James M. Gibson 1868

James M. GibsonAge: 551868–1924

Name: James M. Gibson

Given names: James M.

Surname: Gibson

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Birth	15 April 1868 25 21 Rouseville, Pennsylvania, USA
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Australian History	1868 Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases.
Australian History	1869 (Age 8 months) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies.
Australian History	1872 (Age 3) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens.
Birth of a sister	4 November 1873 (Age 5) Rouseville, Pennsylvania, USA younger sister - Ida Gertrude Gibson
Australian History	1873 (Age 4) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock.
Australian History	1875 (Age 6) Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed.
Australian History	1878 (Age 9) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1879 (Age 10) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held.
Australian History	1880 (Age 11) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work.
Birth of a sister	1 July 1882 (Age 14) Rouseville, Pennsylvania, USA younger sister - Jesse Gibson
Australian History	1882 (Age 13) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide.
Australian History	1883 (Age 14) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill
Death of a maternal grandfather	15 January 1885 (Age 16) maternal grandfather - James Mc Nutt
Death of a paternal grandmother	3 October 1885 (Age 17) Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA paternal grandmother - Martha "Mattie" Gregg
Australian History	1887 (Age 18) Note: An Australian cricket team is established, defeating England in the first Ashes series. First direct Inter-colonial passenger trains begin running between Adelaide and Melbourne.
Death of a father	20 August 1889 (Age 21) Pennsylvania (Chicago), USA father - William Gibson
Australian History	1889 (Age 20) Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration.
Australian History	1890 (Age 21) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention.
Australian History	1891 (Age 22) Note: A National Australasian Convention meets, agrees on adopting the name 'the Commonwealth of Australia' and drafting a constitution. Note: The first attempt at a federal constitution is drafted. Note: The Convention adopts the constitution, although it has no legal status Note: A severe depression hits Australia
Australian History	1892 (Age 23) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Death of a paternal grandfather	13 September 1893 (Age 25) Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA paternal grandfather - James Gibson Sr
Australian History	1893 (Age 24) Note: The Corowa Conference (the 'people's convention') calls on the colonial parliaments to pass enabling acts, allowing the election of delegates to a new constitutional convention aimed at drafting a proposal and putting it to a referendum in each colony.
Australian History	1894 (Age 25) Note: South Australia becomes the first Australian colony, and the second place in the world, to grant women the right to vote, as well the first Parliament in the world to allow women to stand for office.
Australian History	1895 (Age 26) Note: The premiers, except for those of Queensland and Western Australia, agree to implement the Corowa proposals. Note: Waltzing Matilda is first sung in public, in Winton, Queensland Note: Banjo Paterson publishes The Man from Snowy River
Australian History	1896 (Age 27) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution
Australian History	1897 (Age 28) Note: In two sessions, the Second National Australasian Convention meets (with representatives from all colonies except Queensland present). They agree to adopt a constitution based on the 1891 draft, and then revise and amend it later that year. Note: Catherine Helen Spence became the first female political candidate for political office, standing for election as a representative for South Australia.
Australian History	1898 (Age 29) Note: The Convention agrees on a final draft to be put to the people. Note: After much public debate, the Victorian, South Australian and Tasmanian referendums are successful; the New South Wales referendum narrowly fails. Later New South Wales votes 'yes' in a second referendum, and Queensland and Western Australia also vote to join.
Australian History	1899 (Age 30) Note: The decision is made to site the national capital in New South Wales, but not within 100 miles of Sydney. Note: The Australian Labor Party holds office for a few days in Queensland, becoming the first trade union party to do so anywhere in the world. Note: The first contingents from various Australian colonies are sent to South Africa to participate in the Second Boer War.
Birth of a sister	about 1900 (Age 31) younger sister - Female Gibson
Australian History	1900 (Age 31) Note: Several delegates visit London to resist proposed changes to the agreed-upon constitution. Note: The constitution is passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom as a schedule to the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, and is given royal assent
Australian History	1901 (Age 32) Note: (01 Jan) Australia becomes a federation on 1 January. Edmund Barton becomes Prime Minister; the 7th Earl of Hopetoun becomes Governor-General Note: The first parliament met in Parliament House, Melbourne Note: Immigration Restriction act was introduced- The White Australian Policy Note: The Australian National Flag was flown for the first time
Australian History	1902 (Age 33) Note: The Franchise Act guarantees women the right to vote in federal elections (by this stage, most states had already done this). However, it excludes most non-European ethnic groups, including Aboriginal people, unless already registered to vote on State roles. Note: King Edward VII approved the design of the Australian flag. Note: Breaker Morant is executed for having shot Boers who had surrendered
Australian History	1903 (Age 34) Note: The High Court of Australia is established with Samuel Griffith as the first Chief Justice. Note: The Defence Act gives the federal government full control over the Australian Army Note: Alfred Deakin elected Prime Minister
Australian History	1904 (Age 35) Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government
Australian History	1906 (Age 37) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea
Australian History	1908 (Age 39) Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead
Australian History	1909 (Age 40) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made.
Australian History	1910 (Age 41) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government.
Australian History	1911 (Age 42) Note: The Royal Australian Navy is founded Note: The Northern Territory comes under Commonwealth control, being split off from South Australia Note: The first national census is conducted. Note: Australian Capital Territory proclaimed.
Australian History	1912 (Age 43) Note: Australia sends women to the Olympic Games for the first time Note: Walter Burley Griffin wins a design competition for the new city of Canberra
Australian History	1913 (Age 44) Note: Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains. Note: Matthew Flinders refers to New South Wales by the name 'Australia'.
Australian History	1913 (Age 44) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place
Australian History	1914 (Age 45) Note: Australian soldiers are sent to the First World War. This was first time Australians had fought under the Australian flag, as opposed to that of Britain's.
Australian History	1915 (Age 46) Note: (25 APRIL)Australian soldiers land at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey on 25 April. Note: Jervis Bay Territory comprising 6,677 hectares surrendered and becomes part of the Australia Capital Territory. Note: Surfing is first introduced to Australia Note: Billy Hughes became Prime Minister
Australian History	1916 (Age 47) Note: Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the 'six o'clock swill' Note: Australia suffers heavy casualties in the Western Front Battle of the Somme. Note: The Returned Sailors� and Soldiers� Imperial League of Australia, the forerunner to the Returned and Services League of Australia is founded Note: The Labor government under Billy Hughes splits over conscription. First referendum on conscription is rejected
Australian History	1917 (Age 48) Note: Second referendum on conscription is rejected. Transcontinental railway linking Adelaide to Perth is completed. Note: Australian 4th Light Horse Brigade launches last cavalry charge in modern warfare to capture Beersheba from the Ottoman Turks.
Australian History	1918 (Age 49) Note: (08 AUG) Battle of Amiens Note: Australian troops spearhead 8 August offensive against Hindenberg Line - the 'black day of the German Army'. Note: On 12 August, Australian commander General Sir John Monash is knighted in the field of battle by King George V Note: First World War ends - 60,000 Australians dead. Note: The Darwin Rebellion takes place, with 1,000 demonstrators demanding the resignation of the Administrator of the Northern Territory, John A. Gilruth.
Australian History	1919 (Age 50) Note: Prime Minister Billy Hughes signs Treaty of Versailles: the first signing of an international treaty by Australia. Australia obtains League of Nations mandate over German New Guinea.
Australian History	1920 (Age 51) Note: The airline Qantas is founded
Australian History	1921 (Age 52) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament
Australian History	1922 (Age 53) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney
Australian History	1923 (Age 54) Note: Vegemite is first produced
Death	April 1924 (Age 55) Lancaster, Ohio, USA

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father	William Gibson Birth 31 October 1842 32 20 Pennsylvania, USA Death 20 August 1889 (Age 46) Pennsylvania (Chicago), USA Loading...
4 years mother	Elizabeth Mc Nutt Birth 7 December 1846 28 Death 25 November 1939 (Age 92) Rouseville, Pennsylvania, USA Loading...
	Marriage: 4 October 1866 — Meadville, Pennsylvania, USA
18 months #1 himself	James M. Gibson Birth 15 April 1868 25 21 Rouseville, Pennsylvania, USA Death April 1924 (Age 55) Lancaster, Ohio, USA Loading...
6 years #2 younger sister	Ida Gertrude Gibson Birth 4 November 1873 31 26 Rouseville, Pennsylvania, USA Death 7 November 1970 (Age 97) Loading...
9 years #3 younger sister	Jesse Gibson Birth 1 July 1882 39 35 Rouseville, Pennsylvania, USA Death 1973 (Age 90) Loading...
18 years #4 younger sister	Female Gibson Birth about 1900 57 53 Death yes Loading...

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himself	James M. Gibson Birth 15 April 1868 25 21 Rouseville, Pennsylvania, USA Death April 1924 (Age 55) Lancaster, Ohio, USA Loading...
	Marriage: yes
#1 son	John Fredrick Gibson Death 1962 Loading...
#2 son	William Gibson Death yes Loading...
#3 son	Howard Gibson Death yes Loading...

James M. Gibson has 29 first cousins recorded

Father's family (29)

Parents Robert Hays + Margaret Elizabeth "Lib" Gibson

1 Harry J. Hays ?–?

2 John A. Hays ?–?

3 William G. Hays ?–?

4 Rev Richard D. Hays ?–?

5 … Hays ?–?

6 Robert Lewis G. Hays 1871–1938

7 Urilla Hays 1877–1961

8 Mary M. Hays 1879–1907

Parents John A. Blair + Jane Gibson

1 Martha "Mattie" E. Blair 1870–1905

2 Lizzy Blair ?–?

Parents James Gibson Jr + … Blanche

1 Noel Gibson ?–?

2 William Arthur Gibson ?–?

3 Gladys Gibson ?–?

4 Maude Gibson ?–?

Parents John T. Clements + Annie Gibson

1 Minnie Clements ?–1928

2 Pearl Clements ?–?

3 John T. Clements ?–?

4 William H. Clements ?–1926

5 Dewitt Issac Clements ?–?

Parents Daniel Gibson + … Maggie

1 John Gibson 1907–?

2 Martha (Tootsie) Gibson ?–?

Parents John Gibson + Kate Mc Cann

1 Margh Gibson 1888–1973

2 Robert James Gibson 1889–1953

3 Raymond Leroy Gibson Sr 1894–1959

4 Bessie Gibson 1899–1924

5 Richard W. Gibson 1907–1998

6 Raymond Gibson ?–?

Parents Samuel Richard "Dick" Gibson + Unnamed …

1 Martha Gibson ?–?

2 Ethel Gibson ?–1923