William H Gibson (abt. 1870)

Born about Jan 1870 in Belmont Co., Ohio, USA

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Biography

William was born about 1870. William Gibson ... ^[1]

William appears to be an orphan raised by Thomas English and his wife Lavinia Fry . William was named in Thomas' will.

1870 census -- Somerset Twnp., Belmont Co., Ohio, USA

Thomas English, age 55, male, white, farmer, $8750 real estate, $1420 personal property, born Ohio, father of foreign birth; Lavina English, age 36, female, white, keeping house, born Virginia; Susanah Gray, age 12, female, white, attending school, born Ohio, attended school; William Gibson, age 6/12 (Jan), male, white, at home, born Ohio.

1880 census -- Somerset Twnp., Belmont Co., Ohio, USA

Thomas English, white, male, age 65, married, farmer, born Ohio, father born Ireland, mother born Virginia; Lavenia English, white, female, age 41, wife, married, keeping house, born Virginia, father born Virginia, mother born Virginia; Annie Gray, white, female, age 20, servant, house maid, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio; H William Gibson, white, male, age 10, son, single, at school, attended school; born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio; Effie Roberson, white, female, age 2, daughter, single, at home, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio; Linley Craft, white, male, age 28, servant, single, farm laborer, born Ohio, father born _____, mother born Ohio

Sources

"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6VJ-M4W : 17 October 2014), William Gibson in household of Thomas English, Ohio, United States; citing p. 36, family 259, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,673.

"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ18-YHT : 14 July 2016), H William Gipson in household of Thomas English, Somerset, Belmont, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district ED 32, sheet 388B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0995; FHL microfilm 1,254,995.

1. ↑ A source for this information is needed.

Research Notes

Multiple William H. Gibson records in Family Search with DOB about 1870. Additional information will be needed for thorough searching and sourcing. Bittner-246 09:06, 1 October 2016 (EDT)