Hugh Bertram "Bert" Gibson

1894 - 1966  (71 years)

• Name	Hugh Bertram "Bert" Gibson
  Nickname	Bert
  Birth	17 Feb 1894	Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Census-Household Member	1906	Strathcona, Alberta, Canada   [1]
  	Canada
  	Role: Household Member
  		1906 Census Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta Strathcona AB William Murray Gibson
  Residence-Occupant	1906	Strathcona, Alberta, Canada   [1]
  	15-40-27-W4
  	Role: Occupant
  Census-Household Member	1911	Red Deer, Red Deer Census Division, Alberta, Canada   [2]
  	Canada
  	Role: Household Member
  		1911 Census Red Deer AB William Murray Gibson
  Residence-Occupant	1911	Red Deer, Red Deer Census Division, Alberta, Canada   [2]
  	Role: Occupant
  Census-Household Member	1916	Red Deer, Red Deer Census Division, Alberta, Canada   [3]
  	Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta
  	Role: Household Member
  		1916 Census of Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta Red Deer AB William Murray Gibson
  FamilySearch ID	GS13-LTH
  	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GS13-LTH
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	244408185
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/244408185
  Residence-Occupant	1916	Red Deer, Red Deer Census Division, Alberta, Canada   [3]
  	40-27-W4-6
  	Role: Occupant
  Name	Bertrim
  Residence	1936	Red Deer, Red Deer Census Division, Alberta, Canada
  Residence	1939	Wellington County, Ontario, Canada
  	move to Ontario
  	Bert was eight years old when his family moved from Perth Ontario to Lacombe Alberta in 1901. He would have taken his schooling in Lacombe and probably worked on the family farm before enlisting in the army at age 21. He went overseas in July 1915 with the 12th Mounted Rifles to fight in WWI. Between front-line tours of duty, he met up with his older brother Murray in England and while on furlough the two visited Janet Gibson in Kirkbean, Scotland. Janet was the last of our line living in Scotland. Bert was exposed to gas on the front that left him with a rheumatic heart, a condition from which he never fully recovered. After his discharge in Feb. 1918 Bert worked several years in Alberta for the Soldiers Settlement Board and later with the CNR Land Settlement Dept. (see photo of business card). In 1939, after the death of his older sister "Maggie", Bert apparently arranged the sale of the Lacombe farm and moved his family to where his wife grew up near Guelph Ont. Bert visited his neice Marjory in Renfrew until the 1950's.
  _UID	22BB11B051BE425FB7EAC9D45E2F8362FE39
  Death	3 Jan 1966	Puslinch Twp, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada
  	H.B. Gibson Dies Suddenly at His Puslinch Farm Home H.B. (Bert) Gibson, returning officer for Wellington South for every feeral election since 1949, died Monday of a heart attack at his Puslinch farm. He was 73 years old. Mr. Gibson served as returning officer for the Wellington South Riding in the past seven federal elections, and was one of the oldest returning officers in Canada in terms of service. Born in Perth, Ontario, Mr. Gibson moved to Alberta with his parents when he was a youngster. The Gibsons settled on a farm near the site of the present experimental farm at Lacombe, Alta., and Mr Gibson received his education in that province. After 3 1/2 years overseas during the First World War, he returned home in the spring of 1918, but due to the effects of the war was unable to farm. He accepted a position with the Soldiers' Settlement Board as an appraiser in the Peace River District, later switched to a job with the Canadian National Railway as a settlements officer for two years, then returned to the Soldiers' Settlement Board and worked in Edmonton. In 1927 he married Annie Richardson, a native of Guelph, in a ceremony at Edmonton. The Gibsons moved to Guelph in 1938 and settled at their RR1, Puslinch farm. From 1946 until the early 1960s, Mr. Gibson was on the advisory committee of the Veterans Land Administration in Guelph. Active in Legion work, he was a member of Branch 234 of the Canadian Legion. He was also a member of the International Order of Oddfellows and Dufferin Presbyterian Church. Surviving are his wife, Annie; one daugher, Mrs. Gerry Kruyf of Guelph, and two sons, George of Dryden and Alan of Puslinch. He was predeceased by one daughter, Barbara. The body is at the George Wall Funeral Home, where service will be held at 2 pm Thursday. Burial will be in Crown Cemetery, Puslinch.
  Burial	Crown Cemetery, Morriston, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I1370	Lanark County Origins | This is my paternal Lineage, my 2 great grandmother's Lineage (paternal)
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2023

  
  

  Father	William Murray Gibson,   b. 16 Feb 1846, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 10 Nov 1927, Lacombe, Red Deer Census Division, Alberta, Canada (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Janet Sarah "Jessie" Miller,   b. 5 Apr 1849, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 6 Nov 1936, Lacombe, Red Deer Census Division, Alberta, Canada (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	7 Nov 1868	Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F126	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Annie McKay Gertrude "Ann" Richardson,   b. 1896, Puslinch Twp, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada d. 1993 (Age 97 years)
  Marriage	7 Sep 1927
  Children	1. Living   2. Marion Jean Gibson,   b. 17 Jan 1929   d. 9 Jan 1972, Rocky Mountain House, Clear Water, Alberta, Canada (Age 42 years)   3. George Bertram Gibson,   b. 1 Apr 1933, Red Deer, Red Deer Census Division, Alberta, Canada d. 9 Dec 1993, Guelph, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada (Age 60 years)   4. Barbara Ann Gibson,   b. 21 Oct 1934, Alberta, Canada d. 1950 (Age 15 years)
  Family ID	F449	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 17 Feb 1894 - Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Residence - move to Ontario - 1939 - Wellington County, Ontario, Canada Death - 3 Jan 1966 - Puslinch Twp, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada Burial - - Crown Cemetery, Morriston, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S202] Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Ontario, Canada, RomanCatholic Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1760-1923, ((ancestry.ca : 2017)), district Townships 39, 40 in ranges 26, 27 and fractional Townships 39, 40 in range 28 all west of the 4th M, excepting the town of Lacombe, sub-district 33, Strathcona, p. 9;; citing Year: 1906; Census Place: 33, Strathcona, Alberta; Page: 9; Family No: 67 (Reliability: 3). [S183] England, England & Wales, Marriages 1837-2005 Transcription, ( Findmypast . findmypast.com), sub-district 14, Red Deer, AB, p. 12, dwelling 93, family 95, William Murray Gibson; FHL microfilm (Reliability: 3). Twp 40 Range 27 West [S224] Scotland, 1851 Census, (n.d.), district Townships 40 and 41, ranges 26, 27 and 28, W. 4. M., exclusive of the Town of Lacombe, sub-district 26, Red Deer AB, p. 3, William Murray Gibson Household;; citing Year: 1916; Census Place: Alberta, Red Deer, 26; Roll: T-21954; Page: 3; Family No: 24 (Reliability: 3).