Chester William Gibson (1905 - 1990)

Born 2 May 1905 in Burns, Harney, Oregon, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Myrtle Marie (Stiles) Gibson — married 4 Feb 1951 in Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States

Died 5 Jul 1990 at age 85 in Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States

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WWII US Navy

Biography

This profile is part of the Gibson Name Study.

Chester was born about 1906. He was the son of Victor Gibson and Alma Smith. He passed away in 1990. ^[1]

As a child, I never quite understood how a person could live in a 3 room house, with a garden that over-shadowed the house by so much. But I could run though it and pick & eat to my hearts' delight, because Uncle Ches' believed in gardening the old fashioned way; with back-breaking work & lots & lots of sweat. But his onions were almost as sweet as his tomatoes, and the snap beans were fun to 'snap' by the hour, it seemed to a 10 year old. I found his stories of roasting rattle-snake stew and other delights that he as a Chef to Admiral Halsey before his injury; that was a simple fall down some metal battleship stairs, that wiped out several vertebrae. He self medicated, a lot. He never, ever married, but he did have several long time girlfriends. He basically lived in his garden & in this little hole-in-the-wall bar that knew him though good times & bad. Later, when I started driving TaxiCab, this bar became somewhat of a surprise, because no one but me would go there.(!) Later in his life Uncle Ches would often forget who my Mother was, & start flirting with her, Penny, who was his girlfriend, would always take care of the situation. We all loved her for that. I was away when he died, I can only imagine Penny also took care of this; because it seems to be Civil rather than Milatary.

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Sources

1. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Debra Downs, Wednesday, October 15, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.

See also:

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLYF-N39 : accessed 27 May 2022), Chester W Gibson in household of Victor C Gibson, Burns, Harney, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 77, sheet 3B, family 74, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1281; FHL microfilm 1,375,294.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDCK-VDT : 1 February 2021), Chester Gibson in entry for Victor C Gibson, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHDP-RHD : accessed 27 May 2022), Chester W Gibson in household of Victor C Gibson, Parma, Canyon, Idaho, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 45, sheet , line , family , NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll ; FHL microfilm .

• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMNZ-4JF : 5 December 2014), Chester W Gibson, enlisted 18 May 1942, Pocatello, Idaho, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.