Timeline
John McTurk Gibson's life and family
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Timeline John McTurk Gibson's life and family |
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| 1820 | ||||
| 1827 | • | 27 Dec | • | John McTurk Gibson born at Hillhead, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland |
| 1830 | ||||
| 1837 | • | 27 Sep | • | his future wife, Olive Caroline Givens, born near Armiesburg, Indiana |
| 1840 | ||||
| 1848 | • | 27 Jan | • | Olive's mother, Nancy (Wannamahker) Givens, died near Armiesburg, Indiana |
| 1849 | • | 05 Oct | • | Father, John Gibson, died at Hillhead |
| 1850 | ||||
| 1850 | • | ??? | • | Immigrated to America (Reference) (Help!) |
| 1852 | • | • | Enumerated in the 1852 Iowa census at Iowa City, Iowa (Reference) | |
| 1855 | • | 27 Dec | • | Married Olive Caroline Givens at Marengo, Iowa |
| 1856 | • | • | Enumerated in the 1856 Iowa census at Marengo, Iowa
• occupation: Clerk • years resided in Iowa: 4 |
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| 1856 | • | 27 Nov | • | First child, Mignionette, born at Marengo, Iowa |
| 1856 | • | 12 Dec | • | Gibson filed charges in Iowa County Court, Marengo, Iowa against a stage-driver, accused him of commiting a misdemeanor, defendant found guilty and fined $500 |
| 1858 | • | 10 Jun | • | Olive's father, Benjamin Givens, died at Marengo, Iowa |
| 1859 | • | 18 Apr | • | Left Marengo with 11 other men on journey to Pike's Peak gold rush, including brother-in-law, William H. Givens (Journal entry) |
| 1859 | • | 09 May | • | Wrote letter home from Plattsmouth, Nebraska Territory (Journal entry) |
| 1859 | • | 13 May | • | Traveling group decided to go on to California after hearing that Pike's Peak was a bust (Journal entry) |
| 1859 | • | 01 Jul | • | Second child, John, born at Marengo, Iowa |
| 1859 | • | 10 Sep | • | Reached Coloma, California in the heart of the gold diggings and took a job for $3 per day (Journal entry) |
| 1860 | ||||
| 1860 | • | 15 Aug | • | Enumerated in the 1860 Iowa census at Marengo, Iowa (Reference)
• occupation: Clerk • Gibson was still in California, counted in Iowa • listed as attending school during the last year |
| 1861 | • | 08 Nov | • | Boarded the passenger ship Sonora at San Francisco, bound for Iowa via Panama |
| 1861 | • | 25 Nov | • | Reached Bay of Panama, traveled by train across isthmus boarded the Northern Light bound for the east coast of US |
| 1863 | • | 24 Aug | • | Daughter, Agnes, born at Marengo, Iowa |
| 1865 | • | 11 Dec | • | Daughter, Ida May, born at Helena Mills, Iowa |
| 1868 | • | 28 Jan | • | Son, James, born at Helena Mills, Iowa |
| 1868 | • | • | Homesteaded on SW 1/4 Section 34, Township 4 North, Range 3 East in Jefferson county, Nebraska | |
| 1869 | • | 05 Nov | • | Son, Charles Sumner, born near Plymouth, Nebraska |
| 1870 | ||||
| 1870 | • | 02 Jul | • | Enumerated in the 1870 Nebraska census in Cub Creek Precinct, Jefferson county, Nebraska
• occupation: Farmer |
| 1871 | • | 11 Nov | • | Daughter, Olive Caroline, born near Plymouth, Nebraska |
| 1876 | • | 14 Dec | • | Recorded plat of Gibson's Addition to the City of Fairbury, Nebraska |
| 1878 | • | 11 May | • | Son, Jess Hanford, born near Plymouth, Nebraska |
| 1880 | ||||
| 1880 | • | • | Enumerated in the 1880 Nebraska census in Gibson Precinct, Jefferson county, Nebraska
• occupation: Lumber yard |
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| 1882 | • | 15 Feb | • | Mother, Margaret (Smith) Gibson, died at Mainshill, Stair, Ayrshire, Scotland |
| 1882 | • | 29 Nov | • | Son, Ross Howard, born near Plymouth, Nebraska |
| 1885 | • | • | Enumerated in the 1885 Nebraska census in Gibson Precinct, Jefferson county, Nebraska
• occupation: Farmer |
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| 1890 | ||||
| 1891 | • | 04 Jun | • | John McTurk Gibson died at home near Plymouth, Nebraska |
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| 1916 | • | 15 Aug | • | Wife, Olive, died at Fairbury, Nebraska |
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