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| Ralph Kinney Giberson and Mary (Ebbett) Giberson |
Ralph Kinney Giberson
Parents William O Giberson and Temperance Kenny
Born 2 Nov 1842 Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Occupation: Farmer (1881)
Married Mary Elizabeth Ebbett 4 Sep 1864 Bridgewater, Aroostook, Maine
Died 25 May 1917 New Brunswick, Canada
Buried: Barker Cemetery, Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
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| Ralph and Mary's headstone |
Book: John Giberson Loyalist by WFWaugh, 1999, page 34
Family Bible owned (in 1971) by child #16, Mary Bell. The bible was to go to Haddie Ackart, daughter of child #8 (Rachel)
1871 Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canadian Census (age 24) Page 74 line 8 family 256
1881 Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canadian Census (age 38) Page 36 family 153
1891 Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canadian Census (age 47)
Picture of the couple: found among my mother-in-laws pictures at her death
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94669517/ralph-kinney-giberson
Mary Elizabeth Ebbett
Parents Joseph Ebbett and Rachel Hutchinson
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94669517/ralph-kinney-giberson
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| Mary Elizabeth Ebbett Giberson |
Parents Joseph Ebbett and Rachel Hutchinson
Born 28 Jul 1847 New Brunswick, Canada
Died 24 Sep 1927 New Brunswick, Canada
Buried: Barker Cemetery, Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Died 24 Sep 1927 New Brunswick, Canada
Buried: Barker Cemetery, Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Obituary: Observer 5 Oct 1927
On September 24th at 6:30pm Mrs. Mary E Giberson, Age 80 years, widow of the late Ralph Giberson, died of cancer of stomach. Tended by daughter and granddaughter Mrs. Maude L Carr, RN. Six months sick. Married 63 years Sep 3. Husband died 10 years ago. Leaves to mourn six children, Mrs. Alonzo Giberson, Mrs. Carrie B. Hodgon, Mrs. George Kearny, Mrs. Asa Davenport, Ransford C. Giberson, Mrs. Melvin Elliott; Eighteen grandchildren and thirty great-grandchildren. Funeral by Rev. G.A. Giberson. Pallbearers were four grandsons, Ralph K. Giberson, Lee A. Giberson, P.Giberson and Ralph K. Kearney. Flowers: Mrs. Eldridge Grass, Mrs. Elmer Lee, Mrs. John Miller, Mrs. Harley Shaw, Maude L. Carr, Lee & Ralph Kearney, Donald & Clarence Giberson
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| Mary E Giberson shared by Judith Anne Darrach on ancestry.com and titled it "Little Gram" |
Sources
Book: John Giberson Loyalist by WFWaugh, 1999, page 34
Obituary: The Observer, issue: 5 Oct 1927
1851 Census of Wicklow - she was listed as Mary Abbott, age 4, and living in her grandparents' (John Hutchinsons) household
1871 Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canadian Census (age 24) Page 74 line 9 family 256
1881 Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canadian Census (age 34) Page 36 family 153
1891 Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canadian Census
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94669035/mary-elizabeth-giberson
Mary Giberson
Born 1865 Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Died young of cholera
Sources
Family Bible owned (in 1971) by Mary Giberson Bell
Memorial: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=94692246
*Lois Maude Giberson
Born 4 Mar 1867 Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Married George Alonzo Giberson 31 Mar 1882 Holmesville, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Children: Ralph, Glasier, Janet, Caroline
Died 30 Dec 1930 Holmesville, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
1871 Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canadian Census (age 24) Page 74 line 9 family 256
1881 Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canadian Census (age 34) Page 36 family 153
1891 Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canadian Census
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94669035/mary-elizabeth-giberson
CHILDREN
Mary Giberson
Born 1865 Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Died young of cholera
Sources
Family Bible owned (in 1971) by Mary Giberson Bell
Memorial: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=94692246
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| Lois Maude Giberson |
Born 4 Mar 1867 Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Married George Alonzo Giberson 31 Mar 1882 Holmesville, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Children: Ralph, Glasier, Janet, Caroline
Died 30 Dec 1930 Holmesville, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
COD: Uterine Cancer
Informant on Death Certificate: her husband (Alonzo Giberson)
Buried: 1 Jan 1931 Holmesville, Canada
Sources
Her granddaughter, Bessie
Book: John Giberson Loyalist by WFWaugh, 1999, page 34, 145
1871 Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canadian Census (age 4) Page 74 line 10 family 256
1881 Canadian Census Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick (age 14)
1891 Canadian Census Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick (age 24)
1901 Canadian Census Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick (age 34)
1911 Canadian Census Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick (age 43)
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| Headstone for George and Lois Maude |
Her granddaughter, Bessie
Book: John Giberson Loyalist by WFWaugh, 1999, page 34, 145
1871 Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canadian Census (age 4) Page 74 line 10 family 256
1881 Canadian Census Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick (age 14)
1891 Canadian Census Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick (age 24)
1901 Canadian Census Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick (age 34)
1911 Canadian Census Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick (age 43)
1921 Canadian Census Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada (age 55)
Death Certificate
Born 25 Feb 1868 Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Died young
Sources
Book: John Giberson Loyalist by WFWaugh, 1999, page 34
Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94717886/alma-giberson
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| Carolyn Brown Giberson Hodgson |
Born 17 Mar 1869 Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Occupation: Book Binder
Married Josiah Starbird Hodgson 4 February 1893 Presque Isle, Aroostook, Maine
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| Marriage record - Josiah's second, her first |
Children: Zippora, Marion, Ralph, Gordon, Ella
Died: 18 October 1859 Waldoboro, Lincoln, Maine
Buried: German Protestant Cemetery, Waldoboro, Lincoln, Maine
Sources
Book: John Giberson Loyalist by WFWaugh, 1999, page 34
Buried: German Protestant Cemetery, Waldoboro, Lincoln, Maine
Sources
Book: John Giberson Loyalist by WFWaugh, 1999, page 34
Marriage to Josiah: Maine Vital Records
1871 Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canadian Census (age 2)
1881 Canadian Census Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick (age 12)
1891 Canadian Census Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick (age 22)
1910 US Census Presque Isle, Aroostook Maine (age 41)
1881 Canadian Census Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick (age 12)
1891 Canadian Census Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick (age 22)
1910 US Census Presque Isle, Aroostook Maine (age 41)
1930 US Census Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut (age 61, widow)
1940 US Census Waldoboro, Lincoln, Maine (age 71)
For a wonderful view of her handwriting: http://www.heirloomsreunited.com/2012/08/1880s-autograph-album-of-caroline-brown.html
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| Carolyn's headstone |
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| Memorial created by Eileen Lentz |
Born 5 Oct 1870 Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Died 1871 Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Sources
Book: John Giberson Loyalist by WFWaugh, 1999, page 34
Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94718899/martha-giberson
Temperance Elizabeth Giberson
Born 9 Apr 1872 Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Married George Whitfield Kearny 23 Feb 1892 New Brunswick, Canada
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| Marriage Certificate for Temperance and George |
Children: Hilkiah, Maude, Mary, Catherine, Lee, Ruth, Ralph, Murray, Mary
Died 9 May 1934 Holmesville, New Brunswick, Canada
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| Headstone for Temperance and George |
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| Death notice in paper |
Obituary: Observer 26 Apr 1934
Died: Mrs. George Kearney at age 62 years, nee Temperance Elizabeth Giberson. Leaves to mourn: husband, three daughters, Mrs. Haley McLaughlin (Maude) of Fort Fairfield, Mrs. Harley Shaw of Westfield, Maine(Ruth), & Mary at home; three sons Lee and Ralph of Maple Grove, Maine, and Murray at home; Three sisters, Mrs. Carrie Hogdon of Waldoboro, Maine, Mrs. Albert Bell & Mrs A. Davenport of Gordonsville & one brother Rainsford Giberson
Sources
Book: John Giberson Loyalist by WFWaugh, 1999, page 34
New Brunswick Provincial Marriages
Death notice: Fort Fairfield Review, page 10, issue 9 May 1934
1881 Canadian Census Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada (age 10)
1891 Canadian Census Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada (age 19)
1901 Canadian Census Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada (age 28)
1911 Canadian Census Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada (age 31)
Born 5 Oct 1873 Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Died 1881 Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Sources
Book: John Giberson Loyalist by WFWaugh, 1999, page 34
Memorial created by Eileen Lentz: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114299785/benjamin-giberson
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| Rachel Levina Giberson |
Born 16 Jul 1875 Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Married 1) Frederick Dibble Giberson 13 Jun 1896
2) David Creighton Bell 13 Apr 1899
Children: Harriet, Mary
3) Asa Kinney Davenport 23 Jun 1902
Children: Creighton
Died 5 Sep 1964 Fielding, New Brunswick, Canada
Buried: Pine Tree Cemetery, Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
OBITUARY
FIELDING LADY PASSES AWAY
Many friends and relatives learned with the regret of the death of Mrs. Rachel Levina Davenport which occurred at her home in Fielding, Sept. 5, [1964] following an illness of several months. She was 89 years of age. Born at Giberson Settlement, N. B., she was a daughter of the late Ralph E. and Mary (Abbott) Giberson. She had lived in Fielding the past sixty years.
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| Rachel Giberson Davenport Davenport headstone and Mary Giberson Bell, her sister |
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Gilbert Ackart (Harriet), East Orange, N. J.; and Mrs. Harry Dyer (Mary), Fielding; one son, Creighton Davenport of Fielding; one brother, Ransford Giberson, and one sister, Mrs. Albert Bell, both of Gordonsville. Also surviving are nine grandchildren, twenty-one great-grandchildren, nine great-great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held from the home to the Primative Baptist church, Fielding, with Rev. Philip Giberson, Bath, officiating, assisted by Rev. A. Hatfield and Rev. T. J. Gordon. Hymns rendered by Saunders Giberson and Armand Giberson were "In The Sweet Bye And Bye", "Pearly White City" and "Will The Circle Be Unbroken". Mrs. Roy Haynes was organist. Pallbearers were Arnold Giberson, Bordon Giberson, Douglas Bell, Wilbert Curtis, Charles Sutherland,, and Merton Allaby. Interment was in the Pine Tree Cemetery, Bath. There were many beautiful floral tributes, also donations to the Gideon Bible Society and the Cancer Fund. Relatives attended from Hamilton, Ont.; Halifax, N. S.; Fredericton, Aroostook, Perth, and parts of Maine.
Sources
Book: John Giberson Loyalist by WFWaugh, 1999, page 34, 38-40
Obituary from the Observer, 1964
Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86122827/rachel-levina-davenport
Born 12 Nov 1877 Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Died 1881 Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Sources
Book: John Giberson Loyalist by WFWaugh, 1999, page 34
Memorial created by Eileen Lentz: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114299130/colwell-b-giberson
Note: the memorial reads "infant" when (according to the CDC) infants are 0-1 year old
Born 8 Nov 1880 Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Died 1881
Sources
Book: John Giberson Loyalist by WFWaugh, 1999, page 34
Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114300347/alice-m-giberson
Born 27 Jan 1881 Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Died April 1881 (age 3 months) Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Sources
Book: John Giberson Loyalist by WFWaugh, 1999, page 34, 41
Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114342920/william-giberson
Book: John Giberson Loyalist by WFWaugh, 1999, page 34, 41
Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114342920/william-giberson
Born 4 Feb 1883 Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Died 1884 Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
COD: Cholera
Sources
Book: John Giberson Loyalist by WFWaugh, 1999, page 34
Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114301837/ralph-k-giberson
William GibersonBorn 2 May 1885 Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Died 1891 Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
COD: Cholera
Sources
Book: John Giberson Loyalist by WFWaugh, 1999, page 34
Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114342920/william-giberson
Born 29 Nov 1887 Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Died 1888 Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
COD: Cholera
Sources
Book: John Giberson Loyalist by WFWaugh, 1999, page 34
Family Search
ancestry.com
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| Ransford Charles Giberson |
Born 24 Sep 1889 Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Married 1) Annie B Holmes 17 Oct 1908 Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Children: Donald, Clarence
2) Verna Ruth Kinney 26 December 1933 Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
2) Verna Ruth Kinney 26 December 1933 Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Children: Henry, Ransford, Thomas, Ralph, Violet, Mary, daughter
Died 17 Mar 1965 Gordonsville, Canada
Buried: Free Baptist Cemetery, Bristol, New Brunswick, Canada
Obituary Observer 1 Apr 1965
Ransford Charles Giberson, Died at his home in Gordonsville on Mar 17, born at Giberson Settlement, son of Mary and Ralph Giberson, aged 75 years. Funeral March 1st, Saturday at Primitive Baptist Church, Fielding, by Rev. Lawrence Corey and Rev. Ziba Lockhart. Internment at Free Baptist Cemetery, Bristol. Pallbearers - 5 nephews, Creighton Davenport, Ralph Kearney, Bordon, Arnold & John Giberson & brother-in-law Clifford Kinney. Leaving wife, Verna Kinney, 4 sons - Henry, Ransford Jr., Thomas, of Gordonsville & Ralph of Hamilton; three daughters, Mrs. Violet Chase, Mrs. Robert (Mary) Lankey & Mrs. Thomas Murchison all of Ontario; two sons from a previous marriage, Donald of Bangor, ME and Clarence of England; one sister, Mrs. Mary Bell of Gordonsville.
Sources
Book: John Giberson Loyalist by WFWaugh, 1999, page 34, 41
Pic and Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114344299/ransford-charles-giberson
Mary Elora Giberson
Born 13 Dec 1892 Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Married 1) Melvin W (Mev) Elliott 29 Mar 1911
No Children
2) Albert Asa Bell 7 Jul 1884 Gordonsville, New Brunswick, Canada
Children: she became stepmother to his six: Myrtle, Alberta, Doug, Edna, David, Clara
Died 9 Nov 1976 Bath, New Brunswick, Canada
Buried: Pine Tree Cemetery, Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Obituary of Mary E. Giberson, b. 13 Dec 1893 at Giberson Settlement, NB, d. 9 Nov 1976 at Bath, NB, Buried Pine Tree cemetery; married Albert A Bell. Step-mother of his 6 children, Myrtle, Douglas, Alberta, Edna, David & Dollie Bell. One of 16 children of Ralph K. Giberson; she was the last surviving of 16 children. No children from her marriage to Albert A. Bell.
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| Headstone for Ransford and Verna |
Buried: Free Baptist Cemetery, Bristol, New Brunswick, Canada
Obituary Observer 1 Apr 1965
Ransford Charles Giberson, Died at his home in Gordonsville on Mar 17, born at Giberson Settlement, son of Mary and Ralph Giberson, aged 75 years. Funeral March 1st, Saturday at Primitive Baptist Church, Fielding, by Rev. Lawrence Corey and Rev. Ziba Lockhart. Internment at Free Baptist Cemetery, Bristol. Pallbearers - 5 nephews, Creighton Davenport, Ralph Kearney, Bordon, Arnold & John Giberson & brother-in-law Clifford Kinney. Leaving wife, Verna Kinney, 4 sons - Henry, Ransford Jr., Thomas, of Gordonsville & Ralph of Hamilton; three daughters, Mrs. Violet Chase, Mrs. Robert (Mary) Lankey & Mrs. Thomas Murchison all of Ontario; two sons from a previous marriage, Donald of Bangor, ME and Clarence of England; one sister, Mrs. Mary Bell of Gordonsville.
Sources
Book: John Giberson Loyalist by WFWaugh, 1999, page 34, 41
Pic and Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114344299/ransford-charles-giberson
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| Mary Elora Giberson Bell |
Born 13 Dec 1892 Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Married 1) Melvin W (Mev) Elliott 29 Mar 1911
No Children
2) Albert Asa Bell 7 Jul 1884 Gordonsville, New Brunswick, Canada
Children: she became stepmother to his six: Myrtle, Alberta, Doug, Edna, David, Clara
Died 9 Nov 1976 Bath, New Brunswick, Canada
Buried: Pine Tree Cemetery, Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Obituary of Mary E. Giberson, b. 13 Dec 1893 at Giberson Settlement, NB, d. 9 Nov 1976 at Bath, NB, Buried Pine Tree cemetery; married Albert A Bell. Step-mother of his 6 children, Myrtle, Douglas, Alberta, Edna, David & Dollie Bell. One of 16 children of Ralph K. Giberson; she was the last surviving of 16 children. No children from her marriage to Albert A. Bell.
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| Mary Giberson Bell shares a headstone with her sister, Rachel Giberson Davenport |
Sources
Book: John Giberson Loyalist by WFWaugh, 1999, page 34, 43
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86074822/mary-elora-bell
