> Georgia Gibson Kobel, thank you! You've started my day with a smile. Over these nearly nine years of searching I've posted my query time and time again mostly without a response of any kind. I thought it might be part of my Gibson DNA to be invisible! Thanks for taking a moment to recognize my struggle and cheer me on; I am warmly appreciative. Here's to finding Vilroy and Harry Henry! All the best, Pamela > This is the ninth year of searching for my family; I would be > enormously grateful for clues or suggestions. > > I am searching for the birth family of Harry Henry GIBSON: > GIBSON, Harry Henry b. about 1885 in Mo. - one source says he was born > in Parson Creek (now Meadville) Linn Co. and another says Butler, > Bates Co.. I find it most likely that he was born in Linn County as he > married Doris Dill who was born 7 Mar 1896 in Enterprise, Linn County. > (No marriage certificate located.) Their daughter Elsie May was b. 7 > Jan 1910 in Kansas City, Jackson Co. and their son Harry Henry (Jr.) > was b. 7 Dec 1911 in KC. > > Harry Henry GIBSON (Sr.) appears in the KC, Jackson Co., Mo. 1910 > census at age 24, listing parents as b. Kentucky and Tennessee. I have > never found his family in spite of efforts to research other GIBSON > families who might have had a child his age. He was in the 1910-1911 > KC Directory as a teamster for Laning-Harris Coal and Grain Co. but in > the 1920 census Doris was listed as a widow with the two children. I > have found neither a death record nor a burial record for Harry Henry > GIBSON, nor is there a record of divorce. > > Elsie GIBSON did not have children and I am the only child of Harry > Henry GIBSON whom I never met. My mother told me my father had native > American ancestry. I can't say I've given up on this search but I'm > certainly stalled. I issue a plea periodically and hope someone will > recognize the family of Harry Henry GIBSON (Sr.). Thank you for > reading this. > > Pamela Gibson > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 21:38:10 EDT > From: Gkonthehiway@aol.com > Subject: Re: [GIBSON] Harry Henry GIBSON b. 1885 MO; father b. KY > To: gibson@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <c7c.4bdf0a50.3730f282@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > Pamela, > > I honestly sympathize with you. Searching for my gr father (Vilroy P > Gibson b l860's Indiana) for three years, brought me to a > stopping point. > I became discouraged when I could not go any farther than I did. > > Other avenues have provided great satisfaction. But his guy is a > small > mystery. I have his obituary, other names and dates, even > pictures , but at > a dead end. > > You have much more perseverance. I am a Gibson, that's the only > reason > I responded. Keep on keeping on- perseverance always pays off. > > > Georgia (Gibson) Kobel > Washington

Want to encourage you too. I've been doing genealogy for over 30 years and have had my share of brick walls. My Gibsons were in New England, New York and still looking for proof and names. I have a Samuel Gibson married to Sarah Dutton and still trying to prove their parents. Don't give up. Jean Smile And The World Smiles Too -----Original Message----- From: gibson-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:gibson-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Pamela Gibson Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 6:04 AM To: gibson@rootsweb.com Subject: [GIBSON] Harry Henry GIBSON b. 1885 MO; father b. KY > Georgia Gibson Kobel, thank you! You've started my day with a smile. Over these nearly nine years of searching I've posted my query time and time again mostly without a response of any kind. I thought it might be part of my Gibson DNA to be invisible! Thanks for taking a moment to recognize my struggle and cheer me on; I am warmly appreciative. Here's to finding Vilroy and Harry Henry! All the best, Pamela > This is the ninth year of searching for my family; I would be > enormously grateful for clues or suggestions. > > I am searching for the birth family of Harry Henry GIBSON: > GIBSON, Harry Henry b. about 1885 in Mo. - one source says he was born > in Parson Creek (now Meadville) Linn Co. and another says Butler, > Bates Co.. I find it most likely that he was born in Linn County as he > married Doris Dill who was born 7 Mar 1896 in Enterprise, Linn County. > (No marriage certificate located.) Their daughter Elsie May was b. 7 > Jan 1910 in Kansas City, Jackson Co. and their son Harry Henry (Jr.) > was b. 7 Dec 1911 in KC. > > Harry Henry GIBSON (Sr.) appears in the KC, Jackson Co., Mo. 1910 > census at age 24, listing parents as b. Kentucky and Tennessee. I have > never found his family in spite of efforts to research other GIBSON > families who might have had a child his age. He was in the 1910-1911 > KC Directory as a teamster for Laning-Harris Coal and Grain Co. but in > the 1920 census Doris was listed as a widow with the two children. I > have found neither a death record nor a burial record for Harry Henry > GIBSON, nor is there a record of divorce. > > Elsie GIBSON did not have children and I am the only child of Harry > Henry GIBSON whom I never met. My mother told me my father had native > American ancestry. I can't say I've given up on this search but I'm > certainly stalled. I issue a plea periodically and hope someone will > recognize the family of Harry Henry GIBSON (Sr.). Thank you for > reading this. > > Pamela Gibson > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 21:38:10 EDT > From: Gkonthehiway@aol.com > Subject: Re: [GIBSON] Harry Henry GIBSON b. 1885 MO; father b. KY > To: gibson@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <c7c.4bdf0a50.3730f282@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > Pamela, > > I honestly sympathize with you. Searching for my gr father (Vilroy P > Gibson b l860's Indiana) for three years, brought me to a > stopping point. > I became discouraged when I could not go any farther than I did. > > Other avenues have provided great satisfaction. But his guy is a > small > mystery. I have his obituary, other names and dates, even > pictures , but at > a dead end. > > You have much more perseverance. I am a Gibson, that's the only > reason > I responded. Keep on keeping on- perseverance always pays off. > > > Georgia (Gibson) Kobel > Washington ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ To post a message to the list, send it to GIBSON@rootsweb.com Quote only the specific message to which you are replying, removing the rest of any other messages from your reply. CHANGE THE SUBJECT LINE to the content of your reply. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Links to search and browse the archives, or unsub/sub, are at http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/GIBSON.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GIBSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message