Rosa Alice (Miller) Gibson (1880 - 1972)

Born 5 May 1880 in Union Township, Ringgold, Iowa, United States

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Died 15 Oct 1972 at age 92 in Ellendale, Dickey, North Dakota, United States

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Biography

Rosa Alice Miller was born May 5, 1880, on the Miller farm (now known as Rowdy Reserve) in Union Township, Ringgold County, Iowa. She is the daughter of Jarodus Miller and Eliza Hamilton.

In 1880 Rosa and her four siblings were at home with their parents on the farm in Union Township. Her uncle, Miles, was also counted in the household.^[1]

In the 1885 Iowa census, a Josephine appears in Rosa's place. Otherwise, everyone appears as expected.^[2]

Rosa married Hamilton Cree Gibson December 17, 1895, in Afton, Iowa.^[3]

In 1900, Rosa (20) and her family were living in Monroe Township, Ringgold County, Iowa.^[4]

Sometime after 1906, Rosa and her family moved by train to Fullerton, North Dakota, with some milk cows. They initially lived in a hotel there and during that time lost their daughter, Gladys, to the "Black Measles". After burying their daughter, they moved on to Ellendale where they began supplying fresh milk daily to the people of that town.^[5][6]

In 1920, the family is listed in Van Meter in Dickey County.^[7]

It appears that Rosa and the remnant of her family moved into the town of Ellendale in 1930.^[8]

By 1940, Hamilton and Rosa have no children living with them.^[9]

Rosa (Miller) Gibson died October 15, 1972, in Ellendale.^[5]

Note

Lived in Newton, IA for awhile with her son.

Sources

1. ↑ US1880 Enumerated as Ida B.
2. ↑ IA1885 Josephine listed as age 4, born in Ringgold County.
3. ↑ IAMarr
4. ↑ US1900
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Tiegs
6. ↑ US1910
7. ↑ US1920 Not sure if this represents a move or merely a reclassification.
8. ↑ US1930
9. ↑ US1940

• 1880 US Federal Census; Census Place: Union, Ringgold, Iowa; Enumeration Date: 30 June 1880; Roll: 362; Family History Film: 1254362; Page: 67B; Enumeration District: 199; Image: 0606. (Ancestry.com)
• 1885 Iowa State Census, Census Place: Union, Ringgold, Iowa (Ancestry.com)
• Iowa, Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996 (Ancestry.com)
• Tiegs, Curtis Dale. Letter to Thomas Tiegs, December 24, 2011.
• 1900 United States Federal Census; Census Place: Monroe, Ringgold, Iowa; Roll: T623_457; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 109.(Ancestry.com)
• 1910 United States Federal Census; Census Place: Ellendale, Dickey, North Dakota; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: .(Ancestry.com)
• 1920 United States Federal Census; Census Place: Van Meter, Dickey, North Dakota; Roll: T625_1332; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 257; Image: .(Ancestry.com)
• 1930 United States Federal Census; Census Place: Ellendale, Dickey, North Dakota; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: . (Ancestry.com)
• 1940 United States Federal Census; Census Place: Ellendale, Dickey, North Dakota; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: . (Ancestry.com)