John Walker Gibbons

John Walker Gibbons

Male 1839 - Abt 1918  (~ 78 years)

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  • Name John Walker Gibbons 
    Born Feb 1839  Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Abt. 1918 
    Buried Grandview Cemetery, Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • U.S. Census Sugar Ridge, Clay, IN 1870: "Walker Gibbens [sic], age 28 b. Abt 1842 Virginia, farmhand" in household of his uncle: "Nathan Gibbens, age 50 b. Abt. 1820 Virginia, farmer real estate owned $5000 other property $840, wife Mary, age 45 b. Abt. 1825 Indiana; two children b. Indiana: Newton 16 & Mary E. 9."

      U.S. Census Keyser, Mineral, WV 1880: "Walker Gibbens [sic], age 41 b. Abt. 1839 Virginia parents b. [blank], carpenter, wife Kate, age 28 b. Abt. 1852 Virginia father b. Maryland mother b. Virginia; three children: Maggie E. 6 b. Virginia, Laura V. 3 b. West Virginia, Kate H. 1 b. West Virginia."

      U.S. Census Ward 8, Altoona, Blair, PA, 1900: "John W. Gibbons, age 61 b. Feb 1839 Virginia parents b. Virginia, carpenter, wife Catherine C. [sic], age 47 b. Abt. 1853 Virginia father b. Maryland mother b. Virginia; Laura V. 22 b. Virgina teacher, Walker G. 19 b. West Virginia machinist, Lloyd M. 16 b. Pennsylvania barber, Edith B. 15 b. Pennsylvania at school, Florence E. 9 b. Pennsylvania at school."

      U.S. Census Ward 8, Altoona, Blair, PA, 1910: "John W. Gibbons, age 71 b. Abt. 1839 Virginia parents b. unknown [sic], retired, wife Catherine S., age 58 b. Abt. 1852 Virginia father b. Maryland mother b. Virginia; Laura 33 b. West Virginia, public school teacher, Edith 25 b. Pennsylvania hospital nurse, Florence 19 b. Pennsylvania telephone operator."
    Person ID I29573  Complete
    Last Modified 9 Nov 2010 

    Father William Gibbons,   b. 3 Aug 1808, Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft. 1880, Prob. Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Catherine Beatley,   b. Abt. 1815, Germany/Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef. 1880, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 65 years) 
    Married 29 Mar 1834  Frederick, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • License date according to Vickie S. Macracken
    Family ID F18039520  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Catherine S. Merryman,   b. Mar 1852, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt. 1934, Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 81 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Margaret Estella Gibbons,   b. 7 Dec 1873, Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Nov 1952  (Age 78 years)
     2. Laura V. Gibbons,   b. 02 Apr 1877, Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 06 Dec 1971, Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years)
    +3. Kate H. Gibbons,   b. 16 Dec 1878, Keyser, Mineral, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +4. Walker Gunnel Gibbons,   b. 30 Nov 1880, Keyser, Mineral, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Nov 1958, Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
    +5. Lloyd Merriman Gibbons,   b. 05 Oct 1883, Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 08 Jul 1950, Freedom, Beaver, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
    +6. Edith B. Gibbons, R.N.,   b. Apr 1885, Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Sep 1961, Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 76 years)
    +7. Florence E. Gibbons,   b. 25 Aug 1890, Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 04 Oct 1976, Hollidaysburg, Blair, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
    Last Modified 11 Sep 2009 
    Family ID F18039580  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Feb 1839 - Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Grandview Cemetery, Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    John Walker Gibbons (1839-1918) & CAtherine S. Merryman (1852-1934)
    John Walker Gibbons (1839-1918) & CAtherine S. Merryman (1852-1934)

    Received from Polly Tomlinson.
    John Walker Gibbons (1839-1918)
    John Walker Gibbons (1839-1918)

    Received from Polly Tomlinson.

    Headstones
    John Walker Gibbons (1839-1918) & Catherine S. Merryman (1852-1934)
    John Walker Gibbons (1839-1918) & Catherine S. Merryman (1852-1934)

    Received from Polly Tomlinson.