In the 1850 Stark Co Oh census, my Thomas Gibson was listed as Gilson. Mina ----- Original Message ----- From: "TammyS" <tammys2007@live.com> To: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com>; <gibson@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 6:17 PM Subject: Re: [GIBSON] Floyd Gibson=Gipson > My Grandfather's name was spell Gipson on the 1910 SC census. But we are > Gibson's. > > Tammy > > : > > Hi Martin,, > I can't remember exactly which one,,but I did see my Gibson's name spelled > as Gipson on a census record,,so that may be how the spelling changed,,the > census workers didn't always know how to spell and many time the people > didn't have a clue how to spell it either and just spelled them how they > sounded,,however I only found it spelled Gipson one time on the > census,,however I cannot find them at all after the 1880 census in Jackson > Co.Ark,,however I think I did find 'possibly' a couple of the girls on the > marriage records in Jackson Co,,some I don't know for sure if they > belonged > to mine because on most of the census records they just went by initials > instead of names and couldn't make out or didn't have whether or not they > were male or female,,but one that I do believe that is related to my > family > married a Donaphon and another married a RP Carter 'I think his name > was',,I > can't remember the girls names right off hand,,but they were married in > the > mid to late 1800's I believ! > e,,if you get a chance to look at the marriage records on Jackson Co Ark > website'which' have great marriage records,,if you would could you look > and > see if maybe they fit into your family?,,maybe that's why I cannot find > them,,maybe they started spelling their name with a "P' instead of 'B',, > I appreciate any help you can give me,, > Leatha > > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > 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