, United States
  Burial	Lebanon Cemetery, Langdon, Cavalier County, North Dakota, United States
  Person ID	I1345	Lanark County Origins | This is my paternal Lineage, my 2 great grandmother's Lineage (paternal)
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

  Father	Samuel Gibson,   b. 1816, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Living
  Family ID	F4893	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Helen Gourlay "Nellie" Gibson,   b. 25 May 1871, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 19 Apr 1902, Langdon, Cavalier County, North Dakota, United States (Age 30 years)
  Marriage	17 Dec 1900	Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	Gibson - Gibson On Wednesday evening, December 19th, at the residence of the bride's father, Upper Scotch Line, Bathurst, Dr Samuel G. Gibson, of Langdon, North Dakota, to Miss Helen Gourlay, eldest daughter of Wm. M. Gibson, Esq. The Perth Courier Perth, Lanark, Ontario, Canada December 21, 1900, pg.5 ********************************** The Altar Gibson - Gibson A quiet wedding took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W.M. Gibson, Scotch Line, at six o'clock, Wednesday evening, Dec. 19th, when their daughter, Helen Gourlay, was married to S.G. Gibson, M.D., of Langdon, N.D., by the Rev. a.H. Scott, of St. Andrew's church. The bride was given away by her father, and was assissted by her cousin, Miss Nettie Miller, of Smith's Falls, while George M. Gibson, of Douglas, acted as groomsman. Only immediate friends of the family were present. The couple were the recipient of many handsom and costly presents. They left on Friday, Dec. 21st, for their home in Langdon, N. Dak., going by way of Goderich, where they will spend a few days with the friends of the groom. The Perth Courier Perth, Ontario, Canada Friday, December4 28, 1900, pg. 1 ************************** A Homecoming Welcome We take the following from the Langdon, N. Dakota Republican. The bride is daughter of Mr and Mrs. Wm M Gibson, Scotch Line, in this county: "Considerable interest was manifested on Saturday morning when it was known that Dr. Gibson and bride were on board of the train that arrives here at noon and at the depot were gathered, when the train pulled in, a number of friends of the doctor to welcome their arrival. Congratulations were in order, and Mrs. Gibson was made to feel, that although a stranger in the city, she had come into the midst of friends and that her future residence here promised to be pleasant. Since the wedding, which occurred at Perth, Ont., December 27th (sic) the Dr. and Mrs Gibson were heading for home, stopping off at various places to visit friends and relatives, among which was St. Paul, where they visited the doctor's brother, Rev. A.B. Meldrum. All sorts of luck seems to be coming the doctor's way these days, as is evidenced by his extensive practice, besides being the recently elected coroner for this county, and to finish up, capturing an accomplished bride." The Perth Courier Perth, Ontario, Canada Friday, February 8, 1901, pg. 5
  		Helen & Sam Gibson
  Children	+ 1. Andrew Bertram Gibson,   b. 12 Apr 1902, Langdon, Cavalier County, North Dakota, United States d. Abt 1998, Rocky Mountain House, Clear Water, Alberta, Canada (Age 95 years)
  Family ID	F444	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Sep 1850 - Arbroath (Arbroathock), Angus, Scotland Census-Household Member - Canada - 1881 - Goderich Twp, Huron County, Ontario, Canada Occupation - teacher - 1881 - Goderich Twp, Huron County, Ontario, Canada Immigration - from Canada - 1893 - Langdon, Cavalier County, North Dakota, United States Occupation - county physician - 15 Apr 1897 - Langdon, Cavalier County, North Dakota, United States Land & Property - e 1/2 nw 1/4 and lots 1 and 2, sec 31, two 161n, range 60w. - 21 Feb 1898 - Langdon, Cavalier County, North Dakota, United States Census - USA - 1900 - Langdon, Cavalier County, North Dakota, United States Occupation - physician - 1900 - Langdon, Cavalier County, North Dakota, United States Residence - Third Street - 1900 - Langdon, Cavalier County, North Dakota, United States Marriage - 17 Dec 1900 - Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Census - USA - 1910 - Langdon, Cavalier County, North Dakota, United States Death - 27 Feb 1931 - Langdon, Cavalier County, North Dakota, United States Burial - - Lebanon Cemetery, Langdon, Cavalier County, North Dakota, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Helen "Nellie" & Samuel Gibson

  
  

• Sources

  [S972] Ross, J. (jross1451)., Web: online tree, Ross Family Tree (Ancestry), ( Ancestry . ancestry.ca), Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1037 (Reliability: 4). [S1007] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1871 Census of Canada, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc Date:2009 Place:Provo, UT, USA), Year: 1871; Census Place: Usborne, Huron South, Ontario; Roll: C-9929; Page: 29, 1,1578::0. (Reliability: 4). [S1008] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1881 Census of Canada, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc Date:2009 Place:Provo, UT, USA), Year: 1881; Census Place: Goderich, Huron Centre, Ontario; Roll: C_13273; Page: 57; Family No: 261, 1,1577::0. (Reliability: 4). [S160] Ancestry.com, Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1948, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2010 Place:Lehi, UT, USA), T623, Langdon City, enumeration district (ED) 0047, sheet 3, dwelling 63, family 70, Samuel Gibson, accessed 12 Jan 2023, 1,8946::0. (Reliability: 4). [S181] New York. Niagara., USA, New York, County Marriage Records, 1847-1849, 1907-1936, (Digital images., Ancestry . ancestry.ca : 2016.), T624, roll T624_1141, Langdon Ward 1, Cavalier, North Dakota, enumeration district (ED) 0063, sheet 5B, dwelling 79, family 86, Samuel Gibson, accessed 12 Jan 2023 (Reliability: 4).