William GibsonAge: 461842–1889
- Name
- William Gibson
- Given names
- William
- Surname
- Gibson
Billy …
- Name
- Billy …
- Given names
- Billy
Birth | 31 October 1842 32 20 Pennsylvania, USA Note: ONLY child that stayed on farm all his life. Did not move Spelled GIPSON on the 1870 census | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian History | 1842 Note: Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian History | 1843 (Age 2 months) Note: Australia's first parliamentary elections held for the New South Wales Legislative Council (though voting rights are restricted to males of certain wealth or property). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Birth of a sister | 31 October 1844 (Age 2) Pennsylvania, USA
younger sister -
Margaret Elizabeth "Lib" Gibson
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Australian History | 1845 (Age 2) Note: The ship Cataraqui is wrecked off King Island in Bass Strait. It is Australia's worst civil maritime disaster, with 406 lives lost. Note: Copper is discovered at Burra in South Australia. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Birth of a sister | 9 January 1847 (Age 4) Pennsylvania, USA
younger sister -
Jane Gibson
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Birth of a brother | 12 February 1849 (Age 6) Pennsylvania, USA
younger brother -
James Gibson Jr
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Census | 1 June 1850 (Age 7) Oakland, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA
Shared note:
1850 USA Census transcript - James Gibson - Household
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Australian History | 1850 (Age 7) Note: Western Australia becomes a penal colony. Note: Australian Colonies Government Act [1850] grants representative constitutions to New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania, colonies set about writing constitutions which produced democratically progressive parliaments Note: Australia's first university, the University of Sydney, is founded. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Birth of a sister | 28 May 1851 (Age 8) Pennsylvania, USA
younger sister -
Annie Gibson
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Australian History | 1851 (Age 8) Note: Victoria separates from New South Wales. Note: The Victorian gold rush starts when gold is found at Summerhill Creek and Ballarat. Note: Forest Creek Monster Meeting of miners at Chewton near Castlemaine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian History | 1853 (Age 10) Note: Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Birth of a brother | 16 May 1854 (Age 11) Pennsylvania, USA
younger brother -
Robert Gibson
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Australian History | 1854 (Age 11) Note: The Eureka Stockade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian History | 1855 (Age 12) Note: The transportation of convicts to Norfolk Island ceases. Note: All men over 21 years of age obtain the right to vote in South Australia. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Birth of a brother | 8 May 1856 (Age 13) Pennsylvania, USA
younger brother -
Daniel Gibson
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Australian History | 1856 (Age 13) Note: Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian History | 1857 (Age 14) Note: Victorian Committee reported that a 'federal union' would be in the interests of all the growing colonies. However, there was not enough interest in or enthusiasm for taking positive steps towards bringing the colonies together. Note: Victorian men achieve the right to vote. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Birth of a brother | 9 May 1858 (Age 15) Oil City, Pennsylvania, USA
younger brother -
John Gibson
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Australian History | 1858 (Age 15) Note: Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. Note: New South Wales men achieve the right to vote. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian History | 1859 (Age 16) Note: SS Admella wrecked off south-east coast of South Australia with the loss of 89 lives. Note: Australian rules football codified, Melbourne Football Club founded Note: Queensland separates from New South Wales with its western border at 141 degrees E. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Birth of a brother | 12 November 1860 (Age 18) Pennsylvania, USA
younger brother -
Samuel Richard "Dick" Gibson
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Australian History | 1860 (Age 17) Note: John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian History | 1861 (Age 18) Note: The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs. Note: skiing in Australia introduced by Norwegians in the Snowy Mountains goldrush town of Kiandra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian History | 1862 (Age 19) Note: Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian History | 1863 (Age 20) Note: South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marriage | Elizabeth Mc Nutt - View family 4 October 1866 (Age 23) Meadville, Pennsylvania, USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian History | 1867 (Age 24) Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Birth of a son #1 | 15 April 1868 (Age 25) Rouseville, Pennsylvania, USA
son -
James M. Gibson
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Australian History | 1868 (Age 25) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian History | 1869 (Age 26) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Death of a brother | 18 March 1872 (Age 29) Pennsylvania, USA
younger brother -
Robert Gibson
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Australian History | 1872 (Age 29) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Birth of a daughter #2 | 4 November 1873 (Age 31) Rouseville, Pennsylvania, USA
daughter -
Ida Gertrude Gibson
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Australian History | 1873 (Age 30) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian History | 1875 (Age 32) 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 35) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian History | 1879 (Age 36) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian History | 1880 (Age 37) 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 daughter #3 | 1 July 1882 (Age 39) Rouseville, Pennsylvania, USA
daughter -
Jesse Gibson
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Australian History | 1882 (Age 39) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian History | 1883 (Age 40) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marriage of a brother | John Gibson - View family about 1885 (Age 42) Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
younger brother -
John Gibson
sister-in-law -
Kate Mc Cann
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Death of a mother | 3 October 1885 (Age 42) Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
mother -
Martha "Mattie" Gregg
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Australian History | 1887 (Age 44) 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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian History | 1889 (Age 46) Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Death | 20 August 1889 (Age 46) Pennsylvania (Chicago), USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Birth of a daughter #4 | about 1900 (10 years after death)
daughter -
Female Gibson
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12 years mother |
Martha "Mattie" Gregg
Birth 1822 (estimated) 54 Ballinascadden, Parish Of Killmacrenan, County Donegal, Ireland Death 3 October 1885 (Age 63) Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Loading...
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#1 himself |
William Gibson
Birth 31 October 1842 32 20 Pennsylvania, USA Death 20 August 1889 (Age 46) Pennsylvania (Chicago), USA Loading...
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2 years #2 younger sister |
Margaret Elizabeth "Lib" Gibson
Birth 31 October 1844 34 22 Pennsylvania, USA Death Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Loading...
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2 years #3 younger sister |
Jane Gibson
Birth 9 January 1847 37 25 Pennsylvania, USA Death 1928 (Age 80) Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Loading...
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2 years #4 younger brother |
James Gibson Jr
Birth 12 February 1849 39 27 Pennsylvania, USA Death 27 February 1924 (Age 75) Washington, District of Columbia, USA Loading...
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2 years #5 younger sister |
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3 years #6 younger brother |
Robert Gibson
Birth 16 May 1854 44 32 Pennsylvania, USA Death 18 March 1872 (Age 17) Pennsylvania, USA Loading...
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2 years #7 younger brother |
Daniel Gibson
Birth 8 May 1856 46 34 Pennsylvania, USA Death after 1936 (Age 79) California, USA Loading...
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2 years #8 younger brother |
John Gibson
Birth 9 May 1858 48 36 Oil City, Pennsylvania, USA Death 9 August 1936 (Age 78) Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Loading...
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3 years #9 younger brother |
Samuel Richard "Dick" Gibson
Birth 12 November 1860 50 38 Pennsylvania, USA Death 29 October 1903 (Age 42) Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Loading...
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Family with Elizabeth Mc Nutt - View family |
himself |
William Gibson
Birth 31 October 1842 32 20 Pennsylvania, USA Death 20 August 1889 (Age 46) Pennsylvania (Chicago), USA Loading...
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4 years wife |
Elizabeth Mc Nutt
Birth 7 December 1846 28 Death 25 November 1939 (Age 92) Rouseville, Pennsylvania, USA Loading...
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Marriage: 4 October 1866 — Meadville, Pennsylvania, USA |
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18 months #1 son |
James M. Gibson
Birth 15 April 1868 25 21 Rouseville, Pennsylvania, USA Death April 1924 (Age 55) Lancaster, Ohio, USA Loading...
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6 years #2 daughter |
Ida Gertrude Gibson
Birth 4 November 1873 31 26 Rouseville, Pennsylvania, USA Death 7 November 1970 (Age 97) Loading...
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9 years #3 daughter |
Jesse Gibson
Birth 1 July 1882 39 35 Rouseville, Pennsylvania, USA Death 1973 (Age 90) Loading...
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18 years #4 daughter |
Female Gibson
Birth about 1900 57 53 Death yes Loading...
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William Gibson has 10 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (10)
Parents John Baptist Louise Masson + Margaret Rose Gregg
Parents Daniel Mc Entosh Gregg Sr. + Sarah Jane Humphrey
Birth | ONLY child that stayed on farm all his life. Did not move Spelled GIPSON on the 1870 census | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian History | Copper is discovered at Kapunda in South Australia. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian History | Australia's first parliamentary elections held for the New South Wales Legislative Council (though voting rights are restricted to males of certain wealth or property). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian History | The ship Cataraqui is wrecked off King Island in Bass Strait. It is Australia's worst civil maritime disaster, with 406 lives lost. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Census |
1850 USA Census transcript - James Gibson - Household
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Australian History | Western Australia becomes a penal colony. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian History | Victoria separates from New South Wales. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian History | Bendigo Petition and Red Ribbon Rebellion at Bendigo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian History | The Eureka Stockade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian History | The transportation of convicts to Norfolk Island ceases. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian History | Van Diemen's Land name changed to Tasmania. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian History | Victorian Committee reported that a 'federal union' would be in the interests of all the growing colonies. However, there was not enough interest in or enthusiasm for taking positive steps towards bringing the colonies together. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian History | Sydney and Melbourne linked by electric telegraph. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian History | SS Admella wrecked off south-east coast of South Australia with the loss of 89 lives. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian History | John McDouall Stuart reaches the centre of the continent. South Australian border changed from 132 degrees E to 129 degrees E. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian History | The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition occurs. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian History | Stuart reaches Port Darwin, founding a settlement there. Queensland's western border is moved to 139 degrees E. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian History | South Australia takes control of the Northern Territory which was part of the colony of New South Wales. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian History | Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian History | The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian History | Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian History | Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian History | Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian History | SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian History | First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian History | The first congress of trade unions is held. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian History | The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian History | First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian History | The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian History | 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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian History | The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. |