John McNeil Gibson (1830 - 1885)

Born 13 Aug 1830 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Husband of Jean (Ballantyne) Gibson — married 31 Dec 1850 (to 1885) in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 24 Jul 1885 at age 54 in Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia

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Biography

John Gibson was born at Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, on 13 August 1830.^[1] He was the son of Archibald Gibson and Ann McNeil.

He married Jean Ballantyne at Paisley Low Church on 31 December 1850.^[2] They had seven children together.

At the 1851 census they were probably living at 12 Saucel, Paisley Abbey, Renfrewshire.^[3]

In 1858 the family migrated to New South Wales via the ship Daphne, which arrived 16 January 1859. On board were John (29) & Jane (30), and their children Anne (7), Mary (5), and John McNeil Gibson (2).^[4]

He died at Port Douglas, Queensland, in 1885,^[5] and was buried in the Port Douglas Cemetery.^[6]

Research Notes

Death registration has date as 24 July, headstone has 27 July. Possibly an error as it looks like it was put up many years later.

Sources

1. ↑ ScotlandsPeople: Old parish registers - Births and Baptisms: GIBSON JOHN, parents: ARCHIBALD GIBSON/ANNE MCNEIL FR2156 (FR2156), M, 13/08/1830 559, 60 / 319, parish: ABBEY
2. ↑ Marriage: "Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910"
   Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013
   Ancestry au Record 60144 #1653173 (accessed 1 June 2023)
   Jane Ballantine (22) marriage to John Gibson on 31 Dec 1850 at Low Church, Paisley, Renfrew, Scotland.
3. ↑ Uncertain if this is the same couple: "1851 Scotland Census"
   Parish: Paisley Abbey; ED: 20; Page: 6; Line: 6; Roll: CSSCT1851_126; Year: 1851; Household schedule number: 22; Roll: CSSCT1851_126
   Ancestry au Record 1076 #1589437 (accessed 4 June 2023)
   John Gibeson (20), Woolen Dyer, head of household at 12 Saucel, Paisley Abbey, Renfrewshire. Born in Paisley, Renfrew. John Gibeson 20, wife Jean Gibeson 21.
4. ↑ "New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896"
   State Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood New South Wales, Australia; Persons on bounty ships (Agent's Immigrant Lists); Series: 5316; Reel: 2138
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 1204 #171925 (accessed 4 June 2023)
   Name: John Gibson; Birth Year: abt 1830; Age: 29; Gender: Male; Arrival Date: 16 Jan 1859; Vessel Name: Daphne.
5. ↑ Death Registration Index, The State of Queensland, Department of Justice and Attorney-General, Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages; index entry for John McNeil Gibson, Death date: 24 Jul 1885, Father: Archibald Gibson, Mother: Ann McNeil, Registration Number: 1885/C/1216; Link to Record : accessed 04 Jun 2023
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/73830826/john-gibson: accessed 04 June 2023), memorial page for John Gibson (unknown–27 Jul 1885), Find A Grave: Memorial #73830826, citing Port Douglas Cemetery, Port Douglas, Douglas Shire, Queensland, Australia; Maintained by Rachel Reese (contributor 47553603).